DM996: Alaska moose draw hunt, Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River Drainage
Drawing hunt DM996 covers one ADF&G hunt area: Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River Drainage. In ADF&G's 2025 drawing it drew 233 applications for 10 permits, and ADF&G reports 4% drawn. 5 permit holders went hunting in the 2025 regulatory year and 3 took a moose, by ADF&G's hunt statistics. ADF&G limits it 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.
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The hunt area is part of this unit: see ADF&G's map of DM996 for its exact line.| Species | Moose |
|---|---|
| Hunt area | Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River Drainage |
| Units | 26B |
| Who may apply | Residents Only |
| Applications, 2025 drawing | 233 |
| Permits available, 2025 | 10 |
| Hunters and harvest, 2025 | 3 taken by 5 hunters |
How many applied for DM996, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM996 | 2023 | 311 | 10 | 3% |
| DM996 | 2024 | 220 | 10 | 5% |
| DM996 | 2025 | 233 | 10 | 4% |
DM996 went from 311 applications in 2023 to 233 in 2025 (down 25%), with 10 permits each time. By applications in the 2025 drawing, DM996 ranks 73rd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM996 | 2023 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 40% |
| DM996 | 2024 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| DM996 | 2025 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 60% |
Source: ADF&G moose harvest statistics, drawing hunts. "Hunted" counts permit holders who went hunting.
DM996's area lies in Unit 26B, 16,332 square miles, 29.2% of it federal land in PAD-US. Across every moose hunt there, 3 of 12 hunters took one in 2025. Unit 26B 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 DM996?
DM996 drew 233 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 DM996?
ADF&G's own "% drawn" for DM996: 3% in 2023, 5% in 2024, 4% in 2025. These are past drawings, not a forecast.
Where is DM996?
ADF&G's hunt area: Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River Drainage. ADF&G publishes a PDF map of it.
How many hunters took a moose on DM996?
ADF&G's hunt statistics for the 2025 regulatory year: DM996 3 of 5 hunters (60%).
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Sources: ADF&G 2026-2027 Drawing Permit Hunt Supplement and the two before it; ADF&G harvest statistics; hunt map DM996. FilledTag is not part of ADF&G; check its emergency orders before you hunt.