How to apply in Alaska

Basic Hunter Education is required for all youth hunters participating in Youth Drawing hunts, regardless of their age or if their accompanying adult has Basic Hunter Education.

You must obtain or have applied for an Alaska big game hunting license prior to applying (except Alaska residents 17 years of age and younger).

they must purchase a nonresident big game hunting license in order to apply for those hunts.

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Tok Management Area: 10% of permits to nonresidents; at most 50% of those to nonresidents accompanied by a resident relative

two (2) hunters desiring to hunt together may apply as a party.

Residents and nonresidents applying as a party need to verify that the hunt they are applying for is open to both residencies

Two nonresidents intending to hunt with a resident relative may not apply as a party

You may not be awarded a permit for the exact same drawing hunt (Ex: DS102) two years in a row.

Undersubscribed drawing hunts (fewer applicants than permits): available permits posted online at hunt.alaska.gov on the first Friday in March; obtainable for the same species as a drawing permit in the same regulatory year

For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.

For bison and muskox hunts, the fee is $10.