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DB227 Sharatin Bay brown bear draw odds
DB227 is a brown bear drawing hunt in Unit 8 (Sharatin Bay). In the 2025 drawing, 136 applications went in for 7 permits and 5% drew, about one permit for every 19 applications.
DB227 at a glance
- Hunt number
- DB227
- Species
- Brown bear
- Unit
- Unit 8
- Area
- Sharatin Bay
- Who can apply
- Residents & nonresidents
- Legal animal
- Any bear except cubs or females accompanied by cubs. If a bear is wounded no other bear can be pursued in GMU 8 for the remainder of the regulatory year.
- 2026–27 season
- Oct 25 – Nov 30, 2026
- 2026 permits
- Nonresidents: Up to 1 permit; Residents: 6 – 7 permits
- Next application period
- Nov 1, 8 am – Dec 15, 2026, 5 pm AKST (2027–28 hunts)
- Application fee
- $5 per entry, plus a hunting license (ADF&G FAQ)
Draw odds by year (2019–2025)
Applications have held fairly steady since 2019 (120 then, 136 in 2025).
| Drawing | Applications | Permits | % drawn | Apps per permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 120 | 7 | 6% | 17 |
| 2020 | 83 | 7 | 8% | 12 |
| 2021 | 156 | 7 | 4% | 22 |
| 2022 | 125 | 7 | 6% | 18 |
| 2023 | 76 | 7 | 9% | 11 |
| 2024 | 97 | 7 | 7% | 14 |
| 2025 | 136 | 7 | 5% | 19 |
Harvest numbers: ADF&G's Harvest Lookup doesn't cover bear hunts, so we don't show any here.
"% drawn" is ADF&G's printed figure. Apps per permit is our math. Party applications and permits issued after the drawing shift the real odds a little.
Regs, map, and deadlines for DB227
- ADF&G hunt page for DB227 ↗ (official boundaries, conditions, and permit details)
- Search the regs for Unit 8 brown bear (ADF&G booklet text, with page links)
- See Unit 8 on the hunting map (unit lines, land status)
- Unit 8 page: every draw hunt there, emergency orders, and trips
- How to apply for Alaska draw hunts (2027–28 drawing)
- Hunting deadlines calendar: application, results, and permit-report dates
- All brown bear draw odds
Other brown bear draw hunts nearby
| Hunt | Species | Area | Who can apply | % drawn* | Apps / permits* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB101 | Brown bear | Kizhuyak Bay | Nonresidents only | 100% | 1 / 1 |
| DB111 | Brown bear | Red Lake | Nonresidents only | 100% | 2 / 2 |
| DB105 | Brown bear | Three Saints & Barling Bays | Nonresidents only | 50% | 6 / 3 |
| DB104 | Brown bear | Kiliuda Bay | Nonresidents only | 38% | 8 / 3 |
| DB102 | Brown bear | West Ugak Bay | Nonresidents only | 36% | 11 / 4 |
| DB107 | Brown bear | Aliulik Peninsula | Nonresidents only | 33% | 6 / 2 |
| DB103 | Brown bear | South Ugak Bay | Nonresidents only | 24% | 17 / 4 |
| DB109 | Brown bear | Dog Salmon River | Nonresidents only | 14% | 7 / 1 |
| DB112 | Brown bear | Frazer Lake | Nonresidents only | 7% | 15 / 1 |
| DB106 | Brown bear | Kaiugnak Bay | Nonresidents only | 0% | 0 / 2 |
| DB108 | Brown bear | Deadman Bay | Nonresidents only | 0% | 0 / 2 |
| DB110 | Brown bear | South Olga Lakes | Nonresidents only | 0% | 0 / 2 |
*Most recent drawing with results (2025 for most hunts), from ADF&G's drawing supplements.
Sources
Drawing results: ADF&G Drawing Permit Hunt Supplements, 2019–2025 drawings (latest, PDF). Season, legal animal, and permits: ADF&G hunt page. Harvest: ADF&G Harvest Lookup. Checked 2026-10-19. Chugach Cache isn't affiliated with ADF&G; the supplement and hunt page are the official word.