Alaska Dall Sheep — Unit 12

Alaska Unit 12 covers 6,392,858 acres and lies 145 miles south-east of Delta Junction. In 2025, 279 people hunted dall sheep here and took 77 — 27% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 10 nonresident tags here for 4,324 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):10 Applicants:4,324 Hunter success (2025):27% Size:6,392,858 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every dall sheep license type on offer in Unit 12, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

1 license on offer · 10 tags · 4,324 applicants in the 2025 draw

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • DS102 12, 13C, and 20D, Tok Management Area 10 tags · 4,324 applicants
    <1% Long shot
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
1 hunt not offered in 2025 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $165 $165 $1,015

Application window: opens Nov 1, closes Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Unit 12

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

The country

Ketchikan Kake Cordova Delta Junction Kodiak
Unit 12 within Alaska
11 13 13A 13B 13C 13D 13E 14A 14B 14C 15A 16A 20A 20B 20D 20E 6B 6D 7 Delta Junction Valdez Cordova North Pole Palmer
Unit 12 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

How the hunting has gone

What Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.

Season Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
2025 279 77 27% 4.8
2024 309 82 27% 4.5
2023 317 82 26% 4.4
2022 399 93 23% 5.2
2021 394 110 27% 4.6

Boundary: Alaska Game Management Unit and Subunit boundaries (wc_public/GMUSubunits)

Harvest: 2025 Sheep (Dall) General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

Harvest: 2024 Sheep (Dall) General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

Harvest: 2023 Sheep (Dall) General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

How we compute draw odds · All Alaska dall sheep hunts