DL018: Alaska black bear draw hunt, Unit 1C South
Drawing hunt DL018 covers one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 1C South. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing it drew 74 applications for 10 permits, and ADF&G reports 14% drawn. 3 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 2 took a black bear, by ADF&G's hunt statistics. ADF&G limits it to: nonresident hunters not using registered guides..
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 park or monument (NPS)National forest (USFS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DL018 for its exact line.| Species | Black bear |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 1C South |
| Units | 1C |
| Who may apply | Nonresident hunters not using registered guides. |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 74 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 10 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 2 taken by 3 hunters |
How many applied for DL018, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL018 | 2023 | 45 | 10 | 22% |
| DL018 | 2024 | 42 | 10 | 24% |
| DL018 | 2025 | 74 | 10 | 14% |
DL018 went from 45 applications in 2023 to 74 in 2025 (up 64%), with 10 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DL018 ranks 7th of ADF&G's 7 black bear drawing hunts; the busiest, DL028, drew 2,072, and the black bear hunts together drew 6,202 applications for 393 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 black bear?
| Hunt | Regulatory year | Permits issued | Hunted | Males | Females | Harvest | Success (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL018 | 2021 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| DL018 | 2022 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| DL018 | 2023 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| DL018 | 2024 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| DL018 | 2025 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
Source: ADF&G black bear harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DL018's area lies in Unit 1C, 9,709 square miles, 84.6% of it federal land in PAD-US. Unit 1C 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 DL018?
DL018 drew 74 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 10 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DL018?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DL018: 22% in 2023, 24% in 2024, 14% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DL018?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 1C South. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a black bear on DL018?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DL018 2 of 3 hunters (67%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DL018. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.