Fish and Game will bring moose permits to four Nushagak River villages

Reaching the Fish and Game office in Dillingham is no small trip for hunters in villages with no road access — a barrier the Bristol Bay Native Association says falls on rural subsistence hunters. So this year, department staff will hand-deliver moose permit RM583 to four Nushagak River communities: Ekwok on July 31, Manokotak on Aug. 4, Koliganek on Aug. 5, and New Stuyahok on Aug. 6. Bad weather means a reschedule.

The permit, open to Alaska residents only, covers any-bull moose in Game Management Units 17B and 17C, with a season running Aug. 20 through Sept. 15. Hunters who can reach Dillingham can pick one up at the office through Aug. 31.

Reporting is mandatory. Successful hunters must report a kill within five days, and every permit holder — filled tag or not — must return a hunt report within 15 days of the Sept. 15 close, by phone, mail, in person, or online.