Alaska Administrative Code

(a) The department will issue a permit for hunting black bear with dogs as provided for in 5 AAC 92.085(5). A permit issued under this section (1) is valid only for the time period and geographic area specified in the permit; (2) is nontransferable and requires the permittee to b…

(a) In a moose drawing permit hunt specified in this section, a nonresident may apply for and obtain a permit only as follows: (1) the department may issue a drawing permit under this section only to a successful nonresident applicant who meets the requirements of this section; (…

(a) A Tier II subsistence permit applicant's "customary and direct dependence on the game population by the subsistence user for human consumption as a mainstay of livelihood" may provide up to 85 points. It is measured by the following indicators and points: (1) the number of ye…

(a) If the board has directed that a hunt be administered under a Tier I subsistence permit, permits will be distributed in the same manner as other registration permits, under the same conditions applicable under 5 AAC 92.050 and 5 AAC 92.052, and Unit 13 Tier I subsistence cari…

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, under this section and 5 AAC 92.052, issue community-based subsistence harvest permits and harvest reports for big game species where the Board of Game (board) has established a community harvest hunt area under (b) of this…

(a) The commissioner may issue community subsistence harvest permits for designated big game species in the areas specified in this section. (b) Chalkyitsik Community Harvest Area for moose: That portion of Unit 25(B), including the drainage of the Salmon Fork River and drainage …

(a) Big game may be taken by any method unless prohibited in 5 AAC 92.080 or 5 AAC 92.085. (b) Small game, deleterious exotic wildlife, and unclassified game may be taken by any method unless prohibited in 5 AAC 92.080. (c) Fur animals may be taken by any method unless prohibited…

The following methods of taking game are prohibited: (1) by shooting from, on, or across a highway; (2) with the use of a poison or substance that temporarily incapacitates game, except with the written consent of the board; or with the use of an Electronic Control Device (ECD) T…

The following methods and means of taking big game are prohibited in addition to the prohibitions in 5 AAC 92.080: (1) with the use of a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzleloader, or rifle or pistol using a center-firing cartridge, except that (A) in Units 23 and 26, swimming ca…

The following methods and means of taking fur animals under a hunting license are prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions in 5 AAC 92.080: (1) by using a trap, snare, net, fish trap; or dog, except that in Unit 20(D) a dog may be used to hunt coyotes after registering with th…

(a) The following methods and means of taking furbearers under a trapping license are prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions in 5 AAC 92.080: (1) by disturbing or destroying a den, except that any muskrat pushup or feeding house may be disturbed in the course of trapping; (2…

(a) The following methods and means of taking waterfowl, snipe, and cranes are prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions in 5 AAC 92.080: (1) with a rifle or pistol, a shotgun larger than 10 gauge, or a shotgun not plugged to a three shell capacity; (2) from a motor-driven boat…

(a) A person with a disability, or their personal representative, may submit an application on a form available from the department for an exemption from a methods and means requirement set out in this chapter. The application must (1) include a signed statement from a physician …

Notes 5 AAC 92.105 Repealed 8/8/87. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare…

For purposes of implementing AS 16.05.255(e) - (g), the Board of Game (board) will (1) consider the following criteria when identifying big game prey populations that are important for providing high levels of human consumptive use: (A) harvest size: the average annual historic h…

For purposes of implementing AS 16.05.255(e) - (g), the Board of Game has made the following findings on whether the listed big game prey populations, or portions of those populations, are identified as important for providing high levels of harvest for human consumptive use, and…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, in accordance with this section, and consistent with any applicable predation control implementation plan adopted by the board, conduct a wolf population reduction or wolf …

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Northern Alaska Peninsula Predation Management Area; (2) Mulchatna Caribou Herd Predation Management Area. (b) Northern Alaska Peninsula Predation Management Area. The N…

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Southern Alaska Peninsula Predation Management Area; (2) repealed 6/23/2022; (b) Southern Alaska Peninsula Predation Management Area. Notwithstanding any other provision…

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Upper Yukon - Tanana Predation Control Area in Units 12, 20(B), 20(D), 20(E), and 25(C); (2) Unit 20(A) Wolf Predation Control Area; (3) Unit 20(D) Wolf Predation Contro…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may, in accordance with this section, and consistent with any applicable predation control implementation plan adopted by the board, conduct a bear population reduction or bear …

(a) repealed 7/1/2014. (b) For brown bears taken in an active brown bear predation control area, the department will issue permits allowing hunters to sell untanned hides, with claws attached, and skulls after sealing as required in 5 AAC 92.165. (c) In this section, "active" mea…

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Unit 15(A) Predation Control Area; (2) Unit 15(C) Predation Control Area. (b) Unit 15(A) Predation Control Area. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this title, and …

Notes 5 AAC 92.120 Eff. 7/5/85, Register 95; am 6/19/86, Register 98; am 4/24/88, Register 106; am 7/1/92, Register 122 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly…

(a) Plan established. The intensive management plan for the Unit 13 Wolf Predation Control Area is established in this section. (b) Unit 13 Wolf Predation Control Area: the Unit 13 Predation Control Area is established and consists of all lands within Units 13(A), 13(B), 13(C), 1…

(a) Plan established. The intensive management plan for the Unit 16 Predation Control Area is established in this section. (b) Unit 16 Predation Control Area: the Unit 16 Predation Control Area is established, which is focused primarily on mainland Unit 16(B), and consists of all…

