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Resident Hunters of Alaska

RHAK Proposals to the Board of Game

2020-21 Regulatory Year

Central & Southwest Region Proposal 28: Remove the resident bag limit of one brown bear every four years in Unit 9.

Statewide Proposal 103: Clarify whether hay and grain are considered as "hunting gear."

Statewide Proposal 151: Require all hunters to apply for permit hunts and pay the application fee during the application period.

Statewide Proposal 152: Require all drawing permit hunts available to residents be available for application online.

Statewide Proposal 168: Adopt a new regulation that specifies the Board of Game will not require guides for nonresidents hunting moose, caribou or black bear.

2019-20 Regulatory Year

RHAK Region V Proposal - opportunity under predation control program

RHAK Region III Proposal - DC 827 caribou draw permit allocation

RHAK Region III Proposal - DM 809/810/811 moose draw permit allocation

RHAK Region III Proposal - opportunity under predation control program

RHAK Region III Proposal - opportunity for central arctic caribou

RHAK Region III Proposal - units 20 and 19C sheep management

RHAK Region III Proposal - motorized use of Yanert controlled use area

2021-22 Regulatory Year

Central & Southwest Region Proposal 206: Open a resident only early/late season for brown bear in Unit 9.

Statewide Proposal 239: Require all resident registration permit hunts be available for application online (updated for 2020-2021 proposal 152).

Statewide Proposal 241: Remove allocations between guided and non-guided nonresident hunters.

Agenda Change Request Proposal 267: Limit or restrict all nonresident sheep hunting in Unit 19C.

2022-23 Regulatory Year

Southeast Region Proposal 31: Lengthen the resident, registration goat hunt in Unit 1C, the Southern end of the Chilkat Range.

Southeast Region Proposal 34: Increase the brown bear bag limit in that portion of Unit 1C of the Chilkat Peninsula mainland north of Point Couverden and south of Sullivan Island for resident hunters, from one bear every four regulatory years to one bear every regulatory year.

Southcentral Region Proposal 78: Require all hunters to apply for Unit 8 brown bear drawing permits.

2018-19 Regulatory Year

RHAK Region I Proposal - remove MBG requirement for black bear

RHAK Region II Proposal - 14C remainder bear baiting

RHAK Region II Proposal - 14C remainder one bear every year

RHAK Region II Proposal - Kodiak registration hunt permits

RHAK Region II Proposal - nonresident hunting in active IM areas

RHAK Region II Proposal - reallocation of nonresident permits

2017-18 Regulatory Year

RHAK Statewide Proposal 1 - 10% nonresident sheep harvest

RHAK Statewide Proposal 3 - Nonresident drawing permit allocation policy

RHAK Statewide Proposal 4 - Nonresident opportunity IM areas

RHAK Statewide Proposal 5 - Draw permit allocation moose

RHAK Statewide Proposal 6 - Remove moose & black bear from list of MBG species

RHAK Region IV Proposal 7 - Unit 9 early resident only season

RHAK Region IV Proposal 8 - Unit 9 remove 1 in 4 requirement for residents

RHAK Statewide Proposal 10 - All nonres sheep hunters to draw only

RHAK Statewide Proposal 12 - Transfer of possession of game meat

RHAK Statewide Proposal 13 - 2DK hunters in same pool as nonresident guided

2023-24 Regulatory Year

Proposal 82: Change hunting seasons and bag limits for nonresident Dall sheep hunting in Unit 19C.

Proposal 112: Limit hunting seasons and bag limits for nonresident hunting of the Fortymile caribou herd.

Proposal 144: Allow nonresident Dall sheep hunting by drawing permit only in portions of Units 24A and 26B and reduce the season.

Proposal 155: Increase resident caribou hunting opportunity in Unit 26B Remainder.

Proposal 158: Allow nonresident Dall sheep hunting by drawing permit only in portions of Units 25A, 26B, and 26C.

Proposal 176: Reduce the nonresident moose bag limit in portions of Unit 20B, and eliminate nonresident moose hunting opportunity in portions of Unit 20B.

Proposal 180: Rescind action taken by the board on Proposal 146 in 2020 that guaranteed nonresident allocation of 25% of all DC827 permits, OR establish an allocation of DC827 permits whereby residents receive 90% of the permits and nonresidents up to 10 percent of the permits.

Proposal 181: Limit nonresident Dall sheep hunting in Unit 20A by drawing permit only.

2025-26 Regulatory Year

Proposal 135 - Manage the mortality cap in Units 7 and 15 for brown bear.

Proposal 236 - Remove the sow restriction and penalties for resident hunters in Kodiak brown bear hunt areas 8 thru 16, and institute a sow skull size restriction for resident hunters.

Proposal 237 - Require all nonresident hunters to apply for Unit 8 brown bear drawing permits and reallocate unused nonresident permits to residents.

2026-27 Regulatory Year

Proposal 19 - Limit the Western Arctic Caribou Herd bag limit in Unit 22 and 23 to four caribou total, none of which may be a cow.

Proposal 105 - Re-open Unit 19C to resident general sheep hunting opportunity, but keep nonresidents on a draw permit system with limited allocation.

Proposal 131 - In the RC 860 Fortymile caribou hunt, eliminate nonresident hunting opportunity, except nonresident military, in Zones 1, 3, and 4 and shorten the nonresident season in Zone 2.

Proposal 145 - For Dall Sheep hunting in the Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area, remove non resident
opportunity and reduce resident opportunity.

Proposal 164 - Change allocation in moose hunts DM809, DM810and DM811 in 21B to 80% for residents and 20% for non-residents.

Proposal 167 - Limit nonresident sheep hunters in Units 26B and 24A via a draw permit system.

Proposal 175 - Central Arctic Caribou Herd Reduce nonresident bag limit to one bull with a season Aug 1 – Sept 15. Eliminate the opportunity for residents to take cows.

Proposal 212 - Change the bag limit in RM 781 and RM 749 nonresident registration moose hunts to: One bull with 50” antlers or antlers with 3 or more brow tines on at least one side. All any-bull hunts should be resident-only.

Proposal 214 - Limit nonresident sheep hunting opportunity in Unit 20A to draw-only with limited allocation.

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