Utah Deer · Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael
Utah Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael spans 4,899,166 acres, centered 39 miles north of Hanksville. 87% of it is public land, mostly BLM (53%) and national forest (18%). In 2023, 7,071 people hunted deer here and took 2,284, a 32% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
53% BLM
4,899,166 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has not offered a deer license in Central Mtns, Manti/san Rafael in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it; the Utah deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 7,071 | 2,284 | 32% |
| 2022 (summed) | 4,415 | 2,136 | 48% |
| 2021 (summed) | 4,254 | 1,800 | 42% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season · archery | 1,346 | 291 | 22% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 1,164 | 379 | 33% |
| General season · firearm | 2,840 | 975 | 34% |
| General season youth** | 760 | 357 | 47% |
| Dedicated hunter | 921 | 260 | 28% |
| Limited entry on general season | 40 | 22 | 56% |
2023 split: archery 291 (14%) from 1,346 hunters, 22%, muzzleloader 401 (20%) from 1,204 hunters, 33%, firearm 1,332 (66%) from 3,600 hunters, 37%
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes no whole-unit line for 2023; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 2,610,238 ac | 53% |
| National Forest | 865,609 ac | 18% |
| Private | 616,644 ac | 13% |
| State trust land | 438,638 ac | 9% |
| National Park Service | 279,889 ac | 6% |
| State land | 86,709 ac | 2% |
| Department of Defense | 78 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 5
- Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2026 Wildlife Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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