Utah Elk · Central Mtns, Manti
Utah Central Mtns, Manti spans 1,640,519 acres, centered 48 miles south-east of Santaquin. 74% of it is public land, mostly national forest (53%) and BLM (10%). In 2023, 664 people hunted elk here and took 366, a 55% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
53% Forest Service
1,640,519 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has not offered an elk license in Central Mtns, Manti in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it; the Utah elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 664 | 366 | 55% |
| 2022 (summed) | 576 | 385 | 67% |
| 2021 (summed) | 537 | 369 | 69% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 163 | 58 | 35% |
| Limited entry · 7 licenses | 7 | 2 | 33% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 72 licenses | 72 | 53 | 74% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 193 licenses | 191 | 101 | 53% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 111 licenses | 110 | 72 | 65% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 99 | 62 | 63% |
| Limited entry · 22 licenses | 22 | 18 | 81% |
2023 split: archery 58 (17%) from 163 hunters, 36%, firearm 226 (65%) from 373 hunters, 61%, muzzleloader 62 (18%) from 99 hunters, 63%
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 2023; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| National Forest | 865,609 ac | 53% |
| Private | 432,910 ac | 26% |
| BLM | 156,169 ac | 10% |
| State trust land | 109,843 ac | 7% |
| State land | 75,280 ac | 5% |
| Department of Defense | 78 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 5
- Utah DWR 2023 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
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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