Utah Deer · Southwest Desert
Utah Southwest Desert spans 3,329,921 acres, centered 61 miles north of Cedar City. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (77%) and state trust land (10%). In 2025, 438 people hunted deer here and took 156, a 36% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
77% BLM
3,329,921 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Southwest Desert
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1040 Standard | Limited-entry Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| DB1524 Standard | General Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | 24% | 0 ▼3 | |
| DB1554 Standard | General Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | 2% | 0 ▼4 | |
| DB1554 Youth | General Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| DB1584 Standard | General Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | 14% | 0 ▼3 | |
| DB1584 Youth | General Buck Deer - Southwest Desert | 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) | 438 | 156 | 36% |
| 2024 (summed) | 461 | 143 | 31% |
| 2023 (summed) | 279 | 76 | 27% |
| 2022 (summed) | 283 | 100 | 35% |
| 2021 (summed) | 465 | 89 | 19% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry on general season | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| General season · archery | 64 | 11 | 17% |
| General season · firearm | 245 | 106 | 43% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 73 | 20 | 27% |
| General season | 51 | 16 | 31% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 23 (16%) from 78 hunters, 29%, archery 11 (8%) from 64 hunters, 17%, firearm 106 (76%) from 245 hunters, 43%
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 | 2,566,403 ac | 77% |
| Private | 379,225 ac | 11% |
| State trust land | 318,125 ac | 10% |
| National Forest | 55,478 ac | 2% |
| State land | 10,389 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 10
- Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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.
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