Utah Deer — Book Cliffs
Utah Book Cliffs covers 2,291,535 acres and lies 116 miles south-east of Mapleton. 73% of it is public land, mostly BLM (57%) and state trust land (15%). A further 23% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 111 people hunted deer here and took 97 — 87% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 5 nonresident tags here for 247 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 21 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Book Cliffs, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| DB1011 ↗ Limited-entry Buck Deer - Book Cliffs Archery | <1% Point builder | 21 +4 since 2021 | 5 / 247 | Aug 15 – Sep 11, 2026 |
| DB1025 ↗ Limited-entry Buck Deer - Book Cliffs Muzzleloader | <1% Point builder | 20 +1 since 2021 | 5 / 109 | Sep 23 – Oct 1, 2026 |
| DB1044 ↗ Multiseason LE Buck Deer - Book Cliffs (multiseason) Rifle | <1% Point builder | — | 1 / 110 | Aug 15 – Oct 25, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $165 | $165 | $764 |
Application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 1,311,043 ac · 57%
- Tribal 519,061 ac · 23%
- State trust land 333,156 ac · 15%
- Private 100,486 ac · 4%
- State land 26,752 ac · 1%
- Department of Defense 564 ac · 0%
How the hunting has gone
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | 97 | 87% |
| 2024 | 92 | 73 | 79% |
| 2023 | 88 | 76 | 86% |
| 2022 | 93 | 75 | 81% |
| 2021 | 111 | 89 | 80% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 44 · 50% · 50 hunters, 88% success
- Muzzleloader 43 · 49% · 50 hunters, 86% success
- Firearm 1 · 1% · 2 hunters, 50% success
Boundary: Utah Big Game Hunt Boundaries 2025 (DWR hunt-unit / sub-unit boundaries, all species)
Harvest: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types