Registration Moose Hunt Set To Open In GMU 17B and C On December 1

Registration Moose Hunt RM585 in Units 17B&C to Open

The may be announced winter registration antlered moose hunt RM585 in Game Management Units 17B&C will open on December 1, 2025. An additional opportunity during the winter season for both 17B&C is supported by a population estimate of 3,629 moose and November 2025 composition survey yielding 57 bulls per 100 cows. These conditions indicate the population can sustain some additional bull harvest. Registration hunt RM585 will close on December 31 at 11:59 pm or by Emergency Order when harvest quota is reached.

A portion of 17C is closed to hunting this winter under RM585. The closure area is enacted due to the increased accessibility from the road system and puts those moose at risk of overharvest. The “West Wood River Closure” is as follows: Starting at the mouth of the Wood River, west of the Wood River along the south shore of the Wood River continuing along the south shore of Lake Aleknagik, across the mouth of both Sunshine and Lillie creeks, north to the south shore Lake Nerka, east of the mouth of Pike Creek, continuing west along the south shore of Little Togiak Lake, west to the Unit 17A boundary, following the Unit 17A/17C boundary south to the headwaters of the Weary River, east down the Weary River to the confluence of the Snake River and from the Snake River to Bristol Bay back north to the Wood River.

Registration permits will be available in person at the Dillingham ADF&G office and online November 28. Successful hunters are required to report to the Dillingham ADF&G office (phone: (907) 842-2334) within 3 days of killing a moose. All permit reports must be returned to ADF&G, regardless of success, within 15 days of the close of the season.

As a reminder, those who were successful in harvesting one moose anywhere in the state are unable to participate in this hunt.

It is important that any hunt permittees return their hunt reports to provide wildlife managers the information they need to understand harvest by mailing in their paper reports, completing them online athttps://secure.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=interperm.enter_report_hunterid, or in person at any Alaska Department of Fish and Game office.

For questions or more information about moose hunting opportunities in Unit 17, contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Dillingham at (907) 842-2334.

CONTACT: Evelyn Lichwa Dillingham Area Biologist Phone: (907) 842-2334 evelyn.lichwa@alaska.gov

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