DE324: Alaska elk draw hunt, Unit 3, Zarembo Island
Drawing hunt DE324 covers one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 3, Zarembo Island. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing it drew 1,554 applications for 1 permits, and ADF&G reports under 1% drawn. 1 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 1 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 DE324 for its exact line.| Species | Elk |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 3, Zarembo Island |
| Units | 3 |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 1,554 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 1 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 1 taken by 1 hunters |
How many applied for DE324, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE324 | 2024 | 2,070 | 1 | under 1% |
| DE324 | 2025 | 1,554 | 1 | under 1% |
DE324 went from 2,070 applications in 2024 to 1,554 in 2025 (down 25%), with 1 permit each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DE324 ranks 5th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE324 | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| DE324 | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
Source: ADF&G elk harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DE324'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 DE324?
DE324 drew 1,554 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 1 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DE324?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DE324: under 1% in 2024, under 1% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DE324?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 3, Zarembo Island. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took an elk on DE324?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DE324 1 of 1 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 DE324. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.