No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Alaska Musk Ox Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw Alaska offered 2 musk ox hunts to nonresidents, drawn at random with no points. 0 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.
Open Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2026 (expected)
Kept if you miss. Musk Ox license $2,200 only if drawn
2025 draw
9,014 nonresident applicants
How the Alaska Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Random draw.
Every applicant has the same chance: tags divided by applicants. No points count in this draw.
Best Bets
Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.
Before You Apply
Not Once In A Lifetime Here
Alaska puts no lifetime limit on musk ox tags.
No waiting period beyond the general rule that the same drawing hunt cannot be won two years running; a 2024-25 Board of Game proposal to make bison and musk ox once in a lifetime for residents is not in force.
Source: adfg.alaska.gov
- Limit
- No lifetime limit
- Nonresident Share
- A nonresident may apply only for the Nunivak Island bull hunts: the Nunivak and Nelson Island cow hunts are registration permits, and the Seward Peninsula, Northwest and North Slope hunts are resident-only Tier II.
- Tag Fee
- Due only if drawn
- You pay the tag only if you draw.
Every Hunt
2 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident
| Hunt | Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DX001 Unit 18 · Bull rifle · 18, Nunivak Island | Bull rifle · 18, Nunivak Island | 18 | Aug 1–Sep 30 | <1% | 5 / 1,740 | 100% |
| DX003 Unit 18 · Bull rifle · 18, Nunivak Island | Bull rifle · 18, Nunivak Island | 18 | Jan 15–Mar 31 | <1% | 40 / 7,274 | 100% |
Showing all 2 · sorted by unit · 2 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts
What These Columns Mean
- Odds —
- the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 11 Units
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.