Utah Deer DB1079 — Unit Manti/San Rafael

Limited-entry Buck Deer - Manti/San Rafael

What you may take
Limited-entry Buck Deer - Manti/San Rafael (antlered)
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Where
Manti/San Rafael
87% public of 4,899,166 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 28 – Nov 5, 2026
Nonresident tags (2026)
5
for 37 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
39%
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. 3 tags, 37 first-choice applicants, drew out at 16 points. Source: Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1915.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 1% (<1%–1%) 5 0
1 2% (2%–2%) 11 0
2 4% (3%–4%) 2 0
3 5% 0 0
4 5% (5%–6%) 1 0
5 7%
6 7% (7%–8%) 3 0
7 8% (7%–8%) 3 1
8 10% (9%–10%) 2 1
9 11% 0 0
10 12% (11%–13%) 1 0
11 12% (12%–13%) 2 0
12 13%
13 14% (13%–15%) 2 0
14 15% (14%–16%) 2 0
15 16% 0 0
16 100% (100%–100%) 2 2
17 100% (100%–100%) 1 1
18–19 100% 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 $16,313.29 (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 16-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

Insufficient history (1 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 28 – Nov 5, 2026 p. HuntID=1915

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Manti/San Rafael, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 7,463 hunters and 2,943 deer taken in 2025 — 39% of them killed something. Full Manti/San Rafael 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 on General Season 40 33 83%
Type General Season 1,168 250 21%
Type General Season 4,060 1,921 47%
Type General Season 1,194 347 29%
Type General Season 1,001 392 39%

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 5 37 7.4 16 2 tags Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1915

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Utah reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years DB1079 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
2025 · Unit Manti/san Rafael 37 16 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 71
2024 · Unit Manti/san Rafael 21 14 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 72
2023 · Unit Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael 52 13 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 73
2022 · Unit Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael 11 11 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 73
2021 · Unit Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael 12 10 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 71

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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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