Section 5.85.030. Hunting seasons and bag limits for deer.

	(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 deer are as follows:  
                        Resident
                        Open Season 
                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season 
  (1)
  Unit 1(A), that
  portion on the      Aug. 1 - Nov. 30      Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
Cleveland Peninsula
bounded by an
east-west line from
Yes Bay to Santa
Anna Inlet
  2 bucks
  Remainder of Unit
  1(A)                Aug. 1 - Nov. 30      Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
  4 bucks
  Unit 1(B)           Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  2 bucks
  Unit 1(C), that
  portion             Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
including Douglas,
Lincoln,
Shelter, and
Sullivan
Islands
  4 deer; however,
  only bucks may be
  taken before
  Sept. 15
  Remainder of Unit
  1(C)                Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  2 bucks
  Unit 1(D)           No open season.       No open season.
  Unit 2              Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  4 bucks
  (2)
  Unit 3, that
  portion of Mitkof
  Island within the
  Petersburg
  Management Area     Oct. 15 - Dec. 15     Oct. 15 - Dec. 15
  2 bucks
  Unit 3, including
  the remainder of
  Mitkof              Oct. 15 - Oct. 31     Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
Island, Woewodski,
and Butterworth
Islands
  1 buck
  Unit 3, that
  portion of          Oct. 15 - Oct. 31     No open season.
Kupreanof Island on
the Lindenberg
Peninsula east of
the Portage Bay -
Duncan Canal Portage
  1 buck
  Remainder of Unit
  3                   Aug. 1 - Nov. 30      Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
  2 bucks
  (3)
  Unit 4, that
  portion of          Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Chichagof Island
east of
Port Frederick and
north
of Tenakee Inlet,
including
all drainages into
Tenakee Inlet
  3 deer; however,
  only bucks
may be taken before
Sept. 15
  Remainder of Unit
  4                   Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  4 deer; however,
  only bucks
may be taken before
Sept. 15
  (4)
  Unit 5(A),
  Yakutat Youth Hunt
Management Area
  1 buck; or          Oct. 15 - Oct. 31     Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
  1 buck              Nov. 1 - Nov. 30      Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
  Remainder of Unit
  (5)(A)
  1 buck              Nov. 1 - Nov. 30      Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
  Unit 5(B)           No open season.       No open season.
  (5)
  Unit 6
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
5 deer; however,
only                  Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
bucks may be          (General hunt only)
taken before Oct. 1
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
4 deer; however,
only                                        Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
bucks may be taken
before Oct. 1
  (6)
  Unit 8, that
  portion of
Kodiak Island north
of a
line from the head
of
Settlers Cove to
Crescent
Lake (57_ 52' N.
lat.,
152_ 58' W. long.),
and
east of a line from
the
outlet of Crescent
Lake to
Mount Ellison Peak
and from
Mount Ellison Peak
to
Pokati Point at
Whale
Passage, and that
portion
of Kodiak Island
east of a
line from the mouth
of
Saltery Creek to
the mouth
of Elbow Creek, and
adjacent small
islands in
Chiniak Bay
  1 buck; or          Aug. 1 - Oct. 31      Aug. 1 - Oct. 31
  1 deer, by bow and  Nov. 1 - Nov. 14      Nov. 1 - Nov. 14
arrow or
muzzleloader only     Nov. 16 - Dec. 31     Nov. 16 - Dec. 31
  Remainder of Unit
  8                   Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  3 deer; however,
  only bucks
may be taken before
Oct. 1
	(b)  Repealed 6/16/91.  

Authorities

16.05.255;16.05.258

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.258 Editor's note: At its November 9 - 11, 1992, January 19 - 28, 1993 meeting, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 85.030(a)(2), (4), and (6) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

History

Eff. 8/20/89, Register 111; am 8/9/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 8/10/91, Register 119; am 8/7/92, Register 123; am/readopt 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/1/93, Register 126; am 8/25/94, Register 131; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 8/4/95, Register 135; am 7/1/97, Register 142; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/99, Register 150; em am 12/3/99 - 3/31/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; add'l am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; add'l am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2009, Register 190; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2013, Register 206; add'l am 7/1/2013, Register 206

References

5.85.030