Utah Deer · Paunsaugunt
Utah Paunsaugunt covers 957,281 acres and lies 52 miles south-east of Cedar City and 61 miles east of Hurricane. 84% of it is public land, mostly BLM (64%) and national forest (14%). In 2025, 231 people hunted deer here and took 181, a 78% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DB1004, put up 7 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 4,483 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 29 points.
8 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
64% BLM
957,281 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Paunsaugunt
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1001 | Premium LE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | 29 ▲5 | |
| DB1004 | Premium LE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | 29 ▲5 | |
| DB1006 | Premium LE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | 28 ▲4 | |
| DB1008 | Multiseason PLE Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt (multiseason) | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| DB1010 | Management Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | 22 ▲2 | |
| DB1058 | Cactus Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | 20 ▲5 | |
| DB1073 | Management Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| DB1074 | Management Buck Deer - Paunsaugunt | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $764 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 231 | 181 | 78% |
| 2024 (summed) | 212 | 157 | 74% |
| 2023 (summed) | 206 | 159 | 77% |
| 2022 (summed) | 201 | 164 | 82% |
| 2021 (summed) | 198 | 153 | 77% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium limited entry · archery | 34 | 23 | 68% |
| Premium limited entry · firearm | 88 | 82 | 93% |
| Premium limited entry · muzzleloader | 30 | 21 | 70% |
| Premium limited entry | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| Management buck · firearm | 28 | 26 | 93% |
| Cactus buck | 27 | 10 | 37% |
| Management buck · archery | 9 | 8 | 89% |
| Management buck · muzzleloader | 9 | 5 | 56% |
2025 split: archery 31 (18%) from 43 hunters, 72%, firearm 118 (67%) from 143 hunters, 83%, muzzleloader 26 (15%) from 39 hunters, 67%
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 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 608,654 ac | 64% |
| Private | 154,592 ac | 16% |
| National Forest | 131,205 ac | 14% |
| National Park Service | 32,723 ac | 3% |
| State trust land | 29,743 ac | 3% |
| State land | 42 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 9
- Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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