Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 3 - Game
Chapter 85 - Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits
Article 2 - Seasons and Bag Limits
5 AAC 85.055 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep

(a) In this section, the phrase "General hunt only" means that there is a general hunt for residents, but no subsistence hunt, during the relevant open season. Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep are as follows: Resident Open Season (Subsistence and Nonresident Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season (1) Repealed 8/9/90 (2) Units 12, 13, and 20, those Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 portions known as the Tok (General hunt only) Management Area 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only; up to 120 permits may be issued (3) Units 13 and 20, those portions known as the Delta Controlled Use Area; up to 150 permits will be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, by (General hunt only) drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger. every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only (A) before July 1,2020, the hunting seasons and bag limits for moose in Unit 7 are as follows: Unit 7, the Placer River drainages, and that portion of the Placer Creek (Bear Valley) drainage out-side the Portage Glacier Closed Area, and that portion of Unit 14(C) within the Twentymile River drainage RESIDENT HUNTER: 1 moose by drawing permit Aug. 20 - Oct. 10 only; up to 60 permits (General hunt only) for bulls will be issued in combination with non-resident hunts, and up to 70 permits for antlerless moose will be issued NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 bull by drawing permit Aug. 20 - Oct. 10 only; up to 60 permits for bulls will be issued in combination with resident hunts (A) before I, 2023, the hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep in Units 7, 9,13 (excluding the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area), 14(A), 14(B) 15, 16, 19(A), 19(B), and 19(D) are as follows: Unit 7, that portion south of the Sterling Highway, west of the Seward Highway, and north and east of Kenai Lake; up to 50 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 or larger, by drawing (General hunt only) permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, every 4 regulatory Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 years, by drawing permit only Units 7 and 15(A). those portions east of Fuller Lake trail, south of Dike Creek, and a straight line from the source of Dike Creek, east through the divide south of Trout Lake, to Juneau Creek, west of Juneau Creek, and north of the Sterling Highway; up to 10 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ratn with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger, by drawing permit only (General hunt only) NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, every 4 regtilatory Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 years, by drawing permit only Unit 13(D), that portion west of a line along the west side of Tazlina Glacier, the west side of Tazlina Lake, and the west bank of Mendeltna Creek; up to 50 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: I ram by drawing permit only Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram, every 4 regtilatorv years, Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 by drawing permit only Unit 13(D), that portion east of a line along the west side of Tazlina Glacier, the west side of Tazlina Lake, and the west bank of Mendeltna Creek, to the Richardson Highway; up to 130 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger, by drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Unit 14(A), south and east of the Matanuska River; up to 100 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram by drawing permit only Aug. 10 - Sept 20 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Remainder of Unit 7, Unit 9, remainder of Unit 13, remainder of Unit 14fA). Unit 14(B). remainder of Unit 15. and Units 16, 19(A). 19(B), and 19(D) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, by voutli hunt only;or Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger; NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 19(C) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept 20 larger; or 1 sheep with 3/4-curl horn or Oct. 1- April 30 less: the take of rams with (Subsistence hunt only) both horns broken, lambs, or ewes with lambs, is prohibited; by registration permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger, every 4 regulatory years (B) on Of after July 1, 2023, the hunting seasons and bag limits for Pall sheep in Units 7, 9,13 (excluding the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area), 14(A), 14(B) 15, 16, 19(A), 19(B), and 19(D) are as follows: Unit 7, that portion south of the Sterling Highway, west of the Seward Highway, and north and east of Kenai Lake; up to 50 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, by (General hunt only) drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Units 7 and 15(A), those portions east of Fuller Lake trail, south of Dike Creek, and a straight line from the source of Dike Creek, east through the divide south of Trout Lake, to Juneau Creek, west of Juneau Creek and north of the Sterling Highway; up to 10 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, (General hunt only) by drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Unit 13(D), that portion west of a line along the west side of Tazlina Glacier, the west side of Tazlina Lake, and the west bank of Mendeltna Creek; up to 50 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram by drawing permit only Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram, every 4 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Unit 13(D), that portion east of a line along the west side of Tazlina Glacier, the west side of Tazlina Lake, and the west bank of Mendeltna Creek, to the Richardson Highway; up to 130 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, by drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Unit 14(A), south and east of the Matanuska River; up to 100 permits may be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, by drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram, with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Remainder of Unit 7, Unit 9, remainder of Unit 13, remainder of Unit 14(A), Unit 14(B), remainder of Unit 15, and Units 16, 19(A), 19(B), and 19(D) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger; NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 19(C), that portion west of the South Fork of the Kiiskokwim 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. 