Alaska Brown Bear · Unit 4
Alaska Unit 4 spans 6,155,487 acres, centered 22 miles north-east of Sitka city and. In 2025, 3 people hunted brown bear here and took 2 (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DB089, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 28 first-choice applicants.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
6,155,487 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 4
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DB077 | Unit 4 (Fall) Brown Bear DB077 (guided nonresidents) | 23% (small sample) | |
| DB088 | Unit 4, Outside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB088 (guided nonresidents) | 15% (small sample) | |
| DB089 | Unit 4, Inside Drainages Only (Spring) Brown Bear DB089 (guided nonresidents) | 7% (small sample) |
First-choice nonresident odds, 2025 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance.
Draw results: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $1,165 ($165 to apply). Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2024 (summed) | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2023 (summed) | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| 2022 (summed) | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2021 (summed) | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawing | 3 | 2 | 67% |
What Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. 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 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics; ADF&G 2024 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics; ADF&G 2023 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics.
Next Door
▸ Sources 9
- ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement draw results, 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 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2021 Brown/Grizzly Bear Draw Hunt Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 Game Management Unit and Subunit… boundary, area description, 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. 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 brown bear hunts