Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 3 - Game
Chapter 92 - Statewide Provisions
Article 3 - Permits
5 AAC 92.069 - Special provisions for moose and caribou drawing permit hunts

(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.

(1) in Units 21(D) and 24, the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area,

(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.