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Utah Elk Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw Utah offered 122 elk hunts to nonresidents, split between a top-points pass and a weighted random draw. At 0 points a nonresident had at least an even chance in 2 hunts open to every hunter.

Applications Close
187 days
Apr 22

Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply
$165

Kept if you miss. Elk license $1,950 only if drawn

Nonresident Tags
325

2026 draw

Applicants per Tag
56.5

18,370 nonresident applicants

Point only: $21 nonresident · on the draw application · apply by Apr 22, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in Utah

How the Utah Draw Works (30-Second Version)

Split: points + random.

50% of the tags go to the applicants with the most points; the other 50% are drawn at random with points + 1 entries per applicant, so points still help but never guarantee a tag.

Who can apply, fees and deadlines in Utah

Best Bets at 0 Points

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

EB3127

Unit Wasatch Mtns · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Wasatch Mtns

<1%
Success
58%
Public
58%
Season
Oct 3–15

EB3126

Unit Manti · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Manti

<1%
Success
62%
Public
74%
Season
Oct 3–15

Before You Apply

A Waiting Period After Drawing

Draw one and you wait 5 years before applying again.

Limit
5-year wait
Nonresident Share
No nonresident percentage is written in rule or in the guidebook; the Wildlife Board sets nonresident quotas hunt by hunt, and permits are evaluated separately for residents and nonresidents.
Your Points
Earned on a miss
Missing the draw earns you a point for next year.

Every Hunt at 0 Points

122 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 2 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
One Line per Hunt Odds at Every Point Level
EB3135New 2026 Unit Barney Top/Kaiparowits · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Barney Top/Kaiparowits <1% (small sample) —
EB3142New 2026 Unit Barney Top/Kaiparowits · Bull handgun · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Barney Top/Kaiparowits <1% (small sample) —
EB3000 Unit Beaver, East · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East 0% (small sample) 28▲5
EB3024 Unit Beaver, East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East 0% (small sample) —
EB3025 Unit Beaver, East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East 0% (small sample) 29▲8
EB3077 Unit Beaver, East · Bull muzzleloader · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East 0% (small sample) 28
EB3158 Unit Beaver, East · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East <1% (small sample) 25▲8
EB3159 Unit Beaver, East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Beaver, East 0% (small sample) 28▲2
EB3160New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East <1% (small sample) 19
EB3161New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East 2% (small sample) —
EB3162New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East 0% (small sample) —
EB3163New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East <1% (small sample) 23
EB3164New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East <1% (small sample) 23
EB3166New 2026 Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Bull muzzleloader · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East <1% (small sample) —
EB3167 Unit Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless <1% (small sample) —
EB3145 Unit Boulder · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder 0% (small sample) 24▼1
EB3148 Unit Boulder · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder 0% (small sample) —
EB3151 Unit Boulder · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder <1% (small sample) 25
EB3154 Unit Boulder · Bull muzzleloader · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder 0% (small sample) 28
EB3190 Unit Boulder · Bull archery · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder 4% (small sample) —
EB3191 Unit Boulder · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Boulder <1% (small sample) 26▲2
EB3147 Unit Box Elder, Grouse Creek · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Box Elder, Grouse Creek <1% (small sample) —
EB3150 Unit Box Elder, Grouse Creek · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Box Elder, Grouse Creek <1% (small sample) —
EB3153 Unit Box Elder, Grouse Creek · Bull muzzleloader · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Box Elder, Grouse Creek <1% (small sample) —
EB3031 Unit Box Elder, Pilot Mtn · Bull · Limited-entry Bull Elk · Box Elder, Pilot Mtn <1% (small sample) —

Showing 1–25 of 122 · sorted by unit · 118 hunts not offered in 2026 hidden — show discontinued hunts

Show all 122 hunts
What These Columns Mean
Odds at your points
—
the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Pts needed
—
the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Tags / apps
—
tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success
—
the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 121 Units

Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

5s 0% public Alton 6% public Avintaquin Canyon 0% public Bar J Ranch 100% success · 6% public Barney Top/Kaiparowits 39% success · 98% public Bear Mountain 0% public Bear Springs 0% public Beaver, East 78% success · 88% public Blackhawk 12% public Black Hawk 100% success · 12% public Boobe Hole 100% success · 0% public Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East 64% success · 69% public Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south 72% public Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless 91% success · 100% public Boulder 72% success · 94% public Box Elder, Grouse Creek 87% success · 50% public Box Elder, Pilot Mtn 63% success · 57% public Box Elder, Sawtooth 39% public Cache, Meadowville 43% success · 55% public Cache, North 49% success · 73% public Cache, South 69% success · 78% public Cactus Ranch LLC Causey Spring 55% success · 3% public Central Mtns, Manti 55% success · 74% public Central Mtns, Nebo 49% public Central Mtns, Nebo/san Pitch Mtns 74% success · 50% public Chimney Rock 100% success · 0% public Circle E Ranch 100% success Coldwater Ranch 95% success · 0% public Conover-jensen 0% public Cotton Thomas 7% public Deseret 89% success · 7% public Diamond Mountain Cwmu 0% public Diamond Mtn 61% success · 68% public Dolores Triangle 97% public Double Cone 43% public Double R Ranch 100% success · 0% public Durst Mountain 55% success · 0% public East Canyon 19% public East Fork Chalk Creek 50% success · 0% public Ensign Ranches 100% success · 0% public Fillmore, Pahvant 55% success · 76% public Fishlake/Thousand Lakes 61% success · 88% public Folley Ridge 95% success · 0% public Grass Valley/Clark Canyon 75% success · 0% public Grazing Pasture 0% public Guildersleeve 84% success · 0% public Hardscrabble 60% success · 0% public Heaston East 100% success · 0% public Hiawatha 0% public Indian Head 100% success · 7% public Ingham Peak 21% public Jacob's Creek 30% success · 0% public J.b. Ranch 0% public Johnson Mountain Ranch 100% success · 1% public Jump Creek 0% public Junction Valley 1% public La Sal, Dolores Triangle 97% public La Sal, La Sal Mtns 54% success · 93% public La Sal Mtns 50% success · 93% public Little Pole Canyon Little Red Creek 86% success · 0% public Lone Tree Tunnel Hollow Manti 62% success · 74% public Minnie Maud Ridge 44% success · 1% public Monroe 81% success · 75% public Moon Ranch 100% success · 0% public Mor gan-south Rich 13% public Morgan-South Rich 90% success · 13% public Mountain Sky Ranch 0% public Mt Dutton 63% success · 88% public Nebo/San Pitch Mtns 62% success · 50% public Nine Mile, Anthro 34% success · 66% public North Peaks 7% public North Slope, Three Corners 77% success · 95% public Old Woman Plateau 100% success · 17% public O quirrh-stansbury 43% public Oquirrh-stansbury 50% success · 43% public Pahvant Ensign 0% public Pan guitch Lake 79% public Panguitch Lake 72% success · 79% public Patmos Ridge 0% public Paunsaugunt 36% success · 84% public Plateau, Barney Top/kaiparowits 47% success · 98% public Plateau, Boulder 67% success · 94% public Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes 52% success · 88% public Powder Mountain Preston Nutter Ranch 60% success · 1% public Redd Ranches 100% success · 0% public Riverview Ranch Llc 41% public Roan Cliffs 1% public Royal Ivory Outfitters 100% success · 0% public Sand Creek 0% public San Juan Bull Elk 71% success · 92% public Scofield Canyons 1% public Scofield East 2% public Scofield West 100% success · 2% public Sharp Mountain 100% success · 0% public SJ Ranch 0% public Skull Crack 1% public Soldier Summit 100% success · 1% public South Canyon 55% success · 3% public South Slope, Diamond Mtn 75% success · 68% public Southwest Desert, North 57% success · 94% public Southwest Desert, South 66% success · 84% public Spring Creek/Dodge 92% success · 1% public Strawberry Ridge 95% success · 1% public Summit Point 0% public Sweetwater 1% public The Dirty Dozen Three C 80% success · 0% public Tunnel Hollow 0% public Two Bear 94% success · 0% public Wallsburg 50% success · 1% public Wasatch Mtns 58% success · 58% public Weber Florence Creek 79% success · 1% public Weber Florence Creek/Stillman Creek 88% success · 1% public West Desert, Deep Creek 70% success · 85% public West Ridge 59% success · 0% public West Willow Creek Ranch 12% public Woodruff Creek South 67% success · 0% public
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About These Numbers

Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.