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Utah Deer Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw Utah offered 177 deer hunts to nonresidents, split between a top-points pass and a weighted random draw. At 0 points a nonresident had at least an even chance in 65 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
187 days
Apr 22

Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$165

Kept if you miss. Deer license $599 only if drawn

Nonresident Tags
162

2026 draw

Applicants per Tag
145.7

23,608 nonresident applicants

Point only: $21 nonresident · on the draw application · apply by Apr 22, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Utah

How the Utah Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Split: points + random.

50% of the tags go to the applicants with the most points; the other 50% are drawn at random with points + 1 entries per applicant, so points still help but never guarantee a tag.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Utah

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

DB1024

Unit West Desert, Vernon · Antlered · Limited-entry Buck Deer · West Desert, Vernon

<1%
Success
80%
Public
89%
Season
Oct 17–25

DB1017

Unit Book Cliffs, North · Antlered · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs, North

<1%
Success
94%
Public
60%
Season
Oct 17–25

Before You Apply

A Waiting Period After Drawing

Draw one and you wait 5 years before applying again.

Limit
5-year wait
Nonresident Share
No nonresident percentage is written in rule or in the guidebook; the Wildlife Board sets nonresident quotas hunt by hunt, and permits are evaluated separately for residents and nonresidents.
Your Points
Earned on a miss
Missing the draw earns you a point for next year.

Every Hunt at 0 Points

177 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 65 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident adult

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
DB1110 Unit Beaver, East · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Beaver, East 2% (small sample) —
DB1611 Unit Beaver, East · Antlered archery · General Buck Deer · Beaver, East 21% 0▼2
DB1612 Unit Beaver, East · Antlered muzzleloader · General Buck Deer · Beaver, East 56% 0▼3
DB1613 Unit Beaver, East · Antlered · General Buck Deer · Beaver, East 9% 0▼4
DB1111 Unit Beaver, West · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Beaver, West 3% (small sample) —
DB1614 Unit Beaver, West · Antlered archery · General Buck Deer · Beaver, West 31% 1▲1
DB1615 Unit Beaver, West · Antlered muzzleloader · General Buck Deer · Beaver, West 100% 0
DB1616 Unit Beaver, West · Antlered · General Buck Deer · Beaver, West 50% 0
DB1011 Unit Book Cliffs · Antlered archery · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs <1% (small sample) 21▲4
DB1025 Unit Book Cliffs · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs <1% (small sample) 20▲1
DB1044 Unit Book Cliffs · Antlered · Multiseason LE Buck Deer · Book Cliffs (multiseason) <1% (small sample) —
DB1090 Unit Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon · Antlered handgun · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon <1% (small sample) —
DB1017 Unit Book Cliffs, North · Antlered · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs, North <1% 23▲5
DB1018 Unit Book Cliffs, South · Antlered · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Book Cliffs, South <1% (small sample) 23▲3
DB1084New 2026 Unit Boulder/Kaiparowits · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Boulder/Kaiparowits <1% (small sample) —
DB1518 Unit Boulder/Kaiparowits · Antlered archery · General Buck Deer · Boulder/Kaiparowits 47% 0▼3
DB1629 Unit Boulder/Kaiparowits · Antlered · General Buck Deer · Boulder/Kaiparowits 35% 0▼1
DB1630 Unit Boulder/Kaiparowits · Antlered muzzleloader · General Buck Deer · Boulder/Kaiparowits 100% 0
DB1077 Unit Box Elder · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Box Elder 2% (small sample) 12▲4
DB1501 Unit Box Elder · Antlered archery · General Buck Deer · Box Elder 100% 0
DB1531 Unit Box Elder · Antlered · General Buck Deer · Box Elder 100% 0
DB1561 Unit Box Elder · Antlered muzzleloader · General Buck Deer · Box Elder 100% 0
DB1631 Unit Box Elder · Antlered · General Buck Deer · Box Elder 100% 0
DB1078 Unit Cache · Antlered muzzleloader · Limited-entry Buck Deer · Cache <1% (small sample) —
DB1502 Unit Cache · Antlered archery · General Buck Deer · Cache 100% 0

