Answer card2025 draw · All applicants
6 tags, 2,524 applied, under 1% drew in 2025. One of Alaska's hardest elk draws: 3rd hardest of 13 in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
<1%
Harvest success
50–67%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2025
6
Applicants · 2025
2,524
421 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Tags | Printed rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,524 | 6 | <1% |
Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- 8, Raspberry
- Tags
- 6 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Oct 11–Oct 22
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, DE704
2019–202519100%2088%2120%2240%2367%2450%2560%
2025: 3 taken by 5 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.”
- Deadline
- “Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
- Tag fee
- “Elk...............................................$600”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Source: ADF&G