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Hunting & Trapping
Announcements and Emergency Orders

Emergency orders (issued under authority of AS 16.05.060) are used to open and close hunting or trapping seasons or areas. Emergency orders have the same force and effect as regulations of the Board of Game and statutes enacted by the Legislature, and they carry the same penalties for violation. The emergency orders listed below amend or supplement the hunting and/or trapping seasons and bag limits as described in Alaska Hunting and Trapping Regulations.

Current Announcements and Emergency Orders

Statewide

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
08/28/2014   View Waterfowl Regulations Booklets Contain Prince William Sound Goose Season Error
08/21/2014   View Waterfowl Regulations for 2014 Include Good News for Goose Hunters
05/12/2014   View WAH Press Release 5-12-2014

Region 1

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
11/18/2014 01-14-14 View Unit 1D Dayebas Creek to Kasidaya Creek Closed to Goat Hunting
11/18/2014   View Unit 2 Wolf Harvest Quota Announced
11/06/2014 01-13-14 View Unit 1D Halutu Ridge to Parson Peak Closed to Goat Hunting
10/22/2014   View Mountain Goat Presentation - Research in the Haines/Skagway Area
10/21/2014   View Sharing Juneau's Trails
10/16/2014 01-12-14 View Closure to Mountain Goat Hunting Along Chilkoot Lake (RG023) in Unit 1D
10/12/2014 01-11-14 View Partial Closure to Unit 5A Moose Hunt
10/09/2014 01-10-14 View Sawmill Creek to Gilkey River in Unit 1C Closed to Mountain Goat Hunting
10/09/2014 01-09-14 View Unit 1D Takshanuk Mountain Closed to Goat Hunting
09/26/2014 01-08-14 View Unit 1D East Fork of Skagway River to Canadian Border Closed to Goat Hunting
09/23/2014 01-07-14 View Unit 1D East Fork of Skagway River to Kasidaya Creek Closed to Goat Hunting
09/17/2014 01-06-14 View Unit 1D Tukgahgo Mountain to Haines Closed to Goat Hunting
09/08/2014 01-05-14 View Unit 1D Kicking Horse River to Sullivan River (Unit 1C border) Closed to Goat Hunting
08/28/2014 01-04-14 View Unit 4 North Fork Katlian River Closed to Goat Hunting
08/25/2014   View Haines Tier II Moose Hunt Meeting (TM059)
07/31/2014 01-03-14 View Partial Closure to Unit 5 Registration Mountain Goat Hunt RG170
07/30/2014 01-02-14 View Unit 4 South Katlian and Blue/Medvejie Lakes Drainages Closed to Goat Hunting

Region 2

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
12/19/2014 02-19-14 View Southwestern Prince William Sound Goat Hunt RG266 Closes
12/01/2014 02-18-14 View Port Valdez/Lowe River Goat Hunt RG245 Closes
11/20/2014 02-17-14 View Ship Creek Moose Hunt Closes
10/28/2014   View Registration Permits Available for Kenai Peninsula Winter Mountain Goat Hunts
10/24/2014 02-16-14 View Sheridan Goat Hunt RG231 Closes
10/23/2014 02-15-14 View Goat Hunt RG232 Closes West of Scott Glacier
10/21/2014 02-14-14 View Emergency Order Closes Bull Harvest in Afognak Island Registration Elk Hunt; Cows Remain Legal Game
10/20/2014 02-13-14 View Goat Hunt RG243 Closes north of Port Fidalgo and Gravina River
10/20/2014 02-12-14 View Kenai Peninsula Registration Brown Bear Hunt Closes October 21
10/18/2014 02-11-14 View RG 230 closed near Cordova
10/16/2014 02-10-14 View Goat Hunt Closes North of Valdez Arm
10/13/2014 02-09-14 View Goat Hunt Closes East of Unakwik Inlet
10/07/2014 02-08-14 View Lake George Drainage Resident Registration Goat Hunt Closes
10/01/2014 02-07-14 View Port Valdez North Goat Hunt RG248 Closes
10/01/2014 02-06-14 View Eklutna Management Area Moose Hunt RM445 Closes in Unit 14C
09/25/2014 02-05-14 View Twentymile Drainage Resident Registration Goat Hunt RG868 Closes
09/19/2014 02-04-14 View Unit 6B Moose Hunt Closes
09/09/2014   View Port Valdez North Goat Hunt Scheduled to Open October 1
09/04/2014 02-03-14 View Emergency Closure RG882 GMU14C
08/15/2014   View Kenai Peninsula Registration Brown Bear Hunt Opens September 1
07/08/2014 02-02-14   Region II Lynx harvest tracking strategy

