Alaska Moose DM516

15C, Southwest in Unit 15C, rifle only, Sep 1–25, 2025.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

No nonresident draw results are on file for this hunt. Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.

Your odds · 2025 draw

<1% Same for everyone

about 1 in 118, every year you apply

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 18 tags went to 2,129 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

Resident Tags
18
Applicants
2,129
Success
15%

First-choice residents. Success: all hunters in Unit 15C, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2021–2025

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.8%
2021
232:1
2022
294:1
2023
275:1
2024
137:1
2025
118:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to <1% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 232:1 in 2021, 118:1 in 2025.

What It Costs · 2026 Resident Fees

Closes Dec 15 · 58 days
Cost to Apply
$50
If You Miss
$50
If You Draw
—

tag fee not on file

The $5 drawing application fee, per hunt entry is not refunded. The $45 resident annual hunting license is not refunded.

Opens
Nov 1, 2026
Closes
Dec 15, 2026
Results
about Feb 19

Next application window: Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2026.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
Soldotna Seward 15C
15%hunter success 2025 · 1,403 hunters, 216 moose
Unit 15C in full →

Details

Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone <1% — —

Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DM516 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

How It Hunted, 2025

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
All of Unit 15C 1,403 216 15%

Across every license type in Unit 15C, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 1,403 hunters and 216 moose taken in 2025, and 15% of them took a moose. Alaska's figures come from mandatory harvest reports and sealing certificates rather than a hunter survey, so they are counts of animals reported, not estimates. Source: ADF&G 2025 Moose General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2024 Moose General Harvest Reports.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 5 draws

The standard draw for residents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Published Odds Source
2025 18 2,129 118.3 1% ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2024 14 1,919 137.1 1% ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2023 7 1,922 274.6 — ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2022 7 2,060 294.3 — ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2021 9 2,092 232.4 — ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20

Other Licenses Valid in Unit 15C

  • DM512 15C, Northwest Sep 1–25 · 20 tags · 5,184 applied <1%
  • DM514 15C, Northeast Sep 1–25 · 35 tags · 1,745 applied 2%
  • DM518 15C, Southeast Sep 1–25 · 16 tags · 1,870 applied <1%
  • DM549 15C, Homer Oct 20 – Nov 20 · no draw result on file —

Odds for a first-choice resident. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Alaska moose
▸ Sources 14
  1. ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. ADF&G 2026 How Does the Random Drawing Work draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. ADF&G 2026 Drawing Hunt Information fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. ADF&G 2026 License, Stamp and Tag Prices fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. ADF&G 2025 Moose General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. ADF&G 2024 Moose General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. ADF&G 2023 Moose General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. ADF&G 2022 Moose General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. ADF&G 2021 Moose General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. ADF&G 2026 Game Management Unit and Subunit… boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's published results (tags ÷ applicants). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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