Alaska Unit 4:brown bear draw odds & harvest
3 hunt codes for brown bear. 2025: 2 to 3 tags, 13 to 28 applicants per hunt.
Alaska · Unit 4
Unit 4Neighbor units
At a glance
Brown bear hunt codes
3
Drawing permit hunt
Tags · 2025
7
across 3 hunts
Applicants · 2025
54
7.7 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
0–100%
Hardest draw in Unit 42025 draw
DB0892 tags, 28 applied, 7% drew.
57th hardest of 128 Alaska brown bear draws in 2025.
Hunt codes
Brown bear huntsin Unit 4
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB077 | drawing permit hunt · Sep 15–Dec 314, Outside | 23% drew of 13 | 3 | 0–50% |
| DB088 | drawing permit hunt · Mar 15–May 314, Outside | 15% drew of 13 | 2 | 0–100% |
| DB089 | drawing permit hunt · Mar 15–May 204, Remainder | 7% drew of 28 | 2 | 50–100% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 4.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successDB0880–100%
100%
100%
100%
50%
0%
100%
202020212022202320242025
DB08950–100%
100%
100%
100%
50%
100%
50%
202020212022202320242025
DB0770–50%
0%
0%
50%
0%
0%
20192020202120222023
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.
Season dates · 2026
- DB077drawing permit huntSep 15–Dec 31
- DB088drawing permit huntMar 15–May 31
- DB089drawing permit huntMar 15–May 20
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
Map & access
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Public land & access
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Offline maps
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Members
Unit 4 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each brown bear hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 4 · DB077
23% drew of 13
Success0–50%
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Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G