Unit 22D Remainder Moose Hunt Now Closed

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

State Closes Resident RM840 Moose Hunt in 22D Remainder

(Nome) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces an emergency order to close the state resident moose hunt by registration permit RM840 in the Unit 22D Remainder hunt area. The state resident hunting season for bull moose by registration permit RM840 in Unit 22D Remainder closes at 11:59 p.m. on August 28, 2026. The Alaska Board of Game established a moose registration permit hunt in Unit 22D

Remainder in 2020 which is administered with a quota to prevent overharvest. The fall harvest quota is expected to be reached by the season closing date announced in this emergency order and no further harvest is warranted.

This closure does not affect the remaining registration permit hunt RM840 hunt areas: Unit 22C, Unit 22B West of the Darby Mountains, Unit 22D Kuzitrin Drainage, and Unit 22D Southwest. Unless additional closures are announced by emergency order, the

RM840 season in Unit 22B West of the Darby Mountains, Unit 22C, and Unit 22D Kuzitrin and Southwest is open from September 1–14, 2026.

All other moose hunting regulations in Unit 22 remain unchanged by this emergency order.