Utah Deer DB1008 — Unit Paunsaugunt

Multiseason PLE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt (multiseason)

What you may take
Multiseason PLE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt (multiseason) (antlered)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Paunsaugunt
84% public of 957,281 acres
Season (2026)
Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026
Hunter success here (2025)
78%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw · no nonresident tags in 2026 — showing 2025

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 374 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 25.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0% (0%–<1%) 25 0
1 0% (0%–<1%) 24 1
2 0% (0%–<1%) 17 0
3 0% (0%–<1%) 13 0
4 0% (0%–<1%) 14 0
5 0% (0%–<1%) 14 0
6 0% (0%–<1%) 17 0
7 0% (0%–<1%) 13 0
8 0% (0%–<1%) 17 0
9 0% (0%–<1%) 15 0
10 0% (0%–<1%) 13 0
11 0% (0%–<1%) 14 0
12 0% (0%–<1%) 18 0
13 0% (0%–<1%) 19 0
14 0% (0%–<1%) 13 0
15 0% (0%–<1%) 22 0
16 0% (0%–<1%) 55 0
17 0% (0%–<1%) 4 0
18 0% (0%–<1%) 9 0
19 0% (0%–<1%) 9 0
20 0% (0%–<1%) 5 0
21 0% (0%–<1%) 3 0
22 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
23 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
24 0% (0%–<1%) 5 0
25 0% (0%–<1%) 6 0
26 0% (0%–<1%) 4 0
27 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
28 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0

Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Utah Division of Wildlife Resources did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$136
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$136
Total if drawn
$554
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Nonresident application fee per species or point (rose to $21 on Sept. 1, 2025) · paid at application $16 source
Nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (price in force for the March-April 2025 application; rose to $144 on July 1, 2025) · paid at application $120 source
Nonresident general-season buck deer permit (2025 draw) · paid if drawn $418 or $670 or $798 source

Next application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 31. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026 p. HuntID=1296

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Paunsaugunt, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 231 hunters and 181 deer taken in 2025 — 78% of them killed something. Full Paunsaugunt profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type Premium Limited Entry 34 23 68%
Type Premium Limited Entry 88 82 93%
Type Premium Limited Entry 30 21 70%
Type Premium Limited Entry 6 6 100%
Type Management Buck 28 26 93%
Type Cactus Buck 27 10 37%
Type Management Buck 9 8 89%
Type Management Buck 9 5 56%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types 2024 Utah Big Game Harvest — General Season Buck Deer + Limited Entry/Once-in-a-Lifetime (all species)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Utah runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2026 1 572 572.0 1 tag Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1296
2025 374 0 tags 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 25
2024 0 0 tags 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 25
2023 0 0 tags 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 26
2022 0 0 tags 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 25
2021 0 0 tags 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 23

Other licenses valid in Paunsaugunt

Legal cartridges for deer in Utah

From the Utah hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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