FIREARMS: Firearms and ammo are not provided or included in your hunt. However, due to the difficulty in bringing firearms from a foreign country we will provide and lend a firearm to our non-U.S. citizen clients. There is a refundable $500.00 deposit fee for this service. Any damages to the firearm or scope will be taken out of this deposit. The available caliber rifles are Remington Model 700, 300 Win/Mag with Leopold scopes. You are responsible for buying 2 boxes of compatible ammunition and arriving in Chisana with it.
Choose a firearm that you are comfortable with and practice, practice, practice. After you settle into your cabin and are given a short rundown as to where everything is, you will be taken to the shooting range by one of Pioneer Outfitters guides to site-in and check your rifle for any problems. We will help you “dead-eye” the target at 150 and 200 yards. There is a broadhead target for bow hunters as well. Your guides will want you no more than 40 yards, and long bow hunters no more than 20 yards.
Even if you are an experienced crack-shot, it would be wise to before you arrive, set your scope sights to 150 yards and run at least 50 rounds through your gun at 100 yards, 50 rounds at 200 yards and 50 rounds at 300 yards. Most importantly, bring a rifle you know well and are comfortable and confident shooting.
Bow Hunters are Welcome, as well: You must be in possession of a resident or nonresident hunting license and appropriate harvest ticket, permit and metal locking tag. No special archery license or stamp is required.
A few points from Alaska's Bow Hunting Regulations: For all BIG game, you may:
- NOT hunt big game with a long bow, recurve bow, or compound bow unless the bow is at least: ~40 pounds peak draw weight when hunting black-tailed deer, wolf, wolverine, black bear, Dall sheep, and caribou; ~50 pounds peak draw weight when hunting mountain goat, moose, elk, brown/grizzly bear, musk ox, and bison;
- Only use arrows tipped with a broadhead and is at least 20 inches in overall length and 300 grains in total weight
- Only use broadhead that is: ~a fixed, replaceable or mechanical/retractable blade type broadhead when taking of black-tailed deer, wolf, wolverine, black bear, Dall sheep and caribou; ~a fixed or replaceable blade type broadhead for the taking of mountain goat, moose, elk, brown/grizzly bear, musk ox and bison; and ~not barbed.
- NOT use electronic devices or light attached to the bow, arrow, or arrowhead with the exception of a non-illuminating camera.
- NOT use scopes or other devices attached to the bow or arrow for optical enhancement.
- NOT use any mechanical device that anchors a nocked arrow at full or partial draw unaided by the bowhunter.
Definition as stated in the Alaska Hunting Regulations:
- "bow" means a longbow, recurve bow or compound bow; that is, a device for launching an arrow which derives its propulsive energy solely from the bending and recovery of two limbs. The device must be hand-held and hand-drawn by a single and direct pulling action of the bowstring by the shooter with the shooter's fingers or a hand-held or wrist-attached release aid. The energy used to propel the arrow may not be derived from hydraulic, pneumatic, explosive or mechanical devices, but may be derived from the mechanical advanta ge provided by wheels or cams so long as the available energy is stored in the bent limbs of the bow. No portion of the bow's riser (handle) or an attachment to the bow's riser may contact, support or guide the arrow from a point rearward of the bowstring when strung and at rest. "Bow" does not include a crossbow or any device which has a gun-type stock or incorporates any mechanism that holds the bowstring at partial or full draw without the shooter's muscle power.
- "broadhead" means an arrowhead with two or more sharp cutting edges having a minimum cutting diameter of not less than seven-eighths inch (7/8").
- "bow peak draw weight" means the peak poundage at which the bow is drawn through or held at full draw by the shooter at the shooters draw length.
- "mechanical or retractable broadhead" means a broadhead with cutting edges that are retracted during flight and open upon impact to a minimum cutting diameter of not less than seven-eighths inch (7/8") and does not lock open after impact to create fixed barbs.
- "barbed" refers to an arrowhead with any fixed portion of the rear edge of the arrowhead forming an angle less than 90 degrees with the shaft when measured from the nock end of the arrow.
Method: All of our hunts, in all of our camps the hunts are conducted in the same manner, hunt-spot-stalk. We use the same camps, the same trails, the same tricks that Pioneer Outfitters has been using since 1924. Chisana, our home that we live in year round, and our spike camps alike, are located in the heart of our hunting area to ensure our clients the best opportunity of the game each client seeks. All hunts are fair chase. Our responsibility is to report all game violations, no exceptions.
Federal Firearms Permit Info & Help
After September 11 a number of changes and regulations have been put into place relating to firearms and ammunition.
If you are not a citizen of the United States you will be required to obtain an import permit before you can enter the U. S. with your rifle and ammunition. You may obtain information at the internet site of the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and down load the ATF Form 6NIA from the internet at
www.atf.gov/forms/5000.htm#firearms
When the site comes up, scroll down and click on “ATF F – 5330.3D (Form 6NIA). Down load Form 6NIA and follow the directions below for completing and submitting the form.
You must purchase a current Alaska Hunting License and enclose a copy of the license when you submit Form 6NIA. Hunting licenses are available through our office. Allow 2 months plus mailing time to complete this process. Once approved the permit is valid for one year from the date of approval. You are required to have all of your documentation with you when you enter the United States. You will also be required to export your rifle and remaining ammunition when you depart the United States.
To view and print form you will need Acrobat Reader ® software.
DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING ATF FORM 6NIA
All required questions must be answered and the entries printed in ink or typed.
Number 1 – Enter your full legal name as it appears on your passport. For example, if your name is Gerald Dean Smith. Enter: Smith, Gerald Dean
Number 2 – Enter your residential address. It cannot be a company address or a Post Office Box.
Number 3 – Enter your telephone number, including the country code and the city code.
Number 4 – Enter your fax number, including the country code and the city code. If you have a fax number it is important to list it in the event there are questions about your application that can be answered by fax.
Number 5 – Check the appropriate box for either Male or Female.
Number 6 – Enter the date of your birth.
Number 7 – Enter the city and country in which you were born.
Number 8 – Enter the country from which you are exporting the rifle and ammunition. Number 9 – Enter the country in which you are a citizen.
Number 10 – Enter N/A, unless you have a current or past Immigration and Naturalization Service admission number or alien number. (If you do have a number, see instruction 21)
Number 11 – Enter N/A, unless you are from Canada. (If you are from Canada, see instruction 22)
Number 12 – Check Yes.
Number 13 – Leave blank.
Number 14 – FIREARMS:
a. – Enter the name and address of the rifle’s manufacturer.
b. – Enter the word, RIFLE.
c. – Enter the caliber of the rifle.
d. – Enter the model of the rifle.
e. – Enter the length of the barrel, in inches.
f. – Enter the total length of the rifle, in inches.
g. – Enter the Serial Number of the rifle.
h. – Enter N/A, unless you are from Canada.
Number 14 – AMMUNITION:
a. – Enter the name and address of the manufacturer of your ammunition.
b. – Enter the word, CARTRIDGE.
c. – Enter the caliber of the cartridges.
d. – Enter the total number of cartridges you have for the caliber listed in c above.
Number 15 – Sign your name in ink, preferably in blue. Remember, you are completing 2 copies and each copy must have an original signature in ink.
Number 16 – Enter the current date.
When you have completed ATF Form 6NIA send two copies by Express Mail, both with original signatures, and a copy of your current Alaska Hunting License to the following address:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Firearms & Explosives Imports Branch
Washington, D. C. 20226