Section 5.85.035. Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk.

	(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. Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk are as follows:  
                        Resident
                        Open Season 
                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season 
  (1)
  Unit 3, that
  portion bounded
  by a line
  beginning at the
  intersection of
  Stikine Strait
  and Clarence
  Strait, running
  southeast
  following the
  midline of
  Clarence Strait,
  down to its
  intersection
  with Ernest Sound,
  then northeast
  following
  the midline of
  Ernest Sound,
  excluding Niblack
  Islands,
  to its
  intersection with
  Zimovia Strait,
  then northwest
  following the
  western shore-
  line of Zimovia
  Strait to its
  intersection with
  Chichagof
  Passage, then
  west along the
  midline of
  Chichagof Passage
  to its
  intersection with
  Stikine
  Strait, then west
  and south
  along the midline
  of Stikine
  Strait, back to
  the point of
  beginning
  1 bull by drawing
  permit only,        Sept. 1 - Sept. 30    Sept. 1 - Sept. 30
  and by bow and
  arrow only; up      (General hunt only)
  to 50 permits
  will be issued; or
  1 bull by drawing
  permit only;        Oct. 1 - Oct. 31      Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
  up to 250 permits
  will be issued; or  (General hunt only)
  1 bull by
  registration
  permit              Nov. 15 - Nov. 30     Nov. 15 - Nov. 30
  only                (General hunt only)
  Unit 3, Zarembo,
  Bushy, and          No open season.       No open season
  Shrubby Islands,
  and the
  Kashevarof Islands
  Units 1, 2, and
  the
  remainder of Unit
  3
  1 elk               Aug. 1 - Dec. 31      Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
  (2)
  Unit 8, Raspberry
  Island              Oct. 1 - Oct. 22      Oct. 1 - Oct. 22
                      (General hunt only)
  1 bull elk by
  drawing permit
  only; up to 100
  permits will be
  issued
  1 antlerless elk    Oct. 23 - Nov. 30     Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
by drawing permit
only;                 (General hunt only)
up to 200 permits
will be issued
  Unit 8, Southwest
  Afognak, that
  portion of
  Afognak Island
  and adjacent
  islands south and
  west of a line
  from the head of
  Back Bay (58_
  05.3' N. lat.,
  152_ 45.7' W.
  long.) to
  Hatchery Peak
  (58_ 07.2' N.
  lat., 152_ 47.5'
  W. long.), to the
  head of Malina
  Bay (58_ 09.3' N.
  lat., 152_ 51.0'
  W. long.)
  1 elk by drawing
  permit              Sept. 25 - Oct. 22    Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
only; up to 500       (General hunt only)
permits will be
issued
  1 elk by
  registration
  permit              Oct. 23 - Nov. 30     Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
only                  (General hunt only)
  Unit 8, Eastern
  Afognak, that
  portion of
  Afognak Island
  east of the main
  north-south
  logging road
  (1100 road) from
  the Danger Bay
  logging camp at
  58_ 08.2' N.
  lat., 152_ 32.9'
  W. long., north
  to its terminus
  at Discoverer Bay
  at 58_ 19.6' N.
  lat., 152_ 21.8'
  W. long., and
  adjacent islands
  west of Marmot
  Strait
  1 elk by drawing
  permit              Sept. 25 - Oct. 22    Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
only; up to 500       (General hunt only)
permits may be
issued
  1 elk by
  registration
  permit              Oct. 23 - Nov. 30     Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
only                  (General hunt only)
  Remainder of Unit
  8
  1 elk by drawing
  permit              Sept. 25 - Oct. 22    Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
only; up to 500       (General hunt only)
permits may be
issued
  1 elk by
  registration
  permit              Oct. 23 - Nov. 30     Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
only                  (General hunt only)
	(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: Effective in Register 139 (October 1996), the regulations attorney corrected the hunt dates for the Resident Open Season in the Remainder of Unit 8 to reflect the Oct. 10 beginning date adopted by the Board of Game. The date was inadvertently deleted from the regulation after Register 126.

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 7/1/93, Register 126; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 7/1/97, Register 142; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/99, Register 150; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; add'l am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2005, Register 174; am 7/1/2013, Register 206