DM790: Alaska moose draw hunt, Unit 20D, Delta Junction Management Area
Drawing hunt DM790 covers one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 20D, Delta Junction Management Area. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing it drew 3,594 applications for 20 permits, and ADF&G reports 1% drawn. 17 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 10 took a moose, 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.
Bureau of Land ManagementState of AlaskaThis unitNeighboring unit lineHighway
The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DM790 for its exact line.| Species | Moose |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 20D, Delta Junction Management Area |
| Units | 20D |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 3,594 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 20 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 10 taken by 17 hunters |
How many applied for DM790, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM790 | 2023 | 2,954 | 20 | 1% |
| DM790 | 2024 | 3,000 | 20 | 1% |
| DM790 | 2025 | 3,594 | 20 | 1% |
DM790 went from 2,954 applications in 2023 to 3,594 in 2025 (up 22%), with 20 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DM790 ranks 10th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM790 | 2021 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 41% |
| DM790 | 2022 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 42% |
| DM790 | 2023 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18% |
| DM790 | 2024 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 82% |
| DM790 | 2025 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 59% |
Source: ADF&G moose harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DM790's area lies in Unit 20D, 5,642 square miles, 4.9% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every moose hunt there, 176 of 1,044 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 20D 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 DM790?
DM790 drew 3,594 applications in ADF&G's 2025 drawing for 20 permits. ADF&G counts applications, and one hunter can apply for the same hunt more than once.
What share of applications drew DM790?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DM790: 1% in 2023, 1% in 2024, 1% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DM790?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 20D, Delta Junction Management Area. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a moose on DM790?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DM790 10 of 17 hunters (59%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DM790. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.