Utah Elk · Central Mtns, Nebo/san Pitch Mtns
Utah Central Mtns, Nebo/san Pitch Mtns covers 617,894 acres and lies 24 miles south of Santaquin and 34 miles south of Spanish Fork. 50% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and BLM (11%). In 2023, 76 people hunted elk here and took 56, a 74% success rate (sum of published weapon rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
31% Forest Service
617,894 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, Nebo/san Pitch Mtns 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) | 76 | 56 | 74% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late | 5 | 0 | 0% |
2023 split: archery 9 (16%) from 19 hunters, 47%, firearm 38 (68%) from 45 hunters, 84%, muzzleloader 9 (16%) from 12 hunters, 75%
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 weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| Private | 306,648 ac | 50% |
| National Forest | 190,396 ac | 31% |
| BLM | 66,629 ac | 11% |
| State land | 37,094 ac | 6% |
| State trust land | 16,248 ac | 3% |
| Department of Defense | 678 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 3
- Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries 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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