Alaska Caribou DC826
20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents) in Unit 20A, rifle only, Aug 10 – Sep 20, 2025.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
New for 2025
The 2025 draw is the first on record for DC826: Alaska Department of Fish and Game did not offer this hunt code in earlier years, so the year-by-year table has one row. The odds shown are that one draw's actual results, not an estimate.
Your odds · 2025 draw
about 1 in 181, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 13 tags went to 2,353 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 13
- Applicants
- 2,353
- Success
- 53%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 20A, 2025.
Odds by Year
One draw on file (2025), so there is no trend to chart yet.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Dec 15 · 58 daysThe $5 drawing application fee, per hunt entry is not refunded. The $160 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $650 nonresident caribou locking-tag.
- Opens
- Nov 1, 2026
- Closes
- Dec 15, 2026
- Results
- about Feb 19
Next application window: Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2026.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Drawing application fee, per hunt entry · paid at application $5 ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information
- Nonresident annual hunting license · paid at application $160 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
- Nonresident caribou locking-tag · paid if drawn $650 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | <1% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DC826 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Unit 20A | 102 | 54 | 53% |
Across every license type in Unit 20A, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 102 hunters and 54 caribou taken in 2025, and 53% of them took a caribou. 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 Caribou General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2024 Caribou General Harvest Reports.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 1 draw
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 2,353 | 181 | 1% | ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 20A
- DC827 20A, Central Alaska Range Aug 10 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- DC828 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)Guide required Aug 1–21 · 13 tags · 1,224 applied 1%
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * 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 11
- ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, 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 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 5 · seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2025 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, 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 2025 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