Alaska Bison DI403
Bull bison in Unit 20D, rifle only, Sep 27 – Mar 31, 2026.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Your odds · 2025 draw
about 1 in 1,109, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 30 tags went to 33,276 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 30
- Applicants
- 33,276
- Success
- 88%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 20D, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to <1% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 349:1 in 2021, 1,109:1 in 2025.
One per lifetime: draw this tag and you cannot apply for bison here again.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Dec 15 · 58 daysThe $10 drawing application fee, per hunt entry (bison) is not refunded. The $160 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $900 nonresident bison locking-tag.
- Opens
- Nov 1, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 15, 2026
- Results
- about Feb 19
Next application window: Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2026.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Drawing application fee, per hunt entry (bison) · paid at application $10 ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information
- Nonresident annual hunting license · paid at application $160 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
- Nonresident bison locking-tag · paid if drawn $900 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | <1% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DI403 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Unit 20D | 32 | 28 | 88% |
Across every license type in Unit 20D, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 32 hunters and 28 bison taken in 2025, and 88% of them took a bison. Alaska's figures come from mandatory harvest reports and sealing certificates rather than a hunter survey, so they are counts of animals reported, not estimates. Source: ADF&G 2025 Bison General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2024 Bison General Harvest Reports.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 5 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 33,276 | 1,109.2 | ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2024 | 65 | 32,868 | 505.7 | ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2023 | 60 | 33,306 | 555.1 | ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2022 | 120 | 40,292 | 335.8 | ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2021 | 50 | 17,465 | 349.3 | ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 20D
- DI404 20D, Delta Either Sex Sep 28 – Mar 31 · 70 tags · 9,019 applied <1%
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Alaska bison
23 cartridges on file are legal for bison with a rifle in Alaska. Rules and sources: Alaska hunting laws.
▸ Sources 14
- ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 How Does the Random Drawing Work draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2025 Bison General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024 Bison General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023 Bison General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022 Bison General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2021 Bison General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 Game Management Unit and Subunit… boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's published results (tags ÷ applicants). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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