| Alaska License & Tag Information |
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1. All Alaska residents |
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A big game tag may be used for another species of equal of
lower value, but a tag may not be used more than once nor can two or more tags be put on
one animal. The harvest report for the original species which was not harvested
should still be returned to report both he unsuccessful hunt information and the
successful hunt and harvest information of the other species. |
| Alaska Residency Requirements |
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A resident is: |
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1. a person (including an alien) who is physically
present in Alaska with the intent to remain indefinitely and make a home there, has
maintained that person's domicile in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately
preceding the application for a license, and is not claiming residency or obtaining
benefits under a claim of residency in another state, territory, our country; OR |
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2. a member of the military service or U.S. Coast Guard who
has been stationed in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding this
application for a license; OR |
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3. a dependent of a resident member of the military service
or U.S. coastguard who has lived in Alaska for the 12 consecutive months immediately
preceding the application for a license. A person who does not otherwise qualify as
a resident may not qualify by virtue of an interest in an Alaska business. |
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If you have any questions about residency call the Alaska
Fish & Wildlife Protection Office. |
Nonresident & Nonresident
Alien
Licenses and Tags |
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Anyone who is not a resident of Alaska as described above is
a nonresident. |
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Citizens of a foreign country who are not residents of the
United States are nonresident aliens. |
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All nonresidents regardless of age must have appropriate
license and tags. |
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Nonresident and nonresident alien hunters must buy the
appropriate metal locking tag before hunting a big game animal. The tag must
be locked on the animal immediately after the kill and must remain there until
the animal is prepared for storage, consumed or exported. Bear tags must be
locked on the hide. |
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A nonresident tag is not required for Wolves in Units 13, 19,
and 20, however a guide is still required for nonresident aliens. |
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| Alaska Guide Information |
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All nonresident (U.S. citizen) who hunts brown or grizzly
bear, Dall sheep or mountain goat must hire and be accompanied in the field by an Alaska
licensed guide or be accompanied in the fiend by an Alaska resident over 19 years of age
who is within the second degree of kindred. |
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A second degree of kindred means that if he or she , is not a
registered guide, must be your: father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, spouse,
grandparent, grandchild, brother- or sister-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, father- or
mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepsister, stepbrother, stepson, or stepdaughter. |
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Nonresident alien hunters (not U.S. citizens) must be
accompanied in the field by an Alaska licensed guide to hunt any big game animal. |
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| Harvest Reporting |
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Reporting your harvest is mandatory for most big game species. |
| Alaska Hunting Permits |
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Drawing Permits |
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Drawing permit hunts limit harvest by
restricting the number of hunters. Hunters apply for permits (usually in May) and
pay a nonrefundable application fee. Permits are selected by random lottery. |
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Prior to application for drawing permits, the
applicant must obtain or have applied by mail for the appropriate hunting license.
If you have a hunting license, the license number must appear on the drawing permit
application or the application will become void. License fees will not be refunded.
This requirement does not apply to members of the military applying to hunt on
military lands or residents under the age of sixteen. |
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Details about drawing permit hunts and
applications are included in the Drawing Permit Supplement (newspaper) which usually is
available in early May at hunting license vendors and Alaska Department of Fish and Game
offices. The application deadline is usually the end of May. |
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Conditions and procedures:
| 1. You must complete the application form truthfully. If
there is false information on the form, your application is void. |
| 2. You may apply for up to 3 different permits for each species.
If you apply for more than 3 hunts for 1 species, or for the same hunt more than
once, all your applications will be void. You may receive only 1 drawing permit per
species per regulatory year. |
| 3. After harvesting an animal, or if unsuccessful after the season
ends, you must complete and return the permit report to ADF&G within the time period
specified on the permit. If you fail to return the report, you may not be considered
for any drawing or Tier II permits the following year. If you miss the reporting
deadline through unavoidable circumstances, you may write to the Commissioner of ADF&G
within 180 days of the end of the hunt and ask for a hearing to appeal your ineligibility
for a permit next year. |
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Conditions & Procedures |
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1. You must complete the application
truthfully. If there is false information on the form, your application will be
void. |
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2. You may apply for up to 3 different permits for each
species. If you apply for more than 3 hunts for 1 species, or for the same hunt more
than once, all your applications are void. You may receive only 1 drawing permit per
species per regulatory year. |
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3. After harvesting an animal, of if unsuccessful
after the season ends, you must complete and return the permit report to Alaska Department
of Fish &Game within the time period specified on the permit. If you fail to
return the report, you may not be considered for any drawing or Tier II permits the
following regulatory year. If you miss the reporting deadline through unavoidable
circumstances, you may write to the Commissioner of Alaska Department of Fish & Game
within 180 days of the end of the hunt and ask for a hearing to appeal your ineligibility
for a permit next year. |
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Additional Permit Requirements |
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1. A permit is not valid until you sign it. |
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2. You must carry the permit while hunting. |
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3. To get a drawing permit, you must buy the
appropriate hunting license before you apply or have applied by mail. |
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4. Your permit may not be transferred to another
hunter. |
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| Bag
Limit |
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Bag limit means the maximum number of animals of any one game
species a person may take. Bag limits are assigned by unit or portions of units.
