ing them shall make and forward a like statement to the Commission immediately prior to exporting such skins. § 46.70 Duties of transportation agents. No common, contract, private carrier, or transportation agent shall transport, or accept for transportation out of the Territory, any game animals or game birds, or parts thereof, to which the tags required by §§ 46.65 and 46.66 have not been attached, or any skins of wild fur animals, black bear, hare or rabbit, unless accompanied by the statement required by § 46.69, which statement shall be promptly forwarded to the Commission. Such carrier or agent shall record any such tag numbers upon the shipping document or other permanent record accompanying the shipment. § 46.71 Possession of game. No person may possess any dead game animal or part thereof without a valid hunting or trapping license, or possess any dead game animal, bird, fish or part thereof not legally taken by himself, or in excess of the current season's bag limit, unless he furnishes upon request of any official authorized to enforce the Alaska Game Law, a written statement of the name, address, and license or permit number of the person from whom such animal, bird, fish, or part thereof, was obtained. § 46.72 Live animals, birds, and game fishes. No live game or fur animals, game birds, or game fishes shall be taken, possessed, transported, exported, or imported except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued pursuant to § 46.231. SALE § 46.81 General provisions. Sales or purchases of the following game birds, game fish, wild animals, or parts or products thereof, may be made by any person (except fur dealers) and by fur dealers holding valid fur dealer licenses: Tagged beaver, other fur animals, black bear and deer skins, meat and skins of hares and rabbits. Tagged or sealed skins of beaver, skins of other fur animals, black bear and deer, and meat and skins of hares and rabbits. Manufactured articles. Articles manufactured from the hides and hoofs of moose, caribou, deer, and mountain goats, and from the skins of black bears. Shed antlers. Shed antlers of deer, moose, and caribou. Strips of grizzly bear hides. In fur districts 5 and 8, parka hood trimmings cut from hides of grizzly bears in strips not to exceed 4 inches in width. Dolly Varden trout. Dolly Varden trout taken in salt water. Steelhead trout taken in salt water incidental to commercial salmon fishing operation. Steelhead trout taken in salt water incidental to commercial salmon operations. Game birds. Migratory waterfowl, and game birds as defined in § 46.13, when reared in captivity and sold in conformity with such conditions and restrictions as may be imposed by permits issued under § 46.231. METHODS, SEASONS AND LIMITS § 46.100 General provisions. The animals, birds, and game fishes listed in §§ 46.102, 46.128, 46.141, 46.144, 46.152, 46.153, and 46.156, may be taken in the open seasons (dates inclusive), by the methods and means, in the areas, and in numbers not exceeding the respective daily bag and seasonal bag limits, or possession limits prescribed therein and in §§ 46.68, 46.101, 46.126, 46.127, 46.140, 46.145, 46.150, and 46.155, but not at any other time, by any other method, aid, or means, nor in any other areas or numbers: Provided, That no birds or animals may be taken by shooting from, on, or across or within 33 feet of the center line of any public highway, or any railroad; nor may any big game animal, except black bear west of 141° W. longitude, be taken within the one-quarter mile area on each side of any public highway or within the one-half mile area on each side of any public highway on the Kenai Peninsula. GAME ANIMALS § 46.101 Methods and means. Game animals may be taken only with a shotgun (not larger than No. 10 gage and not capable of holding more than three shells) rifle or pistol using center-fire cartridges only, or bow and arrow, but not with aid or use of a dog, machine or submachine gun, set gun of any description, or spear, pit, deadfall, fire, jacklight, searchlight, or other artificial light, two-way radio communications, or artificial salt licks, or from or by means or aid of an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorboat, or any other boat except that propelled by paddle, oars, or pole, nor while such animals are swimming: Provided, That bow and arrow may not be used for taking moose or brown and grizzly bear except for moose in the Anchorage area as described in § 46.186 and that rabbits may be taken by snares not larger than No. 1, rifles and pistols using rim-fire cartridges; Provided further, That the taking of moose, black bear, hares and rabbits, and game birds in the Anchorage area as described in § 46.186 is permitted by use of bow and arrow and shotgun only; Provided further, That no aircraft or motor-driven vehicle shall be used for the purpose of driving, circling, herding, following, molesting, spotting, or aiding in the taking of big-game animals except as a means of transportation between a settlement or point of outfitting and a hunting site on which, when transportation is by aircraft, a camp must be erected and established prior to hunting; And provided further, That no helicopter shall be used as a means of transportation in any manner connected with the taking of such animals. § 46.102 Seasons, limits, and other provisions. The open seasons (dates inclusive), bag limits, and other provisions applying to the taking of game animals shall be as shown in the following schedule: (NOTE. See §§ 46.58 and 46.68 regarding reporting kill of big game and evidence of sex and identity; see also §§ 46.61 to 46.72 and 46.81 regarding transportation, possession, and sale.) Areas open to hunting Seasons Limits DEER East of 141° W. longitude, Southeast Alaska (except in the Sullivan Island-Taiya area as described in § 46.186). Kodiak-Afognak Island group.. Prince William Sound and Copper MOOSE, BULLS (with antlers) East of 141° W. longitude, Southeast the north and west sides of Knik Remainder of Alaska for which a season is not prescribed in the foregoing portions of this section (except in the Seward Peninsula-Kotzebue Sound area as described in § 46.186). MOUNTAIN GOAT (except kids) Southeastern Alaska (but not on Chichagof Island) and westward south of the Coast Range to and including the drainage into Prince William Sound. Jan. 1-Jan. 10____ Aug. 20-Sept. 30.. 1 a year either sex (except fawns.) Aug. 20-Feb. 28. 5 a season either sex Aug. 20-Nov. 22. 2 a season. Remainder of Alaska (except in Cooper Aug. 20-Oct. 31. 1 a season. Landing and Sheep Mountain areas as described in § 46.186 and on Kodiak Island). MOUNTAIN SHEEP (rams with 4 curl or South of the Yukon River (except on Provided, That any bear may be killed at any time or any place in the Territory when about to attack or molest persons or their property. Persons so killing such animals shall submit a written report to the Commission, setting forth the reason for such killing and the time and place. |