Alaska Musk Ox DX001

18, Nunivak Island in Unit 18, rifle only, Aug 1 – Sep 30, 2025.

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

Your odds · 2025 draw

<1% Same for everyone

about 1 in 348, every year you apply

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 5 tags went to 1,740 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

NR Tags
5
Applicants
1,740
Success
100%

First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Unit 18, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2021–2025

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
0.9% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3%
2021
114:1
2022
146:1
2023
176:1
2024
165:1
2025
348:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to <1% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 114:1 in 2021, 348:1 in 2025.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Dec 15 · 58 days
Cost to Apply
$170
If You Miss
$170
If You Draw
$2,370

The $10 drawing application fee, per hunt entry (muskox) is not refunded. The $160 nonresident annual hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $2,200 nonresident muskox locking-tag (bull).

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
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Details

Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone <1% — —

Tags ÷ applicants. As a lower choice, DX001 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 18 33 34 100%

Across every license type in Unit 18, Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 33 hunters and 34 musk ox taken in 2025, and 100% of them took a musk ox. 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 Muskox General Harvest Reports; ADF&G 2024 Muskox 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 5 1,740 348 — ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2024 10 1,646 164.6 1% ADF&G 2025-2026 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2023 10 1,759 175.9 1% ADF&G 2024-2025 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2022 15 2,182 145.5 1% ADF&G 2023-2024 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20
2021 15 1,714 114.3 1% ADF&G 2022-2023 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement, p. 20

Other Licenses Valid in Unit 18

  • DX003 18, Nunivak Island Jan 15 – Mar 31 · 40 tags · 7,274 applied <1%

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

▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Alaska musk ox
▸ 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 Muskox General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. ADF&G 2024 Muskox General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. ADF&G 2023 Muskox General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. ADF&G 2022 Muskox General Harvest Reports harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. ADF&G 2021 Muskox 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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