12 AAC 75.920 - Hunting, guiding, and practical experience
(a) The hunting,
guiding, or practical field experience required under
AS
08.54.610-08.54.630 will only be accepted by
the board if the applicant's hunting and guiding licenses issued by this state
were valid and unencumbered during the time period for which experience is
claimed.
(b) For purposes of
satisfying the hunting experience requirements in
AS
08.54.620, the applicant must document at
least 20 days of big game hunting activity in a calendar year in order to
receive credit for one year.
(c)
For the purposes of satisfying the guiding experience requirements in
AS
08.54.620(a)(4)(A)(i), the
applicant must document at least 60 days of big game guiding activity in three
or more calendar years.
(d) For
purposes of satisfying the requirements in
AS
08.54.630(a)(2), the
applicant must document at least 60 days of big game hunting activity during
two or more calendar years. At least 30 of the 60 days must be in a guide camp
or under the supervision of a licensed guide while performing guide-related
duties. Documented passage of the assistant guide training course described in
AS
08.54.630(a)(4)(B) may count
for 10 days.
(e) For the purposes
of the requirements in
AS
08.54.630(a)(4)(A), the
written recommendation must be signed by the registered guide-outfitter who
intends to employ the person as an assistant guide and must attest to the fact
that the applicant meets each of the following criteria:
(1) has knowledge and experience in the safe
operation of firearms;
(2) has
knowledge of guide statutes and regulations and game regulations;
(3) has knowledge in trophy judging, caping,
skirming, butchering, and meat and trophy care;
(4) has directly participated in the
spotting, stalking, and subsequent harvesting of at least three big game
animals in this state;
(5) has
knowledge and experience concerning general safety and emergency protocol.
(f) For the purposes of
the requirements in
AS
08.54.610(d)(1), a person
who is licensed as a registered guide-outfitter may be employed by another
registered guide-outfitter to provide CD the services of a class-A assistant
guide, statewide, if the non-contracting registered guide-outfitter has had at
least 10 days hunting experience in the game management until that the non
contarcting guide will be assisting the contracting guide in.
(g) In this section, "big game hunting
activity" includes working in a guide camp or under the supervision of a
licensed guide while performing guide-related duties.
Notes
Authority:AS 08.54.600
AS 08.54.605
AS 08.54.610
AS 08.54.620
AS 08.54.630
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