Utah Deer DB1038 — Unit Diamond Mtn

Limited-entry Buck Deer - Diamond Mtn

What you may take
Limited-entry Buck Deer - Diamond Mtn (antlered)
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Where
Diamond Mtn
68% public of 266,317 acres
Season (2026)
Sep 23 – Oct 1, 2026
Nonresident tags (2026)
2
for 32 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
94%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 1 tags, 32 first-choice applicants, drew out at 19 points. Source: Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1322.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% (<1%–<1%) 3 0
1 <1% (<1%–1%) 1 0
2 1% 0 0
3 1% (1%–2%) 1 0
4 1% (1%–2%) 1 0
5 2% (2%–2%) 3 0
6 2% (2%–3%) 3 0
7 3% (2%–3%) 2 0
8 3% (2%–3%) 3 0
9 3% (3%–4%) 1 0
10 4% (3%–4%) 1 0
11 4% (4%–5%) 2 0
12 5% (4%–5%) 1 0
13 5% (4%–5%) 2 0
14 5%
15 5% (5%–6%) 1 0
16 6% (5%–6%) 1 1
17 5% (5%–6%) 3 0
18 6% 0 0
19 38% (37%–38%) 3 1
20–22 100% same chance at every one of these levels

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 (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$165
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$165
Total if drawn
$764
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $764 (enough points to draw) to $54,118.30 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident big game application fee, per species or point applied for (plus 2.2% card processing fee) · paid at application $21 source
Nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (required to apply; a drawn nonresident big game permit also acts as a 1-year fishing license) · paid at application $144 or $190 source
Bonus or preference point only (same as the application fee; no permit fee) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $21 source
Nonresident general-season buck deer permit · paid if drawn $599 or $1,070 or $1,398 or $2,130 or $2,330 source

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $21 (Mar 19 – Jun 23, expected) and keeps you moving toward the 19-point cut.

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

Drew out at 20 → 19 → 19 points (2024–2026): no creep — drew at 19 points each year. Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
019 yrs
316 yrs
613 yrs
910 yrs
127 yrs
154 yrs
181 yr

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 23 – Oct 1, 2026 p. HuntID=1322

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Diamond Mtn, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 114 hunters and 107 deer taken in 2025 — 94% of them killed something. Full Diamond Mtn 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 Limited Entry 22 19 86%
Type Limited Entry 64 62 97%
Type Limited Entry 23 21 91%
Type Limited Entry 5 5 100%

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 2 32 16.0 19 1 tag Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1322
2025 59 19 0 tags 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 51
2024 60 20 0 tags 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 51

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Utah reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years DB1038 stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · what it was Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2023 · Unit South Slope, Diamond Mtn 49 19 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 52
2022 · Unit South Slope, Diamond Mtn 95 16 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 52
2021 · Unit South Slope, Diamond Mtn 84 15 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 50

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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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