Alaska 2013 Grouse Season Information

Grouse

•

Including spruce, sooty (formerly blue), ruffed, and sharp-tailed grouse

• Area restrictions in Unit 14C. Handout available at Anchorage ADF&G or online at

http://hunt.alaska.gov

.

• Season begins later -- the day after Labor Day -- in Unit 14

C.

• Lead shot is now prohibited in shotguns for all bird hunting

in Unit 26

Units 1–6:

Five per day

, ten in possession............................................

Aug 1-May 15

Units 7 and 15:

Ten per day

, twenty in possession; of which not more than one per day and two in

possession may be ruffed grouse.

Aug 10-Mar 31

Units 8 and 10:

no open season

Units 9, 17–19, 21–24, and 26:

Fifteen per day

, thirty in possession

Aug 10-Apr 30

Unit 11:

Fifteen per day

, thirty in possession

Aug 10-Mar 31

Units 13, 14A, 14B, and 16:

Fifteen per day

,

thirty in possession of which not more than two per day

and four in possession may be ruffed grouse..

Aug 10-Mar 31

Unit 14C:

Five per day

, ten in possession, of which not more than two per day and four in possession may be ruffed grouse.

.Sept 3-Mar 31

Unit 20D,

that portion lying west of the east bank of the Johnson River a

nd south of the north

bank of the Tanana River:

By falconry only,

ten per day

,

ten in possession, provided that not more than two per day and two in

possession may be sharp-t

ailed grouse...................................................................................

Aug 10-Aug 24

Fifteen per day

, thirty in possession, provided that not more than five per day and ten in possession

may be sharp-tailed grouse....................................................................................................

Aug 25-Mar 31

Units 12, remainder of Unit 20, and Unit 25:

Fifteen per day

,

thirty in possession..

Aug 10-Mar 31

Check the Alaska Fish and Game website for updates