Alaska Dall Sheep DS285
14A, Friday Creek (guided nonresidents) in Unit 14A, rifle only, Aug 26 – Sep 20, 2025.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Your odds · 2025 draw
about 1 in 55, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 1 tag went to 55 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- 55
- Success
- 26%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 14A, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 1% to 2% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 46:1 in 2021, 55:1 in 2025.
Wait 4 years after drawing before applying again.
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 $850 nonresident sheep 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 sheep locking-tag · paid if drawn $850 ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 2% (small sample) | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DS285 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 14A | 57 | 15 | 26% |
Across every license type in Unit 14A, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 57 hunters and 15 Dall sheep taken in 2025, and 26% of them took a Dall sheep. 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 Sheep General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2024 Sheep General Harvest Reports.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 3 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 2% | ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2022 | 1 | 74 | 74 | 1% | ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
| 2021 | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 2% | ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 14A
- DS170 14A, Metal Creek Aug 10–25 · no draw result on file —
- DS175 14A, Metal Creek Aug 26 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- DS180 14A, Friday Creek Aug 10–25 · no draw result on file —
- DS185 14A, Friday Creek Aug 26 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- DS190 14A, Carpenter Creek Aug 10–25 · no draw result on file —
- DS195 14A, Carpenter Creek Aug 26 – Sep 20 · no draw result on file —
- DS270 14A, Metal Creek (guided nonresidents)Guide required Aug 10–25 · 1 tag · 228 applied <1% (small sample)
- DS275 14A, Metal Creek Aug 26 – Sep 20 · 1 tag · 77 applied 1% (small sample)
- DS280 14A, Friday Creek Aug 10–25 · 1 tag · 116 applied <1% (small sample)
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Alaska Dall sheep
23 cartridges on file are legal for Dall sheep with a rifle in Alaska. Rules and sources: Alaska hunting laws.
▸ Sources 13
- ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, 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 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 18 · seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2025 Sheep General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2024 Sheep General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2023 Sheep General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2022 Sheep General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- ADF&G 2021 Sheep 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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