December 4, 2019 admin

Alaska Muzzleloader Hunting Season

Updated 1/5/2020 - "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
Residents & Non-Residents	8 - Kodiak Road System Management Area	One Deer	HT	Nov 1 - Nov 14
Residents & Non-Residents	8 - Kodiak Road System Management Area	One Deer	HT	Nov 16 - Dec 31

Goat Muzzleloader Season

Open To	Unit	Bag Limit	Hunt ID	Season Dates	Notes
Residents Only	8 - Remainder	One Goat	RG488 & RG489	Dec 16 - Jan 31	No Aircraft access except state-maintained airports and saltwater

Black Bear Muzzleloader Season

Open To	Unit	Bag Limit	Hunt ID	Season Dates	Notes
Residents & Non-Residents	14C - Lower Eagle River Valley	One Bear	RL450	Sept 1 - May 31	Basic Hunter Ed Required

Moose Muzzleloader Season

Open To	Unit	Bag Limit	Hunt ID	Season Dates	Notes
Residents & Non-Residents	14C - Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Management Area	One Moose	DM421	Sept 1 - Nov 15 & Dec 15 - Jan 15
Residents & Non-Residents	14C - Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Management Area	One Bull	DM422	Sept 1 - Nov 15 & Dec 15 - Jan15
Residents & Non-Residents	14C - Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Management Area	One Antlerless Moose	DM423	Sept 1 - Nov 15 & Dec 15 - Jan 15
Residents Only	14C - Anchorage Management Area	One Antlerless Moose	DM666	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
Non-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
Residents & Non-Residents	20B - Within Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge	One Antlerless Moose	DM789	Dec 1 - Jan 31
Residents Only	20B - Drainage of the Middle (East) Fork of the Chena River	One Bull	RM782	Nov 10 - Dec 10
Residents Only	20B - Salcha River drainage upstream from and including Good Creek	One Bull	RM782	Nov 10 - Dec 10
Residents Only	20B - Salcha River drainage downstream from Goose Creek and upstream from and including Butte Creek	One Bull	RM782	Nov 10 - Dec 10
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 29

Muskox Muzzleloader Season

Open To	Unit	Bag Limit	Hunt ID	Season Dates	Notes
Residents Only	22C - that portion of the Snake River drainage downstream of the Glacier Creek confluence and including the Glacier Creek drainage, that portion of the Nome River drainage downstream of and including the Basin Creek and Shepard Creek drainages, and all drainages flowing directly to Norton Sound between the mouths of the Nome River and the Snake River	One Bull	TX095 TX096	Aug 1 - Mar 15	All skulls require trophy destruction at time of take in the field subject to permit conditions; specimens required

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 Dept. of Fish & Game

HAVE ALASKA MUZZLELOADER HUNTING SEASON QUESTIONS?

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