Alaska Caribou DC827
20A, Central Alaska Range in Unit 20A, rifle only, Aug 10 – Sep 20, 2025.
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.
Your odds · 2025 draw
about 1 in 104, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 149 tags went to 15,550 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- Resident Tags
- 149
- Applicants
- 15,550
- Success
- 53%
First-choice residents. Success: all hunters in Unit 20A, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to 2% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 54:1 in 2021, 104:1 in 2025.
What It Costs · 2026 Resident Fees
Closes Dec 15 · 58 daystag fee not on file
The $5 drawing application fee, per hunt entry is not refunded. The $45 resident annual hunting license is not refunded.
- 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
- Resident annual hunting license · paid at application $45 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, DC827 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 5 draws
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | 15,550 | 104.4 | 1% | ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2024 | 150 | 15,712 | 104.7 | 1% | ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2023 | 150 | 13,180 | 87.9 | 1% | ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2022 | 150 | 9,592 | 63.9 | 2% | ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2021 | 150 | 8,142 | 54.3 | 2% | ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 20A
- DC826 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)Guide required Aug 10 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- DC828 20A, Central Alaska Range (guided nonresidents)Guide required Aug 1–21 · no draw result on file —
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 14
- ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, 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 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