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Division of Wildlife Conservation
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| Name (click for more info) | Unit(s) | Restrictions | Link to Map |
| Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area | 04 | Closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for brown bear hunting, including the transportation of brown bear hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of brown bears, except as provided under terms of a registration hunt permit |
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| Unit 6B | 06B | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for moose hunting until after 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day which any motorized vehicle is used for transportation, from September 5 through October 31; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of game on, the Copper River Highway, Carbon Mountain Road, and the Clear Creek boat launch |
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| Izembek Controlled Use Area | 09 | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except outboard motor-powered boats, for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game |
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| Naknek Controlled Use Area | 09C | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle except an aircraft, boat, or snowmachine for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from August 1 through November 30; however, this provision does not apply to a motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake Camp, and Rapids Camp roads, and on the Pike Ridge and King Salmon Creek trails, and on frozen surfaces of the Naknek River and Big Creek |
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| Clearwater Creek Controlled Use Area | 13B | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, except for brown/grizzly bears, wolves, and small game from March 15 through April 30; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Denali Highway |
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| Sourdough Controlled Use Area | 13B | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Richardson Highway, Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle Fork and Haggard Creek trails, or other trails designated by the department |
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| Delta Controlled Use Area | 13B, 20A, 20D | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle or pack animal for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 5 through August 25; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Richardson Highway, or the use of aircraft to and from the Charlie Boyd airstrip (63° 29' 30N. lat., 144° 50' 45"W. long.) along the Johnson River" |
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| Tonsina Controlled Use Area | 13D | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle or pack animal for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from July 26 through September 30 |
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| Kenai Controlled Use Area | 15A | Closed to use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of a moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply after 12:01 a.m., September 11, and does not apply to the transportation of a moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft to or from a publicly owned airport |
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| Lower Kenai Controlled Use Area | 15C | (ii) Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle except an aircraft or boat for moose hunting, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose from September 11 through September 14 and September 17 through September 20; however, this provision does not apply to the use of a motorized vehicle on a highway maintained by the state or borough or on the gravel portions of Oilwell and Brody Roads; (iii) during the periods specified in (ii) of this subparagraph, a hunter who travels by motorized vehicle on the Unit 15(C) highway system and then leaves and travels off that highway system in that motorized vehicle may not hunt moose, including transporting moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose, or in any other manner initiate or participate in moose hunting activities, until after the hunter returns the motorized vehicle to the Unit 15(C) highway system; upon returning the motorized vehicle to that highway system, the hunter may initiate or participate in legal moose hunting activities so long as the hunter leaves the motorized vehicle on the Unit 15(C) highway system |
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| Upper Mulchatna Controlled Use Area | 17B | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 1 through November 1, except that the use of an aircraft or a boat is not prohibited, and a motorized vehicle in a legally permitted hunting camp is not prohibited |
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| Kalskag Controlled Use Area | 18 | Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game by aircraft between publicly owned airports |
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| Holitna-Hoholitna Controlled Use Area | 19 | Closed to the use of any boat equipped with an inboard or outboard motor with an aggregate horsepower in excess of the manufacturer's rating of 40 horsepower for hunting big game, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game, from August 1 through November 1 |
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| Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area | 19D | (ii) Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports; (iii) after March 31, 2008, the area consists of that portion of Unit 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River, including the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East Fork, and Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west bank of the Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to 152° 50' W. long., then north to the boundary of Denali National Preserve, then following the western boundary of Denali National Preserve north to its intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then west to the crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the crest of Munsatli Ridge to an elevation of 1,610 feet, then northwest to Dyckman Mountain and following the crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nowitna drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nixon Fork River to Loaf benchmark on Halfway Mountain, then south to the west side of Big River drainage, the point of beginning |
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| Wood River Controlled Use Area | 20A | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except aircraft, for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game from August 1 through September 30 |