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Unit 19(E) Predation Control Area; (2) Unit 19(D)-East Predation Control Area. (3) Unit 19(C) Predation Control Area; (4) Unit 19(A) Predation Control Area; (b) Unit 19(…

(a) Plans established. Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Unit 21 (E) Predation Control Area; (2) Unit 24 (B) Predation Control Area. (b) Unit 21(E) Predation Control Area. The Unit 21(E) Predation Control Area is established i…

Notes 5 AAC 92.125 Eff. 10/1/93, Register 127; am 8/18/95, Register 135; am 7/1/96, Register 138; add'l am 7/1/96, Register 138; am 7/27/97, Register 143; am 2/22/2000, Register 153; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 7/19/2000, Register 155; am 1/3/2001, Register 156; am 7/1/2001, Re…

(a) Non-intensive management plans are established under this section in areas described in this section. (b) Unit 26(B) Musk Oxen Recovery Area:Notwithstanding any other provisions in this title, and based on the following information contained in this subsection, the commission…

(a) Plans established.Intensive management plans for the following areas are established in this section: (1) Unit 1(A) Predation Control Area; (2) Unit 3 Predation Control Area. (b) Unit 1(A) Predation Control Area: (1) The Unit 1(A) Predation Control Area consists of Gravina Is…

(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 …

A person may not take more than one brown bear every four regulatory years, except that (1) the bag limit for brown bear in Unit 1(C), Berners Bay drainages, Units 6 (except Unit 6(D)), 7, 11, 14(A), 14(B), 14(C), that portion within the Chugach State Park Management Area, Units …

(a) Unless the person who took the game is accompanying the person possessing the game, until all salvage is completed as required under this chapter, a person who gives or receives game or a part of game shall immediately furnish, upon demand by a peace officer a statement signe…

(a) A person may not possess, transport, give, receive, or barter game or parts of game that the person knows or should know were taken in violation of AS 11.61.210, or AS 16 or a regulation adopted under AS 16. (b) Repealed 8/12/90. (c) Repealed 8/12/90. (d) Notwithstanding (a) …

(a) It is unlawful, without a permit issued by the department, for anyone to transport or harbor live uncaged Muridae rodents in a vessel, vehicle, aircraft, structure being translocated, or other means of conveyance, or to enter this state, including the waters of this state, wh…

(a) Horns of a Dall sheep must be salvaged. (b) If the taking of a big game animal, except sheep, is restricted to one sex, a person may not possess or transport the carcass of an animal unless sufficient portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate conclusivel…

A person taking game in the following areas and hunts must destroy the trophy value of the game in the manner described: (1) repealed 7/1/2009; (2) repealed 7/1/2009; (3) in Unit 16(B), the antlers of a moose taken under a Tier II permit must be destroyed, by cutting the skull pl…

A person who takes an animal that has been marked or tagged by the department for scientific studies shall, within a reasonable time, notify the department of the date when, and the place where, the animal was killed. Any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other identification mu…

(a) Sealing is required for hides and skulls of brown bear taken in any unit in the state, hides and skulls of black and brown bear taken in any unit in the state before the hide or skull is sold, hides and skulls of black bear of any color variation taken from January 1 through …

(a) A person may not possess, transport, or export from the state the untanned skin of a marten taken in Units 1 - 7 and 14 - 16, the untanned skin of a beaver taken in Units 1-11 and 13 - 17, the untanned skin of a fisher taken in Units 1 - 5, or the untanned skin of a lynx, lan…

(a) A person may not alter, possess, transport, or export from the state, the horns of a Dall sheep ram taken in any hunt where there is a horn configuration bag limit, the horns of a Dall sheep ram taken in Units 6-11 and Units 13 - 17, or the horns of a Dall sheep taken under a…

Notes 5 AAC 92.175 Repealed 4/24/88. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

(a) In accordance with AS 16.05.920(a) and 16.05.930(e), the purchase, sale, or barter of game or any part of game is permitted except as provided in this section. (b) Except as provided in 5 AAC 92.031, a person may not purchase, sell, advertise, or otherwise offer for sale: (1)…

A person may not use game as food for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except for the following: (1) the hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of game legally taken or killed by a motorized vehicle, after salvage as required under 5 AAC 92.220; (2) parts of legally taken animals tha…

(a) Subject to additional requirements in 5 AAC 84 - 5 AAC 85, a person taking game shall salvage the following parts for human use: (1) the hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink, fisher, weasel, and land otter, and the hide or meat of a beaver, muskrat, pika…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section or under the terms of a permit issued by the department, a person may not (1) negligently feed a moose, deer, elk, sheep, bear, wolf, coyote, fox, wolverine, or deleterious exotic wildlife, or negligently leave human food, animal food…

Notes 5 AAC 92.240 Repealed 6/20/87. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

Notes 5 AAC 92.241 Repealed 8/20/89. Effective 8/20/89, Register 111, the substance of repealed 5 AAC 92.241 appears in 5 AAC 93.050. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the p…

A musk ox may be loaned or donated to a public institution for scientific and educational purposes under terms approved by the commissioner and under guidelines approved by the board. Notes 5 AAC 92.250 Eff. 7/5/85, Register 95 Authority:AS 16.05.020 AS 16.05.255 AS 16.40.010 AS …