Moose draws by state: hunts and applications
Alaska had the most first-choice moose applications of the 8 state draws on file: 123,853 in its 2025 draw (Alaska Department of Fish and Game), ahead of Montana (44,474, 2026) and Utah (40,884, 2025).
Data updated October 2026. From each state agency's latest draw report on file, fetched October 2026.
This table lists every state FilledTag has moose draw results for. Applications are counted on first choice, the way each agency prints them; a hunter who applies in two pools, or for two hunts, is counted twice. For Nevada and Washington, the report on file lists the hunts but not applicants per hunt.
Which states hold a moose draw, and how many applied?
| State | Draw year | Points | Hunts in the draw | First-choice applications | Drew on first choice | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 2025 | No points | 101 | 123,853 | not printed for every pool | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
| Montana | 2026 | Squared bonus points | 89 | 44,474 | 311 (1%) | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| Utah | 2025 | Bonus points | 41 | 40,884 | 154 (0%) | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (2 reports) |
| Colorado | 2026 | Preference points | 62 | 29,674 | 394 (1%) | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| Wyoming | 2026 | Preference points | 36 | 26,633 | not printed for every pool | Wyoming Game and Fish Department (4 reports) |
| Idaho | 2026 | No points | 94 | 8,630 | 513 (6%) | Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
| Nevada | 2025 | Squared bonus points | 1 | not printed | not printed | Nevada Department of Wildlife |
| Washington | 2025 | Bonus points | 28 | not printed | not printed | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Questions about moose draws
Which state had the most moose draw applications?
Alaska, with 123,853 first-choice applications across 101 moose hunts in its 2025 draw, as Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported it.
Where did the largest share of first-choice moose applications draw?
Among states that print who drew for every pool, Idaho: 513 of 8,630 first-choice applications drew in 2026 (6%). The smallest share was Utah's, 154 of 40,884 in 2025 (0%). These are past results, not the chance of drawing next year.
Which states draw moose tags with no points?
Alaska and Idaho: no applicant gains an edge from earlier years in those draws, by the agency's own rules. Montana, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and Washington give an edge to applicants who have built points.
Do nonresidents apply for moose in large numbers?
In Utah's 2025 draw, 10,216 of the 40,884 first-choice moose applications were from nonresidents (25%), the largest nonresident share among the states that split applications by residency.
Read each state's draw in full
Each state name in the table opens that state's own page on FilledTag, with the draw by hunt, the points it took where the agency prints them, and the units on the map. The draw rules by state page explains how each state uses points. To see where your own points could draw, use the tag draw planner.
Every number is the agency's, copied from its published report; FilledTag adds nothing to it. The share that drew is a past result for that year.