DE321 and 1 more: Alaska elk draw hunts, Unit 3, Etolin Island and smaller associated islands
Drawing hunts DE321 and DE323 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 3, Etolin Island and smaller associated islands. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 1,512 applications for 100 permits. 30 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 2 took an elk, 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 forest (USFS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DE321 for its exact line.| Species | Elk |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 3, Etolin Island and smaller associated islands |
| Units | 3 |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 1,512 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 100 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 2 taken by 30 hunters |
How many applied for DE321 and 1 more, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE321 | 2023 | 1,181 | 50 | 4% |
| DE321 | 2024 | 1,213 | 50 | 4% |
| DE321 | 2025 | 1,029 | 50 | 5% |
| DE323 | 2023 | 623 | 50 | 8% |
| DE323 | 2024 | 583 | 50 | 9% |
| DE323 | 2025 | 483 | 50 | 10% |
DE321 went from 1,181 applications in 2023 to 1,029 in 2025 (down 13%), with 50 permits each time. DE323 went from 623 applications in 2023 to 483 in 2025 (down 22%), with 50 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DE321 ranks 10th of ADF&G's 13 elk drawing hunts; the busiest, DE702, drew 3,579, and the elk hunts together drew 19,600 applications for 437 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 an elk?
| Hunt | Regulatory year | Permits issued | Hunted | Males | Females | Harvest | Success (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE321 | 2021 | 50 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10% |
| DE321 | 2022 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13% |
| DE321 | 2023 | 50 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12% |
| DE321 | 2024 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE321 | 2025 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13% |
| DE323 | 2021 | 50 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9% |
| DE323 | 2022 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE323 | 2023 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE323 | 2024 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10% |
| DE323 | 2025 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Source: ADF&G elk harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DE321's area lies in Unit 3, 5,537 square miles, 49.9% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every elk hunt there, 3 of 64 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 3 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 DE321?
DE321 drew 1,029 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 50 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DE321?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DE321: 4% in 2023, 4% in 2024, 5% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DE321?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 3, Etolin Island and smaller associated islands. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took an elk on these hunts?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DE321 2 of 16 hunters (13%) and DE323 0 of 14 hunters (0%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DE321. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.