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  1. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    WSA 21-01 was passed right before sheep season in August 2022. It was a two-year temporary closure. You can see all the current special actions and expirations here: https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/wildlife-special-actions
  2. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    It is a non-resident as we all understand it, someone who doesn't live in Alaska. Does not affect resident Alaskans.
  3. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    Regarding the above, WSA 21-01 that closed portions of Unit 23 & 26A expires 9/30/24. There are current WSAs from the WACH Working Group and the NW Arctic RAC asking the FSB for the same thing they asked the Board of Game (BOG), a reduction in bag limit for residents of 4 caribou per year on fed...
  4. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    No change to Fall 2024 nonres hunts. Unit 23 and 26A still open.
  5. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    Thanks Will for highlighting this. It will be a draw hunt open equally to all nonres hunters, guided and unguided. Will start in 2025. Has no effect on the 2024 hunt. Even if all 300 permits are issued, it will still lead to a decrease in nonres harvests. And the Dept. has EO authority to close...
  6. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    FSB meets early April. Locals were not happy nonres stayed open. They got restricted to 15 caribou/year, only one may be a cow.
  7. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    I'm at meeting. The proposals to eliminate nonres caribou hunters DID NOT PASS. And fyi RHAK opposed them.
  8. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    That is correct. But the Tier system is not technically a local/nonlocal benefit, though in most instances it ends up that way. Any resident who has longevity hunting a population, time in the field there etc, can qualify.
  9. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    We should know after the Board of Game meeting in Kotzebue end of this month.
  10. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    The proposal from the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group IS to restrict/limit all resident harvests (including locals) to 4 caribou per year, only one of which may be a cow. It is currently 5 per day
  11. AlaskaMark

    Hold on to your GMU 23/26A Shorts boys

    If you are dealing with a licensed transporter and your hunt didn't happen and they refuse to give you a refund, you can contact the Big Game Commercial Services Board and file a complaint: [email protected]
  12. AlaskaMark

    AK Sheep, Population Observations

    Some of you here probably remember that sheep town hall we had in Wasilla in 2015 when prop 207 was coming before the board. The room was packed! And every single one of the longtime sheep hunters spoke about the hundreds of sheep they would see every year where they hunted, and how it was so...
  13. AlaskaMark

    WSA 22-02 affects Sheep hunters in GMU 24A and 26B (Dalton Hwy Corridor)

    This below went out to all RHAK members, more than just extending the sheep closure: The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) will consider several Wildlife Proposals for the 2024-2026 cycle that will restrict or close hunting to non-federally qualified users (NFQU) on fed lands. These include...
  14. AlaskaMark

    Hidden Alaska for Dall Sheep

    FYI, the 19C closure isn't a done deal, the BOG is going to hold a special meeting to reconsider (delay) the nonres sheep closure and possibly submit their own proposal to delay the closure a year. Seriously, Kyle, guides got it done? Would you expect any different when you put unlimited...
  15. AlaskaMark

    Hidden Alaska for Dall Sheep

    Kyle, wanted to offer a correction to the above. RHAK never proposed or supported a complete closure prior to the board-generated proposal to shut down 19C for all sheep hunting for 5 years. All of our proposals were to go to draw-only hunts for nonres with a limited allocation of permits. We...
  16. AlaskaMark

    Historically Low Alaska Sheep Harvest

    Glad you read through it, as.ks.ak. Yep, he was a sharp cookie. I don't get your comment on refuges in his speech though, as another battlefield to spread out the light on. Again, my point with the Gabrielson quote was really that there just isn't much we can do with wildlife mgmt beyond dealing...
  17. AlaskaMark

    Historically Low Alaska Sheep Harvest

    Regarding pred-control, Bill, I believe there are current legal means to institute specific control efforts to benefit sheep, even though they are not on the IM list. A recent example is the limited grizzly bear control we did for muskox on the north slope to protect that population. Muskox...
  18. AlaskaMark

    Historically Low Alaska Sheep Harvest

    As far as helping the sheep population(s) as a whole, there isn't a lot we can do. Weather and a changing climate are the main factors influencing overall mortality and less recruitment. Mild winters, no icing events...that is what we need the most to help the sheep. Say a prayer. In looking at...
  19. AlaskaMark

    Historically Low Alaska Sheep Harvest

    Not sure if that question was for me, Kyle, but of course the answer is no. I don't believe leaving more rams on the mtn will have any real effect on either of those.
  20. AlaskaMark

    Historically Low Alaska Sheep Harvest

    I'm just back from the BOG meeting in Soldotna, and I gave testimony for RHAK telling the board that it would be shameful to impose any restrictions on residents at all after decades of allowing unlimited nonres sheep hunting, closing the subsistence hunt in RY20 due to "biological concerns,"...

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