Hunting in Alaska
Official agency resources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Buy a license ↗
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=license.main
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildliferegulations.main
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://secure.wildlife.alaska.gov/ePermit/
- GMU map ↗
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=huntingmaps.main
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://secure.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=interperm.report_greeting
- Hunter education ↗
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=huntered.main
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Alaska, go straight to the issuing agency.
Alaska Department of Fish and GameGame species in Alaska
See all species →Click any species to see every state where it's on the books.
Big Game
Small Game
Unit boundaries
Game management unit boundaries for Alaska are being verified against the state agency source. Outdoors won't publish them until the source has been hand-checked.
In the meantime, use the agency link above for the official unit maps and the parks below for huntable public land in Alaska.
Huntable public lands in Alaska
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
16,700,000 acres
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
National Recreation Area
BLM Campbell Creek Science Center
National Recreation Area
Chugach National Forest
National Forest
6,908,540 acres
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Noatak National Preserve
National Recreation Area
Steese National Conservation Area
National Recreation Area
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve
National Recreation Area
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area