Utah Elk — Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes
Utah Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes covers 763,108 acres and lies 96 miles south of Santaquin. 88% of it is public land, mostly national forest (51%) and BLM (20%). In 2023, 11 people hunted elk here and took 8 — 73% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has not offered an elk license in Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 392,801 ac · 51%
- BLM 149,447 ac · 20%
- National Park Service 104,460 ac · 14%
- Private 90,256 ac · 12%
- State trust land 25,860 ac · 3%
- State land 130 ac · 0%
- Tribal 51 ac · 0%
How the hunting has gone
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | 8 | 73% |
What people carried (2023 harvest)
- Archery 17 · 11% · 75 hunters, 23% success
- Firearm 99 · 66% · 169 hunters, 59% success
- Muzzleloader 33 · 22% · 45 hunters, 73% success
Boundary: Utah Wildlife Management Units — Elk (DWR biologist WMU/herd-unit layer)