Utah Deer · West Desert, West
Utah West Desert, West spans 7,300,575 acres, centered 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, a 28% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
No more draws here. The last one was 2024.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources held its 2026 deer draw without West Desert, West. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Utah deer hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
51% BLM
7,300,575 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in West Desert, West
The last draw held in West Desert, West was 2024. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB1089 | Limited-entry Muzzleloader Buck Deer - West Desert, West | 0% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2024 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Utah DWR 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2024 nonresident fees): $16 ($16 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 355 | 99 | 28% |
| 2023 (summed) | 377 | 102 | 27% |
| 2022 (summed) | 226 | 63 | 28% |
| 2021 (summed) | 266 | 68 | 26% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General season · archery | 58 | 12 | 21% |
| General season · muzzleloader | 58 | 18 | 30% |
| General season · firearm | 186 | 55 | 30% |
| General season | 50 | 14 | 27% |
| Limited entry on general season | 3 | 0 | 0% |
2024 split: archery 12 (14%) from 58 hunters, 21%, muzzleloader 18 (21%) from 61 hunters, 30%, firearm 55 (65%) from 186 hunters, 30%
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 2024; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest.
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 | <1% |
| Tribal | 17,599 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 4,875 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 8
- Utah DWR 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, 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 2024 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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