Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
149 tags, 15,550 applied, 1% drew in 2025. 5th hardest of 12 Alaska caribou draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
1%
Harvest success
49–61%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
149
Applicants · 2025
15,550
104 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,550 | 149 | 1% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- 20A, Central Alaska
- Tags
- 149 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Aug 10–Sep 20
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DC827
2019–20251971%2058%2167%2269%2361%2457%2549%
2025: 38 taken by 77 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
Other caribou hunts in Unit 20A
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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