Utah Deer — South Slope, Yellowstone
Utah South Slope, Yellowstone covers 1,246,760 acres and lies 54 miles east of Heber and 69 miles north-east of Mapleton. 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 — 44% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 620,322 ac · 50%
- Private 362,478 ac · 29%
- Tribal 263,767 ac · 21%
- State land 13 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 | 959 | 426 | 44% |
| 2022 | 1,188 | 597 | 50% |
| 2021 | 1,309 | 609 | 47% |
What people carried (2023 harvest)
- Archery 31 · 8% · 155 hunters, 20% success
- Muzzleloader 65 · 18% · 163 hunters, 40% success
- Firearm 273 · 74% · 511 hunters, 53% success
Boundary: Utah Wildlife Management Units — Mule Deer (DWR biologist WMU/herd-unit layer)