Utah Elk EB3087 — Unit La Sal Mtns

Limited-entry Bull Elk - La Sal Mtns

What you may take
Limited-entry Bull Elk - La Sal Mtns (antlered)
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Where
La Sal Mtns
93% public of 1,585,846 acres
Season (2026)
Sep 21 – Oct 2, 2026
Nonresident tags (2026)
2
for 48 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
50%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 1 tags, 48 first-choice applicants, drew out at 23 points. Source: Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1602.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% (<1%–<1%) 5 0
1 <1% (<1%–<1%) 4 0
2 <1% (<1%–<1%) 3 0
3 <1% (<1%–1%) 1 0
4 <1% (<1%–1%) 4 0
5 1% 0 0
6 2% (1%–2%) 4 0
7 2% (1%–2%) 1 0
8 2% (1%–2%) 1 0
9 2% (2%–3%) 1 0
10 2% (2%–2%) 3 0
11 2% (2%–3%) 2 0
12 3% (2%–3%) 1 0
13 3% (3%–3%) 3 0
14 4% (3%–4%) 1 0
15 4% (3%–4%) 3 0
16 4% (3%–4%) 2 1
17 4% (3%–4%) 1 0
18 4% (4%–5%) 2 0
19 4%
20 4% (3%–4%) 1 0
21 4%
22 5% (4%–5%) 4 0
23 100% (100%–100%) 1 1
24–26 100% 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 (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$165
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$165
Total if drawn
$2,115
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $2,115 (enough points to draw) to $84,450.00 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident big game application fee, per species or point applied for (plus 2.2% card processing fee) · paid at application $21 source
Nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (required to apply; a drawn nonresident big game permit also acts as a 1-year fishing license) · paid at application $144 or $190 source
Bonus or preference point only (same as the application fee; no permit fee) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $21 source
Nonresident limited-entry bull elk permit (charged only if drawn) · paid if drawn $1,950 or $2,655 source

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $21 (Mar 19 – Jun 23, expected) and keeps you moving toward the 23-point cut.

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

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 21 – Oct 2, 2026 p. HuntID=1602

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in La Sal Mtns, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 171 hunters and 86 elk taken in 2025 — 50% of them killed something. Full La Sal Mtns profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type Limited Entry 41 17 42%
Type Limited Entry 17 8 47%
Type Limited Entry 28 12 43%
Type Limited Entry 24 14 58%
Type Limited Entry 7 7 100%
Type Limited Entry 7 0 0%
Type Limited Entry 47 28 60%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types

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
2026 2 48 24.0 23 1 tag Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1602

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Utah reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years EB3087 stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.

Year · what it was Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2025 · Unit La Sal, La Sal Mtns 59 22 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 289
2024 · Unit La Sal, La Sal Mtns 65 21 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 274
2023 · Unit La Sal, La Sal Mtns 49 19 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 276
2022 · Unit La Sal, La Sal Mtns 80 20 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 285
2021 · Unit La Sal, La Sal Mtns 73 19 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 277

Other licenses valid in La Sal Mtns

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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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