Alaska Unit 3:elk draw odds & harvest
4 hunt codes for elk. 2025: 1 to 50 tags, 315 to 1,554 applicants per hunt.
At a glance
Elk hunt codes
4
Drawing permit hunt
Tags · 2025
126
across 4 hunts
Applicants · 2025
3,381
27 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
0–100%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
- Elk4
Best draw odds
- Elk10% drew
- Black bear100% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
- Elk0–100%
- Black bear35–81%
Hardest draw in Unit 32025 draw
DE3241 tag, 1,554 applied, under 1% drew.
One of Alaska's hardest elk draws: 1st hardest of 13 in 2025.
Hunt codes
Elk huntsin Unit 3
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE318 | drawing permit hunt · Sep 1–Sep 303, Etolin Island | 8% drew of 315 | 25 | 0% |
| DE321 | drawing permit hunt · Oct 1–Oct 153, Etolin Island | 5% drew of 1,029 | 50 | 0–13% |
| DE323 | drawing permit hunt · Oct 16–Oct 31 | 10% drew of 483 | 50 | 0–10% |
| DE324 | drawing permit hunt · Oct 1–Oct 313, Zarembo | <1% drew of 1,554 | 1 | 100% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 3.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successDE3180–17%
0%
11%
14%
17%
0%
0%
0%
2019202020212022202320242025
DE3210–15%
13%
15%
10%
13%
12%
0%
13%
2019202020212022202320242025
DE3230–11%
11%
5%
9%
0%
0%
10%
0%
2019202020212022202320242025
DE324100%
100%
100%
20242025
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
- “Elk...............................................$600”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Season dates · 2026
- DE318drawing permit huntSep 1–Sep 30
- DE321drawing permit huntOct 1–Oct 15
- DE323drawing permit huntOct 16–Oct 31
- DE324drawing permit huntOct 1–Oct 31
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
Map & access
Unit 3and 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 3into your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 3 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each elk hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 3 · DE318
8% drew of 315
Success0%
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Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G