Utah Elk · La Sal, La Sal Mtns
Utah La Sal, La Sal Mtns spans 1,585,846 acres, centered 3 miles north of Moab. 93% of it is public land, mostly BLM (59%) and national park (13%). In 2024, 162 people hunted elk here and took 88, a 54% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2024, all licenses
59% BLM
1,585,846 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 La Sal, La Sal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | 162 | 88 | 54% |
| 2023 (summed) | 153 | 82 | 54% |
| 2022 (summed) | 137 | 84 | 61% |
| 2021 (summed) | 134 | 80 | 60% |
| 2024 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 38 | 11 | 29% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 19 licenses | 19 | 15 | 79% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 27 licenses | 26 | 15 | 58% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 24 | 17 | 71% |
| Limited entry · 7 licenses | 7 | 4 | 57% |
| Limited entry · 2 licenses | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 48 licenses | 47 | 26 | 56% |
2024 split: archery 11 (13%) from 38 hunters, 29%, firearm 56 (67%) from 92 hunters, 61%, muzzleloader 17 (20%) from 24 hunters, 71%
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 2023 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 940,506 ac | 59% |
| National Park Service | 208,530 ac | 13% |
| State trust land | 165,026 ac | 10% |
| National Forest | 140,575 ac | 9% |
| Private | 110,809 ac | 7% |
| State land | 17,637 ac | 1% |
| Department of Defense | 1,873 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
Next Door
▸ Sources 6
- Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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 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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