Utah Deer · South Slope, Bonanza/vernal
Utah South Slope, Bonanza/vernal spans 1,320,496 acres, centered 30 miles north-west of Bonanza. 78% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and national forest (22%). In 2023, 828 people hunted deer here and took 436, a 53% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
43% BLM
1,320,496 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 South Slope, Bonanza/vernal 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) | 828 | 436 | 53% |
| 2022 (summed) | 621 | 457 | 74% |
| 2021 (summed) | 602 | 441 | 73% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season · archery | 222 | 58 | 26% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 138 | 64 | 46% |
| General season · firearm | 291 | 217 | 75% |
| General season youth** | 61 | 47 | 76% |
| Dedicated hunter | 111 | 47 | 43% |
| Limited entry on general season | 5 | 3 | 60% |
2023 split: archery 58 (15%) from 222 hunters, 26%, muzzleloader 67 (17%) from 143 hunters, 47%, firearm 264 (68%) from 352 hunters, 75%
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 | 562,967 ac | 43% |
| National Forest | 285,851 ac | 22% |
| Private | 211,827 ac | 16% |
| State trust land | 107,219 ac | 8% |
| Tribal | 83,243 ac | 6% |
| National Park Service | 53,003 ac | 4% |
| State land | 8,262 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 7,473 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 76 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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