Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 3 - Game
Chapter 92 - Statewide Provisions
Article 4 - Methods and Means
5 AAC 92.095 - Unlawful methods of taking furbearers; exceptions

(1) by disturbing or destroying a den, except that any muskrat pushup or feeding house may be disturbed in the course of trapping;

(2) by disturbing or destroying any beaver house;

(3) taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare, except that

(4) taking land otter with a steel trap having an inside jaw spread of less than five and seven-eighths inches during any closed mink and marten season in the same game management unit;

(5) using a dog, net, or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);

(6) repealed 7/1/2012;

(7) taking a wolf or coyote with a steel trap, or with a snare smaller than 3/32 inch diameter in

(8) a person who has been airborne may not use a firearm to take or assist in taking a wolf or wolverine until after 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day in which the flying occurred; or in taking a coyote, arctic fox, red fox, or lynx, unless that person is over 300 feet from the airplane at the time of the taking; this paragraph does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to dispatch an animal caught in a trap or snare;

(9) taking a red fox in Unit 15 by any means other than a steel trap or snare;

(10) taking beaver in Units 11, 13, and 16 from September 25 through November 9, in the remainder of Unit 20(8) and in Unit 20(D) from September 25 through October 31 and from April 16 through May 31, and in Units 7 and 15 from October 15 through November 9 and from April 1 through April 30, except with underwater traps or snares;

(11) by using a hook;

(12) by placing or leaving an active trap or snare set on land or ice that is within 300 feet of the site at which a moose, caribou, or deer was killed as a result of being caught in a trap or snare; this prohibition applies for the duration of the regulatory year in which the moose, caribou, or deer was killed as a result of being caught in the trap or snare;

(13) repealed 7/1/2016;

(14) repealed 8/10/2010;

(15) repealed 7/1/2004;

(16) in Unit 1(C), that portion west of Excursion Inlet and north of Icy Passage, by using

(17) repealed 7/1/2016;

(18) in Unit 22, from June 11 through September 15, taking beaver by any means other than a firearm;

(19) in Unit 23, from June 11 through October 31, taking muskrat by any means other than a firearm;

(20) in Unit 5(A), the Yakutat area, by using snares or body-gripping traps with a jaw spread greater than eight inches, in the following areas:

(21) in Unit 26(A), bounded on the west by the east bank of the Killik River beginning at its intersection with the game management boundary between Units 24 and 26(A), then north along the Killik River to its confluence with the Colville River, then bounded on the north by the south bank of the Colville River, east along the Colville River to its confluence with the Anaktuvuk River, then bounded on the east by the west bank of the Anaktuvuk River, south along the Anaktuvuk River to the game management boundary between Units 24 and 26(A), then west along the game management boundary between Units 24 and 26(A) to the point of origin; before July 1, 2033, the area is closed to the use of aircraft for trapping furbearers, including the transportation of furbearers, their trapping gear, or parts of furbearers from August 15 through October 15; this provision does not apply to the transportation of trappers, their trapping gear, or parts of furbearers by aircraft between publicly owned airports.