Utah Deer · West Desert, Vernon
Utah West Desert, Vernon covers 973,608 acres and lies 44 miles west of Santaquin. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (70%) and state trust land (10%). In 2025, 261 people hunted deer here and took 209, a 80% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DB1024, put up 13 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 390 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 20 points.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
70% BLM
973,608 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in West Desert, Vernon
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1016 | Limited-entry Buck Deer - West Desert, Vernon | <1% (small sample) | 18 ▲5 | |
| DB1024 | Limited-entry Buck Deer - West Desert, Vernon | <1% | 20 ▲2 | |
| DB1042 | Limited-entry Buck Deer - West Desert, Vernon | <1% (small sample) | 21 ▲3 | |
| DB1048 | Multiseason LE Buck Deer - West Desert, Vernon (multiseason) | <1% (small sample) | — |
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, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $764 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 261 | 209 | 80% |
| 2024 (summed) | 244 | 185 | 76% |
| 2023 (summed) | 243 | 164 | 67% |
| 2022 (summed) | 239 | 164 | 69% |
| 2021 (summed) | 267 | 193 | 72% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 51 | 29 | 57% |
| Limited entry · firearm | 151 | 129 | 85% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 50 | 44 | 88% |
| Limited entry | 9 | 7 | 78% |
2025 split: archery 29 (14%) from 51 hunters, 57%, firearm 129 (64%) from 151 hunters, 85%, muzzleloader 44 (22%) from 50 hunters, 88%
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 | 677,891 ac | 70% |
| Private | 102,629 ac | 11% |
| State trust land | 99,834 ac | 10% |
| National Forest | 93,112 ac | 10% |
| State land | 4 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 9
- 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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