Alaska Sporting Journal

09/10/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/counts-suggest-another-poor-return-year-for-yukon-river-king-salmon/

Alaska Beacon with details.

It appears to be another poor returning year of returns for Yukon River king salmon.

09/08/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/september-25-26-meeting-top-discuss-wrangell-st-elias-national-park-subsistence-resource-commission-meeting/

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

Commission business will include an opportunity to comment on proposals to change federal subsistence hunting regulations in Game Management Units 11, 12, and 13. You can find the proposals at the Office of Subsistence Management website. A variety of reports from park staff and partners will also b...

09/08/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/bag-limit-change-for-unit-13e-subsistence-moose-hunt/

From Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official:

Hunters with CM300 permits can still take moose that do not conform to general season antler restrictions in Units 11, 13A East, 13B, 13C, and 13D, however, hunters must have a locking tag in possession to take a moose that does not meet the general season restrictions and the locking tag must be affixed to the moose’s antlers immediately after it is taken.

Community hunters are encouraged to check the Community Subsistence Harvest hunt hotline (822-6789) for information about the status of quotas in other portions of the community hunt area and any additional emergency orders issued. Harvest reporting is required within 24 hours of kill for any moose harvested in the Community Subsistence Harvest hunt. You may call (907) 822-3461 to report your hunt 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the hunting season.

Copper Basin community moose hunters may still hunt in Unit 13E through the end of the regularly scheduled season (September 20); however, all bulls taken must meet state general season antler restrictions (spike or fork antlers, or 50-inch antlers, or antlers with four or more brow tines on at leas...

09/08/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/mountain-goat-hunt-closing-in-unit-1cs-point-windham-zone/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official

This portion of the Unit 1C Endicott Arm hunt has a small number of goats that can support the harvest of 1 goat point or 1 animal. As of September 5, 2025, one male goat was harvested in this area. Thus, the area is being closed by Emergency Order effective at 11:59 pm, Saturday, September 6, 2025.

09/05/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/raised-in-alaskas-moose-hunting-camp-adventure-continues-with-scouting-time-on-a-foggy-morning/

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Raised In Alaska's moose camp adventure continues with a foggy morning of scouting.

09/04/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/seward-lagoon-youth-only-fishery-opening-extended-through-end-of-september/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official

“The Seward Lagoon is stocked annually with coho salmon to provide additional fishing opportunities in Resurrection Bay,” stated Assistant Area Management Biologist Donald Arthur. “Because coho are just beginning to arrive at the lagoon this week, right when the youth-only fishery would normal...

09/04/2025

Big, Bold, and Bear-y Round: A Fat Bear Champ Will Soon Be Crowned!

Brace yourselves, bear buffs! , the ultimate bracket competition where the public votes for the bear that achieves peak spherical status, is just around the corner!

This year, Fat Bear Week will take place from September 23-30. The chubby cubby appetizer, Fat Bear Junior, will kick off on September 18-19. From tubby titans to gargantuan gluttons, get ready to cheer for the heftiest bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve’s Brooks River! Stay tuned for the bracket reveals, bear bios, and belly-busting fun.

Image: 128 Grazer, Fat Bear Week Champion in 2023 and 2024, pictured in 2023.

09/04/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/muskox-hunt-will-open-near-the-dalton-highway-in-unit-26b/

From Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official:

The muskox population in Unit 26B has remained at or above the population threshold of 300 animals since 2018 and there is currently sufficient harvestable surplus to allow a limited registration hunt east of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. Four permits will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis; two permits will be issued in Kaktovik at 2:00pm on 1 October and two permits will be issued in Nuiqsut at 4:00pm on 2 October. Note these dates are slightly different than what is published in the regulation book.

RX110 is a subsistence only hunt which further restricts hunters by limiting transportation, requires trophy destruction, and limits permits to one per household. Hunters are prohibited from the use of aircraft for transporting muskox hunters, muskox, or muskox hunting gear. Trophy destruction is re...

09/04/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/port-valdez-north-goat-hunt-opening-on-october-1/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official

The last survey of the area found a minimum count of 207 goats. The maximum allowable harvest will be eight “goat points.” Total goat points are calculated using one point for each billy harvested and two points for each nanny.

09/03/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/adfg-requesting-wolf-hunters-to-submit-samples-from-taken-animals/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official with more:

he samples requested are:

Skin sample (wolves harvested from Game Management Units 1–3, 5)A small piece of skin with hair attached (1.5 inches long x 0.25 inches wide). Sealers will collect a skin sample from anywhere along the cut edge of the hide using a sterile blade.

Muscle sample (wolves harvested from Game Management Units 1–3, 5) A small piece of muscle about the size of a dime. Sealers will collect a musclesample using a sterile blade.

Foreleg bones (wolves harvested from Game Management Unit 2 only) An entire foreleg bone (radius and ulna, see picture) from the front leg of thewolf. Sealers will collect foreleg.Samples collected from wolves harvested across Units 1-3 and 5 are used for various research projects, including genetic and diet analyses, hormone analyses, and evaluating mercury concentrations. Collected samples also aid in the management of wolves in Unit 2. Hide and muscle samples provide DNA for population estimates, and foreleg bones are used to age harvested wolves. The proportion of harvested wolves in each age class (pup or adult) is an indicator of the population’s productivity and survival.Thank you for your participation.

State sealing requirements for wolves harvested in GMU 2 require all hides to be sequentially numbered by the hunter or trapper, who must call the ADF&G Ketchikan office at (907) 225-2475 within 7 days of take to report the date and location of take, and all hides must be sealed within 15 days of ta...

09/03/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/moose-hunt-closing-within-unit-22ds-kuzitrin-river/

From Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official:

The Alaska Board of Game established a registration moose hunt in Unit 22(D) within the Kuzitrin River drainage and Unit 22(D) Southwest. The management objective for the area is to maintain the fall post hunt composition at or above 30 bulls:100 cows. Fall moose composition surveys completed in fall 2023 resulted in 28 bulls:100 cows and indicate a slight decline in bulls since the last survey was completed in the area in 2019. For regulatory year 2025-2026, the department established a harvest quota of 27 bulls to maintain the bull:cow ratio at or above the management objective and prevent excessive bull harvest.

The closure in Unit 22(D) within the Kuzitrin River drainage and Unit 22(D) Southwest is additive to the RM840 season closure announced for Unit 22(C) and Unit 22(D) Remainder. These closures do not affect the remaining registration permit hunt RM840 hunt area in Unit 22(B) West of the Darby Mountains. Unless additional closures are announced by emergency order, the RM840 season in Unit 22(B) West of the Darby Mountains is from Sept. 1 through Sept. 14.

The State resident season for bull moose by registration permit hunt RM840 in Unit 22(D) within the Kuzitrin River drainage and Unit 22(D) Southwest will close by emergency order at 11:59 p.m. on September 3, 2025. The fall harvest quota of 27 bull moose is expected to be reached by the season closi...

09/03/2025

https://aksportingjournal.com/adfg-will-close-zone2-fortymile-caribou-hunt-on-friday/

From Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Official:

The state hunting season is scheduled to remain open in Zone 3 and remain closed in Zones 1 and 4. RC860 permits are available online at http://hunt.alaska.gov and in person in Tok, Delta Junction, Eagle, Fairbanks, Glennallen, Central, Douglas, Anchorage, and Palmer.

Hunters are reminded to call the Fortymile Caribou Herd Hotline (907) 267-2310 for updates about the hunt quota and bag limit before departing for the field to learn of zone closures.

These seasons and bag limits only apply to state caribou hunts in these areas. Hunters with questions about federal subsistence regulations should call (800) 474-2200.