Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
55 tags, 797 applied, 7% drew in 2025. 4th hardest of 12 Alaska black bear draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
7%
Harvest success
43–58%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
55
Applicants · 2025
797
14 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 797 | 55 | 7% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- 2
- Tags
- 60 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Sep 1–Dec 31
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DL027
2019–20251972%2087%2161%2242%2343%2458%2557%
2025: 20 taken by 35 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
- “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