The Board of Game approved four of 13 proposals they reviewed related to Moose hunting on the Kenai Peninsula.
One of those approved proposals re instituted a non-resident moose season in Game Management Unit 15 C which will last from August 20 – September 20.
This was based on findings presented by Area Biologist Jeff Selinger with Alaska Department of Fish and Game which showed increasing moose population in that unit.
The board also re instituted a cow moose hunt in 15 C which allows up to 100 permit holders to hunt cows unaccompanied by calves between August 20-September 20.
Another approved proposal moved the antlerless, or cow, moose hunt dates to October 20 – November 20, in order to avoid regular moose hunt dates where law enforcement officers have previously been called to investigate legal kills.
And the last proposal approved a hot spot hunt on the Kenai Peninsula, but much of the regulations for that are left to the discretion of the ADF&G.
Hot-spot hunts refer to hunts where the Alaska Department of Fish and Game can designate an area along the roadways for hunters in an effort to reduce moose and vehicle collisions.
Selinger said that proposals regulations have somewhat been left up to the Kenai Peninsula’s ADF&G but there has been discussion of mirroring the Mat-Su’s hot spot hunt regulations.