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 85.060 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for fur animals

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. Hunting
				  seasons and bag limits for fur animals are as follows:
Resident

											                  Open Season

											                 (Subsistence and
											                                          Nonresident
		Units and Bag Limits       General Hunts)
										                                           Open Season
(1) Coyote

  Units 1 - 5, 18,    Sept. 1 - Apr. 30     Sept. 1 - Apr. 30

		and 22              (General hunt only)

                                                                              

  2 coyotes

  Units 6, 7, 9-17,

	 19, 20, 21,          July 1 - June 30      July 1 - June 30

		23, 24, 25,

	 and 26                                                                              

  No limit

  (2) Arctic fox

  (including white

  and blue phases)

		Unit 8 2 foxes						Sept. 1 - Feb. 15				 Sept. 1 - Feb. 15		

  Units 9, 17, 18,

  22, 23, and 26      Sept. 1 - Apr. 30     Sept. 1 - Apr. 30

                      (General hunt only)

                                                                              

  2 foxes

  Units 24 and 25     Sept. 1 - Mar. 15     Sept. 1 - Mar. 15

                      (General hunt only)

                                                                              

  2 foxes

  Unit 10             No closed season.     No closed season.

                      (General hunt only)

  No limit

  (3) Red fox

  (including cross,

  black, and silver

  phases)

  Units 1 - 7 and 15  No open season.       No open season.

  Units 8 - 10, 14,

  16, and 17          Sept. 1 - Feb. 15     Sept. 1 - Feb. 15

                      (General hunt only)

  2 foxes

  Units 11 - 13 and

  18 - 26             Sept. 1 - Mar. 15     Sept. 1 - Mar. 15

                      (General hunt only)

  10 foxes;

  however, no more

  than 2 foxes may

  be taken before

  Oct. 1

  (4) Lynx

  Units 1 - 5, 

  and 10              No open season.       No open season.

  Units 6, 7, 11,

  and 13 - 16         Nov. 10 - Feb. 28     Nov. 10 - Feb. 28

                      (General hunt only)

  2 lynx

  Units 9 and 17      Nov. 10 - Feb. 28     Nov. 10 - Feb. 28

                      (General hunt only)

  2 lynx

  Units 12 and 20(E)  Nov. 1 - Mar. 15      Nov. 1 - Mar. 15

                      (General hunt only)

  2 lynx

  Unit 18             Nov. 10 - Mar. 31     Nov. 10 - Mar. 31

                      (General hunt only)

  2 lynx

  Remainder of Unit

  20, and             Nov. 1 - Feb. 28      Nov. 1 - Feb. 28

Unit 25(C)            (General hunt only)

                                                                              

  2 lynx

  Units 19, 21, 24,

  and                 Nov. 1 - Feb. 28      Nov. 1 - Feb. 28

remainder of Unit 25  (General hunt only)

                                                                              

  2 lynx

  Units 22, 23, and

  26                  Nov. 1 - Apr. 15      Nov. 1 - Apr. 15

                      (General hunt only)

2 lynx

  (5) Red squirrel,

  ground squirrel,

  flying squirrel

  Units 1 - 26        No closed season.     No closed season.

                      (General hunt only)

  No limit

  (6) Beaver

  Units 1-8, 10-15,    	No open season.      No open season.

  and 17              

  Units 9, 18, and 23   No closed season.     No closed season.

  No limit

     
  Unit 16            			Aug. 10 - May 31       Aug. 10 - May 31                                                                

  No limit

  
  Units 21(A) and

  21(E)               Sept. 1 - June 10     Sept. 1 - June 10

                                                                              

  No limit

  Unit 22

No limit              No closed season.     No closed season.

  Units 19 - 20,      No open season.       No open season.

21(B), 21(C) 21(D),

and 24 - 26
(b) Repealed
				  6/16/91.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.255
AS
						16.05.258