Brown/Grizzly Bear Hunting in Alaska

DB234 Permit Hunt Information
for Regulatory Year 2024

(See also: DB234 for the 2025 Regulatory Year)

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Hunt Details

Hunt Number: DB234
Regulatory Year: 2024
Hunt Type: Draw
Species: Brown Bear
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.

Number of Permits

Residency Number of Permits
Nonresidents Up to 1 permit
Alaska residents 4 – 5 permits
Total Number of Permits Available 5 permits

GMU, Area

08, Kiliuda Bay

Season Dates*

04/01/2025 - 05/15/2025

*See Drawing or Subsistence Supplements for season details.

Residency Restrictions

  • Hunt available to Nonresidents
  • Hunt available to Alaska residents

Reporting Requirements

  • Successful Hunters
    • If successful, report to ADF&G in Kodiak within 15 days of harvest.
    • Specimens Required: Present skull (unfrozen and removed from skin) and hide (with claws and evidence of sex attached) for sealing prior to leaving Unit 8 and within 30 days of harvest.
  • Unsuccessful Hunters
    If unsuccessful, report online at hunt.alaska.gov, in person, or by phone to ADF&G within 15 days after leaving the hunt area.
  • Internet Reporting
    If you hunted unsuccessfully or did not hunt, you may report online at http://hunt.alaska.gov

Additional Requirements and Information

  • ALL HUNTERS; * Obtain their permits by appearing in person at the ADF&G office in Kodiak prior to going into the field. Permits for the fall hunt will be issued beginning on October 2 and for the spring hunt beginning on March 4. * Will be restricted to one consecutive 15-day hunting period to be selected when picking up their permit. * Must present a valid Alaska hunting license, a brown/grizzly bear locking tag, and Big Game Tag Record. * Permits may be issued at the Kodiak ADF&G office (weekdays except holidays) 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. * The bag limit is one bear every four regulatory years, sows accompanied by cubs are protected and can not be harvested. *If a bear is wounded no other bear can be pursued in GMU 8 for the remainder of the regulatory year. * If you receive a brown/grizzly bear drawing permit for the fall season you are ineligible to receive another permit for the spring season.

Hunt conditions and season dates can be changed by Emergency Order. Visit the Emergency Orders and Announcements page for more information.