Showing 1–25 of 177 · sorted by unit · 172 hunts not offered in 2026 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 177 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
—
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 205 Units

Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

5S 90% success · 0% public 5s Land And Livestock 31% success · 0% public Alton 93% success · 6% public Alton, Cactus Buck 6% public Antelope Creek 0% public Antelope Island 100% public Avintaquin Canyon 0% public Bally Watts 0% public Bar J Ranch 6% public Bear Mountain 100% success · 0% public Bear Springs 0% public Beaver 46% success · 80% public Beaver, East 42% success · 88% public Beaver, West 47% success · 74% public Big Piney Ranch 0% public Blackhawk 12% public Blind Spring 1% public Blind Springs 1% public Bluebell 100% success · 0% public Blue Creek 0% public Blue Spring Hills 100% success · 0% public Boobe Hole 44% success · 0% public Book Cliffs 87% success · 73% public Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon 93% public Book Cliffs, North 94% success · 60% public Book Cliffs, South 100% success · 96% public Boulder/Kaiparowits 37% success · 97% public Box Elder 29% success · 65% public Buckhorn Ranch 0% public Cache 27% success · 50% public Cache, Crawford Mtn 41% public Castle Valley 80% success · 88% public Castle Valley Outdoors 1% public Causey Spring 92% success · 3% public Cedar/Stansbury 32% success · 82% public Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael 32% success · 87% public Central Mtns, Nebo 28% success · 49% public Chalk Creek 33% success · 9% public Chalk Creek/east Canyon/morgan-south Rich Chimney Rock 87% success · 0% public Circle E Ranch Clear Creek 1% public Coldwater Ranch 100% success · 0% public Conover-jensen 62% success · 0% public Cotton Thomas 90% success · 7% public Deer Creek 3% public Deer Extended Archery Only 21% success Deer Haven 100% success · 0% public Deseret 84% success · 7% public Diamond Mountain Cwmu 100% success · 0% public Diamond Mtn 94% success · 68% public Dilly Ranch 90% success · 0% public Dolores Triangle 90% success · 97% public Double Cone 43% public Double J Valley Double R Ranch 88% success · 0% public Dove Creek 90% success · 3% public Dry Creek 80% success · 0% public Durst Mountain 0% public East Canyon 25% success · 19% public East Fork Chalk Creek 78% success · 0% public East Zion 80% success · 10% public Engineer Springs 0% public Ensign Ranches 90% success · 0% public Faust Valley 11% public Fillmore 48% success · 70% public Fillmore, Oak Creek LE 90% success · 70% public First Light 0% public Fishlake 44% success · 83% public Folley Ridge 77% success · 0% public Fort Ranch 0% public George Creek 6% public Golden Spike 0% public Grass Valley/Clark Canyon 91% success · 0% public Grazing Pasture 70% success · 0% public Green Canyon 10% public Guildersleeve 80% success · 0% public Hardscrabble 62% success · 0% public Heaston East 90% success · 0% public Henry Mtns 98% success · 99% public Henry Mtns, Little Rockies 99% public Hiawatha 0% public Indian Canyon Indian Creek 2% public Indian Head 86% success · 7% public Ingham Peak 100% success · 21% public Iron Spring 0% public Jacob's Creek 70% success · 0% public J.b. Ranch 0% public Johnson Mountain Ranch 1% public Junction Valley 72% success · 1% public Kaiparowits Hams 99% public Kaiparowits HAMSS 99% public Kamas 23% success · 62% public Kimberly 4% public La Sal, Castle Valley 88% public La Sal, Dolores Triangle 88% success · 97% public La Sal, La Sal Mtns 51% success · 93% public La Sal, Moab Valley 77% public La Sal Mtns 52% success · 93% public Lazy H