Utah Elk EB3027 — Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south

Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Late - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south

What you may take
Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Late - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south (antlered)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
72% public of 2,234,423 acres
Season (2022)
Nov 12–20, 2022
Hunter success here (2024)
80%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2022 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 75 first-choice applicants, drew out at 19 points. Source: 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 242.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0% (0%–<1%) 6 0
1 0% (0%–<1%) 8 0
2 0% (0%–<1%) 7 0
3 0% (0%–<1%) 8 0
4 0% (0%–<1%) 7 1
5 0% (0%–<1%) 5 0
6 0% (0%–<1%) 7 0
7 0% (0%–<1%) 5 0
8 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
9 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
10 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
11 0% (0%–<1%) 3 0
12 0% (0%–<1%) 4 0
13 0% (0%–<1%) 2 0
14 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
15 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
16 0% (0%–<1%) 3 0
17–18 0% same chance at every one of these levels
19 0% (0%–<1%) 1 1
20 50% (50%–50%) 2 0
21–22 100% same chance at every one of these levels

Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Utah Division of Wildlife Resources did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2022 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$15
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$15
Total if drawn
tag fee not on file
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0
Nonresident application fee per species or point · paid at application $15 source

Next application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 31. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (2 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.

Seasons (2022)

Split 1: Nov 12–20, 2022 p. 242; dates ut_biggameapp_2022 p.28

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 5 hunters and 4 elk taken in 2024 — 80% of them killed something. Full Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2024) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type Limited Entry 2 1 50%
Type Limited Entry 2 2 100%
Type Limited Entry 1 1 100%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2024 Utah Big Game Harvest — General Season Buck Deer + Limited Entry/Once-in-a-Lifetime (all species) 2022 Utah Big Game Harvest — General Season Buck Deer + Limited Entry/Once-in-a-Lifetime (all species)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Utah runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2022 75 19 0 tags 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 242
2021 103 17 0 tags 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 234

Other licenses valid in Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south

Legal cartridges for elk in Utah

From the Utah hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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