DL028 · Either sex
Black bear,drawing permit hunt season
Season Jan 1–Jun 30·190 tags in 2025
Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
190 tags, 2,072 applied, 9% drew in 2025. 5th hardest of 12 Alaska black bear draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
9%
Harvest success
49–69%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
190
Applicants · 2025
2,072
11 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,072 | 190 | 9% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
Draw history
| Year | Draw | Applicants | Tags | Drew | Share drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,072 applicants | 2,072 | 190 | ||
| 2024 | 2,177 applicants | 2,177 | 190 | ||
| 2023 | 1,993 applicants | 1,993 | 190 | ||
| 2022 | 1,682 applicants | 1,682 | 180 | ||
| 2021 | 1,174 applicants | 1,174 | 172 | ||
| 2020 | 1,261 applicants | 1,261 | 170 | ||
| 2019 | 772 applicants | 772 | 150 | ||
| 2018 | 764 applicants | 764 | 130 |
What it is
- Tags
- 200 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Jan 1–Jun 30
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DL028
2019–20251993%2059%2165%2247%2358%2469%2549%
2025: 76 taken by 155 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Before you apply
- Application fee
- “For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
- Tag fee
- “Black bear...................................$450”
- Tag fee
- “Brown/grizzly bear...................$25”
Rules for 2026.
Source: ADF&G · Updated Nov 13, 2026