Utah Deer · Central Mtns, Nebo
Utah Central Mtns, Nebo covers 942,540 acres and lies 31 miles south of Santaquin and 42 miles south of Spanish Fork. 49% of it is public land, mostly national forest (20%) and BLM (20%). In 2023, 3,587 people hunted deer here and took 1,008, a 28% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
20% Forest Service
942,540 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, Nebo 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) | 3,587 | 1,008 | 28% |
| 2022 (summed) | 2,274 | 975 | 43% |
| 2021 (summed) | 2,125 | 908 | 43% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season · archery | 576 | 88 | 15% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 623 | 161 | 26% |
| General season · firearm | 1,460 | 426 | 29% |
| General season youth** | 442 | 187 | 42% |
| Dedicated hunter | 463 | 130 | 28% |
| Limited entry on general season | 23 | 16 | 71% |
2023 split: archery 88 (10%) from 576 hunters, 15%, muzzleloader 177 (20%) from 646 hunters, 27%, firearm 613 (70%) from 1,902 hunters, 32%
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
| Private | 483,675 ac | 51% |
| National Forest | 190,397 ac | 20% |
| BLM | 190,000 ac | 20% |
| State land | 40,438 ac | 4% |
| State trust land | 37,054 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 678 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.
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