ALASKA GAME LAW AS RE
VISED AND EFFECTIVE JULY 1
(Continued from 1 nst Issue.)
Skins of .beavers or martens shall |
be .sealed with a. seal provided by the !
■. -Commission within 90 days after the;
close of the open season during which*
skins were legally taken or within 90j
days after such skins are imported,
into the Territory. Persons desiring |
. .•to have such skins sealed shall pre-1
sent them to a member of the Com- j
i. mission, to a. game warden, or to j
. others person**', authorized by the Com-!
.mission t.o-#iv-1 skins, together with:
such affidavit or affidavits of lawful
... .takinir"or-jimoortation as may be re
.. qjsitnd. Skins of beavers or martens
u Jin less-sealed as prescribed by this
. .regulation- uviy not be possessed or
u .transported by any person after the
e ejcoiratum of such period.
. - Regulation 5.—Marking.
. Each package in which game an-1
i; imals, game birds, land fur-bearing
a animals, or parts thereof, are trans
j ported, shall have clearly and con
spicuously marked on- the outside
thereof the names and addresses of:
, the consigner and consignee and an (
. . accurate statement of the number of |
. - each kind of game animals, or birds,
land fur-bearing animals, or parts:
thereof, contained therein; and if the j
package contains skins of beavers or |
martens,, the serial number of the j
Commission’s -seals attached thereto
shall also be similarly marked on the i
package.
Regulation 6.—8ale of Animals.
Except-as provided in Regulation 7,
in that portion of Alaska north of the
summit of the Alaska rang** and Ah
fclun mountains a person who has le- j
gaily killed caribou may sell the meat j
thereof, but no person to whom such
meat is sold shall sell it otherwise
than in cooked form.
Except as provided in Regulation 7,
in that portion of Alaska south of the
Munmit-di the. Alaska w.nge ,and-Ah
klun mountains a person who has- le
gally killed caribou may sell the-mee t
thereof, but no person to "whom When
meat is sold shall sell it otherwise
than in cooked form and then only at
roadhouses having a permit pre-.
scribed by the Secretary.
Except as provided hereafter in this :
regulation and in Regulation 7, a per
son may buy and sell the meat of
moose and non-migratory game birds
legally taken, at any time in that part;
of the Territory north of the Alaska |
range and Ahklun mountains, provid
ed that such meats so sold shall not
be transported to or possessed in any
other part of the Territory. Nothing
in this regulation shall be construed
to permit a person other than the one
who legally killed the game animal j
and game birds to sell such animals:
or birds except in cooked form for
human food, that nothing in this reg
ulation shall be construed to permit
serving by restaurants, roadhouses or
public or other eating houses of
moose or non-migratory game birds,
or parts thereof, within the area of
five miles each side of the center line
of the Alaska railroad and its
branches.
Any person may without a license i
buy and sell at any time in the Terri
toy the feathers of wild ducks and
wild geese, lawfully killed or seized '
and condemned by Federal game au
thorities, for use in making fishing!
flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and
for similar commercial purposes, but
not for millinery or ornamental pur- j
poses; the hides or parts thereof of
moose, caribou, deer, and mountain
goats, legallf taken during the open
season; shed antlers of caribou,'
moose, and deer; and the skins and
feathers of eagles, crows, hawks,
owls, ravens, and cormorants. ,
A native-born resident Indian, Es
kimo, or half-breed who has not sev- j
, ered his tribal relations bf adopting
a civilized mode of living or bf exer
cising the right of franchise, and a
i hunter or trapper may sell mithout a
license the skins of |ur-bearing an- j
imals mhich he has lawfully taken.!
, and a person not engaged, or
ployed in the business of trading in ,
such skins may buy without a license (
the skins of fur-bearing animals for.
his own use, but he may not sell.
them. Any other person who is in;
possession of a valid l'cense issued
pursuant to the provisions of the
Alaska game law authorizing him so
to do may buy and sell the skins of
fur-bearing animals at any time, but
each such licensee shall produce his
license with him when buying or sell
ing skins at any established place,
shall have his license pisted conspic
uously on the premises, and each such
licensee shall produce his license for j
nspeettion by any game warden or
other person requesting to see it.
Regulation 7—Serving Game.
Nothing in these regulations shall
bo construed to permit any person to
sell any game animal, game bird, or
part thereof, to the owner, master, or
employee of any coastal or river
steamer or commercial power or sail
boat or for such any owner or em
ployee to buy any game animal, game,
bird, or part thereof; or to take or to
possess for servin gor to serve any
game animal, game bird, or part
thereof, in any dining car, any com
mercial mess house operated by the
owner of a cannery, or railroad, by a
contractor, or in any other commer
cial mess house, or other place main
tained for tte serving of food regu-’
larly to employees of such cannery,
railroad, or contractor; or to serve'
any game animal,'game bird, or part:
thereof, to an employee of any coastal i
or.river steamer or commercial power I
or sail boat; or to permit an employee;
of a railroad, cannery, contractor, or!
coastal or river steamer or other ■
commercial power or sail boat to pos
sess any game animal, game bird, or.
part thereof, in a dining car, or any I
commercial messhouse, or in the gal
ley or dining room of .any such boat.
