Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 3 - Game › Chapter 85 - Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits › Article 2 - Seasons and Bag Limits › 5 AAC 85.030 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for deer

Current through May 31, 2024
(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. For those
				  units or portions of units within non-subsistence areas established by the
				  Joint Boards of Fisheries and Game (5 AAC 99.015), there is a general hunt only. Hunting seasons
				  and bag limits for deer are as follows:
Resident
Units and Bag Limits
Open Season (Subsistence and General
								  Hunts)
Nonresident Open Season
(1)
Unit 1(A), that portion on the Cleveland
								  Peninsula bounded by an east-west line from Yes Bay to Santa Anna Inlet 2
								  bucks
Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
Remainder of Unit 1(A) 4 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Unit 1(B) 2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Unit 1(C), that portion including Lincoln,
								  Shelter, and Sullivan Islands 4 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Sept. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Unit 1(C), Douglas Island 4 deer total, only one
								  of which may be done, and only bucks may be taken before Sept. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Remainder of Unit 1(C)
2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Unit 1(D).
No open season
No open season
Unit 2
4 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
(2)
Unit 3, that portion of Mitkof Island within the
								  Petersburg Management Area 2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 15
Unit 3, including the remainder of Mitkof Island,
								  Woewodski, and Butterworth Islands
Oct. 1 - Nov. 7
Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
1 buck Unit 3, that portion of Kuprean of Island
								  on the Lindenberg Peninsula east of the Portage Bay - Duncan Canal
								  Portage
Oct. 1 - Nov. 7
No open season.
1 buck Remainder of Unit 3
2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
Aug. 1 - Nov. 30
(3)
Unit 4, that portion of Chichagof Island east of
								  Port Frederick and north of Tenakee Inlet including all drainages into Tenakee
								  Inlet
RESIDENT HUNTERS:
3 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Sept. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Remainder of Unit 4
RESIDENT HUNTERS:
6 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Sept. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:
2 bucks
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Remainder of Unit 4
6 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Sept. 15
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
(4)
Unit 5(A), Yakutat Youth Hunt Management Area 1
								  buck; or
Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
Oct. 15 - Oct. 31
1 buck Remainder of Unit (5) (A)
Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
1 buck
Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
Nov. 1 - Nov. 30
Unit 5(B)
No open season.
No open season.
(5)
Unit 6
RESIDENT HUNTERS:
5 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Oct. 1
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
(General hunt only)
NONRESIDENT
								  HUNTERS:
4 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Oct. 1
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
(6)
Unit 8, that portion of Kodiak Island north of a
								  line from the head of Settlers Cove to Crescent Lake (57° 52' N. lat.,
								  152° 58' W. long.), and east of a line from the outlet of Crescent Lake to
								  Mount Ellison Peak and from Mount Ellison Peak to Pokati Point at Whale
								  Passage, and that portion of Kodiak Island east of a line from the mouth of
								  Saltery Creek to the mouth of Elbow Creek, and adjacent small islands in
								  Chiniak Bay 1 buck; or
Aug. 1 - Oct. 31
Aug. 1 - Oct. 31
1 deer, by bow and arrow or muzzleloader
								  only
Nov. 1 - Nov. 14
Nov. 1 - Nov. 14
Remainder of Unit 8
Nov. 16 - Dec. 31
Nov. 16 - Dec. 31
3 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before
								  Oct. 1
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
Aug. 1 - Dec. 31
(b)
				  Repealed 6/16/91
Authority:
AS
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AS
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