Utah Elk · Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
Utah Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south spans 2,234,423 acres, centered 43 miles south-west of Bonanza. 72% of it is public land, mostly BLM (59%) and state trust land (13%). A further 23% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2024, 5 people hunted elk here and took 4 (sum of published weapon rows).
No more draws here. The last one was 2022.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources held its 2026 elk draw without Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Utah elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
59% BLM
2,234,423 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
The last draw held in Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB3001 | Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south | 0% (small sample) | 19 ▲2 | |
| EB3026 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Early - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south | 0% (small sample) | 23 ▲1 | |
| EB3027 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Late - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south | 0% (small sample) | 19 ▲2 | |
| EB3078 | Limited-entry Muzzleloader Bull Elk - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EB3103 | Multi-season Limited-entry Any Bull Elk - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south | no draw | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2022 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Utah DWR 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw…, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2022 nonresident fees): $15 ($15 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| 2022 (summed) | 83 | 57 | 69% |
| 2021 (summed) | 109 | 70 | 64% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Limited entry · firearm | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 1 | 1 | 100% |
2024 split: archery 1 (25%), firearm 2 (50%), muzzleloader 1 (25%)
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes no whole-unit line for 2024; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 1,309,182 ac | 59% |
| Tribal | 518,980 ac | 23% |
| State trust land | 284,576 ac | 13% |
| Private | 100,486 ac | 4% |
| State land | 20,165 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 564 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
Next Door
- Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East 69% public
- Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless 100% public
- West Willow Creek Ranch West Willow Creek Ranch 12% public
- Preston Nutter Ranch Preston Nutter Ranch 1% public
- Dolores Triangle Dolores Triangle 97% public
- La Sal, Dolores Triangle La Sal, Dolores Triangle 97% public
▸ Sources 7
- Utah DWR 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2024 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 2026 Wildlife Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 draw, the latest on file, computed from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published results. 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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