Region 3

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
01/16/2015   View Wood Bison Plan Available for Review
12/30/2014 03-07-14 View RM785 Minto Flats Closure
11/28/2014 03-06-14 View Partial Zones 1 & 3 of Fortymile Caribou Hunt closing
09/29/2014   View Targeted Hunt Units 20A and 20B
09/01/2014 03-05-14 View Fall Fortymile Caribou Season (RC860) Closes in Zone 1
07/01/2014   View 21E moose permits available online 6-13-14
06/27/2014 03-04-14   Ptarmigan Tracking
06/26/2014 03-03-14 View Fortymile Caribou Hunting Season Delayed and Southern Unit 25B Caribou Season Closed
05/12/2014   View North Slope Moose Hunt Closed
04/07/2014   View Interior Surplus permits available
02/14/2014   View Unit 20A Anterless Moose Permits Won't be Issued

Region 4

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
12/29/2014 04-09-14 View Winter Moose Hunt to Open in Game Management Unit 17A
12/09/2014   View Unit 13 Winter Bull Moose Hunts Are Closed for the Season
11/28/2014 04-08-14 View Emergency Order Closes the Winter Moose Hunts in Unit 13 After December 1
10/13/2014   View Winter Nelchina Caribou Hunts Open October 21, 2014
10/01/2014   View Department Now Accepting Applications Online for Mat-Su Targeted Moose Hunt
09/18/2014   View GMU 14A Registration Goat Hunts Cancelled for 2014
08/30/2014 04-07-14 View Emergency Order Changes Moose Bag Limit for the Community Hunt in Unit 13D
08/25/2014 04-06-14 View Emergency Order Changes Moose Bag Limit for the Community Hunt in Unit 13B
08/14/2014 04-05-14 View Emergency Order Changes the Moose Bag Limit for the Community Hunt in Unit 13E
08/13/2014 04-04-14 View Emergency Order Changes the Moose Bag Limit for the Community Hunt in Unit 13A
07/28/2014 04-03-14   Emergency Order Adjusts GMU 16 & 14A/B Lynx Hunting and Trapping Season

Region 5

Date Emergency Order Number Announcement Description
01/15/2015 05-01-15 View Emergency Order Closes Moose Hunt RM843 in Unit 22B West of the Darby Mountains
09/15/2014 05-11-14 View Emergency Order to Extend Registration Moose Hunt RM841 in Unit 22A Central
09/08/2014 05-10-14 View State RM840 Unit 22D Kuzitrin Drainage and Unit 22D Southwest Moose Season Closed
09/07/2014 05-09-14 View Emergency Order to Close Moose Hunt RM840 in 22B West of the Darby Mountains
09/03/2014 05-08-14 View Unit 18 RM615 resident registration moose hunt closure
09/02/2014 05-07-14 View Emergency Order to Close Moose Hunt RM840 in Unit 22C
08/28/2014   View RM840 Unit 22D Kuzitrin Drainage and Unit 22D Southwest Moose Harvest Quota Correction
08/08/2014 05-06-14 View ADF&G Closes Sheep Hunting in Units 23 and 26A
07/21/2014   View Unit 22C Tier II Muskox Hunt Changes
05/15/2014 05-05-14   ADF&G Closes Moose Hunts in Unit 26(A)

Visit the archives page to see Emergency Orders from the previous regulatory year.

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