DE713 · antlerless
Unit 8 elk,drawing permit hunt season
Season Oct 8–Oct 22·Units: 8·120 tags in 2025
Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
120 tags, 1,121 applied, 11% drew in 2025. 13th hardest of 13 Alaska elk draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
11%
Harvest success
17–33%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
120
Applicants · 2025
1,121
9.3 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,121 | 120 | 11% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
Draw history
| Year | Draw | Applicants | Tags | Drew | Share drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,121 applicants | 1,121 | 120 | ||
| 2024 | 1,282 applicants | 1,282 | 120 | ||
| 2023 | 715 applicants | 715 | 120 | ||
| 2022 | 719 applicants | 719 | 120 | ||
| 2021 | 697 applicants | 697 | 120 | ||
| 2020 | 524 applicants | 524 | 120 | ||
| 2019 | 500 applicants | 500 | 120 | ||
| 2018 | 463 applicants | 463 | 100 |
What it is
- Tags
- 120 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Oct 8–Oct 22
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DE713
2019–20251911%2043%2130%2245%2317%2433%2528%
2025: 13 taken by 47 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
Other elk hunts in Unit 8
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Answers use the same figures as this page.
Before you apply
- Application fee
- “For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
- Tag fee
- “Elk...............................................$600”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2026.
Source: ADF&G · Updated Nov 13, 2026