Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
40 tags, 879 applied, 5% drew in 2025. One of Alaska's hardest black bear draws: 3rd hardest of 12 in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
5%
Harvest success
68–81%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
40
Applicants · 2025
879
22 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 879 | 40 | 5% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- 3, Kuiu Island
- Tags
- 40 (2026)
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DL029
2019–202519100%2089%2175%2283%2371%2481%2568%
2025: 21 taken by 31 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
Other black bear hunts in Unit 3
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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