Section 5.92.130. Restrictions to bag limit.

	(a)  Unless otherwise provided in 5 AAC 84 - 5 AAC 92, no person may take a species of game in any unit or portion of a unit if that person's total statewide take of that species already equals or exceeds the bag limit for that species in that unit or portion of a unit, except as provided in (d) of this section.  
	(b)  The bag limit specified for a subsistence season for a species and the bag limit set for a general season for the same species are not separate and distinct. This means that a person who has taken the bag limit for a particular species under a subsistence season may not after that take any additional animals of that species under the bag limit specified for a general season.  
	(c)  A bag limit applies to a regulatory year unless another time period is specified in the bag limit.  
	(d)  The bag limit specified for a trapping season for a species and the bag limit set for a hunting season for the same species are separate and distinct. This means that a person who has taken a bag limit for a particular species under a trapping season may take additional animals under the bag limit specified for a hunting season, or vice versa.  
	(e)  A hunter who is under 10 years of age may take big game only under the direct, immediate supervision of a licensed hunter who is at least 16 years of age. The supervising hunter is responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements are met. The big game animal taken will count against the supervising hunter's bag limit. This section does not relieve an individual from complying with big game tag requirements, but does require a supervising hunter to validate the hunter's harvest ticket, or permit, in accordance with 5 AAC 92.010, immediately following the taking of big game under this section.  
	(f)  In Units 1 - 5 and Unit 8, a black or brown bear wounded by a person counts against that person's bag limit for the regulatory year in which the bear is taken. However, in Units 1 - 5 and Unit 8, a brown bear wounded by a person does not count against that person's one bear every four regulatory years bag limit established in 5 AAC 92.132.  
	(g)  In Unit 8, an elk wounded by a person counts against that person's bag limit for the regulatory year in which the elk is taken.  
	(h)  In this section, "wounded" means there is sign of blood or other sign that the animal has been hit by a hunting projectile.  
	(i)  A big game animal, except deer in an area where the bag limit is one, taken under a youth hunt, will count as the bag limit of both the child and the supervising hunter who accompanies the child; only the child may shoot the big game animal, except that the accompanying adult may shoot the animal only to prevent the animal from escaping after having been wounded by the child. The supervising hunter is responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements are met.  
	(j)  Beginning July 1, 2018, a brown bear, grizzly bear, mountain goat, or sheep taken by a nonresident personally accompanied by a resident relative under AS 16.05.407(a)(2) will count as the bag limit of both the nonresident and the resident relative who accompanies the nonresident.  

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 92.130 in its entirety, without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258.

History

Eff. 6/19/86, Register 98; am 8/8/87, Register 103; am 8/20/89, Register 111; am 8/12/90, Register 115; readopt 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2005, Register 174; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; add'l am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2014, Register 210; am 7/1/2016, Register 218

References

5.92.130