Section 5.85.050. Hunting seasons and bag limits for musk oxen.

	(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 musk oxen are as follows:  
                        Resident
                        Open Season 
                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season 
  (1)
  Unit 18, Nunivak
  Island
  1 bull by drawing
  permit              Sept. 1 - Sept. 30    Sept. 1 - Sept. 30
only; up to 110
permits               (General hunt only)   Feb. 1 - Mar. 15
may be issued; or     Feb. 1 - Mar. 15
1 musk ox by          (General hunt only)
registration permit
only
  Unit 18, Nelson
  Island              Feb. 1 - Mar. 25      Feb. 1 - Mar. 25
                      (General hunt only)
  1 musk ox by
  registration
  permit only
  Remainder of Unit
  18                  No open season.       No open season.
  (2)
  Unit 22(A) and
  Unit 23,            No open season.       No open season.
that portion south
and west of the
Kobuk River
drainage and north
and east of the
Buckland River
drainage
  Units 22(B),
  22(C), and 22(D),
  and Unit 23,
  Southwest, that
  portion on the
  Seward Peninsula
  west of and
  including the
  Buckland River
  drainage, as
  follows:
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is 99
  musk oxen or less:
  1 musk ox by Tier
  II                  Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
subsistence hunting   (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
permit only
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is
  greater than 99
  musk oxen, but
  less than 151
  musk oxen:
  1 musk ox by        Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
registration permit
only                  (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is
  greater than 150
  musk oxen:
  1 musk ox by        Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
registration permit   (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
only; or
  1 bull 4-year-old
  or older            Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      Aug. 1 - Mar. 15
  by drawing permit
  only; up to 60
  permits may be
  issued; 10
  percent of the
  permits will be
  issued to
  nonresident
  hunters, in
  combination with
  Unit 22(E)
  Unit 22(E)
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is 9 musk
  oxen or less:
  1 musk ox by Tier
  II                  Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
subsistence hunting   (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  permit only
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is
  greater than 9
  musk oxen, but
  less than 26 musk
  oxen:
  1 musk ox by        Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
registration permit   (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  only
  If the
  harvestable
  portion is
  greater than 25
  musk oxen:
  1 musk ox by        Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
  registration
  permit              (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  only; or
  1 bull 4-year-old
  or                  Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      Aug. 1 - Mar. 15
  older by drawing
  permit only; up
  to 60 permits may
  be issued; 10
  percent of the
  permits will be
  issued to
  nonresident
  hunters, in
  combination with
  Units 22(B), (C),
  and (D), and Unit
  23, that portion
  on the Seward
  Peninsula west of
  and including the
  Buckland River
  drainage
  Unit 23, that
  portion north and
  west of the Kobuk
  River drainage
  1 bull by Tier II   Aug. 1 - Mar. 15      No open season.
subsistence hunting
permit                (Subsistence hunt
only; up to 15
bulls may be taken    only)
  Remainder of Unit
  23                  No open season.       No open season.
  (3)
  Units 26(A) and
  26(B), that
  portion west of
  the Dalton Highway
  1 musk ox by Tier
  II                  Aug. 1 - Mar. 31      No open season.
subsistence permit
only;                 (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
up to 20 musk oxen
may
be taken
  Unit 26(B), that
  portion east of
  the Dalton Highway
  1 musk ox by Tier
  I                   Season to be          No open season.
permit only           announced
                      (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  or
  1 bull by drawing
  permit              Sept. 20 - Oct. 10    No open season.
only if the
harvestable           Mar. 10 - Mar. 30
surplus is greater
than
4 musk oxen; up to
5 musk oxen may be
taken.
  Unit 26(C)          Fall season to be     No open season.
                      announced.
                      (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
                      Mar. 1 - Mar. 31
                      (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 bull by Tier II
  subsistence
  hunting permit
  only; up to 15
  bulls may be taken
	(b)  Repealed 6/16/91.  

Authorities

16.05.255;16.05.258;16.05.346

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.258 AS 16.05.346 Editor's note: At its November 9 - 11, 1992, January 19 - 28, 1993 meeting, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 85.050(a)(2) in its 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 12/30/89, Register 112; am 8/9/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 7/1/92, Register 122; readopt 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 7/1/98, Register 146; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 12/28/2001, Register 160; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2010, Register 194; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2014, Register 210; add'l am 7/1/2014, Register 210

References

5.85.050