DB257 · Either sex
Brown bear,draw hunt
15 tags in 2025
Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
15 tags, 138 applied, 11% drew in 2025. 65th hardest of 128 Alaska brown bear draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
11%
Harvest success
0–50%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
15
Applicants · 2025
138
9.2 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | 15 | 11% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
Draw history
| Year | Draw | Applicants | Tags | Drew | Share drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 applicants | 138 | 15 | ||
| 2024 | 108 applicants | 108 | 15 | ||
| 2023 | 66 applicants | 66 | 15 | ||
| 2022 | 111 applicants | 111 | 15 | ||
| 2021 | 82 applicants | 82 | 15 | ||
| 2020 | 149 applicants | 149 | 15 | ||
| 2019 | 55 applicants | 55 | 15 | ||
| 2018 | 99 applicants | 99 | 15 |
What it is
- Tags
- 15 (2026)
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DB257
2019–202519100%2050%2120%2240%230%2422%2550%
2025: 2 taken by 4 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
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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