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 85.035 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk

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 elk are as follows:
Resident
Units and Bag Limits
Open Season (Subsistence and General
								  Hunts)
Nonresident Open Season
(1)
Unit 3, that portion bounded by a line beginning
								  at the intersection of Stikine Strait and Clarence Strait, running southeast
								  following the midline of Clarence Strait, down to its intersection with Ernest
								  Sound, then northeast following the midline of Ernest Sound, excluding Niblack
								  Islands, to its intersection with Zimovia Strait, then northwest following the
								  western shoreline of Zimovia Strait to its intersection with Chichagof Passage,
								  then west along the midline of Chichagof Passage to its intersection with
								  Stikine Strait, then west and south along the midline of Stikine Strait, back
								  to the point of beginning
1 bull by drawing permit only, and by bow and
								  arrow only; up to 50 permits will be issued; or
Sept. 1 - Sept. 30
(General hunt only)
Sept. 1 - Sept. 30
1 bull by drawing permit only; up to 250 permits
								  will be issued; or
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
(General hunt only)
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
1 bull by registration permit only
Nov. 15 - Nov. 30
Nov. 15 - Nov. 30
Unit 3, Zarembo Island 1 bull by drawing permit
								  only; up to 25 permits will be issued
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
Oct. 1 - Oct. 31
Unit 3, Bushy and Shrubby Islands, and the
								  Kashevarof Islands
No open season.
No open season.
Units 1, 2, and the remainder of Unit
								  3
No open season.
No open season
(2)
Unit 8, Raspberry Island
Oct. 1 - Oct. 22
(General hunt only)
Oct. 1 - Oct. 22
1 bull elk by drawing permit only; up to 100
								  permits will be issued
1 antlerless elk by drawing permit only; up to
								  200 permits will be issued
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(General hunt only)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
1 antlerless elk by drawing permit only; up to
								  200 permits will be issued
Unit 8, Southwest Afognak, that portion of
								  Afognak Island and adjacent islands south and west of a line from the head of
								  Back Bay (58° 05.3' N. lat., 152° 45.7' W. long.) to Hatchery Peak
								  (58° 07.2' N. lat., 152° 47.5' W. long.), to the head of Malina Bay
								  (58° 09.3' N. lat., 152° 51.0' W. long.)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(General hunt only)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
1 elk by drawing permit only; up to 500 permits
								  will be issued
Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
(General hunt only)
Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
1 elk by registration permit only
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(General hunt only)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
Unit 8, Eastern Afognak, that portion of Afognak
								  Island east of the main north-south logging road (1100 road) from the Danger
								  Bay logging camp at 58° 08.2' N. lat., 152° 32.9' W. long., north to
								  its terminus at Discoverer Bay at 58° 19.6' N. lat., 152° 21.8' W.
								  long., and adjacent islands west of Marmot Strait
1 elk by drawing permit only; up to 500 permits
								  may be issued
1 elk by registration permit
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(General hunt only)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
Remainder of Unit 8
1 elk by drawing permit only; up to 500 permits
								  may be issued
Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
(General hunt only)
Sept. 25 - Oct. 22
1 elk by registration permit only
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(General hunt only)
Oct. 23 - Nov. 30
(b)
				  Repealed 6/16/91.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.255
AS
						16.05.258