Here are the game districts into
which Alaska is divided for the
purpose of setting bag limits and
season dates. Below will be
found a complete description of
each district as to what can be
taken and when.
Big Game Season Opens
Monday; Here Are Limits
On Game As To Districts
Big game season opens Monday*
on deer, moose, caribou, mountain
goat and mountain sheep. The sea
m o varies a little in the different
Fish and Wildlife units, according
to the map shown here, but for
the most part, its “on to the hills.”
Fish and Wildlife service author
ities say that the game population
vf the Territory is constant, in that
there is no noticeable increase or
decrease in the population. They
anticipate a good year for hunters
though they do not expect a rec
ord number of outdoorsmen in the
field.
!
General game regulations are sim
ple and it is not hard to meet the •
standards. License and permit fees j
are as follows:
Resident: Trapping, $3; hunting.
Si; Fishing, SI (a trapping license!
includes the privilege of hunting
and fishing; a hunting license in
ei.idesthe privilege of fishing); not
acquired of a native-born Indian
tr Eskimo, nor of resident under
30 years of age.
Nonresident: (A citizen or a na
tional of the United States who
has not maintained a bona fide res
idence in the Territory for a per
iod of 12 months or for the extend
'ed period of three years, as the#ase
may be.)
General hunting, trapping, and
game fishing, $50; hunting and
game * fishing, not including big
game, $10; game fishing, $2.50. (Any
fishing license must- also have a
•Territorial fishing stamp on it.)
Nonresidents of the Territory
faking big game animals, except
deer, for any purpose, or going
afield to photograph large brown
or grizzly bears, are required to em
ploy and be accompanied by a
guide registered and licensed by
the Alaska Game Commission.
Below, as follows, are listed the
game, and bag limits, the unit which
they be hunted along with t?ie dates
(inclusive) during which time they
may be hunted. All reserves are
closed to hunting.
Deer (except fawns): Unit 1;
Aug. 20-Nov.‘ 26; 3 bucks a year
<3-inch antlers or longer): Units 2,
3, 4, 5; Aug. 20-Nov. 26; 3 bucks a
year (3-inch antlers or longer) or
2 bucks a year (3-inch antlers or
longer) and 1 antlerless deer. (Ant
lerless deer may only be taken be
tween Nov. 13-26.) Unit 6; Aug. 20
Nov. 26; 2 bucks a year (3-inch ant
lers or longer) or 2 antlerless deer
a year: (These antlerless deer may
only be taken between Oct. 1
Nov. 26.) Unit 8; Aug. 20- Oct. 15;
1 buck a year (3-inch antlers or
longer.)
Moose: (Bulls with forked antlers
or larger) Bag limit is 1 bull a year.
Unit 1, Sept. 15-Oct. 5, Aug. 20
Sept. 30; Unit 7, Aug. ^80-Sept. 20;
Units 9 and 17, Aug. 20-Sept. 30 and
Dec. 10-31; Units 11. 13, 14 and 16, j
Aug. 20-Sept. 20 and Nov., 1-30: j
Units 12, 15 and 20; Aug. 20-Sept.
20 and Nov. 20-30; Units 18, 19, 21, |
22, 24, 25. and 26; Aug. 20-Sept. 38
and Nov. 20-30.
Caribou (either sex): Unit 9, one
per year, Aug. 20-31 and Dec. 10-31;
Units 12. 13. 14. 16, 17. 19. 20. 1
22. and those portions of Units 23.
24. and 25 which are south of the
Arctic Circle, two per year, Aug.
20-Dec. 31; Unit 26 and those por
tions of Units 23, 24, and 25 which
are north of the Arctic Circle. Aug.
20-Feb. 28, no limit.
Elk: (forked antlers or larger);
Unit 8 only, Sept. 1-20, one bull per
year.
Mountain Goat (except kids):
Units 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Aug. 20-Nov.
26, 2 per year; Unit 7, 11, 13, 14,
and 15, Aug. 20-Oct. 31, one per year
Mountain Sheep (rams with 3 4
curl horn or larger): Units 11, 12,
13, 14, 16, 19, 20, and that portion
of Unit 25 lying south of the Yukon
River, Aug. 20-Sept. 10. 1 ram with
3 4 curl horn or larger per year;
Units 23, 24, 26 and that portion of
Unit 25 north of the Yukon River,
Aug. 15-Sept. 10, one ram with 3/4
curl or larger.
Bison: There is no open season.
Brown and Grizzly bear: Bag lim
it is one of either species a year.
Units 1, 4, 5, Spet. 1-June 30: Unit
j 8, that portion in the Kodiak Na
tional Wildlife Refuge and main
land coast, Sept. 16-May 31; Re
mainder of Unit 8, Sept. 1-June 20;
Unit <T, Sept. 16-May 31; Units 14
and 16, Sept. 1-Mar. 31 and May
6-June 20; Units 6, 7, 11. 12. 13, 15,
17 through 26, Sept, 1-June 20.
Black 3ear < including its brown,
blue or glacier bear color varia
tions): Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Sept.
1-June 30, two a year; Units 7 and
15, no closed season, three a year;
Units 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16
through 26, Sept. 1-June 20, three
: a year.
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