Utah Deer — Book Cliffs, North
Utah Book Cliffs, North covers 1,465,198 acres and lies 112 miles east of Mapleton. 60% of it is public land, mostly BLM (42%) and state trust land (17%). A further 35% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 125 people hunted deer here and took 117 — 94% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 14 nonresident tags here for 717 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 23 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Book Cliffs, North, 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-
<1% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1017 ↗ Limited-entry Buck Deer - Book Cliffs, North | <1% Point builder | 23 +5 since 2021 | 14 / 717 | Oct 17–25, 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 615,057 ac · 42%
- Tribal 518,954 ac · 35%
- State trust land 242,238 ac · 17%
- Private 63,891 ac · 4%
- State land 24,651 ac · 2%
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 | 125 | 117 | 94% |
| 2024 | 100 | 91 | 91% |
| 2023 | 96 | 85 | 89% |
| 2022 | 94 | 86 | 91% |
| 2021 | 126 | 120 | 95% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 117 · 100% · 125 hunters, 94% 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