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| Yanert Controlled Use Area | 20A | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle, except aircraft, for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Parks Highway |
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| Macomb Plateau Controlled Use Area | 20D | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from August 10 through September 30, except for a floatplane on Fish Lake and motorized vehicles, including aircraft, to, from, and on the Dry Creek Airstrip at mile 1379 of the Alaska Highway |
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| Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area | 20E | Closed to the use of any motorized vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, and/or parts of game, from August 5 through September 20; however, this does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of game on, the Taylor Highway or any airport |
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| Ladue River Controlled Use Area | 20E | Closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of game, from September 1 through September 30; however, this provision does not prohibit motorized access, or transportation of game, on the Nine Mile and Liberty Creek trails, the Alaska-Canada border, the Boundary Cutoff of the Taylor Highway, or other trails designated by the department |
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| Paradise Controlled Use Area | 21 | Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports |
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| Koyukuk Controlled Use Area | 21, 24 | (ii) Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports; (iii) all hunters on the Koyukuk River passing the department's check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop at the check station and report to department personnel; (iv) the meat of the hindquarters, forequarters, and ribs of any moose taken in the area must remain on the bone until the moose has been transported out of the area |
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| Noatak Controlled Use Area | 23 | Closed from August 25 through September 15 to the use of aircraft in any manner for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game to and between public airports |
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| Kanuti Controlled Use Area | 24 | Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports |
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| Anaktuvuk Controlled Use Area | 26 | Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting caribou, including the transportation of caribou hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of caribou from August 15 through October 15; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of caribou hunters, their hunting, gear, or parts of caribou by aircraft between publicly owned airports |
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| Unit 26(A) Controlled Use Area | 26A | Closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose from August 1 through September 14 and from January 1 through March 31; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of moose hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of moose by aircraft between publicly owned airports |
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| Name (click for more info) | Unit(s) | Restrictions | Link to Map |
| Douglas Island Management Area | 01C | Hunting and trapping of wolves is prohibited until the department estimates that the preseason wolf population is seven or more wolves. No more than 30% of the preseason wolf population may be harvested per regulatory year |
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| Petersburg Management Area | 03 | Open to hunting by bow and arrow only |
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| Tok Management Area | 12, 13C, 20D | Open to sheep hunting by permit only |
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| Birchwood Management Area | 14 | Closed to hunting, except that (i) small game may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, shotgun and bow and arrow only, north and west of the Alaska Railroad; (ii) moose hunting is allowed by drawing permit, by bow and arrow only; (iii) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only |
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| Fort Richardson Military Reservation | 14 | Open to the taking of big game by permit only; the department will set conditions under 5 AAC 92.050 |
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| Palmer-Wasilla Management Area | 14A | Closed to hunting except that (i) big game may be taken by blackpowder firearm, shotguns with slugs, and bow and arrow only; (ii) small game and fur animals may be taken by blackpowder firearm, shotgun, air rifle, falconry, or bow and arrow only; (iii) waterfowl on Finger Lake may be taken by falconry, and bow and flu-flu arrow only |
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| Anchorage Management Area | 14C | Closed to hunting, except that (i) moose hunting is allowed by permit only; (ii) small game and waterfowl may be taken by falconry, except that waterfowl may not be taken in the Ship Creek drainage west of Post Road; (iii) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only |
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| Chugach State Park Management Area | 14C | Open to hunting under regulations governing Unit 14(C), except as follows: (i) black bear hunting is open from the day after Labor Day through May 31 for 1 bear only; (ii) no hunting is allowed for brown bear, squirrel, wolf, wolverine, coyote and unclassified game; (iii) small game hunting is prohibited in the Tokle Creek drainage (Arctic Valley Ski Area) |
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| Eagle River Management Area | 14C | Closed to hunting, except, (i) sheep hunting by permit; (ii) black bear hunting by permit; before hunting black bear, a person wishing to hunt must complete a hunter safety course for which a certification of completion is issued; (iii) small game may be taken by archery or muzzleloader by permit; (iv) deleterious exotic wildlife may be taken by air rifle with rifled barrel, bow and arrow (with blunts or other special small-game points), and falconry only; (v) goat hunting by permit |
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| Eklutna Lake Management Area | 14C | Closed to hunting, except that (i) small game may be taken by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day through April 30; (ii) moose hunting is allowed by permit with bow and arrow only; (iii) black bear may be taken by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day to May 20, for one bear only; (iv) sheep may be taken by permit, and by bow and arrow only, from the day after Labor Day through October 31 |
