Utah Elk — Barney Top/Kaiparowits
Utah Barney Top/Kaiparowits covers 2,170,628 acres and lies 93 miles east of Cedar City. 98% of it is public land, mostly BLM (63%) and national park (28%). In 2025, 18 people hunted elk here and took 7 — 39% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1 nonresident tag here for 52 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Barney Top/Kaiparowits, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB3135 ↗ Limited-entry Bull Elk - Barney Top/Kaiparowits Archery | <1% Point builder | — | 1 / 52 | Sep 1–30, 2026 |
| EB3142 ↗ Limited-entry Bull Elk - Barney Top/Kaiparowits Handgun | <1% Point builder | — | 1 / 27 | Nov 7–30, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $165 | $165 | $2,115 |
Application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 1,371,528 ac · 63%
- National Park Service 617,935 ac · 28%
- National Forest 119,701 ac · 6%
- Private 36,709 ac · 2%
- State trust land 17,491 ac · 1%
- State land 6,768 ac · 0%
How the hunting has gone
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 7 | 39% |
| 2024 | 19 | 7 | 37% |
Boundary: Utah Big Game Hunt Boundaries 2025 (DWR hunt-unit / sub-unit boundaries, all species)
Harvest: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types