Utah Deer · Vernal/Bonanza
Utah Vernal/Bonanza spans 1,320,498 acres, centered 30 miles north-west of Bonanza. 78% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and national forest (22%). In 2025, 1,158 people hunted deer here and took 707, a 61% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
43% BLM
1,320,498 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Vernal/Bonanza
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1086 Standard | Limited-entry Buck Deer - Vernal/Bonanza | 3% (small sample) | — | |
| DB1522 Standard | General Buck Deer - Vernal/Bonanza | 76% | 0 | |
| DB1552 Standard | General Buck Deer - Vernal/Bonanza | 14% | 0 ▼1 | |
| DB1552 Youth | General Buck Deer - Vernal/Bonanza | 100% | 0 | |
| DB1582 Standard | General Buck Deer - Vernal/Bonanza | 100% | 0 ▼1 |
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) | 1,158 | 707 | 61% |
| 2024 (summed) | 963 | 563 | 58% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry on general season | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| General season · archery | 327 | 129 | 39% |
| General season · firearm | 498 | 390 | 78% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 184 | 115 | 63% |
| General season | 144 | 69 | 48% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 119 (19%) from 189 hunters, 63%, archery 129 (20%) from 327 hunters, 39%, firearm 390 (61%) from 498 hunters, 78%
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.
The Ground
| BLM | 562,967 ac | 43% |
| National Forest | 285,854 ac | 22% |
| Private | 211,827 ac | 16% |
| State trust land | 107,219 ac | 8% |
| Tribal | 83,241 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.
Next Door
- South Slope, Bonanza/vernal South Slope, Bonanza/vernal 78% public
- Diamond Mountain Cwmu Diamond Mountain Cwmu 0% public
- South Slope, Diamond Mtn South Slope, Diamond Mtn 68% public
- Diamond Mtn Diamond Mtn 68% public
- West Willow Creek Ranch West Willow Creek Ranch 12% public
- North Slope North Slope 89% public
▸ Sources 7
- 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 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. How we compute these.
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