Utah Elk · Plateau, Boulder
Utah Plateau, Boulder spans 1,184,307 acres, centered 51 miles west of Hanksville. 94% of it is public land, mostly national forest (48%) and BLM (28%). In 2023, 120 people hunted elk here and took 80, a 67% success rate (sum of published hunt rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
48% Forest Service
1,184,307 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, Boulder 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) | 120 | 80 | 67% |
| 2022 (summed) | 85 | 68 | 80% |
| 2021 (summed) | 84 | 77 | 92% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · archery | 29 | 13 | 46% |
| Limited entry · 5 licenses | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 13 licenses | 13 | 11 | 85% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 34 licenses | 33 | 23 | 71% |
| Limited entry · firearm · 19 licenses | 19 | 13 | 68% |
| Limited entry · muzzleloader | 17 | 15 | 88% |
| Limited entry · 4 licenses | 4 | 3 | 75% |
2023 split: archery 13 (17%) from 29 hunters, 45%, firearm 47 (63%) from 65 hunters, 72%, muzzleloader 15 (20%) from 17 hunters, 88%
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
| National Forest | 563,996 ac | 48% |
| BLM | 329,062 ac | 28% |
| State trust land | 133,159 ac | 11% |
| National Park Service | 87,676 ac | 7% |
| Private | 67,517 ac | 6% |
| State land | 2,630 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.
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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · All Utah elk hunts