DB253

Hunt DB253 brown bear,draw hunt

Units: Hunt DB253·3 tags in 2025

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
YearApplicantsTagsPrinted rate
202511327%

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

What it is
Tags
3 (2026)

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, DB253
2020–2023
200%210%2250%230%

2023: 0 taken by 1 hunter. 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