Alaska Hunt DL028:black bear draw odds & harvest
1 hunt code for black bear. 2025: 190 tags, 2,072 applicants per hunt.
The draw in Hunt DL0282025 draw
DL028190 tags, 2,072 applied, 9% drew.
5th hardest of 12 Alaska black bear draws in 2025.
At a glance
Black bear hunt codes
1
Drawing permit hunt
Tags · 2025
190
across 1 hunt
Applicants · 2025
2,072
11 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
49–69%
Hunt codes
Black bear huntsin Hunt DL028
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL028 | drawing permit hunt · Jan 1–Jun 30 | 9% drew of 2,072 | 190 | 49–69% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Hunt DL028.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successDL02847–93%
93%
59%
65%
47%
58%
69%
49%
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
- “Black bear...................................$450”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Public land & access
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Source: ADF&G