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 85.055 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep

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 Dall sheep are as follows:
Resident

                        Open Season

                        (Subsistence and    Nonresident

Units and Bag Limits    General Hunts)      Open Season
(1)

  Repealed 8/9/90

  (2)

  Units 12, 13, and

  20, those           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20    Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

portions known as

the Tok               (General hunt only)

Management Area

                                                                              

  1 ram with

  full-curl horn or

  larger every 4

  regulatory years,

  by drawing permit

  only; up to 120

  permits may be

  issued

  (3)

  Units 13 and 20,

  those               

 portions known as

 the                  

Delta Controlled

Use Area;

up to 150 permits 

will be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 		Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, by 			(General hunt only)

drawing permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																										Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger. every 

4 regulatory years,

by drawing permit 

only


(A) before July 1,2020, the hunting seasons and bag limits for moose in Unit 7 are as follows:

Unit 7, the Placer River

drainages, and that

portion of the Placer Creek 

(Bear Valley) drainage out-side

the Portage Glacier Closed

Area, and that portion of

Unit 14(C) within the Twentymile

River drainage

 
RESIDENT HUNTER:

1 moose by drawing permit      Aug. 20 - Oct. 10

only; up to 60 permits									(General hunt only)

for bulls will be issued                

in combination with

non-resident hunts, and

up to 70 permits for antlerless

moose will be issued



NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 bull by drawing permit																									Aug. 20 - Oct. 10

only; up to 60 permits                                  

for bulls will be

issued in combination with

resident hunts

  
  (A) before I, 2023, the hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep in Units 7, 9,13 (excluding the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area), 14(A), 14(B) 15, 

16, 19(A), 19(B), and 19(D) are as follows:


Unit 7, that portion south of

the Sterling Highway, west of

the Seward Highway, and

north and east of Kenai Lake; 

up to 50 permits may be issued

 RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

or larger, by drawing       (General hunt only)

permit only

    
NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or

larger, every 4 regulatory                    					Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

years, by drawing permit only


Units 7 and 15(A). those 

portions east of Fuller Lake trail,

south of Dike Creek, and a 

straight line from the source 

of Dike Creek, east through the 

divide south of Trout Lake, to 

Juneau Creek, west of Juneau 

Creek, and north of the 

Sterling Highway; up to 

10 permits may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ratn with full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

larger, by drawing permit only    (General hunt only)


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or

larger, every 4 regtilatory         																							Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

years, by drawing permit only


Unit 13(D), that portion 

west of a line along the

west side of Tazlina Glacier,

the west side of Tazlina Lake, 

and the west bank of Mendeltna 

Creek; up to 50 permits 

may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:   

I ram by drawing permit only         Aug. 10 - Sept. 20


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram, every 4 regtilatorv years,    Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

by drawing permit only



Unit 13(D), that portion 

east of a line along the 

west side of Tazlina Glacier,

the west side of Tazlina 

Lake, and the west bank of 

Mendeltna Creek, to the 

Richardson Highway; up to

130 permits may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

larger, by drawing permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or     Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

larger, every 4 regulatory years,
 
by drawing permit only


Unit 14(A), south and east 

of the Matanuska River; up

to 100 permits may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram by drawing permit only     Aug. 10 - Sept 20


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram, every 4 regulatory years,

by drawing permit only           Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

Remainder of Unit 7, Unit 9,

remainder of Unit 13, remainder

of Unit 14fA). Unit 14(B).

remainder of Unit 15. and 

Units 16, 19(A). 19(B), and 19(D)


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or

larger, by voutli hunt only;or   Aug. 1 - Aug. 5


1 ram with full-curl             Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger;


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or      Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

larger, every 4 regulatory 

years, by youth hunt only; or



1 ram with full-curl horn or      Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

larger, every 4 regulatory years

      
Unit 19(C)