A bag limit applies to regulatory year (July 1 - June 30) unless otherwise
specified, and includes animals taken for any purpose, including subsistence. |
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You may hunt for a species if the bag limit in your hunt area
is greater than the number of animals of that species you have already taken anywhere in
the state. If the limit is greater, you may take up to the number of animals you
need to reach the limit. |
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For example: if you took one black bear from Unit 6 (which
has a limit of one black bear) and then go to Unit 9 (which has a limit of three black
bears), you may take up to two more black bears in Unit 9. But if hunt in Unit 9
first (limit of three black bears) and kill one black bear, you may not hunt black bear in
Unit 6 (limit of one black bear) within the same regulatory year because you have attained
the bag limit for that unit. |
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When there is a hunting season and a trapping season for the
same species, the bag limit under hunting regulations is separate from the bag limit for
trapping. For example, the hunting bag limit in Unit 23 is two lynx. The
trapping bag limit is three lynx. If you buy both a hunting and a trapping license,
you may take five lynx, two by hunting and three by trapping. |
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Hunting bag limits are listed by unit in the Alaska
Proclamation. |
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| Tier II
Subsistence Permits |
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Tier II subsistence permits may be issued when there isn't
enough game to satisfy all subsistence needs. Hunters much answer questions on the
application concerning their dependence on the game for their livelihood and availability
of alternative resources. Applications are scored based on responses to the
questionnaire and permits are issued to those with the highest scores. |
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Details about Tier II subsistence permit hunts and
applications are included in a Tier II Permit Supplement (newspaper) which usually is
available in early May at license vendors and ADF&G offices. Application
deadline is usually the end of May. |
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Conditions and procedures:
| 1. You must sign the application. If you give false
information when applying for a permit on behalf of yourself or another, the permit is
void and you may be issued a citation. |
| 2. You may apply for more than one hunt, but must complete a
separate Tier II application for each hunt. |
| 3. An applicant for a Tier II permit must be an Alaska resident at
least 12 years old on the starting date of the hunt. No more than 1 Tier II moose
permit or more than 3 Tier II caribou permits may be issued per household and no
individual may have more than 1 Tier II permit for any one species. |
| 4. A Tier II permit is not valid until it is signed by the hunter.
After harvesting an animal, or if unsuccessful after the season ends, the permit
report must be completed and returned to ADF&G within the time period specified on the
permit. If you fail to return the report, you may not be considered for any drawing,
or Tier II permits the following regulatory year. If you miss reporting the deadline
through unavoidable circumstances, you may write to the Commissioner of ADF&G within
180 days of the end of the hunt and ask for a hearing to appeal your ineligibility for a
permit next year. |
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| Hunting Restrictions |
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General Hunting Restrictions |
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Any Game may be taken by any method except you may |
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 | NOT shoot on, from, or across the driveable surface of any constructed road or highway. |
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| NOT drive, herd, or molest game with any motorized vehicle such as an aircraft, snow
machine, motor boat, etc. While you may use a motorized vehicle to locate an animal, you
may not pursue with your vehicle an animal that is fleeing. |
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| NOT take game from a motorized land or air vehicle if the engine is running or the
vehicle is moving, except that in Unite 23 you may take caribou from a snowmachine. |
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| NOT take game from a motor-driven boat if the boat is still moving because of the motor,
but caribou may be taken from a moving motor-driven boat in Units 23 and 26. You may
NOT hunt big game from a boat in Units 1-5. |
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| NOT use a helicopter for hunting or for transporting hunters, hunting gear, game meat,
or trophies, or any equipment used to pursue or retried game. Helicopter use may be
authorized to rescue hunters, gear, or game in a life threatening situation. |
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| NOT use poison without written permission from the Board of Game. |
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| NOT use a crossbow in an archery only hunt. You may use a crossbow in any hunt
that does not restrict weapons. |
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| NOT use a machine gun, set gun, or shotgun larger than 10 gauge. |
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| NOT use a pit, fire light (other than sunlight or moonlight), electronically enhanced
nightvision scope, radio communication (including cell phones), artificial salt lick,
explosive, barbed arrow, bomb, smoke, or chemical. Communications equipment may be
used for safety purposes; however it may not be used to aid in the taking of game. |
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| NOT use a snare to take big game, fur animals, waterfowl, cranes or snipe.
