Utah Elk · Central Mtns, Nebo

Utah Central Mtns, Nebo covers 942,540 acres and lies 31 miles south of Santaquin and 42 miles south of Spanish Fork. 49% of it is public land, mostly national forest (20%) and BLM (20%). In 2024, 3 people hunted elk here and took 3 (sum of published hunt rows).

No more draws here. The last one was 2022.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources held its 2026 elk draw without Central Mtns, Nebo. 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.

NR Tags, 2022
—

5 licenses

Applicants
320

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
49%

20% Forest Service

Size
1,473 mi²

942,540 acres

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

Every License in Central Mtns, Nebo

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

The last draw held in Central Mtns, Nebo was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.

EB3007 0% (small sample) 16
EB3040 0% (small sample) 24 ▲2
EB3041 0% (small sample) —
EB3085 0% (small sample) —
EB3109 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) 3 3 100%
2022 (summed) 64 55 86%
2021 (summed) 55 44 80%
2024 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
Limited entry · firearm 2 2 100%
Limited entry 1 1 100%

2024 split: firearm 2 (100%)

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 hunt 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

Private 483,675 ac 51%
National Forest 190,397 ac 20%
BLM 190,000 ac 20%
State land 40,438 ac 4%
State trust land 37,054 ac 4%
Department of Defense 678 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 7
  1. Utah DWR 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Utah DWR 2026 Wildlife Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. 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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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