Eastern Afognak Island Elk Hunt Set For Early Closure

The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

A Portion of Registration Elk Hunt RE755 Will Close Early

(Kodiak) – Elk hunters on Afognak Island have had good success and reached established harvest objectives in much of the RE755 registration permit hunt area. Consequently, the Eastern Afognak portion of RE755 will close by emergency order on October 28, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The closed portion of the hunt area includes Eastern Afognak, that portion of Afognak Island east of the main north-south logging road (1100 Road) from Danger Bay logging camp (58° 08.2’ N. lat., 152° 32.9’ W. long.) north to its terminus at Discoverer Bay (58° 19.6’ N. lat., 152° 21.8’ W. long.), in addition to the areas previously not opened for the registration permit hunt due to good hunter success during the earlier drawing and registration permit seasons (EO R2-15-26).

Afognak Island elk are managed using established harvest guidelines for individual herds and a 10 percent harvest objective for the overall elk population. A harvest objective of 16 elk was established for this portion of the hunt area and as of October 26, the combined harvest of elk from drawing and registration permit hunts administered in the area was 15 elk. Hunters remain in the field, and it is likely additional elk have been taken and not yet reported. The closure in this area is necessary to prevent harvest beyond established harvest objectives, which may impede herd productivity and growth.

Registration hunts for elk of either sex in the remaining portions of the RE755 hunt area including Kodiak, Ban and Shuyak Islands remain open. Elk hunting on Raspberry Island is restricted to hunters with drawing and registration permits for the hunt area (DE702, DE704, DE706 and RE706) and remain unaffected by this emergency order closure. Permits for RE755 are available in person at Kodiak, Anchorage, Palmer, Soldotna, Fairbanks, and Homer ADF&G offices. Detailed maps are available at the ADF&G office in Kodiak.