Alaska Brown Bear — Unit 4
Alaska Unit 4 covers 6,155,487 acres and lies 22 miles north-east of Sitka city and and 46 miles south of Hoonah. In 2025, 3 people hunted brown bear here and took 2 — 67% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 3 nonresident tags here for 13 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every brown bear license type on offer in Unit 4, 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-
23% Long shot
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DB088 Unit 4, Outside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB088 (guided nonresidents) 2 tags · 13 applicants15% Long shot
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DB089 Unit 4, Inside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB089 (guided nonresidents) 2 tags · 28 applicants7% Long shot
| Hunt | Your odds | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB077 ↗ Unit 4 (Fall) Brown Bear DB077 (guided nonresidents) | 23% Long shot | — | 3 / 13 | Sep 15 – Dec 31, 2025 |
| DB088 ↗ Unit 4, Outside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB088 (guided nonresidents) | 15% Long shot | — | 2 / 13 | Mar 15 – May 31, 2026 |
| DB089 ↗ Unit 4, Inside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB089 (guided nonresidents) | 7% Long shot | — | 2 / 28 | Mar 15 – May 20, 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 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
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)