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 Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017)
 Title 5. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries. (5 AAC 1 - 5 AAC 41).
 Part 5.1. Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries.
 Chapter 5.85. Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits.
 Article 5.85.2. Seasons and Bag Limits.

  Section 5.85.015. Hunting seasons and bag limits for black bear.  

Latest version. 
  • 	(a)  In this section, the phrase "General hunt only" means that there is a general hunt for residents, but no subsistence hunt, during the relevant open season. For those units or portions of units within non-subsistence areas established by the Joint Boards of Fisheries and Game (5 AAC 99.015), there is a general hunt only. Hunting seasons and bag limits for black bear are as follows:  
                        Resident
                        Open Season
                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season 
  (1)
  Unit 1(A)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
100 permits may be
issued
  Unit 1(B)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
40 permits may be
issued
  Units 1(C), north
  of Taku Inlet and
  the north bank of
  the Taku River
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
30 permits may be
issued; however a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  Unit 1(C), south
  of Taku Inlet and
  the north bank of
  the Taku River
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
20 permits may be
issued; however a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  Remainder of Unit
  1(C)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or                    (General hunt
                      only)
glacier bear;
however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
30 permits may be
issued; however a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  Unit 1(D)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear; however, a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
20 permits may be
issued; however a
white-colored bear
may not be taken
  Unit 2
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1                Sept. 1 - June 30
of which may be a
blue or               (General hunt
                      only)
glacier bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
500 permits may be
issued
  Unit 3, Kuiu
  Island
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than                  Sept. 1 - June 30
1 of which may be a
blue                  (General hunt
                      only)
or glacier bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear, the season
will be closed by
emergency order
when the harvest
guideline has been
reached
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
50 permits may be
issued; the season
will be closed by
emergency order
when the harvest
guideline has been
reached
  Unit 3, Kupreanof
  Island
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
100 permits may be
issued
  Remainder of Unit
  3
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or glacier            (General hunt
                      only)
bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITH GUIDE:
1 bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS                                Sept. 1 - June 30
  WITHOUT GUIDE:
1 bear by drawing
permit only; up to
50 permits may be
issued
  Unit 5
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bears, not more
than 1 of             Sept. 1 - June 30
which may be a blue
or                    (General hunt
                      only)
glacier bear
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:                               Sept. 1 - June 30
1 bear
  (2)
  Units 6(A) and
  6(B)                Aug. 20 - June 30  Aug. 20 - June 30
1 bear
  Unit 6(C)           Sept. 1 - June 30  Sept. 1 - June 30
1 bear
  Unit 6(D)           Sept. 10 - June 10 Sept. 10 - June 10
1 bear by
registration permit
only
  (3)
  Unit 7, that
  portion south of
  the city limits
  of Seward at 60_
  04' 58" N. lat.,
  and Unit 15, that
  portion south of
  Kachemak Creek,
  Bradley River,
  and Bradley Lake
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
  3 bears             No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 bear                                   No closed season.
  Remainder of
  Units 7 and 15
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
  3 bears             No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
3 bears                                  No closed season.
  Units 9, 11 - 13,
  Remainder of Unit
  16, Units 18,
  19(B), 19(C), 20
  - 24, 25(A),
  25(B), and 26
  3 bears             No closed season.  No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  Unit 16(B), that
  portion within a
  one-mile radius
  of the mouth of
  Wolverine Creek
  at 60.80_ N.
  lat., 152.31_ W.
  long.               Sept. 15 - May 31  Sept. 15 - May 31
  3 bears
  Units 19(A),
  19(D), and 25(C)
5 bears               No closed season.  No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  Unit 25(D)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:   No closed season
5 bears; or           (General hunt
                      only)
  5 bears per
  community           No closed season.
harvest report by     (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
community harvest
permit in an
established
community harvest
area
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
5 bears                                  No closed season.
  Units 14(A) and
  14(B)               No closed season.  No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  3 bears
  Unit 14(C), JBER
  Management Area
  1 bear every
  regulatory year,    April 15 - June 15 April 15 - June 15
by drawing permit
only; by shotgun
only; up to 25
permits may be
issued                (General hunt
                      only)
  Remainder of Unit
  14(C)               No closed season.  No closed season.
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  1 bear
  Unit 17
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
  3 bears             No closed season
                      (General hunt
                      only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
  3 bears                                No closed season
	(b)  Repealed 6/16/91.

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.255;16.05.258;16.05.330

Notes


Authority
AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.258 AS 16.05.330
History
Eff. 8/20/89, Register 111; am 8/9/90, Register 115; am 8/10/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 7/1/92, Register 122; am 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/7/94, Register 131; am 8/25/94, Register 131; am 8/4/95, Register 135; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; add'l am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 8/23/2002, Register 163; am 5/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2005, Register 174; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 8/14/2007, Register 183; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2009, Register 190; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; add'l am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 11/25/2011, Register 200; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2013, Register 206; add'l am 7/1/2013, Register 206; am 7/1/2014, Register 210; am 7/1/2015, Register 214; add'l am 7/1/2015, Register 214