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 5: Moose
- Unit 7: Moose
- Unit 10: Moose
- Unit 11: Moose
- Unit 13: Moose
- Unit 18: Moose
- Unit 20: Moose
- Unit 1C: Moose
- Unit 6A: Moose
- Unit 13C: Moose
- Unit 13E: Moose
- Unit 14A: Moose
- Unit 14B: Moose
- Unit 14C: Moose
- Unit 15B: Moose
- Unit 15C: Moose
- Unit 19C: Moose
- Unit 20A: Moose
- Unit 20B: Moose
- Unit 20D: Moose
- Unit 20E: Moose
- Unit 21B: Moose
- Unit 21D: Moose
- Unit 21E: Moose
- Unit 22B: Moose
- Unit 24A: Moose
- Unit 24D: Moose
- Unit 25A: Moose
- Unit 26B: Moose
Unit 16Neighbor units
At a glance
Moose hunt codes
4
Tags · 2023
53
across 3 hunts
Applicants · 2023
7,163
135 per tag
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
- 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
- “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.
- Unit 5: Moose
- Unit 7: Moose
- Unit 10: Moose
- Unit 11: Moose
- Unit 13: Moose
- Unit 18: Moose
- Unit 20: Moose
- Unit 1C: Moose
- Unit 6A: Moose
- Unit 13C: Moose
- Unit 13E: Moose
- Unit 14A: Moose
- Unit 14B: Moose
- Unit 14C: Moose
- Unit 15B: Moose
- Unit 15C: Moose
- Unit 19C: Moose
- Unit 20A: Moose
- Unit 20B: Moose
- Unit 20D: Moose
- Unit 20E: Moose
- Unit 21B: Moose
- Unit 21D: Moose
- Unit 21E: Moose
- Unit 22B: Moose
- Unit 24A: Moose
- Unit 24D: Moose
- Unit 25A: Moose
- Unit 26B: Moose
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