No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Alaska Bison Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw Alaska offered 4 bison hunts to nonresidents, drawn at random with no points. 0 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.
Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected)
Kept if you miss. Bison license $900 only if drawn
2025 draw
48,949 nonresident applicants
How the Alaska Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Random draw.
Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.
Best Bets
Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.
Before You Apply
One Tag Per Lifetime
Draw a tag once and you cannot apply for Alaska bison again.
One bison per lifetime for a nonresident, and the bar starts with winning the permit rather than with the kill: a nonresident who wins a bison drawing permit may never apply for another. For the 2026-27 cycle that covers anyone awarded a permit since RY2008. The rule for residents differs. A resident who wins a bison drawing permit cannot apply for another for ten years, and the resident bag limit is one bison every ten regulatory years; the clock starts with winning the permit, not with the kill. For the 2026-27 cycle that covers anyone awarded a permit in RY2017 or later.
Source: adfg.alaska.gov
- Limit
- One per lifetime
- Nonresident Share
- ADF&G states no nonresident cap on the bison drawing hunts, and sets none statewide.
- Tag Fee
- Due only if drawn
- You pay the tag only if you draw.
Every Hunt
4 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident
| Hunt | Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DI454 Unit 13D · Rifle · 11, and a portion of 13(D), Copper River | Rifle · 11, and a portion of 13(D), Copper River | 13D | Sep 1–Mar 31 | 0% (small sample) | 1 / 2,913 | — |
| DI351 Unit 19C +1 · Rifle · 19C & 19D | Rifle · 19C & 19D | 19C +1 | Aug 22–Oct 10 | <1% | 10 / 7,643 | 93% |
| DI352 Unit 19C +1 · Bull rifle · 19C & 19D | Bull rifle · 19C & 19D | 19C +1 | Mar 1–31 | <1% | 5 / 5,117 | 93% |
| DI403 Unit 20D · Bull rifle · 20D, Delta | Bull rifle · 20D, Delta | 20D | Sep 27–Mar 31 | <1% | 30 / 33,276 | 88% |
Showing all 4 · sorted by unit · 2 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts
What These Columns Mean
- Odds —
- the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 5 Units
Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.