DB253 · Either sex
Brown bear,draw hunt
3 tags in 2025
Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
3 tags, 11 applied, 27% drew in 2025. 84th hardest of 128 Alaska brown bear draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
27%
Harvest success
0–50%
Range, 2021–2023
Tags · 2025
3
Applicants · 2025
11
3.7 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 27% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
Draw history
| Year | Draw | Applicants | Tags | Drew | Share drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 applicants | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2024 | 9 applicants | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | 22 applicants | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | 2 applicants | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 3 applicants | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | 13 applicants | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 29 applicants | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2018 | 6 applicants | 6 | 3 |
What it is
- Tags
- 3 (2026)
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DB253
2020–2023200%210%2250%230%
2023: 0 taken by 1 hunter. 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