Utah Elk · San Juan Bull Elk

Utah San Juan Bull Elk spans 2,794,838 acres, centered 61 miles south of Moab. 92% of it is public land, mostly BLM (57%) and national park (15%). In 2025, 132 people hunted elk here and took 94, a 71% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, EB3066, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2026 draw for 1,551 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2026
12

6 licenses

Applicants
2,774

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
71%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
92%

57% BLM

Size
4,367 mi²

2,794,838 acres

Hanksville Moab Richfield San Juan Bull Elk
71%hunter success 2025 · 132 hunters, 94 elk

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in San Juan Bull Elk

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
EB3019 <1% (small sample) 25 ▲1
EB3066 <1% (small sample) —
EB3067 <1% (small sample) 28 ▲5
EB3097 <1% (small sample) 29 ▲2
EB3193 2% (small sample) —
EB3194 <1% (small sample) 28 ▲5

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: EB3121.

Draw results: Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $2,115 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Elk Success
2025 (summed) 132 94 71%
2024 (summed) 120 76 63%
2023 (summed) 102 70 69%
2022 (summed) 82 57 70%
2021 (summed) 82 61 74%
2025 by LicenseHuntersElkSuccess
Limited entry · archery 29 16 55%
Limited entry · firearm · 19 licenses 19 15 79%
Limited entry · firearm · 21 licenses 20 14 70%
Limited entry · muzzleloader 17 13 77%
Limited entry · 4 licenses 4 4 100%
Limited entry · 10 licenses 8 1 13%
Limited entry · firearm · 35 licenses 35 31 89%

2025 split: archery 16 (18%) from 29 hunters, 55%, firearm 60 (67%) from 74 hunters, 81%, muzzleloader 13 (15%) from 17 hunters, 76%

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 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest.

The Ground

BLM 1,598,211 ac 57%
National Park Service 424,410 ac 15%
National Forest 366,708 ac 13%
Private 216,115 ac 8%
State trust land 179,522 ac 6%
Tribal 4,508 ac <1%
State land 4,446 ac <1%
Other public 0 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 9
  1. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 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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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah elk hunts