Utah Elk EB3169
Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville in Cache, Meadowville, any legal weapon, Oct 3–15, 2026. 55% public land, mostly BLM.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources held its 2026 elk draw without EB3169. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw · no nonresident tags in 2026 — showing 2025
no one below 14 points drew in 2025
You're 14 points below the 2025 cut of 14, which has risen from 5 to 14 points since 2023.
Years to draw on points: 14 yrs (at least 14)
- NR Tags
- —
- Applicants
- 11
- Success
- 20%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: Limited entry · archery hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2023–2026
The cut has risen from 5 to 14 points since 2023. Applicants per tag in 2026: 10:1.
Point creep: drew out at 5 → 21 → 14 points (2023–2025), +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +2.0). Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.
Wait 5 years after drawing before applying again.
What It Costs · 2025 NR Fees
The $16 nonresident application fee per species or point (rose to $21 on Sept. 1, 2025) is not refunded. The $120 nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (price in force for the March-April 2025 application; rose to $144 on July 1, 2025) is not refunded. Drawing adds the $1,050 nonresident limited-entry bull elk permit (2025 draw).
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident application fee per species or point (rose to $21 on Sept. 1, 2025) · paid at application $16 Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Application Guidebook
- Nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (price in force for the March-April 2025 application; rose to $144 on July 1, 2025) · paid at application $120 Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Application Guidebook
- Nonresident limited-entry bull elk permit (2025 draw) · paid if drawn $1,050 Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Application Guidebook
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 0% (small sample) | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | 0% (small sample) | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0% (small sample) | — | — |
| 3 | 0% (small sample) | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0% (small sample) | 3 | 0 |
| 5–7 | 0% (small sample) same at every level | — | — |
| 8 | 0% (small sample) | 1 | 0 |
| 9–13 | 0% (small sample) same at every level | — | — |
| 14 | 100% (small sample) the cut | 1 | 1 |
| 15–17 | 100% (small sample) same at every level | — | — |
Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Utah Division of Wildlife Resources did not publish a count for that level. Utah runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, EB3169 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: Utah DWR 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 347, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 6 licenses | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 8 licenses | 8 | 4 | 50% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 7 | 3 | 43% |
| Limited entry · 2 licenses | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Limited entry · 4 licenses | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 13 licenses | 13 | 7 | 54% |
| All of Cache, Meadowville | 49 | 21 | 43% |
Adding up Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published lines for Cache, Meadowville gives 49 hunters and 21 elk taken in 2025, and 43% of them took an elk (sum of published hunt rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
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 | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 10 | 10 | — | 1 tag | Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData |
| 2025 | — | 11 | — | 14 | 0 tags | Utah DWR 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 347 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | — | 21 | 0 tags | Utah DWR 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 333 |
| 2023 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 0 tags | Utah DWR 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 335 |
Other Licenses Valid in Cache, Meadowville
- EB3003 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville Aug 15 – Sep 15 · 1 tag · 11 applied 3% (small sample)
- EB3032 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville Sep 16–20 · 1 tag · 29 applied <1% (small sample)
- EB3033 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville Nov 7–15 · 1 tag · 3 applied 25% (small sample)
- EB3081 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville Sep 21 – Oct 2 · 1 tag · 4 applied 4% (small sample)
- EB3105 Multiseason LE Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville (multiseason) Aug 15 – Nov 15 · not open to nonresidents in 2025 —
- EB3168 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville Nov 28 – Dec 13 · 1 tag · 1 applied 100% (small sample)
Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Utah elk
23 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Utah (this license takes any legal weapon). Rules and sources: Utah hunting laws.
▸ Sources 13
- Utah DWR 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 347 · draw results, earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 333 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, p. 335 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2026 Admin. Code R657-62 Drawing… draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, 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, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published results (monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools). 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. How we compute these.
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