Utah Elk · Plateau, Barney Top/kaiparowits
Utah Plateau, Barney Top/kaiparowits spans 2,170,628 acres, centered 74 miles south-west of Hanksville. 98% of it is public land, mostly BLM (63%) and national park (28%). In 2023, 19 people hunted elk here and took 9, a 47% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
63% BLM
2,170,628 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 Plateau, Barney Top/kaiparowits 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) | 19 | 9 | 47% |
| 2022 (summed) | 16 | 9 | 56% |
| 2021 (summed) | 13 | 5 | 38% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry (hunt 2 of 2) | 9 | 1 | 13% |
| Limited entry (hunt 1 of 2) | 10 | 8 | 78% |
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 hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest.
The Ground
| BLM | 1,371,528 ac | 63% |
| National Park Service | 617,935 ac | 28% |
| National Forest | 119,701 ac | 6% |
| Private | 36,709 ac | 2% |
| State trust land | 17,491 ac | <1% |
| State land | 6,768 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 5
- 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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