DC618: Alaska caribou draw hunt, Unit 15C, Fox River
Drawing hunt DC618 covers one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 15C, Fox River. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing it drew 812 applications for 10 permits, and ADF&G reports 1% drawn. 2 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 2 took a caribou, by ADF&G's hunt statistics.
Data updated October 2026. Drawing: ADF&G's results of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 drawings. Harvest: ADF&G hunt statistics, 2021 to 2025.
National wildlife refuge (FWS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DC618 for its exact line.| Species | Caribou |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 15C, Fox River |
| Units | 15C |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 812 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 10 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 2 taken by 2 hunters |
How many applied for DC618, and what share drew?
ADF&G's results of its last three drawings. Applications are entries, not people: a hunter may apply for the same hunt more than once within the six he may send per species.
| Hunt | Drawing | Applications | Permits available | % drawn (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC618 | 2023 | 577 | 10 | 2% |
| DC618 | 2024 | 683 | 10 | 1% |
| DC618 | 2025 | 812 | 10 | 1% |
DC618 went from 577 applications in 2023 to 812 in 2025 (up 41%), with 10 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DC618 ranks 7th of ADF&G's 8 caribou drawing hunts; the busiest, DC827, drew 15,550, and the caribou hunts together drew 38,685 applications for 600 permits.
Source: ADF&G Drawing Permit Hunt Supplements, "Results of the Permit Hunt Drawing", 2023, 2024, 2025. ADF&G notes that permits available can differ from the number it advertised.
How many permit holders took a caribou?
| Hunt | Regulatory year | Permits issued | Hunted | Males | Females | Harvest | Success (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC618 | 2021 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| DC618 | 2022 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| DC618 | 2023 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20% |
| DC618 | 2024 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| DC618 | 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100% |
Source: ADF&G caribou harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DC618's area lies in Unit 15C, 3,741 square miles, 24% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every caribou hunt there, 1 of 2 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 15C has its harvest by species, land by manager and communities.
ADF&G takes drawing applications November 1 to December 15 (2026-2027 supplement); how the Alaska drawing works.
Questions hunters ask
How many people apply for DC618?
DC618 drew 812 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 10 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DC618?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DC618: 2% in 2023, 1% in 2024, 1% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DC618?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 15C, Fox River. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a caribou on DC618?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DC618 2 of 2 hunters (100%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DC618. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.