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 — 28% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns 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 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,587 | 1,008 | 28% |
| 2022 | 3,483 | 1,264 | 36% |
| 2021 | 3,267 | 1,209 | 37% |
What people carried (2023 harvest)
- Archery 88 · 10% · 576 hunters, 15% success
- Muzzleloader 177 · 20% · 646 hunters, 27% success
- Firearm 613 · 70% · 1,902 hunters, 32% success
Boundary: Utah Wildlife Management Units — Mule Deer (DWR biologist WMU/herd-unit layer)