Alaska Brown Bear — Unit 22

Alaska Unit 22 covers 20,159,683 acres and lies 48 miles north-east of Nome. The 2025 draw put up 30 nonresident tags here for 14 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):30 Applicants:14 Size:20,159,683 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every brown bear license type on offer in Unit 22, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

1 license on offer · 30 tags · 14 applicants in the 2025 draw

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • DB685 22B and 22C 30 tags · 14 applicants
    100% Undersubscribed
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $165 $165 $1,165

Application window: opens Nov 1, closes Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Ketchikan Kake Delta Junction Cordova Kodiak
Unit 22 within Alaska
22B 22C 22D 22E Nome Shishmaref Stebbins Emmonak Savoonga
Unit 22 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Boundary: Alaska Game Management Unit and Subunit boundaries (wc_public/GMUSubunits)

How we compute draw odds · All Alaska brown bear hunts