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Map of Game Management Units. GMU 26 GMU 25 GMU 24 GMU 23 GMU 22 GMU 21 GMU 20 GMU 19 GMU 18 GMU 17 GMU 16 GMU 15 GMU 14 GMU 13 GMU 12 GMU 11 GMU 10 GMU 9 GMU 8 GMU 7 GMU 6 GMU 5 GMU 4 GMU 3 GMU 2 GMU 1

Results for Game Management Unit 24

The following restrictions are those specific to GMU 24. Be sure to check the hunting regulations for additional state-wide hunting and trapping restrictions.

Controlled Use Areas

Koyukuk Controlled Use Area

  • Restriction: The area is 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, or the transportation into the area of game meat that has been processed for human consumption. 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. 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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  • Area Description: The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area: the area consists of those portions of Unit 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the Yukon River at Koyukuk at 64° 52.58' N. lat., 157° 43.10' W. long., then northerly to the confluence of the Honhosa and Kateel Rivers at 65° 28.42' N. lat., 157° 44.89' W. long., then northeasterly to the confluence of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River at 65° 56.66' N. lat., 156° 40.81' W. long., then easterly to the confluence of the lower forks of the Dakli River at 66° 02.56' N. lat., 156° 12.71' W. long.,, then easterly to the confluence of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River at 66° 00.31' N. lat., 155° 18.57' W. long., then easterly to the middle of the Hughes airstrip at 66° 02.56' N. lat., 154° 15.69' W. long., then south to Little Indian River at 65° 47.10' N. lat., 154° 15.69' W. long., then southwesterly to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain at 65° 31.87' N. lat., 154° 52.18' W. long., then southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek at 65° 13.00'N. lat., 156° 06.43' W. long., then southwest to Bishop Rock (Yistletaw) at 64° 49.35' N. lat., 157° 21.73' W. long., then westerly along the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point of beginning

Kanuti Controlled Use Area

  • Restriction: The area is closed to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of moose hunters, their gear, and/or parts of moose. However, this prohibition does not apply to the transportation into the area of game meat that has been processed for human consumption.
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  • Area Description: Kanuti Controlled Use Area: the area consists of that portion of Unit 24B bounded by a line from a point at the northern most headwaters of Siruk Creek at 66° 48.557’ N. lat. 153° 53.267’ W. long., to the highest peak of Double Point Mountain at 66° 40.322’ N. lat. 152° 30.132’ W. long., to the northern end of Fish Creek Lake (including all water of the lake) at 66° 36.071’ N. lat. 151° 27.936’ W. long., to the east side of Old Dummy Lake (including all waters of the lake) at 66° 08.241’ N. lat. 151° 49.276’ W. long., to the south end of Lake Todatonten (including all waters of the lake) at 66° 07.556’ N. lat. 152° 55.520’ W. long., then back to the point of origination at Siruk Creek.

Management Areas

Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area

  • Restriction: The area within the Prudhoe Bay Closed Area is closed to the taking of big game; the remainder of the DHCMA is closed to hunting; however, big game, small game, and fur animals may be taken in the area by bow and arrow only, and small game may be taken by falconry.
    Any hunter traveling on the Dalton Highway must stop at any check station operated by the department within the DHCMA
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  • Area Description: Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area (DHCMA): the portions of Units 20 and 24-26 extending five miles from each side of the Dalton Highway, including the driveable surface of the Dalton Highway, from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean, and including the Prudhoe Bay Closed Area

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