In summer the coat is yellowish to grayish brown with white underparts, and the tail is brown on top. This coat is shed and replaced by white pelage in winter, but the hairs are dusky at the base and the underfur is gray. The ears are dark at the tips. The large hind feet are well-furred, adapting these animals for the deep snows of the boreal forests—hence the name "snowshoe. Snowshoe hares breed at about 1 year of age and have two to three litters per year.
Breeding begins in mid-May and lasts through August. They exhibit polyandrous breeding habits, where both male and female hares have multiple mates. The gestation period is 36 to 37 days. First litters are born around the middle of May in Interior Alaska and average about four leverets young hares. The second litter, in years of increasing abundance, often averages six young, and occasionally there is a third litter. Females breed immediately after the birth of a litter. If desirable, the area has a variety of hunting guides and transporters that can be hired for the hunt for access or additional support.
Rams with 40 inch curls and 15 inch bases are entirely possible. This special permit entitles the winner to hunt both parts of the split season from 10 August to 20 September. This is a true opportunity of a lifetime. We can't guarantee that you will win but we can guarantee that you will lose if you don't enter.
Hunter may hunt the early or late season but must abide by the access designations for both DS early and DS late based on which hunt is chosen. Non-residents have a bag limit of one sheep every four regulatory years. Non-residents have a bag limit of one sheep every four regulatory years, and any non-resident that has harvested a sheep since are ineligible for this permit. The early hunt period DS does not allow for motorized access.
It can be a challenging hike, but there is less competition compared to the later period motorized-access hunt. This later hunt period DS has good access with aircraft, ATVs, jet boats, and other means of transportation providing additional access options. Air charters and other bush plane access is also an option. Both hunts can be accessed from the road system. Legal elk is any bull.
The hunt area includes several drawing permit hunt areas on the island. Afognak Island's elk population is stable with healthy bull to cow ratios and good opportunities to harvest a mature bull. Significant portions of the hunt area are private land and require a Land Access Permit to be purchased prior to participating in the hunt. Several transporters in the Kodiak area are available to provide access via boat or floatplane.
The area is rugged with thick vegetation and has a considerable road system which includes access and ORV restrictions. The meat is delicious and exotic, while the hides and skulls are prized for handicrafts. Fewer than muskoxen are harvested in the United States every year. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hunt a species who co-habited with wooly mammoths during the Ice Age. This is an expensive hunt due to logistics and unavoidable transporter costs. It can be a challenging hike, but there is less competition compared to the later period motorized-access hunt.
This later hunt period DS has good access with aircraft, ATVs, jet boats, and other means of transportation providing additional access options. Air charters and other bush plane access is also an option.
Both hunts can be accessed from the road system. Legal elk is any bull. The hunt area includes several drawing permit hunt areas on the island. Afognak Island's elk population is stable with healthy bull to cow ratios and good opportunities to harvest a mature bull.
Significant portions of the hunt area are private land and require a Land Access Permit to be purchased prior to participating in the hunt. Several transporters in the Kodiak area are available to provide access via boat or floatplane. The area is rugged with thick vegetation and has a considerable road system which includes access and ORV restrictions. The meat is delicious and exotic, while the hides and skulls are prized for handicrafts.
Fewer than muskoxen are harvested in the United States every year. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hunt a species who co-habited with wooly mammoths during the Ice Age.
This is an expensive hunt due to logistics and unavoidable transporter costs. There will also be extra costs for food, extra baggage like meat , gear for extreme weather, tips for guides and transporters, and other miscellaneous items. Most access is through Mekoryuk, the only village on the island. Transportation to Mekoryuk is by regularly scheduled commercial airlines from Bethel.
Be prepared for extreme weather. The fall hunt can be wet and windy - transportation is usually by boat or ATV. You should be prepared for inclement weather in either season. The area is mostly accessed by aircraft and hiking and almost always includes a fair bit of climbing to access the areas where goats are found. Taking of nannies with kids prohibited. Taking of males is encouraged. Select a fishery above for navigational links to fishery area pages. Fishing in Alaska comes in multiple flavors.
Tens of thousands of people harvest and feast on salmon, halibut, crab, trout, and other varieties of finfish and shellfish under subsistence, personal use, and sport fishing regulations.
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