DM400 and 1 more: Alaska moose draw hunts, Unit 14A, Susitna River, Redshirt Lake
Drawing hunts DM400 and DM470 share one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 14A, Susitna River, Redshirt Lake. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing they drew 2,031 applications for 12 permits. 11 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 5 took a moose, by ADF&G's hunt statistics. ADF&G limits them to: residents only.
Data updated October 2026. Drawing: ADF&G's results of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 drawings. Harvest: ADF&G hunt statistics, 2021 to 2025.
Bureau of Land ManagementState of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DM400 for its exact line.| Species | Moose |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 14A, Susitna River, Redshirt Lake |
| Units | 14A |
| Who may apply | Residents Only |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 2,031 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 12 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 5 taken by 11 hunters |
How many applied for DM400 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM400 | 2023 | 1,162 | 10 | 1% |
| DM400 | 2024 | 1,370 | 10 | 1% |
| DM400 | 2025 | 1,405 | 10 | 1% |
| DM470 | 2023 | 438 | 2 | under 1% |
| DM470 | 2024 | 627 | 2 | under 1% |
| DM470 | 2025 | 626 | 2 | under 1% |
DM400 went from 1,162 applications in 2023 to 1,405 in 2025 (up 21%), with 10 permits each time. DM470 went from 438 applications in 2023 to 626 in 2025 (up 43%), with 2 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DM400 ranks 27th of ADF&G's 101 moose drawing hunts; the busiest, DM413, drew 7,942, and the moose hunts together drew 123,853 applications for 2,330 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 moose?
| Hunt | Regulatory year | Permits issued | Hunted | Males | Females | Harvest | Success (ADF&G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM400 | 2021 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18% |
| DM400 | 2022 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20% |
| DM400 | 2023 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 44% |
| DM400 | 2024 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33% |
| DM400 | 2025 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 44% |
| DM470 | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| DM470 | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| DM470 | 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
Source: ADF&G moose harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DM400's area lies in Unit 14A, 2,636 square miles, 1.7% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every moose hunt there, 384 of 2,416 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 14A 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 DM400?
DM400 drew 1,405 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 DM400?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DM400: 1% in 2023, 1% in 2024, 1% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DM400?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 14A, Susitna River, Redshirt Lake. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a moose on these hunts?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DM400 4 of 9 hunters (44%) and DM470 1 of 2 hunters (50%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DM400. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.