Utah Deer — West Desert, Tintic
Utah West Desert, Tintic covers 900,123 acres and lies 12 miles west of Santaquin and 22 miles south-west of Spanish Fork. 47% of it is public land, mostly BLM (29%) and state land (11%). In 2024, 708 people hunted deer here and took 247 — 35% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in West Desert, Tintic, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2024 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
0% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1088 ↗ Limited-entry Muzzleloader Buck Deer - West Desert, Tintic | 0% Point builder | — | — / 4 | Oct 30 – Nov 7, 2024 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2024 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2024 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2024 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $16 | $16 | $16 |
Application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 473,426 ac · 53%
- BLM 262,919 ac · 29%
- State land 96,366 ac · 11%
- State trust land 62,199 ac · 7%
- Bureau of Reclamation 4,875 ac · 1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 708 | 247 | 35% |
| 2023 | 696 | 200 | 29% |
| 2022 | 687 | 193 | 28% |
| 2021 | 782 | 253 | 32% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Archery 18 · 8% · 121 hunters, 15% success
- Muzzleloader 44 · 20% · 124 hunters, 35% success
- Firearm 154 · 71% · 379 hunters, 41% success
Boundary: Utah Wildlife Management Units — Mule Deer (DWR biologist WMU/herd-unit layer)