           
RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or      Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

larger, by youth hunt only; or


1 ram with full-curl horn or      Aug. 10 - Sept 20

larger; or



1 sheep with 3/4-curl horn or     Oct. 1- April 30

less: the take of rams with      (Subsistence hunt only)

both horns broken, lambs, or

ewes with lambs, is prohibited;

by registration permit only



NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn or        Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

larger, every 4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or


1 ram with full-curl horn or        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

larger, every 4 regulatory years



       (B) on Of after July 1, 2023, the hunting seasons and bag limits for Pall sheep in Units 7,

9,13 (excluding the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area), 14(A), 14(B) 15,

16, 19(A), 19(B), and 19(D) are as follows:  


Unit 7, that

portion            

south of the          

Sterling Highway,

west of the Seward

Highway, and north

and east of Kenai

Lake; up to 50 

permits may be 

issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 		 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, by 				(General hunt only)

drawing permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																											Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,

by drawing permit 

only


  Units 7 and

  15(A), those portions   

 east of

Fuller Lake trail,    

south of Dike

Creek, and a

straight line from

the source of Dike

Creek, east through

the divide south of

Trout Lake, to

Juneau Creek, west

of Juneau Creek and

north of the

Sterling Highway; 

up to 10 permits 

may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 		 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, 							(General hunt only)

by drawing permit 

only

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																									 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every

4 regulatory years,

by drawing permit 

only



  Unit 13(D), that

  portion              

west of a line

along the west side

of Tazlina Glacier,

the west side of

Tazlina Lake, and

the west bank of

Mendeltna Creek; 

up to 50 permits 

may be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram by drawing 

permit only 										Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:																								

1 ram, every 4 																										 	 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

regulatory years,

by drawing permit 

only


  Unit 13(D), that

  portion            

east of a line

along the west side

of Tazlina Glacier,

the west side of

Tazlina Lake, and

the west bank of

Mendeltna Creek, to

the Richardson

Highway; up to 

130 permits may 

be issued


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 	 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, by 

drawing permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																						 	Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,

by drawing permit 

only


Unit 14(A), south

and east of         

the Matanuska River;

up to 100 permits

may be issued                                                                             


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, by drawing 					 

permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram, with full-curl       																						 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,																												 

by drawing permit 

only


Remainder of Unit

7, Unit 9,          

remainder of Unit

13, remainder of

Unit 14(A), Unit

14(B), remainder of

Unit 15, and Units

16, 19(A), 19(B),

and 19(D)


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl   Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or


1 ram with full-curl		 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger;


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																								Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, 

every 4 regulatory 

years, by youth 

hunt only; or


1 ram with full-curl 																						  Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years



Unit 19(C), that portion west 

of the South Fork of the

 Kiiskokwim River, east of

 the Windy Fork of the

Kuskokwim River and

 north of a line between

62 24.00' N.lat., 154 7.00' W.long.

30.00' N.lat., 153 32.00' W.long.


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 bull with spike-fork or 			 	Sept. 1-Sept. 20

50-inch antlers or antlers 

with 4 or more brow tines 

on one side by registration 

permit only; or



1 bull by registration permit				Feb. 1-Last day of Feb

 only  


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 bull with 50-inch antlers or  																													Sept. 1-Sept. 20

antlers with 4 or more brow tines 

on one side by registration permit 

only



Remainder of Unit 19(C) 

  
RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 	 	Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or 


1 ram with full-curl   	Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger; or


1 sheep with 3/4-curl 		Oct. 1 - April 30

horn or less; the take 	(Subsistence hunt only)

of rams with both horns  

broken, lambs. or

ewes with lambs, is 

prohibited; by registration 

permit only


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																								Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years, by 

youth hunt only; or


1 ram with full-curl 																								Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years



Remainder of Unit 7, 

Unit 9, remainder of 

Unit 13, remainder of 

Unit 14(A), Unit 14(B),

remainder of Unit 15, and

Units 16, 19(A), 19(B),  

19(D), and 19(E)


RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl horn 

or larger, by youth hunt           Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

only; or 



1 ram with

full-curl horn or larger;          Aug. 10 - Sept. 20   



NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:


1 ram with full-curl horn

or larger, every 4 regulatory

years, by youth hunt only; or                               Aug. 1 - Aug. 5



1 ram with full-curl horn or

larger, every 4 regulatory years                            Aug. 10 - Sept. 20





  (5)

  Unit 11

 RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl	  Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

 horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl		 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

 born or larger

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl																									Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or large1, every

4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 																						 	Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, even 4 

regulatory years




  (6)

Remainder of 

Unit  12    

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 			 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 				 (General hunt only)

youth bunt only; or   

1 ram with full-curl 			 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger										 (General hunt only)

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																											Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 																											Aug. 10 - Scpt. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years         

 

  (7)

  Unit 14(C), the Eklutna Lake        

  Management Area       

                      
		1 ram by drawing permit only, by

  bow and arrow only; up to

  35 permits will be issued

 
RESIDENT HUNTERS:			     

1 ram by drawing 			 			Sept.1	
  
permit only, by 					  (General hunt only)

bow and arrow only



NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:                           Sept.1 - Oct. 31

1 ram by drawing permit only,

by bow 	and arrow only, every 

4 regulatory years


  Remainder of Unit

  14(C)

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 	Aug. 10 - Oct. 31

horn or larger by 				(General hunt only)

drawing permit 

only; up to 240 

permits will be

issued total; or

1 ram by bow and 					Oct. 1 - Oct. 10

arrow only, by 						(General hunt only)

drawing permit

only; up to 120 

permits will be 

issued total

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																							Aug. 10 - Oct. 31

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years, 

by drawing permit only;

up to 240 permits will

 be issued total; or

1 ram by bow and 																											Oct. 1 - Oct. 10

arrow only, every 

4 regulatory years, by 

drawing permit only; up 

to 120 permits will 

be issued total


  (8)

  Unit 17             No open season.       No open season.

  Unit 20(D), that

  portion             

north of the Alaska   

Highway, and that

portion of Unit

20(E) within the

Middle Fork of the

Fortymile River

drainage north and

west of the north

bank upstream from

and including the

Joseph Creek

drainage; up

up to 4 permits 

will be issued      
                                                                        

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl		Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger by 				(General hunt only)

drawing permit 

only

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																							Aug. 10 - Sept. 20
	
horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years, 

by drawing permit 

only

Remainder of Unit

20     
             

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 		Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 		 	(General hunt only)

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 		Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger									(General hunt only)


NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																											 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years, 

by youth hunt only; 

or 

1 ram with full-curl 																										   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years


  (9)

  Unit 23, that

  portion north of

  Rabbit Creek,

  Kyak Creek, and

  the Noatak River,

  and west of the

  Aniuk River

  ("DeLong

  Mountains")

  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 sheep by

registration          No open season.

permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt

                      only)

1 ram with												No open season.

full-curl horn or 

larger by drawing 

permit only, provided

that the barvestable

surplus is greater 

than 9 sheep in 

combination with that 

portion of Unit 26A, 

west of the Etivluk River

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with																																		 No open season.

full-curl horn or larger

by drawing permit only, 

every 4 regulatory years,

provided that the 

harvestable surplus is 

greater than 9 sheep in 

combination with that 

portion of Unit 26A,

west of the Etivluk 

River


  Unit 23, that

  portion south of

  Rabbit Creek,

  Kyak Creek, and

  the Noatak River,

  and west of the

  Cutler and

  Redstone Rivers

  ("Baird

  Mountains")

  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 sheep by

registration          No open season.

permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt

                      only)

1 ram with full-curl  No open season.

horn or larger by

drawing permit

only, provided that 

the harvcstable 

surplus is greater 

than 47 sheep

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl																								No open season.