30.00' N.lat., 153 32.00' W.long. RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 bull with spike-fork or Sept. 1-Sept. 20 50-inch antlers or antlers with 4 or more brow tines on one side by registration permit only; or 1 bull by registration permit Feb. 1-Last day of Feb only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 bull with 50-inch antlers or Sept. 1-Sept. 20 antlers with 4 or more brow tines on one side by registration permit only Remainder of Unit 19(C) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger; or 1 sheep with 3/4-curl Oct. 1 - April 30 horn or less; the take (Subsistence hunt only) of rams with both horns broken, lambs. or ewes with lambs, is prohibited; by registration permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Remainder of Unit 7, Unit 9, remainder of Unit 13, remainder of Unit 14(A), Unit 14(B), remainder of Unit 15, and Units 16, 19(A), 19(B), 19(D), and 19(E) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, by youth hunt Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 only; or 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger; Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 (5) Unit 11 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 born or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or large1, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, even 4 regulatory years (6) Remainder of Unit 12 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by (General hunt only) youth bunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger (General hunt only) NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Scpt. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years (7) Unit 14(C), the Eklutna Lake Management Area 1 ram by drawing permit only, by bow and arrow only; up to 35 permits will be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram by drawing Sept.1 permit only, by (General hunt only) bow and arrow only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: Sept.1 - Oct. 31 1 ram by drawing permit only, by bow and arrow only, every 4 regulatory years Remainder of Unit 14(C) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Oct. 31 horn or larger by (General hunt only) drawing permit only; up to 240 permits will be issued total; or 1 ram by bow and Oct. 1 - Oct. 10 arrow only, by (General hunt only) drawing permit only; up to 120 permits will be issued total NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Oct. 31 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only; up to 240 permits will be issued total; or 1 ram by bow and Oct. 1 - Oct. 10 arrow only, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only; up to 120 permits will be issued total (8) Unit 17 No open season. No open season. Unit 20(D), that portion north of the Alaska Highway, and that portion of Unit 20(E) within the Middle Fork of the Fortymile River drainage north and west of the north bank upstream from and including the Joseph Creek drainage; up up to 4 permits will be issued RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger by (General hunt only) drawing permit only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only Remainder of Unit 20 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by (General hunt only) youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger (General hunt only) NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years (9) Unit 23, that portion north of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Aniuk River ("DeLong Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration No open season. permit only; or (Subsistence hunt only) 1 ram with No open season. full-curl horn or larger by drawing permit only, provided that the barvestable surplus is greater than 9 sheep in combination with that portion of Unit 26A, west of the Etivluk River NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with No open season. full-curl horn or larger by drawing permit only, every 4 regulatory years, provided that the harvestable surplus is greater than 9 sheep in combination with that portion of Unit 26A, west of the Etivluk River Unit 23, that portion south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Cutler and Redstone Rivers ("Baird Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration No open season. permit only; or (Subsistence hunt only) 1 ram with full-curl No open season. horn or larger by drawing permit only, provided that the harvcstable surplus is greater than 47 sheep NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl No open season. horn or larger by drawing permit only, every 4 regulatory years, provided that the harvestable surplns is greater than 47 sheep Remainder of Unit 23 ("Schwatka Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 3 sheep by registration No open season. permit only; or (Subsistence hunt only) 1 ram with full- No open season. curl horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl No open season. horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years (10) Unit 24(A) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 24(B), that portion Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. with the John River drainage upstream from Till Creek, and that portion within the Glacier River drainage 3 sheep of which not more than one may be a ewe Remainder of Unit 24(B) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 25(A) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 or larger may be taken Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 only from Aug. 10 Sept. 20; up to 3 sheep may be taken by registration permit only Oct. 1 - April 30; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; Remainder of Unit 25 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, eveiy 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 26(A), that portion west of the Etivluk River drainage RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration No open season. permit only; or (Subsistence hunt only) 1 ram with full-curl No open season. horn or larger by drawing permit only, provided that the barvestable surplus is greater than 9 sheep in combination with that portion of Unit 23 in the DeLong Mountains NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl No open season. horn or larger by drawing permit only, every 4 regulatory years, provided that the harvestable surplus is greater than 9 sheep in combination with that portion of Unit 23 in the DeLong Mountains Unit 26(A), that portion east of and including the Etivluk River drainage, excluding Gates of the Arctic National Park RESIDENT HUNTERS: 3 sheep by registration Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 permit only; or (Subsistence hunt only) 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years; Unit 26(A), that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park 3 sheep Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. Unit 26(B), that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park 3 sheep Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. Remainder of Units 26(A) and 26(B) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years Unit 26(C) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger may be Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 taken only from Aug. 10 Sept. 20; up to 3 sheep may be taken by registration permit only Oct. 1 - April 30; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, by youth hunt only NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years; or 1 ram with full-curl Aug. 1 - Aug. 5 horn or larger, every 4 regulatory years, by youth hunt only

(b) Repealed 6/16/91.