However, you may take grouse, hare, ptramigan, or unclassified game with a snare. |
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Big Game Hunting Restrictions |
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Big game means black bear, brown bear, grizzly bear, bison,
caribou, Dall sheep, Sitka black-tailed deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, muskox, wolf, and
wolverine. |
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In addition to the hunting restrictions listed above, the
following restrictions also apply to big game hunting: |
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| NOT use a rimfire firearm, except you may use .22 caliber rimfire cartridges to take
swimming caribou from a boat in Units 23 and 26. |
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| NOT shoot big game animals white they are swimming (except caribou in Units 23 and 26). |
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| NOT hunt brown/grizzly bear, black bear, moose, bison, elk, muskox, or mountain goat
with a muzzle loading rifle unless it is .54 caliber or larger, or at least .45 caliber
with a 250 grain or larger elongated slug. |
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| NOT hunt with a muzzle loading rifle equipped with a scope during any special season for
muzzle loading rifles only. |
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| NOT hunt with the aid or use of a dog, except that dogs may be used to hunt black bears
under a nontransferable permit, issued to an individual who qualifies under the permit
conditions established\ in 5 AAC 92..068. |
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| NOT hunt a cub bear or a sow accompanied by cub(s). Cub bear means a brown/grizzly
bear in a 1st or 2nd year of life, or a black bear (including the cinnamon and blue color
phases) in the 1st year of life. |
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| NOT use any bait except for black bears under specific baiting condition.
Check with the Alaska Department of Game & Fish for more information. |
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| NOT shoot big game from a boat in Units 1-5 unless you have a permit for a physical
disability. |
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| Same Day Airborne: You may NOT hunt or help someone else take big game until 3:00 a.m.
the day following the day you have flown. This sections does not apply f you have
flown on a regularly scheduled commercial or commuter airplane. You may hunt deer
the same day airborne, and you may hunt caribou Jan. 1 - April 15 in Units 9B, 17B, and
that portion of 17C east of the Nushagak River, the same day you have flown, provided the
hunter is 300 feet from the airplane. |
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| Proxy Hunting |
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If you, the beneficiary, are blind, 70 percent disabled, or
65 years of age or older, you may obtain an authorization allowing another resident (the
proxy) to hunt deer, caribou, and moose for you. Both beneficiary and proxy must be
Alaska residents. |
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One you, the beneficiary, are your proxy have obtained
licenses and any necessary harvest tickets and/or permits you and/or your proxy may come
into any ADF&G office (some other issuing locations have been established) and apply
for a Proxy Hunting Authorization. Once validated, this authorization will allow
your proxy to hunt for the maximum time the season is open. |
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A new authorization can be issued for a different proxy
and/or different harvest tickets/permits, after the prior authorization has expired or
been turned in. |
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No person may proxy for more than one beneficiary at a time.
A proxy hunter must obey all conditions and requirements that would apply to the
beneficiary if the beneficiary hunted in person. |
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No person may give or receive money or anything else to
obtain or influence the granting of a proxy hunting authorization. |
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The beneficiary is responsible for all harvest and permit
reporting, whether or not the proxy is successful. The proxy is responsible for
providing the beneficiary with the information necessary for the beneficiary to properly
report. |
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The proxy hunting authorization may not be used in federal
subsistence registration hunts. Complete details of proxy hunting are available at
all ADF&G offices. |
| Disability Provisions |
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If you are least 70 percent physically disabled you qualify
for special disability provisions as outlined below. |
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Big game may be taken from a boat in Units 1-5 if you have
obtained a special physical disability permit for this purpose. |
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A person with physical disabilities my shoot game from a
motorized vehicle in portion of Units 7 and 15 within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
This person must require a wheelchair for mobility, obtain a permit from the
department, and be in compliance with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge regulations.
The department may require that the permitee be accompanied be another hunter for a
valid hunting license capable of assisting the permittee in retrieving game taken by
the permittee. |
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