Alaska Unit 20B:caribou draw odds & harvest
1 hunt code for caribou. 2025: 30 tags, 4,572 applicants per hunt.
Alaska · Unit 20B
Unit 20BNeighbor units
The draw in Unit 20B2025 draw
YC83130 tags, 4,572 applied, 1% drew.
4th hardest of 12 Alaska caribou draws in 2025.
Hunt codes
Caribou huntsin Unit 20B
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YC831 | drawing permit hunt · Aug 1–Aug 2120B, 20E, and 25C | 1% drew of 4,572 | 30 | 54–89% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 20B.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successAll hunters9–59%
59%
42%
39%
10%
9%
31%
26%
2019202020212022202320242025
YC83123–96%
96%
81%
88%
23%
88%
54%
88%
2019202020212022202320242025
45%+28–45%Under 28%
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.
Map & access
Unit 20Band the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
Public land & access
Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.
Offline maps
Take Unit 20Binto your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 20B hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each caribou hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 20B · YC831
1% drew of 4,572
Success54–89%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G