Updated 8/18/2026 - "You MAY NOT use a muzzleloader for big game:
• UNLESS it is a shoulder-mounted long gun and is at least .45 caliber or larger with a barrel that is either rifled or smooth bore and discharges a single projectile.
That is equipped with a scope or uses smokeless powder during any permitted, registered, or special season hunt for muzzleloader only."
"You may not hunt with a muzzleloader in any hunt or area with weapon restrictions for the taking of big game unless you have successfully completed an ADF&G-approved muzzleloader hunter education course that includes ballistic limitations of muzzleloading weapons and a proficiency test. A hunter who applies for a “certified muzzleloader hunter only” permit hunt must have successfully completed an ADF&G-approved muzzleloader certification course prior to submitting a permit application."
Alaska defines a muzzleloader as follows: "Muzzleloader - any firearm where firing components are loaded into the muzzle end of the firearm."
ALASKA MUZZLELOADER HUNTING SEASONS
Deer Muzzleloader Season
| Open To |
Unit |
Bag Limit |
Hunt ID |
Season Dates |
Notes |
| Resident and Non-Resident |
Kodiak Road System Management Area |
One Deer |
HT |
Nov. 1st - Nov. 14th |
|
| Resident and Non-Resident |
Kodiak Road System Management Area |
One Deer |
HT |
Nov. 16th - Dec. 31st |
Youth Hunt |
Goat Muzzleloader Season
| Open To |
Unit |
Bag Limit |
Hunt ID |
Season Dates |
Notes |
| Resident Only |
Kodiak Road System Management Area |
One Goat |
RG488 RG489 |
Dec 16-Jan 31 |
|
Black Bear Muzzleloader Season
| Open To |
Unit |
Bag Limit |
Hunt ID |
Season Dates |
Notes |
| Resident and Non-Resident |
14C McHugh Creek |
One bear |
DL457 |
Oct 1-Oct 31 |
|
Moose Muzzleloader Season
| Open To |
Unit |
Bag Limit |
Hunt ID |
Season Dates |
Notes |
| Resident and Non-Resident |
14C Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson Management Area |
One Moose |
DM421 |
Sept 1-Nov 15 Dec 15-Jan 15 |
|
| Resident and Non-Resident |
14C Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson Management Area |
One Bull |
DM422 |
Sept 1-Nov 15 Dec 15-Jan 15 |
|
| Resident and Non-Resident |
14C Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson Management Area |
One antlerless moose |
DM423 |
Sept 1-Nov 15 Dec 15-Jan 15 |
|
| Residents Only |
14C Anchorage Management Area |
One antlerless moose |
DM466 DM467 |
Nov 1-Nov 30 |
|
| Residents Only |
20A Ferry Trail Management Area, Wood River Controlled Use Area, and the Yanert Controlled Use Area |
One bull |
DM766 |
Nov 1-Dec 15 |
|
| Resident and Non-Resident |
20B within Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge |
One antlerless moose |
DM789 |
Dec 1-Jan 31 |
|
| Residents Only |
20B southeast of the Moose Creek dike within a half mile of each side of the Richardson Highway except Birch, Harding, and Lost Lake closed areas |
One moose |
DM783 |
Sept 21-Feb 28 |
|
Brown/Grizzly Bear
| Open To |
Unit |
Bag Limit |
Hunt ID |
Season Dates |
Notes |
| Resident and Non-Resident |
14C McHugh Creek drainage |
One bear |
DB477 |
Oct 1-Oct 31 |
|
ALASKA MUZZLELOADER HUNTING SEASON REGULATIONS
- Muzzleloaders must be a shoulder-mounted long gun.
- Muzzleloaders must be at least .45 caliber or larger.
- Muzzleloaders may have either a rifled or smoothbore.
- Muzzleloaders must discharge only a single projectile.
- Scopes are not allowed during muzzleloader seasons.
- It must be loaded with black powder or a black powder substitute. The black powder or black powder substitute cannot contain smokeless powder.
- Shot used in muzzleloaders must be non-toxic and hunters may not be in the immediate possession of lead shot.
This information is subject to change, for more information visit: Alaska Department of Fish & Game
HAVE ALASKA MUZZLELOADER HUNTING SEASON QUESTIONS?
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