DB685

Hunt DB685 brown bear,draw hunt

Units: Hunt DB685·30 tags in 2025

Answer card2025 draw · All applicants

30 tags, 14 applied, everyone who applied drew in 2025.

Draw result · 2025
100%
Harvest success
63–70%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
30
Applicants · 2025
14
0.5 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
YearApplicantsTagsPrinted rate
20251430100%

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

What it is
Tags
30 (2026)

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, DB685
2019–2025
1975%2050%2150%2277%2370%2463%2569%

2025: 9 taken by 13 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