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Utah Deer · San Juan, Abajo Mtns

Utah San Juan, Abajo Mtns spans 1,286,922 acres, centered 52 miles south of Moab. 73% of it is public land, mostly BLM (54%) and national forest (10%). In 2025, 2,264 people hunted deer here and took 1,050, a 46% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).

NR Tags, 2026
1

7 licenses

Applicants
417

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
46%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
73%

54% BLM

Size
2,011 mi²

1,286,922 acres

Moab Hanksville Richfield San Juan, Abajo Mtns
46%hunter success 2025 · 2,264 hunters, 1,050 deer

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in San Juan, Abajo Mtns

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
DB1085 Standard <1% (small sample) —
DB1521 Standard 20% 0 ▼2
Youth 100% (small sample) 0
DB1551 Standard 31% 0 ▼1
Youth 100% 0
DB1581 Standard 28% 0 ▼2
Youth 100% (small sample) 0

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; Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $764 ($165 to apply) · Youth $764 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) 2,264 1,050 46%
2024 (summed) 1,968 852 43%
2023 (summed) 1,933 856 44%
2022 (summed) 1,179 537 46%
2021 (summed) 1,115 535 48%
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
Limited entry on general season 12 8 67%
General season · archery 412 155 38%
General season · firearm 1,280 658 51%
General season · muzzleloader 398 177 45%
General season 162 52 32%

2025 split: muzzleloader 185 (19%) from 410 hunters, 45%, archery 155 (16%) from 412 hunters, 38%, firearm 658 (66%) from 1,280 hunters, 51%

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 695,047 ac 54%
Private 341,339 ac 27%
National Forest 132,349 ac 10%
State trust land 100,491 ac 8%
Tribal 9,076 ac <1%
National Park Service 6,928 ac <1%
State land 1,250 ac <1%
Other public 41 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

Next Door

▸ Sources 10
  1. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. 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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We don't take applications: check Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah deer hunts