Alaska Mountain Goat — Unit 1A

Alaska Unit 1A covers 4,454,253 acres and lies 28 miles north-east of Ketchikan and 60 miles south-east of Wrangell city and. In 2025, 53 people hunted mountain goat here and took 49 — 93% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 23 nonresident tags here for 3,352 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):27 Applicants:4,455 Hunter success (2025):93% Size:4,454,253 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every mountain goat license type on offer in Unit 1A, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

3 licenses on offer · 27 tags · 4,455 applicants in the 2025 draw

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • DG005 Unit 1A, Revillagigedo I. Achilles Mt. area, Mt. Goat DG005 3 tags · 749 applicants
    <1% Long shot
  • DG006 Unit 1A, Revillagigedo I. Deer Mt. area, Mt. Goat DG006 23 tags · 3,352 applicants
    <1% Long shot
  • DG008 Unit 1A, 1B Cleveland Pen., Mt. Goat DG008 1 tags · 354 applicants
    <1% Long shot
What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge
plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $165 $165 $765

Application window: opens Nov 1, closes Dec 15, 2026 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Ketchikan Kake Cordova Delta Junction Kodiak
Unit 1A within Alaska
1B Ketchikan Wrangell city and Kake
Unit 1A and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

How the hunting has gone

What Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.

Season Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
2025 53 49 93% 2.1
2024 41 34 83% 2.8
2023 43 34 79% 3.1
2022 64 42 66% 2.8
2021 54 21 39% 2.7

Boundary: Alaska Game Management Unit and Subunit boundaries (wc_public/GMUSubunits)

Harvest: 2025 Goat General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

Harvest: 2024 Goat General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

Harvest: 2023 Goat General Harvest Reports -- Sex Composition of Harvest by Subunit (Id=130) and Summary of Hunter Effort vs. Success by Subunit (Id=510)

How we compute draw odds · All Alaska mountain goat hunts