Alaska Unit 3:black bear draw odds & harvest
3 hunt codes for black bear. 2025: 40 to 70 tags, 524 to 879 applicants per hunt.
At a glance
Black bear hunt codes
3
Tags · 2025
110
across 2 hunts
Applicants · 2025
1,403
13 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
35–81%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
- Elk4
Best draw odds
- Elk10% drew
- Black bear100% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
- Elk0–100%
- Black bear35–81%
Hardest draw in Unit 32025 draw
DL02940 tags, 879 applied, 5% drew.
One of Alaska's hardest black bear draws: 3rd hardest of 12 in 2025.
Hunt codes
Black bear huntsin Unit 3
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL029 | 3, Kuiu Island | 5% drew of 879 | 40 | 68–81% |
| DL030 | 3, Kupreanof Island | 13% drew of 524 | 70 | 35–39% |
| DL031 | 3, remainder | 100% drew of 15 | 40 | 0% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 3.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successDL02968–100%
100%
89%
75%
83%
71%
81%
68%
2019202020212022202320242025
DL03020–75%
75%
51%
58%
20%
35%
36%
39%
2019202020212022202320242025
DL0310%
0%
2019
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
- “Black bear...................................$450”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Map & access
Unit 3and 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 3into your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 3 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each black bear hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 3 · DL029
5% drew of 879
Success68–81%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G