Last year a law was passed to exempt certain waterfowl harvesters in Alaska from having to purchase and carry a federal duck stamp. Please remember, everyone is required to purchase and carry a State hunting license and State duck stamp[1] to harvest waterfowl.
If you are eligible to participate[2] in the harvest of waterfowl and their eggs for subsistence purposes, you are not required to have a federal duck stamp in any harvest season.
If you are not eligible to hunt in the spring and summer, but are a rural resident, defined by Federal Subsistence Management Regulations[3], you may hunt in the fall and winter seasons and are not required to have a federal duck stamp.
Proceeds from the sale of federal duck stamps are used to purchase and protect waterfowl habitat.
[1] To purchase State hunting license and duck stamp, see https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/Store/
[2] If you are a permanent resident within a subsistence harvest area, you will be eligible to harvest migratory birds and their eggs for subsistence purposes in the spring and summer. See www.fws.gov/alaska/ambcc/regulations.htm
[3] Go the Federal Subsistence Management Program web site at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence and click on “Statewide” then “Wildlife Regulations” and scroll to find “Are you a rural Alaska resident?” (see pg. 6)
