Yes, their proposal is to move those that drew tags to 2022. Only the few tags that get hunted this spring will be available to draw this winter. Their examples: you have your own plane and don't need to go to the town of Kodiak to get to your hunt area. Or if your a resident of Kodiak.
They...
If you want to listen to the audio from the meeting you can here:
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=gameboard.meetinginfo&date=04-14-2020&meeting=tele
One other thing to note. They also said that if this goes into the fall they WONT be accommodating people who drew tags for this fall...
Ryan Scott from ADFG called me back. I asked if they were going to refund non-res for their licenses and what not. Its something that they've discussed and would be brought up at the next BOG meeting which I believe he said was this week. I asked what was going to happen with the resident...
The stuff I have now is Outdoor Research. Not the lightest stuff they made but one step up. Not terribly expensive. The hiking depends on where you start from! If you're starting down low it can take 6hrs to get on top. POW has a bunch of road so you should be starting at least part way up...
So, your saying I qualify for the federal subsistence program where forced to live with here? Even if i live in anchorage, Fairbanks, or the other big cities? Love to see that in writing
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Thats the part that gets me the most. It seems to be an attack on bear hunting specifically. All other outdoor activities are ok. Just not hunting bears. You can hunt any other animal that there is an open season for. Maybe they don't have the power to keep people from doing all those other...
I found the press briefing online. He sure did stumble a bunch.
dunleavy briefing
He addresses the bear hunting around the 2 min mark
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Oh, I agree. It makes no sense to close the entire state to residents. But the gal on the phone said that is what they intended to do for the whole state. Said they were drafting a release to explain their position.
Just got off the phone with the commissioners office. They are drafting something to explain the reasoning. BUT the gal on the phone said they did intend to close it to residents
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