Alaska Moose DM817

21D, Nulato River/Kaiyuh Flats in Unit 21D, rifle only, Sep 5–25, 2025.

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

Your odds · 2025 draw

11% Same for everyone

about 1 in 9, every year you apply

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 31 tags went to 282 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

NR Tags
31
Applicants
282
Success
40%

First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 21D, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2021–2025

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
29% 18% 15% 10% 11%
2021
4:1
2022
5:1
2023
7:1
2024
10:1
2025
9:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 10% to 29% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 3.5:1 in 2021, 9.1:1 in 2025.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Dec 15 · 58 days
Cost to Apply
$165
If You Miss
$165
If You Draw
$965

The $5 drawing application fee, per hunt entry is not refunded. The $160 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $800 nonresident moose locking-tag.

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
Ruby Huslia Unalakleet McGrath Buckland 21D
40%hunter success 2025 · 599 hunters, 240 moose
Unit 21D in full →

Details

Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone 11% — —

Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DM817 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 21D 599 240 40%

Across every license type in Unit 21D, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 599 hunters and 240 moose taken in 2025, and 40% 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 nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Published Odds Source
2025 31 282 9.1 11% ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2024 31 307 9.9 10% ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2023 31 209 6.7 15% ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2022 31 168 5.4 18% ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2021 31 108 3.5 29% ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20

Other Licenses Valid in Unit 21D

  • DM814 21D, Bear Creek drainage Sep 5–25 · no draw result on file —
  • DM815 21D, Bear Creek drainage Sep 5–25 · 2 tags · 19 applied 11% (small sample)
  • DM816 21D, Yuki/Bishop creek drainages Sep 5–25 · 25 tags · 440 applied 6%
  • DM818 21D, Papa Willie Creek Sep 5–25 · 25 tags · 255 applied 10%
  • DM819 21D, Bear Creek Drainage Sep 5–25 · 2 tags · no first-choice applicants 100% (small sample)
  • DM820 21D, Gisasa/Kateel River drainages Sep 5–25 · 15 tags · 157 applied 10%

Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * 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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Prior-draw odds from Alaska Department of Fish and Game's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Alaska moose hunts