Alaska Brown Bear — Unit 26B
Alaska Unit 26B covers 10,452,541 acres and lies 228 miles south-east of Utqiaġvik. In 2025, 15 people hunted brown bear here and took 7 — 47% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 20 nonresident tags here for 91 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every brown bear license type on offer in Unit 26B, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
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-
22% Long shot
| Hunt | Your odds | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB987 ↗ 26B | 22% Long shot | — | 20 / 91 | Aug 10 – Jun 15, 2026 |
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
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
How the hunting has gone
What Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 7 | 47% |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 75% |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 50% |
Boundary: Alaska Game Management Unit and Subunit boundaries (wc_public/GMUSubunits)
Harvest: 2025 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics (Reported Harvest)
Harvest: 2024 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics (Reported Harvest)
Harvest: 2023 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics (Reported Harvest)