Utah Elk · Paunsaugunt
Utah Paunsaugunt covers 957,281 acres and lies 52 miles south-east of Cedar City and 61 miles east of Hurricane. 84% of it is public land, mostly BLM (64%) and national forest (14%). In 2022, 66 people hunted elk here and took 24, a 36% success rate (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 Paunsaugunt. 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.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2022, all licenses
64% BLM
957,281 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Paunsaugunt
The last draw held in Paunsaugunt was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB3016 | Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Paunsaugunt | 0% (small sample) | 13 ▼5 | |
| EB3058 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Early - Paunsaugunt | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EB3059 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - Paunsaugunt | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EB3060 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Late - Paunsaugunt | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EB3094 | Limited-entry Muzzleloader Bull Elk - Paunsaugunt | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| EB3118 | Multi-season Limited-entry Any Bull Elk - Paunsaugunt | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (summed) | 66 | 24 | 36% |
| 2021 (summed) | 80 | 32 | 40% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 18 | 1 | 7% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 17 licenses | 17 | 9 | 53% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 9 licenses | 9 | 4 | 44% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 7 licenses | 7 | 5 | 67% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 11 | 3 | 30% |
| Limited entry | 4 | 2 | 50% |
2022 split: archery 1 (5%) from 18 hunters, 6%, firearm 18 (82%) from 33 hunters, 55%, muzzleloader 3 (14%) from 11 hunters, 27%
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 2022; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 608,654 ac | 64% |
| Private | 154,592 ac | 16% |
| National Forest | 131,205 ac | 14% |
| National Park Service | 32,723 ac | 3% |
| State trust land | 29,743 ac | 3% |
| State land | 42 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 6
- Utah DWR 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus Point Draw… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, 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
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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