Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 3 - Game › Chapter 92 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Permits › 5 AAC 92.044 - Permit for hunting bear with the use of bait or scent lures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not establish a bear bait station to hunt bear with the use of bait or scent
				  lures without first obtaining a permit from the department under this
				  section.
(b) In addition to any
				  condition that the department may require under
				  5 AAC 92.052, a permit issued under this section is
				  subject to the following provisions:
(1) a
				  person may establish a black bear bait station, or a black and brown bear bait
				  station in Units 7, 11, 12, 13, 14(B), 14(C), that portion of the remainder, of
				  excluding Glacier Creek drainage outside of Chugach State Park, 15, 16, 18,
				  19(A), 19(D), 20(A), 20(B), 20(C), that portion of 20(D) north of the Tanana
				  River, 20(E), 20(F), 21(C), 21(D), 23, 24(C), 24(D), 25(C), and 25(D), only if
				  that person obtains a permit under this section;
(2) a person must complete a bear hunter
				  clinic given by the department before that person may obtain a permit from the
				  department under this section;
(3)
				  a person must be at least 18 years of age to be issued a permit;
(4) a person may not have more than two bait
				  stations established with bait present at any one time, except that in Units 6,
				  7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14(A), 14(B), 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, and 25, a
				  registered guide-outfitter may operate up to 10 bait station sites at a time in
				  each guide use area that the registered guide-outfitter may conduct big game
				  hunting services in under AS 08.45.750, and may either personally or through
				  licensed class-A assistant or assistant guides establish and maintain those
				  sites simultaneously, if a signed big game commercial services contract under
				  12 AAC 75.260 is used for each
				  hunter that uses any of the sites;
(5) a person may not use bait or scent lures
				  within
(A) one-quarter mile of a publicly
				  maintained road, trail, or the Alaska Railroad;
(B) one mile of a
(i) house or other permanent dwelling, except
				  that bait may be used within one mile of a cabin if the cabin is on the
				  opposite side of a major river system, as identified by the department in the
				  permit, from the bear baiting station;
(ii) business; or
(iii) school; or
(C) one mile of a developed campground or
				  developed recreational facility;
(6) a person may not give or receive
				  remuneration for the use of a bait station, including barter or exchange of
				  goods; however, this paragraph does not apply to remuneration from a client to
				  a registered guide-outfitter, master guide-outfitter, or employee of the
				  contracting guide for providing big game hunting services;
(7) a person using bait or scent lures shall
				  clearly identify the site with a sign reading "bear bait station" that also
				  displays the person's hunting license number, and the permit number;
(8) only biodegradable materials may be used
				  as bait; if fish or big game is used as bait, only the head, bones, viscera, or
				  skin of legally harvested fish and game may be used, except that in Units 7 and
				  15, fish or fish parts may not be used as bait;
(9) repealed 4/8/2012;
(10) a permittee must remove bait, litter,
				  and equipment from the bait station site when hunting is completed;
(11) repealed 4/8/2012;
(12) repealed 7/1/2016;
(13) in Units 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14(A), 14(B),
				  15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26(B), and 26(C), a hunter who has been
				  airborne may take or assist in taking a black bear at a bait station with the
				  use of bait or scent lures under a permit issued by the department, and if the
				  hunter is at least 300 feet from the airplane at the time of taking; in Units
				  7, 11, 12, 13, 14(B), 15, 16, 18, 19(A), 19(D), 20(A), 20(B), 20(C), that
				  portion of 20(D) north of the Tanana River, 20(E), 20(F), 21(C), 21(D), 23,
				  24(C), 24(D), and 25(D), a hunter who has been airborne may take or assist in
				  taking a brown bear at a bait station with the use of bait or scent lures under
				  a permit issued by the department, and if the hunter is at least 300 feet from
				  the airplane at the time of taking.
(14) before a person establishes a bear
				  baiting station and places bait at the baiting station that person shall, at
				  the time of registration, provide to the department the specific location of
				  the baiting station on a form provided by the department.