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.
Notes
Authority:AS 16.05.255
AS 16.05.330
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