DB105 and 3 more: Alaska brown bear draw hunts, Unit 8, Three Saints & Barling Bays
Drawing hunts DB105, DB135, DB205 and DB235 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 8, Three Saints & Barling Bays. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 450 applications for 15 permits. 14 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 10 took a brown bear, by ADF&G's hunt statistics.
Data updated October 2026. Drawing: ADF&G's results of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 drawings. Harvest: ADF&G hunt statistics, 2021 to 2025.
National wildlife refuge (FWS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DB105 for its exact line.| Species | Brown bear |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 8, Three Saints & Barling Bays |
| Units | 8 |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 450 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 15 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 10 taken by 14 hunters |
| Exclusive guide area | ADF&G marks the area as partly in exclusive guide areas |
How many applied for DB105 and 3 more, and what share drew?
ADF&G's results of its last three drawings. Applications are entries, not people: a hunter may apply for the same hunt more than once within the six he may send per species.
| Hunt | Drawing | Applications | Permits available | % drawn (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB105 | 2023 | 9 | 3 | 33% |
| DB105 | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| DB105 | 2025 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| DB135 | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2025 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| DB205 | 2023 | 176 | 4 | 2% |
| DB205 | 2024 | 349 | 4 | 1% |
| DB205 | 2025 | 316 | 4 | 1% |
| DB235 | 2023 | 95 | 5 | 5% |
| DB235 | 2024 | 103 | 5 | 5% |
| DB235 | 2025 | 125 | 5 | 4% |
DB105 went from 9 applications in 2023 to 6 in 2025 (down 33%), with 3 permits each time. DB135 went from 3 applications in 2023 to 3 in 2025 (no change), with 3 permits each time. DB205 went from 176 applications in 2023 to 316 in 2025 (up 80%), with 4 permits each time. DB235 went from 95 applications in 2023 to 125 in 2025 (up 32%), with 5 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DB105 ranks 94th of ADF&G's 135 brown bear drawing hunts; the busiest, DB470, drew 2,238, and the brown bear hunts together drew 18,127 applications for 641 permits.
Source: ADF&G Drawing Permit Hunt Supplements, "Results of the Permit Hunt Drawing", 2023, 2024, 2025. ADF&G notes that permits available can differ from the number it advertised.
How many permit holders took a brown bear?
| Hunt | Regulatory year | Permits issued | Hunted | Males | Females | Harvest | Success (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB105 | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 100% |
| DB105 | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| DB105 | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67% |
| DB105 | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| DB105 | 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| DB135 | 2025 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB205 | 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| DB205 | 2022 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| DB205 | 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% |
| DB205 | 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 100% |
| DB205 | 2025 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% |
| DB235 | 2021 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| DB235 | 2022 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB235 | 2023 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| DB235 | 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33% |
| DB235 | 2025 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 60% |
Source: ADF&G brown bear harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DB105's area lies in Unit 8, 9,389 square miles, 37.1% of it federal land in PAD-US. Unit 8 has its harvest by species, land by manager and communities.
ADF&G takes drawing applications November 1 to December 15 (2026-2027 supplement); how the Alaska drawing works.
Questions hunters ask
How many people apply for DB105?
DB105 drew 6 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 3 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DB105?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DB105: 33% in 2023, 75% in 2024, 50% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DB105?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 8, Three Saints & Barling Bays. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a brown bear on these hunts?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DB105 3 of 3 hunters (100%), DB135 3 of 3 hunters (100%), DB205 1 of 3 hunters (33%) and DB235 3 of 5 hunters (60%).
Does a nonresident need a guide for DB105?
Yes, unless the hunt is for residents only: ADF&G requires nonresident U.S. citizens hunting brown bears to be accompanied by an Alaska-licensed guide or an Alaska resident relative 19 or older within the second degree of kindred.
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DB105. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.