DE721 and 1 more: Alaska elk draw hunts, Unit 8, East Afognak Island
Drawing hunts DE721 and DE723 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 8, East Afognak Island. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 2,370 applications for 62 permits. 32 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 12 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 DE721 for its exact line.| Species | Elk |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 8, East Afognak Island |
| Units | 8 |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 2,370 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 62 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 12 taken by 32 hunters |
How many applied for DE721 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE721 | 2023 | 1,036 | 35 | 3% |
| DE721 | 2024 | 961 | 31 | 3% |
| DE721 | 2025 | 1,324 | 31 | 2% |
| DE723 | 2023 | 841 | 35 | 4% |
| DE723 | 2024 | 917 | 31 | 3% |
| DE723 | 2025 | 1,046 | 31 | 3% |
DE721 went from 1,036 applications in 2023 to 1,324 in 2025 (up 28%), with 35 permits then 31. DE723 went from 841 applications in 2023 to 1,046 in 2025 (up 24%), with 35 permits then 31. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DE721 ranks 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE721 | 2021 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 29% |
| DE721 | 2022 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31% |
| DE721 | 2023 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE721 | 2024 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 40% |
| DE721 | 2025 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24% |
| DE723 | 2021 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6% |
| DE723 | 2022 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11% |
| DE723 | 2023 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DE723 | 2024 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 41% |
| DE723 | 2025 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 53% |
Source: ADF&G elk harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DE721'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 DE721?
DE721 drew 1,324 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 31 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DE721?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DE721: 3% in 2023, 3% in 2024, 2% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DE721?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 8, East 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: DE721 4 of 17 hunters (24%) and DE723 8 of 15 hunters (53%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DE721. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.