Utah Elk EB3169 — Unit Cache, Meadowville

Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville

What you may take
Limited-entry Bull Elk - Cache, Meadowville (antlered)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Cache, Meadowville
55% public of 182,736 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 3–15, 2026
Hunter success here (2025)
43%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw · no nonresident tags in 2026 — showing 2025

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. tags, 11 first-choice applicants, drew out at 14 points. Source: 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 347.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0% (0%–<1%) 4 0
1 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
2 0%
3 0% (0%–<1%) 1 1
4 0% (0%–<1%) 3 0
5–7 0% same chance at every one of these levels
8 0% (0%–<1%) 1 0
9–13 0% same chance at every one of these levels
14 100% (100%–100%) 1 1
15–17 100% 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 (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$136
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$136
Total if drawn
$1,186
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $1,186 (enough points to draw) .

Nonresident application fee per species or point (rose to $21 on Sept. 1, 2025) · paid at application $16 source
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 source
Nonresident limited-entry bull elk permit (2025 draw) · paid if drawn $1,050 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

Drew out at 5 → 21 → 14 points (2023–2025): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +2.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
014 yrs (14–∞)
212 yrs (12–∞)
410 yrs (10–∞)
68 yrs (8–∞)
86 yrs (6–∞)
104 yrs (4–∞)
122 yrs (2–∞)
14now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 3–15, 2026 p. HuntID=1661

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Cache, Meadowville, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 49 hunters and 21 elk taken in 2025 — 43% of them killed something. Full Cache, Meadowville 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 10 2 20%
Type Limited Entry 6 3 50%
Type Limited Entry 8 4 50%
Type Limited Entry 7 3 43%
Type Limited Entry 2 2 100%
Type Limited Entry 3 0 0%
Type Limited Entry 13 7 54%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types 2024 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
2026 1 10 10.0 1 tag Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1661
2025 11 14 0 tags 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 347
2024 12 21 0 tags 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 333
2023 3 5 0 tags 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 335

Other licenses valid in Cache, Meadowville

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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