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| Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area | 15A | Closed to hunting and trapping, except that moose may be taken by permit only and small game may be taken by bow and arrow only from October 1 through March 1 and standard .22 caliber rimfire firearm and shotgun only, in that portion of the area west of a line from the access road from the Sterling Highway to Kelley Lake, the Seven Lakes Trail, and the access road from Engineer Lake to Skilak Lake Road, and north of Skilak Lake Road, during each Saturday and Sunday from November 1 through December 31 and the Friday following Thanksgiving day, by youth hunters 16 years old or younger accompanied by a licensed hunter 18 years old or older who has successfully completed a certified hunter education course if the youth has not successfully completed a certified hunter education course; in addition, a firearm may not be discharged within one-quarter mile of any campground. |
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| Lime Village Management Area | 19A | Open to caribou hunting from July 1 through June 30 |
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| Upper Hoholitna Management Area | 19B | All hunters in the area passing a check station established by the department must stop at that check station; a moose or caribou taken in the area by a hunter accessing the area by aircraft must be transported out of the area by aircraft. |
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| Minto Flats Management Area | 20 | Open to moose hunting except that aircraft and airboats may not be used for moose hunting or to transport moose, moose hunters, or moose hunting equipment within the Minto Flats Management Area |
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| Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area | 20, 24, 25, 26 | Closed to the taking of big game; the remainder of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area is closed to hunting; however, big game, small game, and fur animals may be taken in the area by bow and arrow only; no motorized vehicle may be used to transport hunters, hunting gear, or parts of game, except licensed highway vehicles may be used on the following designated roads (1) Dalton Highway, (2) Bettles Winter Trail during periods when the Bureau of Land Management and the City of Bettles announce that the trail is open for winter travel, (3) Galbraith Lake Road from the Dalton Highway to the BLM campground at Galbraith Lake, including the gravel pit access road when the gate is open, (4) Toolik Lake Road, excluding the driveway to the Toolik Lake Research Facility, (5) the Sagavanirktok River access road two miles north of Pump Station 2, and (6) any constructed roadway or gravel pit within one-quarter mile of the Dalton Highway; aircraft and boats may be used; a snowmachine may be used to cross the management area from land outside the management area to access land on the other side of the management area; any hunter traveling on the Dalton Highway must stop at any check station operated by the department within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area |
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| Ferry Trail Management Area | 20A | Caribou hunting by permit only |
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| Healy-Lignite Management Area | 20A | Open to hunting by bow and arrow only; |
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| Fairbanks Management Area | 20B | Open to moose hunting by bow and arrow only |
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| Bison Range Youth Hunt Management Area | 20D | Open to moose hunting by drawing permit only |
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| Delta Junction Management Area | 20D | Open to moose hunting by drawing permit only |
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| Name (click for more info) | Unit(s) | Restrictions | Link to Map |
| Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge | 01 | Closed to hunting, except for waterfowl (including snipe and crane) during established seasons. No person may use any off-road or all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle, or other motorized vehicle (except a boat) within the refuge. Hunters 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by an adult, or demonstrate, upon request, completion of a certified hunter safety and waterfowl identification course before hunting in the refuge |
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| McNeil River State Game Refuge | 09 | Closed to brown bear hunting |
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| Susitna Flats State Game Refuge | 14, 16 | Open to hunting under the following conditions: (A) the use of a motorized vehicle for hunting is allowed from November 9 through March 31; (B) from April 1 through November 8, the use of a motorized vehicle, except an aircraft, hovercraft, boat, and snowmachine, is restricted to existing road surfaces, and to use within 1/8 mile of mean high tide or as designated by the department; (C) notwithstanding (A) and (B) of this paragraph, the department may issue an access permit, allowing an activity otherwise prohibited by this subsection, for (i) access by a person who has a physical impairment; (ii) movement of equipment or supplies; or (iii) refuge administration and management |
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| Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge | 14C | (A) Open to small game hunting with shotguns, bowhunting, and falconry only, except for that portion between the Alaska Railroad and the Old Seward Highway; (B) is closed to the use of motorized vehicles; (C) closed to the discharge of all firearms except that shotguns may be used in those areas open to hunting north and west of a line extending south from the radio tower located at the Kincaid Park motorcross area and south and east of a line extending from an ADF&G regulatory marker at the point where Furrow Creek enters the refuge through a second ADF&G regulatory marker west of Furrow Creek from September 1 through March 31; before hunting, a person wishing to hunt with a shotgun must complete a certified hunter safety course and must register annually with the department; a person convicted of a hunting violation in one year is not eligible to register to hunt in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge the following year; a hunter using a shotgun shall present in the field, upon request, the registration permit; (D) in addition to the prohibitions set out in (A) - (C) of this paragraph, no person may intentionally distribute bread scraps, cereal grains, corn, or other waterfowl foods; or otherwise feed waterfowl, in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge | 20 | Hunting and trapping are allowed only after registering with the department; the department may use its discretionary authority under 5 AAC 92.051 to implement the management plan for the refuge developed by the department. |
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