Alaska Caribou DC485
13 Au in Unit 13, rifle only, Oct 21 – Mar 31, 2023.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No nonresident draw results are on file for this hunt. Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2022.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game held its 2025 caribou draw without DC485. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2022 draw
about 1 in 81, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2022, 500 tags went to 40,456 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- Resident Tags
- 500
- Applicants
- 40,456
- Success
- 0%
First-choice residents. Success: all hunters in Unit 13, 2022.
Odds by Year, 2021–2022
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 1% to 4% across 2021–2022. Applicants per tag: 25:1 in 2021, 81:1 in 2022.
What It Costs · 2026 Resident Fees
tag fee not on file
The $5 drawing application fee, per hunt entry is not refunded. The $45 resident annual hunting license is not refunded.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Drawing application fee, per hunt entry · paid at application $5 ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information
- Resident annual hunting license · paid at application $45 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2022 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 1% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DC485 drew no one in 2022, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2022
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|
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 2022 Caribou General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2021 Caribou General Harvest Reports.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 2 draws
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 500 | 40,456 | 80.9 | 1% | ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2021 | 2,001 | 49,824 | 24.9 | 4% | ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 13
- DC475 13 Aug 20 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- YC495 13 (youth)Youth only Aug 1–5 · 200 tags · 3,814 applied 5%
Odds for a first-choice resident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Alaska caribou
23 cartridges on file are legal for caribou with a rifle in Alaska. Rules and sources: Alaska hunting laws.
▸ Sources 8
- ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 How Does the Random Drawing Work draw rules, 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 2022 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2021 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2026 Game Management Unit and Subunit… boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 draw, the latest on file, computed from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's published results (tags ÷ applicants). 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 caribou hunts