DE711 and 1 more: Alaska elk draw hunts, Unit 8, Southwest Afognak Island
Drawing hunts DE711 and DE713 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 8, Southwest Afognak Island. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 4,146 applications for 135 permits. 56 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 19 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 wildlife refuge (FWS)State of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DE711 for its exact line.| Species | Elk |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 8, Southwest Afognak Island |
| Units | 8 |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 4,146 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 135 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 19 taken by 56 hunters |
How many applied for DE711 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE711 | 2023 | 2,219 | 15 | 1% |
| DE711 | 2024 | 2,445 | 15 | 1% |
| DE711 | 2025 | 3,025 | 15 | under 1% |
| DE713 | 2023 | 715 | 120 | 17% |
| DE713 | 2024 | 1,282 | 120 | 9% |
| DE713 | 2025 | 1,121 | 120 | 11% |
DE711 went from 2,219 applications in 2023 to 3,025 in 2025 (up 36%), with 15 permits each time. DE713 went from 715 applications in 2023 to 1,121 in 2025 (up 57%), with 120 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DE711 ranks 2nd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE711 | 2021 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 75% |
| DE711 | 2022 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 73% |
| DE711 | 2023 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| DE711 | 2024 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| DE711 | 2025 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 67% |
| DE713 | 2021 | 120 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 30% |
| DE713 | 2022 | 120 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 45% |
| DE713 | 2023 | 120 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 17% |
| DE713 | 2024 | 120 | 51 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 33% |
| DE713 | 2025 | 120 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 28% |
Source: ADF&G elk harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DE711's area lies in Unit 8, 9,389 square miles, 37.1% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every elk hunt there, 105 of 261 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 8 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 DE711?
DE711 drew 3,025 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 15 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DE711?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DE711: 1% in 2023, 1% in 2024, under 1% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DE711?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 8, Southwest Afognak Island. 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: DE711 6 of 9 hunters (67%) and DE713 13 of 47 hunters (28%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DE711. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.