AK Minimum Caliber?

[TimberHunter]

Can anyone point to where it calls out a minimum caliber size for rifle hunting in AK? I searched the proclamation but saw nothing for rifle caliber size related to deer hunting


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[Bowfinn]

As far I know there isn’t a Caliber minimum for deer in AK. What are you planning/thinking on using?

 

[TimberHunter]

As far I know there isn’t a Caliber minimum for deer in AK. What are you planning/thinking on using?

Would like to take the 223 with 77TMKs. But think I read on here there was a minimum caliber in AK but I can’t find it again. I’ll likely call them next week but ideally would like to see it in writing or the lack there of


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[Bowfinn]

Would like to take the 223 with 77TMKs. But think I read on here there was a minimum caliber in AK but I can’t find it again. I’ll likely call them next week but ideally would like to see it in writing or the lack there of


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The only bullet/gun requirements that I can think of is for bison, and that’s a bullet weight and energy requirement.

 

[z987k]

Can anyone point to where it calls out a minimum caliber size for rifle hunting in AK? I searched the proclamation but saw nothing for rifle caliber size related to deer hunting


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There are no caliber limits for rifles or handguns in Alaska.
Bison has a 175gr and 2800ft/lb of energy minimum.
Muzzle loader has .45 limit.

 

[z987k]

Would like to take the 223 with 77TMKs. But think I read on here there was a minimum caliber in AK but I can’t find it again. I’ll likely call them next week but ideally would like to see it in writing or the lack there of


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You won't find it in writing because there isn't one.
Only limit - https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=deltabison.weaponslegalhunting
Or I guess the top of page 19.

"Hunt big game using a firearm other than a shotgun,
muzzleloader, or rifle or pistol using a center-firing cartridge,
EXCEPT: in Units 23 and 26, swimming caribou can be taken
with a firearm using rim fire cartridges."

So any center fire is legal, except in 23 and 26 where rimfire is legal for swimming bou.

 

[UnckleBob]

You won't find it in writing because there isn't one.
Only limit - https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=deltabison.weaponslegalhunting
Or I guess the top of page 19.

"Hunt big game using a firearm other than a shotgun,
muzzleloader, or rifle or pistol using a center-firing cartridge,
EXCEPT: in Units 23 and 26, swimming caribou can be taken
with a firearm using rim fire cartridges."

So any center fire is legal, except in 23 and 26 where rimfire is legal for swimming bou.

Why would a swimming caribou only need a rimfire cartridge? Curious.

 

[LongWayAround]

Why would a swimming caribou only need a rimfire cartridge? Curious.

They get the boat pretty close...

 

[TimberHunter]

Why would a swimming caribou only need a rimfire cartridge? Curious.

Because 22 rimfires bounce off the water?


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[B_Reynolds_AK]

They head shoot them from just a few feet away or less.

 

[TimberHunter]

They head shoot them from just a few feet away or less.

Running them down with boats and shooting them in the water seems a bit much… but when you’re hungry, you do what you have to do


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[B_Reynolds_AK]

Running them down with boats and shooting them in the water seems a bit much… but when you’re hungry, you do what you have to do


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Subsistence is all about being as efficient and productive as possible in the short windows of opportunity that you have. Ie. Dip netting salmon, caribou in the water etc.

 

[UnckleBob]

Subsistence is all about being as efficient and productive as possible in the short windows of opportunity that you have. Ie. Dip netting salmon, caribou in the water etc.

I have no problem with the native population having rules that protect their ability to feed themselves. They have a very hard life. It's not like some out of state guy looking for a trophy is killing off the population.

When I read the original post, I had no idea they were killing Caribous from boats.