Utah Deer · South Slope, Yellowstone
Utah South Slope, Yellowstone spans 1,246,760 acres, centered 54 miles east of Heber. 50% of it is public land, mostly national forest (50%). A further 21% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2023, 959 people hunted deer here and took 426, a 44% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
50% Forest Service
1,246,760 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, Yellowstone 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) | 959 | 426 | 44% |
| 2022 (summed) | 749 | 418 | 56% |
| 2021 (summed) | 834 | 444 | 53% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season · archery | 155 | 31 | 20% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 157 | 60 | 38% |
| General season · firearm | 408 | 215 | 53% |
| General season youth** | 103 | 58 | 56% |
| Dedicated hunter | 130 | 57 | 44% |
| Limited entry on general season | 6 | 5 | 83% |
2023 split: archery 31 (8%) from 155 hunters, 20%, muzzleloader 65 (18%) from 163 hunters, 40%, firearm 273 (74%) from 511 hunters, 53%
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
| National Forest | 620,322 ac | 50% |
| Private | 362,478 ac | 29% |
| Tribal | 263,767 ac | 21% |
| State land | 13 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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