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Moose draw hunt · Unit 26B
DM996 excluding the Canning River Drainage moose draw odds
DM996 is a resident-only moose drawing hunt in Unit 26B (excluding the Canning River Drainage). In the 2025 drawing, 233 applications went in for 10 permits and 4% drew, about one permit for every 23 applications.
DM996 at a glance
- Hunt number
- DM996
- Species
- Moose
- Unit
- Unit 26B
- Area
- excluding the Canning River Drainage
- Who can apply
- Residents only
- Legal animal
- Bull
- 2026–27 season
- Sep 1 – Sep 14, 2026
- 2026 permits
- Residents: Up to 30 permits
- Next application period
- Nov 1, 8 am – Dec 15, 2026, 5 pm AKST (2027–28 hunts)
- Application fee
- $5 per entry, plus a hunting license (ADF&G FAQ)
Draw odds by year (2023–2025)
Applications are down about 25% since 2023 (311 then, 233 in 2025). Across 2023–2025 permit reports, 7 of 21 permit holders who hunted took an animal (33%).
| Drawing | Applications | Permits | % drawn | Apps per permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Not offered or not reported | |||
| 2020 | Not offered or not reported | |||
| 2021 | Not offered or not reported | |||
| 2022 | Not offered or not reported | |||
| 2023 | 311 | 10 | 3% | 31 |
| 2024 | 220 | 10 | 5% | 22 |
| 2025 | 233 | 10 | 4% | 23 |
| Year | Permit records | Hunted | Harvested | Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | No records | |||
| 2020 | No records | |||
| 2021 | No records | |||
| 2022 | No records | |||
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 40% |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025* | 10 | 5 | 3 | 60% |
Success is harvested ÷ hunted. *2025 reports may still be coming in.
"% drawn" is ADF&G's printed figure. Apps per permit is our math. Party applications and permits issued after the drawing shift the real odds a little.
Regs, map, and deadlines for DM996
- ADF&G hunt page for DM996 ↗ (official boundaries, conditions, and permit details)
- Search the regs for Unit 26B moose (ADF&G booklet text, with page links)
- See Unit 26B on the hunting map (unit lines, land status)
- Unit 26B page: every draw hunt there, emergency orders, and trips
- How to apply for Alaska draw hunts (2027–28 drawing)
- Hunting deadlines calendar: application, results, and permit-report dates
- All moose draw odds
Sources
Drawing results: ADF&G Drawing Permit Hunt Supplements, 2019–2025 drawings (latest, PDF). Season, legal animal, and permits: ADF&G hunt page. Harvest: ADF&G Harvest Lookup. Checked 2026-10-19. Chugach Cache isn't affiliated with ADF&G; the supplement and hunt page are the official word.