DL027 and 1 more: Alaska black bear draw hunts, Unit 2
Drawing hunts DL027 and DL028 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 2. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 2,869 applications for 245 permits. 190 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 96 took a black bear, by ADF&G's hunt statistics. ADF&G limits them 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 forest (USFS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DL027 for its exact line.| Species | Black bear |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 2 |
| Units | 2 |
| Who may apply | Nonresident hunters not using registered guides. |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 2,869 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 245 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 96 taken by 190 hunters |
How many applied for DL027 and 1 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL027 | 2023 | 511 | 55 | 11% |
| DL027 | 2024 | 522 | 55 | 11% |
| DL027 | 2025 | 797 | 55 | 7% |
| DL028 | 2023 | 1,993 | 190 | 10% |
| DL028 | 2024 | 2,177 | 190 | 9% |
| DL028 | 2025 | 2,072 | 190 | 9% |
DL027 went from 511 applications in 2023 to 797 in 2025 (up 56%), with 55 permits each time. DL028 went from 1,993 applications in 2023 to 2,072 in 2025 (up 4%), with 190 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DL027 ranks 4th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL027 | 2021 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 61% |
| DL027 | 2022 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 42% |
| DL027 | 2023 | 55 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 43% |
| DL027 | 2024 | 55 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 58% |
| DL027 | 2025 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 57% |
| DL028 | 2021 | 173 | 127 | 70 | 13 | 83 | 65% |
| DL028 | 2022 | 180 | 136 | 55 | 9 | 64 | 47% |
| DL028 | 2023 | 191 | 146 | 74 | 11 | 85 | 58% |
| DL028 | 2024 | 190 | 142 | 83 | 15 | 98 | 69% |
| DL028 | 2025 | 191 | 155 | 58 | 18 | 76 | 49% |
Source: ADF&G black bear harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DL027's area lies in Unit 2, 6,543 square miles, 42.8% of it federal land in PAD-US. Unit 2 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 DL027?
DL027 drew 797 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 55 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DL027?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DL027: 11% in 2023, 11% in 2024, 7% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DL027?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 2. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a black bear on these hunts?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DL027 20 of 35 hunters (57%) and DL028 76 of 155 hunters (49%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DL027. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.