Its best to brush up on current land status maps, its native lands from the shore out 5 miles on either side the river, Thats also Park lands country, Its best to brush up on the few places you can go without tresspassing.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.access A hunter has the personal responsibility to make sure he or she can legally hunt in their chosen area. If you hunt public lands and need maps showing public property boundaries, contact the
Alaska Public Lands Information Centers (APLICS) for additional information.
Many good hunting areas in the state are privately owned, and hunters must obtain advance permission to hunt in these areas. Regional or village native corporations hold most of the privately owned acreage. Numerous private holdings also exist along Alaska’s limited road system, especially near larger population centers. Specific information is best obtained from landowners. As in other states, some private landowners may charge a fee to enter and hunt on their lands.
Please note: If you will be hunting with a guide or using the services of a transporter, they should have a good working knowledge of land ownership in the area where you will be hunting. However, you are ultimately responsible for knowing the status of the land where you will be hunting – and ensuring that you have all required permissions.
Respecting the Land and the Locals While the wilderness of northwestern Alaska may feel vast and empty, it has been the homeland of the local Inupiat Eskimos for thousands of years. Each bluff, ridgeline, mountain, and bend in the river likely carries an ancient name and has seen thousands of years of seasonal use. Some of these lands are now privately owned by individuals or local and regional Native corporations. Please respect the rights of private landowners and don't trespass on private lands or subsistence camps, even if they do not appear to be in use. For maps and specific information regarding hunting on state, federal, and private lands please read the ‘Land Information’ section in the Pilot Orientation materials.
A few things to keep in mind:
- As discussed, the fall hunting season is a critical time for local subsistence hunters and their families to harvest meat. They hunt mainly using boats along major rivers and tributaries. In contrast, most visiting hunters charter airplanes to access hunting sites. Although large, smooth gravel bars make attractive landing areas for small airplanes, be aware that most good hunting locales along major rivers have probably been used by Inupiat hunters for generations. Ask your pilot-transporter not to locate you near areas used by subsistence hunters, and to avoid flying low over all hunting camps.
- There is concern by local people that the increased frequency of small planes and number of hunter camps may be altering the traditional migration patterns of the caribou. The location of villages and subsistence campsites have been chosen based on these historic routes and people fear that increasing camps and hunter numbers on the herd's routes may affect local hunters' ability to harvest their yearly meat. Once again, asking your pilot-transporter or guide to place you far from other hunters and local subsistence camps and away from other camps will help ease this tension.
- If hunting along rivers crossed by migrating caribou, camp and hunt on the opposite side from which the caribou enter the water. This helps prevent disruption of their normal movements, and keeps you from deflecting animals away from other hunters and disturbing migration patterns.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=unit23pilot.conflicthttp://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=unit23.main http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=unit23.additional http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=huntingmaps.bygmu&gmu=23http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=unit23pilot.lands http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.general NANA Regional Corporation and Kikiktagruk Inupiaq Corporation (KIC) Land Use Policies NANA lands are closed to all non-shareholders for any purpose. However, non-shareholders whom have lived in NANA communities for a minimum of five years may apply for a permit to use NANA lands. For more information on land use policies, contact NANA at 907-442-3301 or read about
NANA Regional Corporation Land Use Policies.
KIC Land Department has land-use policies in place to protect the corporation’s resources and regulate use by non-shareholders. To obtain more information about shareholder and non-shareholder land-use policies, please contact the KIC Land Department in Kotzebue at 907-442-3165.
Noatak Controlled Use Area The Noatak Controlled Use Area (CUA; 5AAC 92.540 [9]) consists of that portion of Unit 23 in a corridor extending five miles on either side of, and including the Noatak River, beginning at the mouth of the Noatak River, and extending upstream to the mouth of Sapun Creek. The Noatak CUA is closed from August 15 through September 30 to the use of aircraft in any manner for big game hunting, including the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game; however, this provision does not apply to the transportation of big game hunters, their hunting gear, or parts of big game to and between publicly owned airports. Pilots and passengers not hunting big game may utilize the CUA for other purposes.
The big game species affected by the Noatak CUA include: bear (brown or black), caribou, moose, muskox, sheep, wolf and wolverine. Aircraft access is only allowable to and from the state-maintained airport at the village of Noatak when hunting these species. During the aircraft closure period, hunters can fly into or out of the Noatak airport then access the CUA by any means other than aircraft.
