Utah Deer · West Desert, Swasey
Utah West Desert, Swasey spans 3,936,166 acres, centered 68 miles south-east of Wendover. 94% of it is public land, mostly BLM (61%) and military (25%). In 2025, 337 people hunted deer here and took 85, a 25% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
61% BLM
3,936,166 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in West Desert, Swasey
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1112 Standard | Limited-entry Buck Deer - West Desert, Swasey | 32% (small sample) | — | |
| DB1617 Standard | General Buck Deer - West Desert, Swasey | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| DB1618 Standard | General Buck Deer - West Desert, Swasey | 100% (small sample) | 0 ▼1 | |
| DB1619 Standard | General Buck Deer - West Desert, Swasey | 35% | 0 ▼1 | |
| DB1619 Youth | General Buck Deer - West Desert, Swasey | 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) | 337 | 85 | 25% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry on general season | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| General season · archery | 55 | 21 | 38% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 54 | 12 | 22% |
| General season · firearm | 190 | 44 | 23% |
| General season | 34 | 7 | 21% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 13 (17%) from 58 hunters, 22%, archery 21 (27%) from 55 hunters, 38%, firearm 44 (56%) from 190 hunters, 23%
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.
The Ground
| BLM | 2,415,155 ac | 61% |
| Department of Defense | 979,451 ac | 25% |
| State trust land | 265,093 ac | 7% |
| Private | 204,082 ac | 5% |
| Tribal | 48,777 ac | 1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 17,961 ac | <1% |
| State land | 5,274 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 6
- 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 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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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah deer hunts