5 Alaska Admin. Code § 92.052

Current through May 31, 2024
Section 5 AAC 92.052 - Discretionary permit hunt conditions and procedures

The department may apply any or all of the following additional conditions to a permit hunt, when necessary for management of the species hunted:

(1) a permittee shall register at a designated station before entering, and upon leaving, the field; except as authorized under AS 16.05.405, a person may not hold more than one permit for the same species in a hunt area at one time;
(2) a permittee shall demonstrate
(A) the ability to identify the species hunted;
(B) the ability to identify the permit hunt area;
(C) a knowledge of weapon safety and use;
(3) a permittee shall attend an orientation course;
(4) a permittee shall carry an operative radio while in the field;
(5) a permittee who takes an animal under a permit shall deliver specified biological specimens to a check station or to the nearest department office within a time set by the department; the trophy value of an animal taken under a subsistence permit may be nullified by the department;
(6) a permittee must be accompanied by a department representative;
(7) only a specified number of permittees may hunt during the same time period, and a permittee may hunt only in a specified subdivision within the permit hunt area;
(8) a permittee may not use specified mechanized vehicles for hunting big game or for transporting meat from the hunting area;
(9) a permittee who cancels his or her plan to hunt shall notify the department at an office, and within a time limit, specified by the department;
(10) a permittee may use only weapons and ammunition specified by the department;
(11) before receiving a permit, the permittee shall acknowledge in writing that he or she has read, understands, and will abide by, the conditions specified for the hunt;
(12) a permittee may hunt only during specified time periods;
(13) a permit applicant must be at least 10 years old;
(14) a permittee shall submit, on a form supplied by the department, information requested by the department about the hunt, including the degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude of the kill location for antlerless moose hunts in Units 20(A) and 20(B); the permittee shall submit this form to the department within the time limit set by the department;
(15) the permit applicant must hold a valid Alaska hunting license; however, this does not apply to a resident under the age of 18; an applicant's hunting license number must be entered on the permit application; a resident under the age of 18 shall enter his or her age instead of a license number;
(16) a hunter participating in a permit hunt that allows only the use of a bow and arrow must have completed a department-approved bowhunter education course;
(17) a permittee may take only an animal of a sex specified by the department;
(18) a person with physical disabilities, as defined in AS 16.05.940, with a special permit to hunt with a motorized vehicle, must be accompanied by another hunter who has a valid hunting license and is capable of assisting the permittee in retrieving game taken by the permittee;
(19) a person may be limited to one big game registration permit at a time in Units 1, 17, 20(E), 22, and 23;
(20) the number of registration permits that may be issued per household for a specified big game hunt may be limited;
(21) the permit hunt area authorized by the Board of Game may be subdivided into smaller permit hunt areas;
(22) a permittee may transfer the permittee's Unit 13 subsistence permit to a resident member of the permittee's family, within the second degree of kinship; a person may not receive remuneration for the transfer of a permit under this paragraph;
(23) except as otherwise provided, if a drawing permit hunt is undersubscribed, surplus permits may be made available at the division of wildlife conservation office responsible for management of the applicable hunt. Surplus permits are not subject to the limitations in 5 AAC 92.050(2) and (4)(F);
(24) a permittee must dispose of parts of game not required to be salvaged as directed by the department in the permit;
(25) in Units 22 and 23, a person may be limited to taking one mature or one immature musk ox, as specified in the permit by horn configuration;
(26) a permittee shall attach a locking tag to an antler at the kill site;
(27) A person may be limited to one registration permit for moose each regulatory year within the drainages of the Kuskokwim River;
(28) the department may limit when and where registration permits for Unit 22 moose are available based on guidance from the board.
(29) Notwithstanding 5 AAC 85.045, the department may issue up to 10 additional drawing permits to residents for any-bull resident selective harvest moose hunts in Game Management Units 1-26. Permits are valid during the existing selective harvest hunt seasons and the department may issue them under the following conditions:
(1) the department has determined that additional harvestable surplus is available; and
(2) calves may not be taken.

5 AAC 92.052

Eff. 7/5/85, Register 95; am 8/20/89, Register 111; am 7/1/92, Register 122; am 6/28/96, Register 138; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2004, Register 170; am 7/1/2005, Register 174; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; add'l am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2018, Register 226, July 2018; am 7/1/2019, Register 230, June 2019; am 7/1/2020, Register 234, July 2020; am 6/23/2022, Register 242, July 2022

Authority:AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.330