Alaska Bison DI404
20D, Delta Either Sex in Unit 20D, rifle only, Sep 28 – Mar 31, 2025.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2024.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game held its 2025 bison draw without DI404. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2024 draw
about 1 in 129, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2024, 70 tags went to 9,019 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 70
- Applicants
- 9,019
- Success
- 88%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 20D, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2024
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to <1% across 2021–2024. Applicants per tag: 452:1 in 2021, 129:1 in 2024.
One per lifetime: draw this tag and you cannot apply for bison here again.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
The $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.
▸ 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 · 2024 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | <1% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DI404 drew no one in 2024, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ADF&G 2025-2026 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 2 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70 | 9,019 | 128.8 | 1% | ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2021 | 55 | 24,853 | 451.9 | — | ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 20D
- DI403 20D, Delta Sep 27 – Mar 31 · 30 tags · 33,276 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 12
- ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, 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 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 4 · seasons, 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 2024 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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Prior-draw odds from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Alaska bison hunts