DE713

Unit 8 elk,drawing permit hunt season

Season Oct 8–Oct 22·Units: 8·120 tags in 2025

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
YearApplicantsTagsPrinted rate
20251,12112011%

Alaska prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

What it is
Tags
120 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
  • Oct 8–Oct 22

Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.

Harvest success, DE713
2019–2025
1911%2043%2130%2245%2317%2433%2528%

2025: 13 taken by 47 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.

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