Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
50 tags, 9,028 applied, 1% drew in 2025. One of Alaska's hardest caribou draws: 3rd hardest of 12 in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
1%
Harvest success
52–87%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
50
Applicants · 2025
9,028
181 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,028 | 50 | 1% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Tags
- up to 25 (2026)
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DC590
2019–20251957%2059%2159%2263%2352%2459%2587%
2025: 13 taken by 15 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.”
- Deadline
- “Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
- Tag fee
- “Caribou.......................................$650”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Source: ADF&G