No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Alaska Caribou Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw Alaska offered 8 caribou hunts to nonresidents, drawn at random with no points. 0 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.
Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected)
Kept if you miss. Caribou license $650 only if drawn
2025 draw
27,707 nonresident applicants
How the Alaska Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Random draw.
Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.
Best Bets
Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.
DC923
Unit 23 · Bull rifle · Unit 23
- Success
- 84%
- Public
- —
- Season
- Aug 1–Sep 30
DC828
Unit 20A · Rifle · 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)
- Success
- 53%
- Public
- —
- Season
- Aug 1–21
DC608
Unit 15B · Rifle · 15B, Killey River
- Success
- —
- Public
- —
- Season
- Dec 1–Mar 15
DC618
Unit 15C · Rifle · 15C, Fox River
- Success
- —
- Public
- —
- Season
- Aug 10–Sep 20
DC590
Unit 14A · Rifle · 14A and 14B, Western Talkeetna Mountains
- Success
- —
- Public
- —
- Season
- Dec 1–Mar 15
Every Hunt
8 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident
| Hunt | Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC001 Unit 7 · Bull rifle · 7, Kenai Mountains | Bull rifle · 7, Kenai Mountains | 7 | Aug 10–Sep 20 | <1% | 5 / 3,952 | — |
| DC590 Unit 14A +1 · Rifle · 14A and 14B, Western Talkeetna Mountains | Rifle · 14A and 14B, Western Talkeetna Mountains | 14A +1 | Dec 1–Mar 15 | <1% | 50 / 9,028 | — |
| DC608 Unit 15B · Rifle · 15B, Killey River | Rifle · 15B, Killey River | 15B | Dec 1–Mar 15 | 1% | 60 / 5,100 | — |
| DC618 Unit 15C · Rifle · 15C, Fox River | Rifle · 15C, Fox River | 15C | Aug 10–Sep 20 | 1% | 10 / 812 | — |
| DC826New 2025 Guided · Unit 20A · Bull rifle · 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents) | Bull rifle · 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)Guided | 20A | Aug 10–Sep 20 | <1% | 13 / 2,353 | 53% |
| DC828New 2025 Guided · Unit 20A · Rifle · 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents) | Rifle · 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)Guided | 20A | Aug 1–21 | 1% | 13 / 1,224 | 53% |
| YC831 Youth · Unit 20B +3 · Rifle · Units 20B, 20E, and 25C, Fortymile Zones 1 & 3 Youth Hunt (youth) | Rifle · Units 20B, 20E, and 25C, Fortymile Zones 1 & 3 Youth Hunt (youth)Youth | 20B +3 | Aug 1–21 | <1% | 30 / 4,572 | 26% |
| DC923New 2025 Unit 23 · Bull rifle · Unit 23 | Bull rifle · Unit 23 | 23 | Aug 1–Sep 30 | 45% | 300 / 666 | 84% |
Showing all 8 · sorted by unit · 4 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts
What These Columns Mean
- Odds —
- the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
- Private land, RFW, ranch, youth —
- tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 76 Units
Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.