Utah Elk — Box Elder, Grouse Creek

Utah Box Elder, Grouse Creek covers 560,493 acres and lies 84 miles west of Tremonton and 97 miles west of West Haven. 50% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and state trust land (7%). In 2025, 23 people hunted elk here and took 20 — 87% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1 nonresident tag here for 54 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):3 Applicants:94 Hunter success (2025):87% Public land:50% Size:560,493 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Box Elder, Grouse Creek, 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

EB3147 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek 1 tags · 54 applicants

<1% Point builder
EB3150 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek 1 tags · 24 applicants

<1% Point builder
EB3153 Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek 1 tags · 16 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
EB3147 ↗ Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	1 / 54	Sep 16–20, 2026
EB3150 ↗ Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	1 / 24	Oct 3–15, 2026
EB3153 ↗ Limited-entry Bull Elk - Box Elder, Grouse Creek Muzzleloader	<1% Point builder	—	1 / 16	Sep 21 – Oct 2, 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

Box Elder, Grouse Creek within Utah

Box Elder, Grouse Creek and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 277,593 ac · 50%
BLM 241,771 ac · 43%
State trust land 40,981 ac · 7%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
State land 0 ac · 0%

Source: SGID Cadastre — Land Ownership (opensgid.cadastre.land_ownership), statewide surface-ownership parcels

Nearby areas

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.