Utah Deer — West Desert, West

Utah West Desert, West covers 7,300,575 acres and lies 51 miles south-west of Grantsville. 81% of it is public land, mostly BLM (51%) and military (20%). In 2024, 355 people hunted deer here and took 99 — 28% of them killed something.

Applicants:6 Hunter success (2024):28% Public land:81% Size:7,300,575 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in West Desert, West, 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

DB1089 Limited-entry Muzzleloader Buck Deer - West Desert, West — · 6 applicants

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Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
DB1089 ↗ Limited-entry Muzzleloader Buck Deer - West Desert, West	0% Point builder	—	— / 6	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

West Desert, West within Utah

West Desert, West and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

BLM 3,727,665 ac · 51%
Department of Defense 1,442,318 ac · 20%
Private 1,341,603 ac · 18%
State trust land 480,973 ac · 7%
National Forest 161,630 ac · 2%
State land 104,412 ac · 1%
National Wildlife Refuge 17,961 ac · 0%
Tribal 17,599 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 4,875 ac · 0%

Source: SGID Cadastre — Land Ownership (opensgid.cadastre.land_ownership), statewide surface-ownership parcels

Nearby areas

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.