DB249

Hunt DB249 brown bear,draw hunt

Units: Hunt DB249·5 tags in 2025

Answer card2025 draw · All applicants

5 tags, 67 applied, 7% drew in 2025. 59th hardest of 128 Alaska brown bear draws in 2025.

Draw result · 2025
7%
Harvest success
0–67%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
5
Applicants · 2025
67
13 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
YearApplicantsTagsPrinted rate
20256757%

Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

What it is
Tags
5 (2026)

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, DB249
2020–2025
2025%2150%2267%2350%240%2567%

2025: 2 taken by 3 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.

Before you apply
Application fee
“For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
Deadline
“Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
Tag fee
“Black bear...................................$450”
Points
“A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”

Rules for 2027.

Source: ADF&G