Utah Elk · Box Elder, Grouse Creek

Utah Box Elder, Grouse Creek covers 560,493 acres and lies 60 miles west of Snowville. 50% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and state trust land (7%). In 2025, 23 people hunted elk here and took 20, a 87% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, EB3147, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2026 draw for 54 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2026
3

3 licenses

Applicants
94

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
87%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
50%

43% BLM

Size
876 mi²

560,493 acres

Box Elder, Grouse Creek
87%hunter success 2025 · 23 hunters, 20 elk

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

Every License in Box Elder, Grouse Creek

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
EB3147 <1% (small sample) —
EB3150 <1% (small sample) —
EB3153 <1% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.

Draw results: Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $2,115 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Elk Success
2025 (summed) 23 20 87%
2024 (summed) 26 13 50%
2023 (summed) 31 19 61%
2022 (summed) 33 20 61%
2021 (summed) 30 21 70%
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
Conservation 1 1 100%
Limited entry · firearm · 7 licenses 7 6 86%
Limited entry · firearm · 12 licenses 12 10 83%
Limited entry · muzzleloader 3 3 100%

2025 split: firearm 17 (85%) from 20 hunters, 85%, muzzleloader 3 (15%)

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 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest.

The Ground

Private 277,593 ac 50%
BLM 241,771 ac 43%
State trust land 40,981 ac 7%
National Forest 0 ac <1%
State land 0 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 9
  1. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 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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We don't take applications: check Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's site and apply there.

Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah elk hunts