DL028

Hunt DL028 black bear,drawing permit hunt season

Season Jan 1–Jun 30·Units: Hunt DL028·190 tags in 2025

Answer card2025 draw · All applicants

190 tags, 2,072 applied, 9% drew in 2025. 5th hardest of 12 Alaska black bear draws in 2025.

Draw result · 2025
9%
Harvest success
49–69%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
190
Applicants · 2025
2,072
11 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
YearApplicantsTagsPrinted rate
20252,0721909%

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

What it is
Tags
200 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
  • Jan 1–Jun 30

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, DL028
2019–2025
1993%2059%2165%2247%2358%2469%2549%

2025: 76 taken by 155 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