horn or larger by

drawing permit

only, every 4 

regulatory years,

provided that the

harvestable surplns is

greater than 47 sheep

  Remainder of Unit

  23 ("Schwatka

  Mountains")


  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

3 sheep by

registration          No open season.

permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt

                      only)

1 ram with full-						No open season.

curl horn or 

larger

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl																					  	No open season.

horn or larger, 

every 4 regulatory

years

  (10)

 Unit 24(A)         

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 	 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 		Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																							 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 																							 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years
                                                                              

  Unit 24(B), that

  portion             Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.

with the John River

drainage upstream

from Till Creek,

and that portion

within the Glacier

River drainage

   

  3 sheep of which not more than
one may be a ewe

  Remainder of Unit

  24(B) 
	

	RESIDENT HUNTERS: 

1 ram with full-curl  	 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 		 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger           

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																								 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, 

every 4 regulatory

years, by youth hunt 

only; or 

1 ram with full-curl 																					   	Aug. 10 - Sept 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years 


 Unit 25(A)

  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with 

full-curl horn        Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

or larger may be

taken                 Oct. 1 - Apr. 30

only from Aug. 10

Sept. 20; up to 3 

sheep may be taken 

by registration 

permit only Oct. 

1 - April 30; or

1 ram with full-curl   Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

 horn or larger,

 by youth hunt only;



Remainder of Unit

25                 

RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 		Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 	 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																								Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, eveiy 4 

regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or
	
1 ram with full-curl 																					   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years



  Unit 26(A), that

  portion west of

  the Etivluk River

  drainage


  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

	1 sheep by

registration          No open season.

permit only; or       (Subsistence hunt

                      only)

1 ram with full-curl		No open season.

 horn or larger by 

drawing permit only,

provided that the 

barvestable surplus is 

greater than 9 sheep 

in combination with that 

portion of Unit 23 in

the DeLong Mountains

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																								 No open season.

horn or larger by 

drawing permit only,

every 4 regulatory years,

provided that the 

harvestable surplus is 

greater than 9 sheep 

in combination with that

 portion of Unit 23 in

the DeLong Mountains

  Unit 26(A), that

  portion east of

  and including the

  Etivluk River

  drainage,

  excluding Gates

  of the Arctic

  National Park

  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

3 sheep by

registration          Aug. 1 - Apr. 30

permit only; or      (Subsistence hunt

                      only)

1 ram with full-curl		Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

 horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl		Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

 horn or larger

NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with full-curl 																									Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every 4 

regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 																								 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 4 

regulatory years;

  Unit 26(A), that

  portion within

  the Gates of the

  Arctic National

  Park

                                                                              

  3 sheep             Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.

  Unit 26(B), that

  portion within

  the Gates of the

  Arctic National

  Park

                                                                              

  3 sheep              Aug. 1 - Apr. 30      No open season.

  Remainder of

  Units 26(A) and

  26(B)           
    

	RESIDENT HUNTERS:

	1 ram with full-curl	 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

 horn or larger, by 

 youth hunt only; or

	1 ram with full-curl 	Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

 horn or larger

	NONRESIDENT HUNTERS:

	1 ram with full-curl																					  Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

 horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only; or

1 ram with full-curl 																						 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, every 

4 regulatory years

  

Unit 26(C)

  RESIDENT HUNTERS:

1 ram with

full-curl             Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger may

be                    Oct. 1 - Apr. 30

taken only from

Aug. 10 Sept. 20;

 up to 3 sheep may

 be taken

by registration

permit only Oct. 1 

- April 30; or

1 ram with full-curl 	 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, by 

youth hunt only

  
NONRESIDENT

  HUNTERS:

1 ram with 

full-curl                                   Aug. 10 - Sept. 20

horn or larger, 

every 4 regulatory 

years; or

1 ram with full-curl																							 Aug. 1 - Aug. 5

horn or larger, every

4 regulatory years,

by youth hunt only
(b) Repealed
				  6/16/91.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS
						16.05.255
AS
						16.05.258