Section 5 AAC 92.069 - Special provisions for moose and caribou drawing permit hunts(a) In a moose drawing permit hunt specified in this section, a nonresident may apply for and obtain a permit only as follows: (1) the department may issue a drawing permit under this section only to a successful nonresident applicant who meets the requirements of this section;(2) the department shall enter, in a guided nonresident drawing, each complete application from a nonresident who will be accompanied by a guide; until June 30, 2015, the department may enter an application for the applicable hunt only to a nonresident applicant who presents proof at the time of application that the applicant will be accompanied by a guide, and that the guide has a guide use area registration on file with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in accordance with AS 08.54.750 and 12 AAC 75.230, for the applicable guide use area during the season the drawing permits is valid;(3) the department shall enter in a non-guided nonresident drawing all other complete applications from nonresidents.(b) The department shall issue permits as follows: (1) in Units 21(D) and 24, the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, (A) the department shall issue a maximum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to guided nonresidents, and a minimum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents; if the number of guided nonresidents applying for permits is insufficient to award 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits, the department may award the remaining available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents;(B) an applicant for a guided nonresident drawing permit may apply for only one permit per application period;(C) after the successful applicants have been selected by drawing, the department shall create an alternate list by drawing the remaining names of applicants for a specific hunt and placing the names on the alternate list in the order in which the names were drawn;(D) if a successful applicant cancels the guided hunt, the person whose name appears first on the alternate list for that hunt shall be offered the permit; if an alternate applicant cancels the guided hunt, the permit must be offered in turn to succeeding alternate applicants until the alternate list is exhausted;(E) if a guided nonresident drawing permit is available, but the alternate list is exhausted, the department shall issue permits by registration at the Fairbanks division of wildlife conservation office, to the next succeeding non-guided nonresident, awarded in the order in which the names were drawn, until the alternate list is exhausted;(2) in Unit 21(D), outside the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, if the drawing permit hunt is allocated between residents and nonresidents, the department shall issue a maximum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to guided nonresidents, and a minimum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents; if the number of guided nonresidents applying for permits is insufficient to award 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits, the department may award the remaining available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents;(3) in Unit 21(B), that portion within the Nowitna River drainage upstream from the Little Mud River drainage and within the corridor extending two miles on either side of and including the Nowitna River, the drawing permit hunt is allocated 50 percent to residents and 50 percent to nonresidents; the department shall issue a maximum of 75 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to guided nonresidents, and a minimum of 25 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents; if the number of nonresidents applying for permits for either nonresident hunt is insufficient to award the required percentage, the department may award the remaining available nonresident drawing permits to the other nonresident hunt;(4) in Unit 23, that portion south of the north bank of the Kobuk River and Melvin Channel downstream of the Kobuk Valley National Park boundary below the Kallarichuk River mouth, the Selawik River drainage, the Kauk River drainage, and the Baldwin Peninsula; the department shall issue a maximum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to guided nonresidents, and a minimum of 50 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to non-guided nonresidents;(5) in Unit 21(E), a maximum of 30 percent of the nonresident drawing permits will be issued to hunters using a registered guide, and a minimum of 70 percent of the nonresident drawing permits to hunters not using a registered guide; and(6) in Unit 19(C), that portion west of the South Fork of the Kuskokwim 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, and 62° 30.00' N. lat., 153° 32.00' W. long.; the department shall issue 70 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to hunters who use a registered guide, and 30 percent of the available nonresident drawing permits to hunters who do not use a registered guide.(c) The department shall issue caribou drawing permits as follows: in Unit 20(A) 15 percent of the available drawing permits will be issued to nonresidents and 85 percent of the available drawing permits will be issued to residents. The department shall issue 50 percent of the nonresident permits to hunters who use a registered guide, and 50 percent of the nonresident permits to hunters who do not use a registered guide.Eff. 11/1/2004, Register 172; am 12/30/2004, Register 172; am 12/1/2006, Register 180; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 12/2/2007, Register 184; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/13/2012, Register 203; am 7/1/2014, Register 210, July 2014 ; am 7/1/2020, Register 234, July 2020; am 8/10/2024, Register 251, October 2024Authority:AS 16.05.255
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