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Alaska Caribou · Unit 25C

Alaska Unit 25C spans 3,291,193 acres, centered 71 miles north-east of North Pole. In 2025, 809 people hunted caribou here and took 287, a 35% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, YC831, put up 30 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 4,572 first-choice applicants.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

NR Tags, 2025
30

1 license

Applicants
4,572

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
35%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
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Size
5,142 mi²

3,291,193 acres

North Pole Chalkyitsik 25C
35%hunter success 2025 · 809 hunters, 287 caribou

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Unit 25C

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
YC831 · youth <1%

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): $815 ($165 to apply). Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Harvest Success
2025 809 287 35%
2024 1,553 181 12%
2023 1,852 785 42%
2022 3,153 490 15%
2021 7,024 3,216 46%

What Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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; ADF&G 2023 Caribou General Harvest Reports.

▸ Sources 9
  1. ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. ADF&G 2025 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. ADF&G 2024 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. ADF&G 2023 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. ADF&G 2022 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. ADF&G 2021 Caribou General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. 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.

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We don't take applications: check Alaska Department of Fish and Game's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · All Alaska caribou hunts