Utah Elk · Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes
Utah Plateau, Fishlake/thousand Lakes covers 763,108 acres and lies 32 miles east of Richfield and 47 miles west of Hanksville. 88% of it is public land, mostly national forest (51%) and BLM (20%). In 2023, 285 people hunted elk here and took 149, a 52% success rate (sum of published weapon rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
52% Forest Service
763,108 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, 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.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (summed) | 285 | 149 | 52% |
| 2022 (summed) | 259 | 170 | 66% |
| 2021 (summed) | 236 | 160 | 68% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late | 4 | 0 | 0% |
2023 split: archery 17 (11%) from 71 hunters, 24%, firearm 99 (66%) from 169 hunters, 59%, muzzleloader 33 (22%) from 45 hunters, 73%
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 weapon 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 | 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 | <1% |
| Tribal | 51 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 2026 Wildlife Management Units 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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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah elk hunts