Thursday, September 01, 2011

Fortymile Caribou Hunt (Zones 1 & 3) closes Friday Sept 2nd at Midnight

The Fortymile Caribou Hunt (RC 860) will close at 11:59pm on Friday September 2nd, 2011 in Zones 1 (Steese Hwy) and 3 (Taylor Hwy) in order that the harvest quota is not exceeded.

Federally-qualified subsistence hunters will be allowed to continue to hunt on federal land in the entire hunt area.

Hunters who have not taken a caribou will be able to continue to hunt in Zone 2.

For more information, see the ADFG emergency order:
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/news/newsreleases/wcnews/pdfs/releases/08-31-2011.pdf