Alaska Moose Hunting
Alaska Private Guide Service
Smokey Don Duncan,
Master Guide #136
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Alaska Moose Hunting InformationNON-residents: Please read this Alaska Moose Hunt page first, then follow this link to the Non-Resident Moose page information. The non-resident moose spots are the first to fill up, usually by January or soon thereafter. So that means the non-resident moose and brown bear combination hunts are also full. Click on the "Trip Contract /Forms" link on the left hand side bar menu for instructions on booking a trip for next year. Currently we still have openings for the 2013 moose and moose and brown bear hunt in unit 17. Resident Moose Hunters: Please see additonal information on the AK Moose Hunting page. NEW 3/9/2011; The Board of Game will now allow you to pickup the non-resident moose registration permit in GMU 17 until September 8th. Smokey submitted this proposal and ushered it through the Board of Game process. This will save a lot of time and money for all involved. Now this area has a 2 brown bear limit, so it is now possible to take 1 moose and 2 brown bears on the combination hunt. In the winter of 2012 a wolf control program was carried out in parts of our area to benefit the caribou herd in 17 B. However, if the BOG does re-open non-resident caribou, it would be on a very limited basis. NEWS: 2008 hunter Jerry Dennis awarded official score from B&C of 221. In 2009 we had 3 moose hunters. The 2 non-residents took a 68-1/2" and a 61 inch moose at 9 and 20 yards while the resident took a 55" moose at 12 yards and closing fast. In 2010 we saw and called in lots more moose than 2008 and 2009. The 2 biggest we saw are still
live and they were real big dandies. We had 4 moose hunters. One left before moose season
due to family emergency, one left Sept. 9 for business and could have shot a moose and
bear but didn’t. The 2 hunters that stayed got 2 moose. The biggest was large with a 59” spread. 2011 Ron Kingston shot this 65" monster 2012 We got 3 moose, 53", 63" and 68 inches. We had more answers from bulls and cows starting Sept. 8th. See photos of APGS Alaska Moose Hunting on Picasaweb. Just select Slideshow or Indvidual photos for Alaska Moose. Alaska Private Guide Service has resident and non-resident moose hunts in Game Management Units (GMU) 17 B and 20 B & C. Unit 17 is where we have done all of our moose hunting in the past and it is where all the pictures on this web site come from. Lately, our most popular moose hunt in unit 17 is actually a moose and brown bear combination hunt. Unit 20 B & C is where we have been doing the spring black bear hunts for 20+ years. Recent changes by the Board of Game in GMU 20 have prompted us to go ahead and add fall moose and spring grizzly hunts. I have tried to arrange the web pages based on GMU and resident or non-residents status since some of the seasons and locations are different. In GMU 17 Alaska Moose hunting season is September 5 - 15 (11 days) for Non-resident moose hunting. Moose hunting in our Resident Only areas is August 20 - September 15 with the resident registration permit or Sept 1 - 15 without the registration permit. No drawing permits are required. I sell the hunting license, moose and bear tags. We do have a free non-resident moose registration permit that you pick up in Dillingham at Fish and Game on your way to camp. See the terms of the free registration permit. GMU17 B Non-Resident Hunting Areas, we use jet boats from our base camps on all of these hunts. In GMU 17, non-residents moose hunters must take a moose with a minimum 50" spread OR a moose with four brow tines on one side. Since the season for brown bear hunting began overlapping moose hunting season, most non-resident moose hunters are choosing the moose and brown bear combination hunt. The popularity and price of the moose and combination hunts have resulted in these 2 hunts booking up very fast, usually by January. The resident moose hunters in GMU 17 B have 2 seasons in the fall. The first is a resident registration permit hunt in which you must sign up before August 31 in person, in Dillingham. You can start moose hunting August 20th and may take any size bull. Or, you can hunt the general season from Sept 1-15 without the permit. These hunters must take a spike/fork or 50" spread or three brow tine moose. Resident Hunting Only All of the GMU 17 moose hunting camps have excellent fishing with the most variety along the main rivers. On any hunt, no fishing is guaranteed; no part of the hunt price is for fishing or guided fishing. In Game Management Unit 20, Alaska Private Guide Service offers Resident and Non-Resident Moose Hunts. The benefits of a GMU 20 moose hunt are the prices are less because the logistics are cheaper. We offer fully guided, outfitted and unguided and simply transported hunts. A portion of GMU 20 B has a resident only area that has the highest moose density in the State. This area has a split season with an any size bull early and a spike/fork or 50" late season. The rest of our hunting area in 20 B has an any size bull for residents (Sept.1-20) and non residents (Sept 5-20). The 20 C area has a resident moose hunting season Sept 1-25 for any size bull and non-residents moose season is Sept 1-20 with a 50" minimum spread or 4 brow tine requirement. There is some fishing in unit 20 B & C but mostly just Pike or Sheefish and maybe some Grayling. And some areas have excellent waterfowl hunting. NOTE: Resident Moose Hunting and Non-Resident Moose Hunting requirements are so different that we display their content separately. Please select the appropriate link for more information. If you are a resident with a non-resident partner, you need to look at the non-resident pages. You cannot book a trip with 1 hunter guided and the other hunter unguided. Gear ListNOTE: Many hunters are now choosing to mail most of their gear ahead direct to the village or Fairbanks. You can mail rifles and shotguns but no pistols or ammo. See our Alaska Hunting and Fishing REFERENCES See one of our Alaska Moose Hunt videos. |
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