Section 5.85.055. Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep.

	(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 Dall sheep are as follows:  
                        Resident
                        Open Season
                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident
Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season 
  (1)
  Repealed 8/9/90
  (2)
  Units 12, 13, and
  20, those           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20    Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
portions known as
the Tok               (General hunt only)
Management Area
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger every 4
  regulatory years,
  by drawing permit
  only; up to 120
  permits may be
  issued
  (3)
  Units 13 and 20,
  those portions
  known as the
  Delta Controlled
  Use Area; up to
  150 permits will
  be issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
larger, by drawing
permit only           (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger; every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  (4)
  Unit 7, that
  portion south of
  the Sterling
  Highway, west of
  the Seward
  Highway, and
  north and east of
  Kenai Lake; up to
  50 permits may be
  issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
larger, by drawing
permit only           (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Units 7 and
  15(A), those
  portions east of
  Fuller Lake
  trail, south of
  Dike Creek, and a
  straight line
  from the source
  of Dike Creek,
  east through the
  divide south of
  Trout Lake, to
  Juneau Creek,
  west of Juneau
  Creek, and north
  of the Sterling
  Highway; up to 10
  permits may be
  issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 10  - Sept. 20
larger, by drawing
permit only           (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 30
  Unit 13(D), that
  portion west of a
  line along the
  west side of
  Tazlina Glacier,
  the west side of
  Tazlina Lake, and
  the west bank of
  Mendeltna Creek;
  up to 50 permits
  may be issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram by drawing
permit only           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:                                  Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  1 ram, every 4
  regulatory years,
  by drawing permit
  only
  Unit 13(D), that
  portion east of a
  line along the
  west side of
  Tazlina Glacier,
  the west side of
  Tazlina Lake, and
  the west bank of
  Mendeltna Creek,
  to the Richardson
  Highway; up to
  130 permits may
  be issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by drawing
permit only           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 14(A), south
  and east of the
  Matanuska River;
  up to 100 permits
  may be issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram by drawing
permit only           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Remainder of Unit
  7, Unit 9,
  remainder of Unit
  13, remainder of
  Unit 14(A), Unit
  14(B), remainder
  of Unit 15, and
  Units 16, 19(A),
  19(B), and 19(D)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger;             Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 19(C)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger; or          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  1 sheep with
  3/4-curl horn or    Oct. 1 - April 30
less; the take of
rams with             (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
both horns broken,
lambs, or ewes with
lambs, is
prohibited; by
registration permit
only
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  (5)
  Unit 11
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  (6)
  Remainder of Unit
  12
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         (General hunt only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
larger                (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years,
  by youth hunt
  only; or                                  Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  (7)
  Unit 14(C), the
  Eklutna Lake
  Management Area
  1 ram by drawing
  permit only, by
  bow and arrow
  only; up to 35
  permits will be
  issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:   Day after Labor
1 ram by drawing
permit only,          Day - Oct. 31
by bow and arrow
only                  (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram by drawing
permit only,                                Day after Labor
by bow and arrow
only, every 4                               Day - Oct. 31
regulatory years
  Remainder of Unit
  14(C)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Oct. 31
larger by drawing
permit only;          (General hunt only)
up to 240 permits
will be issued
total; or
  1 ram by bow and
  arrow only,         Oct. 1 - Oct. 10
by drawing permit
only; up to           (General hunt only)
120 permits will be
issued total
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only; up to 240
permits will be
issued total; or                            Aug. 10 - Oct. 31
  1 ram by bow and
  arrow only, every
  4 regulatory
  years, by drawing
  permit only; up
  to 120 permits
  will be issued
  total                                     Oct. 1 - Oct. 10
  (8)
  Unit 17             No open season.       No open season.
  Unit 20(D), that
  portion north of
  the Alaska
  Highway, and that
  portion of Unit
  20(E) within the
  Middle Fork of
  the Fortymile
  River drainage
  north and west of
  the north bank
  upstream from and
  including the
  Joseph Creek
  drainage; up to 4
  permits will be
  issued
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
larger by drawing
permit only           (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram will
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by drawing permit
only                                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Remainder of Unit
  20
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or     Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         (General hunt only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
larger                (General hunt only)
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  (9)
  Unit 23, that
  portion north of
  Rabbit Creek,
  Kyak Creek, and
  the Noatak River,
  and west of the
  Aniuk River
  ("DeLong
  Mountains")
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 sheep by
registration          No open season.
permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger by drawing
  permit only,
  provided that the
  harvestable
  surplus is
  greater than 9
  sheep in
  combination with
  that portion of
  Unit 26A, west of
  the Etivluk River   No open season.
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger by drawing
permit only, every
4 regulatory years,
provided that the
harvestable surplus
is greater than 9
sheep in
combination with
that portion of
Unit 26A, west of
the Etivluk River                           No open season.
  Unit 23, that
  portion south of
  Rabbit Creek,
  Kyak Creek, and
  the Noatak River,
  and west of the
  Cutler and
  Redstone Rivers
  ("Baird
  Mountains")
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 sheep by
registration          No open season.
permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger by drawing
  permit only,
  provided that the
  harvestable
  surplus is
  greater than 47
  sheep               No open season.
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger by drawing
permit only, every
4 regulatory years,
provided that the
harvestable surplus
is greater than 47
sheep                                       No open season.
  Remainder of Unit
  23 ("Schwatka
  Mountains")
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
3 sheep by
registration          No open season.
permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              No open season.
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          No open season.
  (10)
  Unit 24(A)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept 20
  Unit 24(B), that
  portion             Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.
with the John River
drainage upstream
from Till Creek,
and that portion
within the Glacier
River drainage
  3 sheep
  Remainder of Unit
  24(B)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 25(A)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
or larger may be
taken                 Oct. 1 - Apr. 30
only from Aug. 10 -
Sept. 20; up to 3
sheep may be taken
by registration
permit only Oct. 1
- April 30; or
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, by youth
  hunt only;          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger every 4
regulatory years; or                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, by youth
  hunt only; every
  4 regulatory years                        Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  Remainder of Unit
  25
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
regulatory years,
by youth hunt only;
or                                          Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 26(A), that
  portion west of
  the Etivluk River
  drainage
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 sheep by
registration          No open season.
permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger by drawing
  permit only,
  provided that the
  harvestable
  surplus is
  greater than 9
  sheep in
  combination with
  that portion of
  Unit 23 in the
  DeLong Mountains    No open season.
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram will
full-curl horn or
larger by drawing
permit only, every
4 regulatory years,
provided that the
harvestable surplus
is greater than 9
sheep in
combination with
that portion of
Unit 23 in the
DeLong Mountains                            No open season.
  Unit 26(A), that
  portion east of
  and including the
  Etivluk River
  drainage,
  excluding Gates
  of the Arctic
  National Park
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
3 sheep by
registration          Aug. 1 - Apr. 30
permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt
                      only)
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, by youth
  hunt only; or       Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years,
  by youth hunt
  only; or                                  Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years;                         Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 26(A), that
  portion within
  the Gates of the
  Arctic National
  Park
  3 sheep             Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.
  Unit 26(B), that
  portion within
  the Gates of the
  Arctic National
  Park
  3 sheep             Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.
  Remainder of
  Units 26(A) and
  26(B)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger by youth
hunt only; or         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger              Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with
full-curl horn or
larger, every 4
reglatory years, by
youth hunt only; or                         Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, every 4
  regulatory years                          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
  Unit 26(C)
  RESIDENT HUNTERS:
1 ram with full-curl  Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
horn or larger may
be                    Oct. 1 - Apr. 30
taken only from
Aug. 10 - Sept. 20;
up to 3 sheep may
be taken by
registration permit
only Oct. 1 - April
30; or
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger, by youth
  hunt only           Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
  NONRESIDENT
  HUNTERS:
1 ram with full-curl                        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
horn or larger,
every 4 regulatory
years; or
  1 ram with
  full-curl horn or
  larger every 4
  regulatory years,
  by youth hunt only                        Aug. 1 - Aug. 5
	(b)  Repealed 6/16/91.  

Authorities

16.05.060;16.05.255;16.05.258

Notes

Authority

AS 16.05.060 AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.258 Editor's note: At its November 9 - 11, 1992 and its January 19 - 28, 1993 meetings, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 85.055(a)(5), (a)(9), and (a)(10) 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 8/10/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/1/93, Register 126; am 4/25/96, Register 138; am 6/28/96, Register 138; am 10/23/96, Register 140; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/98, Register 146; am 7/1/99, Register 150; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 11/28/2003, Register 168; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 12/1/2007, Register 184; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2015, Register 214; am 7/1/2016, Register 218

References

5.85.055