Utah Elk · East Canyon

Utah East Canyon covers 403,818 acres and lies 9 miles east of Bountiful. 19% of it is public land, mostly national forest (17%) and military (2%). In 2025, 7 people hunted elk here and took 3 (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, EB3205, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2026 draw for 1 first-choice applicant.

NR Tags, 2026
1

1 license

Applicants
1

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
19%

17% Forest Service

Size
631 mi²

403,818 acres

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

Every License in East Canyon

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
EB3205 100% (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) 7 3 43%
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
Limited entry 7 3 43%

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 hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest.

The Ground

Private 324,998 ac 80%
National Forest 67,350 ac 17%
Department of Defense 6,236 ac 2%
State land 4,901 ac 1%
BLM 94 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 5
  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 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. 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