Section 5.92.011. Taking of game by proxy.

	(a)  A resident hunter (the proxy) holding a valid resident hunting license may take specified game for another resident (the beneficiary) who is blind, physically disabled, or 65 years of age or older, as authorized by AS 16.05.405 and this section.   
	(b)  Both the beneficiary and the proxy must possess copies of a completed proxy authorization form issued by the department. The completed authorization must include   
		(1) names, addresses, hunting license numbers, and signatures of the proxy and the beneficiary;  
		(2) number of the required harvest ticket report or permit harvest report;  
		(3) effective dates of the authorization; and  
		(4) signature of the issuing agent.  
	(c)  A proxy authorization may not be used to take a species of game for a beneficiary for more than the length of the permit hunt season listed on the proxy authorization or for the maximum length of the species general season listed on the proxy authorization.  
	(d)  A person may not be a proxy  
		(1) for more than one beneficiary at a time;  
		(2) more than once per season per species in Unit 13;  
		(3) for Tier II Caribou in Unit 13, unless the proxy is a Tier II permittee;  
		(4) for more than one person per regulatory year for moose in Units 20(A) and 20(B).  
	(e)  Repealed 7/26/97.  
	(f)  A proxy who takes game for a beneficiary shall, as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after taking game, personally deliver all parts of the game removed from the field to the beneficiary.  
	(g)  Except for reporting requirements required by (h) of this section, a proxy who hunts or kills game for a beneficiary is subject to all the conditions and requirements that would apply to the beneficiary if the beneficiary personally hunted or killed the game.  
	(h)  Reporting requirements for proxy and beneficiary are as follows:  
		(1) if the proxy takes the bag limit for the beneficiary, the proxy shall provide the beneficiary with all the information necessary for the beneficiary to complete and return the harvest ticket report or permit harvest report, as required by regulation, to the department within the time periods specified for such reports; the beneficiary is responsible for the timely return of the harvest ticket and permit harvest reports;  
		(2) if the proxy is unsuccessful or does not take the bag limit for the beneficiary, the proxy shall provide the beneficiary with any information necessary for the beneficiary to complete and return the harvest ticket report or permit harvest report, as required by regulation, to the department within the time periods specified for such reports; the beneficiary is responsible for the timely return of the harvest ticket and permit harvest reports;  
		(3) the department may require the proxy to complete a proxy hunter report issued with the authorization form and mail it to the department within 15 days after the effective period of the authorization.  
	(i)  A person may not give or receive remuneration in order to obtain, grant, or influence the granting of a proxy authorization.  
	(j)  A proxy participating in a proxy hunt must remove at least one antler from the skull plate or cut the skull plate in half, on an antlered animal, for both the proxy's animal and the beneficiary's animal before leaving the kill site, unless the department has established a requirement that complete antlers and skull plates must be submitted to the department.  
	(k)  Proxy hunting under this section is only allowed for  
		(1) caribou;  
		(2) deer; and  
		(3) moose in Tier II hunts, any-bull hunts, and antlerless moose hunts.  
	(l)  Notwithstanding (k) of this section, proxy hunting is prohibited in the following hunts where the board has determined that the use of the proxy would allow circumvention of harvest restrictions specified by the board, or where the board has otherwise directed:  
		(1) Unit 20(E) moose registration hunts and Units 20(B), 20(D), 20(E), 20(F), and 25(C) Fortymile and White Mountains caribou registration hunts;  
		(2) Units 21(B), 21(C), 21(D), and 24 moose hunts if either the proxy or the beneficiary holds a drawing permit for Units 21(B), 21(C), 21(D), or 24 moose hunts;  
		(3) Units 9(A) and 9(B), unit 9(C), that portion within the Alagnak River drainage, and units 17(B), 17(C), 18, 19(A), and 19(B) caribou hunts from August 1 through October 31;  
		(4) Unit 5(A) deer hunts from October 15 through October 31;  
		(5) Unit 20(D), within the Delta Junction Management Area, the moose drawing hunt for qualified disabled veterans.  

Authorities

16.05.255;16.05.405

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 92.050

Authority

AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.405

History

Eff. 7/1/93, Register 126; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 6/28/96, Register 138; am 8/19/96, Register 139; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2010, Register 194; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2013, Register 206; am 7/1/2014, Register 210