By
Regulation 7—Taking of Game
Prospectors
An Indian, Eskimdj or half-breed
who has not severed his tribal rela
tions by adopting a. civilized mode of
living or by exercising the right of
franchise, and an explorer, prospec
tor, or traveler may take animals or
birds in any part of the Territory at
any time for food when in absolute j
need of food and other food is not;
available, but he shall not ship or sell
any animal or bird or part thereof so:
taken.
Regulation 9—Method of Taking, j
Except in areas closed to hunting \
under Regulation 14 and as otherwise j
specifically permitted by Regulations.
22 and 23, game animals and game:
birds may be taken during the open j
season in the numbers mentioned in j
Regulations 11 and 13 with a bow and
arrow-, spear, pistol, rifle, or gun not
larger than No. 10 gauge, by the use:
of decoys, and from a blind or float
ing device (other than an airplane,
steam or power launch, or any other
boat than one propoelled by paddle,
oars, or pole); but no person shall
take any game animal or game bird
with the use of a pit, deadfall, fire,:
jack light, searchlight, of other arti-|
ficial light, or any game animal with
the aid or use of a dog, or while
swimming.
Regulation 10—Open Seasons.
Except in areas closed to hunting!
under Regulation 14, game animals,
may be taken during the following,
open seasons:
Bull Moose (except yearlings and!
calves)—September 1 to December
31. .
Caribou—In fur district 2, north of
the summit of the Alaska range and
Ahklun mountains, August 1 to De
cember 31.
In fur district 3, September 1 to
March 31.
In all other parts of Alaska, Sep
tember 1 to December 31.
Male deer having horns not less
than 3 inches in length above the top
of the skull—East of longitude 141!
negrees in Southeastern .Alaska, Sep-1
tember 1 to November,-30.
Mountain sheen (except." females
and lambs >—August 2l> to December
A
Mountain goat (except kids)—Sep
tember 1 to December 31.
Hear (large brown and grizzly)—
September 1 to June 20; provided,
that any person may kill a large
brown or grizzly bear at any time,
when such animal is about to attack
or molest persons or preoperty, or
when found within half a mile of a
residence or human habitation.
Regulation 11—Dag Limits.
A person may take during the
I open season prescribed' thwefoe in
, Regulation 10 and have in nbsseasion
! at any one time not to' excecft the
following numbers of game animals,
provided that caribou legally taker*
north of the summit of the Alaska
range and Ahklnn mountains- and
mountain sheep, legally taken norths
of the Arctic Circle, may be :tnmtv i
ported and possessed-in the Territory '
south of such areas, respectively, by
the person who killed them.
Moose—One.
f Caribou—South of the summit n»
I the Alaska range and Ahklun nunin
tains, resident and non-resident, 2. j
North of the summit of the Alaska ;
range and Ahklun mountains, by a ;
resident, 5; by a non-resident, 2.
In case part of the limit is taken '
north of the summit and part south
thereof, a resident may take 5 and a
non-resident 2 in all, but in no event!
shall a person take more than 2 cari
bou south of said summit.
Deer—Three.
Mountain sheep—South of the Arc
tic Circle, 2.
North of the Arctic Circle, by a J
resident, 3; by a non-resident, 2.
In case part of the limit is taken
north of the Arctic Circle and part
south thereof, a resident may take 3 i
in ail, but in no event shall a person \
take more than 2 mounted sheep j
south of said circle.
Mountain goat—Three.
Bear (large brown and grizzly)—
Three in the aggregate. (See excep
tion.)
Exception: On the Ke.nai Penin
sula south of a line following the
north bank of Portage creek ’ to its
source, thence easterly to the head of ,
Passage canal; on the Kodiak-Af og-(
nak island group; and on the Alaska
Peninsula south and west of the Kvi- [
chak river, Iliamna lake and the old
portage from Kamishak bay to Ka
shonak bay—2 in the aggregate.
The Secretary upon proper showing
by the applicant will grant permis
sion to persons located in that area
described under Regulation 6, where
the sale and serving of gamb is per
mitted, to have in possession at one
j time an excess of the number of game
animals permitted under this regula
[ tion. Application for such permission
| should be addressed to the Alaska
Game Commission, Juneau, Alaska.
Regulation 12—Open Season Ob !
Birds.
Except in areas closed to hunting:
under Regulation 14. game birds may 1
be taken during the following open
seasons:
Grouse and ptarmigan—September
j 1 to February 28.
j Duck (except eider duck), goose, j
brant, and Wilson snipe or jacksnipe
—September 1 to December 15.
i Regulation 13—Daily Bag On Birds.
[ ' A person may take in any one day
[ during the open season prescribed j
| therefor in Rrgulation 12 not to ex- j
j ceed the following number of game [
j birds, which numbers shall include j
! any game birds taken by any other i
person who for hire accompanies or
| assists him in taking them:
Grouse and ptarmigan—Grouse, 15
: in the aggregate of all kinds; pta
migan, 25 in the aggregate of all
kins; but not to exceed 25 in the ag-!
gregate of all kinds of grouse and i
ptarmigan.
Duck, yoose, and brant—Duck (ex-!
cept eider duck), 25 in the aggregate
of all kinds; brant, 8.
Wilson or jacksnipe—20.
A person may possess from the be
ginning of th eopen season to 10 days j
after the close of the open season not!
to exceed 75 in the aggregate of all
kinds of migratory waterfowl at any
one time.
(Continued in.Next Issue.) J
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