Alaska Unit 16:moose draw odds & harvest
4 hunt codes for moose, Unit 16. 2023: 3 to 37 tags, 1,177 to 4,590 applicants per hunt.
Alaska · Unit 16
Unit 16Neighbor units
Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts
Harvest success, 3 yr
19–54%
Hardest draw in Unit 162023 draw
DM5523 tags, 1,396 applied, under 1% drew.
One of Alaska's hardest moose draws: 4th hardest of 167 in 2023.
Hunt codes
Moose huntsin Unit 16
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2023 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM540 | 1% drew of 4,590 | 37 | 26–35% | |
| DM552 | <1% drew of 1,396 | 3 | 33–50% | |
| DM560 | 3% drew of 1,889 | 50 | 33–57% | |
| YM541 | 1% drew of 1,177 | 13 | 19–25% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 16.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2023
% successDM54026–41%
41%
32%
26%
31%
35%
20192020202120222023
YM54119–51%
51%
40%
19%
25%
25%
20192020202120222023
DM55233–50%
38%
33%
50%
33%
2020202120222023
DM56033–57%
57%
33%
54%
202020212022
45%+28–45%Under 28%
Before you apply
- Deadline
- “Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
- Application fee
- “For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
- Tag fee
- “Moose.........................................$800”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Map & access
Unit 16and the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
Public land & access
Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.
Offline maps
Take Unit 16into your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 16 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each moose hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 16 · DM540
1% drew of 4,590
Success26–35%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G · Updated Nov 13, 2026