Utah Deer DB1085 — Unit San Juan, Abajo Mtns

Limited-entry Buck Deer - San Juan, Abajo Mtns

What you may take
Limited-entry Buck Deer - San Juan, Abajo Mtns (antlered)
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Where
San Juan, Abajo Mtns
73% public of 1,286,922 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 28 – Nov 5, 2026
Hunter success here (2025)
46%
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, 8 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 76.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0%
1 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
2 0% (0%–<1%) 1 1
3–5 0% same chance at every one of these levels
6 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
7 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
8 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
9–11 0% same chance at every one of these levels
12 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
13–14 0% same chance at every one of these levels
15 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0

No applicants at this level — scaled from the nearest level by entry weight. 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: Oct 28 – Nov 5, 2026 p. HuntID=1920

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in San Juan, Abajo Mtns, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 2,264 hunters and 1,050 deer taken in 2025 — 46% of them killed something. Full San Juan, Abajo Mtns 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 12 8 67%
Type General Season 412 155 38%
Type General Season 1,280 658 51%
Type General Season 398 177 45%
Type General Season 162 52 32%

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 9 9.0 1 tag Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1920
2025 8 0 tags 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 76
2024 16 0 tags 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 78
2023 11 0 tags 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 79
2022 13 0 tags 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 79
2021 12 0 tags 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 77

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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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