Hunting season open around Alaska

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Here is a partial listing of the hunting seasons opening around Alaska, listed chronologically:

August 1:

--Sitka blacktail deer seasons opened in the Kodiak Archipelago, Game Management Unit 8; Prince William Sound, Game Management Unit 6; and most of Southeast Alaska, Game Management Units 1-4. Caribou hunts open on the east end of the Alaska Peninsula, Game Management Unit 9A; and in Bristol Bay drainages in Game Management Units 17 and 19.

August 10:

--Dall sheep seasons opened in most of Alaska.

--Bow-and-arrow hunts for moose open in most of the Susitna Valley, Game Management Unit 14, and on most of the Kenai Peninsula, Game Management Units 7 and 15.

--Caribou season opens in the eastern Alaska Range, Game Management Unit 16. Caribou seasons open in the rest of Game Management Unit 19, the Kuskokwim River drainage.

--Ptarmigan and spruce grouse seasons open in most places statewide.

August 20:

--Moose seasons open in the Susitna Valley and on the Kenai Peninsula.

August 25:

--Ruffed grouse season opens in Game Management Unit 20D in the Tanana River drainage in the Interior.

September 1:

--Moose season opens in the Nelchina Basin, Game Management Unit 13, north of Anchorage and for Alaska resident hunters on much of the Alaska Peninsula, Game Management Unit 9.

--Caribou season opens on the central Alaska Peninsula, Game Management Unit 9D.

--Waterfowl seasons open in most of the state.

September 5:

--Moose season opens in the small part of Chugach State Park open for general hunting.

September 7:

--Ruffed grouse seasons opens in the Matanuska Valley, Game Management Unit 14C.

October 15:

--Registration hunts for mountain goats open on the eastern half of the Kenai Peninsula, Game Management Unit 7.

October 23:

--Registration hunts open for elk on Afognak Island, Game Management Unit 8.