Ranch 0% public Little Pole Canyon Little Red Creek 0% public Little Rockies 99% public Lone Tree Tunnel Hollow Manti/San Rafael 39% success · 87% public Mecham Ridge 0% public Middle Ridge 5% public Minnie Maud Ridge 60% success · 1% public Moab Valley 77% public Monroe 70% success · 75% public Moon Ranch 100% success · 0% public Morgan-South Rich 22% success · 13% public Mountain Meadow 0% public Mountain Sky Ranch 0% public Mountain Top 50% success · 0% public Mt Carmel 67% success · 1% public Mt Dutton 46% success · 88% public Myton 56% success Nebo 38% success · 49% public Neil Creek 100% success · 0% public Nine Mile 42% success · 68% public North Peaks 7% public North Promontory 0% public North Slope 31% success · 89% public Nucor West 100% success · 8% public Oak Ranch 3% public Ogden 32% success · 25% public Old Woman Plateau 67% success · 17% public Oquirrh-stansbury 41% success · 43% public Oquirrh/Tintic 41% success · 41% public Pahvant Ensign 80% success · 0% public Panguitch Lake 49% success · 79% public Park Valley Hereford 74% success · 20% public Patmos Ridge 0% public Paunsaugunt 78% success · 84% public Paunsaugunt, Cactus Buck 84% public Pine Canyon 65% success · 0% public Pine Valley 36% success · 70% public Pisgah Mountain 75% success · 0% public Plateau, Boulder/kaiparowits 50% success · 97% public Plateau, Fishlake 48% success · 83% public Plateau, Thousand Lakes 26% success · 95% public Plymouth Peak 0% public Pocatello Valley 0% public Powder Mountain Preston Nutter Ranch 1% public Promontory Point 90% success · 3% public Raft River 90% success · 16% public Rattlesnake Pass 100% success · 0% public Redd Ranches 93% success · 0% public Red Iron 1% public Roan Cliffs 73% success · 1% public Rock House 0% public Rosette 0% public Royal Ivory Outfitters 0% public Salt Wells 0% public Sand Creek 0% public San Juan, Abajo Mtns 46% success · 73% public San Juan, Elk Ridge 90% success · 99% public San Juan, Mancos Mesa 100% public Scofield Canyons 1% public Scofield West 100% success · 2% public Sharp Mountain 88% success · 0% public Skull Crack 1% public Skull Valley South 2% public Soldier Summit 100% success · 1% public South Canyon 100% success · 3% public South Slope, Bonanza/vernal 53% success · 78% public South Slope, Diamond Mtn 91% success · 68% public South Slope, Myton 48% success South Slope, Yellowstone 44% success · 50% public Southwest Desert 36% success · 89% public Spring Creek Acres 0% public Spring Creek/Dodge 89% success · 1% public Stillman Creek Ranch 64% success · 0% public Strawberry Ridge 1% public Summit Point 96% success · 0% public Sweetwater 1% public Thatcher Mountain 0% public The Dirty Dozen The Rose of Snowville 0% public Thousand Lakes 37% success · 95% public Three C 80% success · 0% public Tj Cattle Company 100% success · 0% public Tunnel Hollow 0% public Two Bear 100% success · 0% public Vernal/Bonanza 61% success · 78% public Wallsburg 1% public Wasatch Mtns, East 36% success · 53% public Wasatch Mtns, West 26% success · 62% public Washakie 100% success · 0% public Weber Florence Creek 64% success · 1% public Weber Florence Creek/Stillman Creek 76% success · 1% public West Desert, Swasey 25% success · 94% public West Desert, Tintic 35% success · 47% public West Desert, Vernon 80% success · 89% public West Desert, West 28% success · 81% public West Hills 93% success · 3% public West Ridge 60% success · 0% public West Willow Creek Ranch 96% success · 12% public White's Valley 90% success · 3% public Woodruff Creek South 0% public Yellowstone 51% success · 50% public Zion 52% success · 64% public
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.