{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-16.30.030","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 16.30.030","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter,\n(1) “big game animal” means moose, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goat, feral reindeer, deer, elk, bison, walrus, or musk ox;\n(2) “criminal negligence” means criminal negligence as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(4);\n(3) “edible meat” means, in the case of big game animals, the meat of the ribs, neck, brisket, front quarters as far as the distal joint of the radius-ulna (knee), hindquarters as far as the distal joint of the tibia-fibula (hock), and that portion of the animal between the front and hindquarters; in the case of wild fowl, the meat of the breast; however, “edible meat” of big game or wild fowl does not include\n(A) meat of the head;\n(B) meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking;\n(C) bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result of boning or a close trimming of the bones;\n(D) viscera;\n(4) “intentionally” means intentionally as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(1);\n(5) “knowingly” means knowingly as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(2);\n(6) “possess the edible meat” includes possessing portions of the edible meat in more than one location while the meat is being transported from the place where it was salvaged;\n(7) “recklessly” means recklessly as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(3);\n(8) “wild fowl” means species of wild fowl for which seasons or bag limits have been established by state or federal law.","path":["Title 16. Fish and Game.","Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#16.30.030","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:07Z","sha256":"7a38538956821d0f479e9903ba2c1e775ce203b67129c6a4a3ac8dd0064f5fd4","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-16.30.020","next":"us-ak/as-16.35.010-16.35.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}