Utah Elk · Southwest Desert, North
Utah Southwest Desert, North spans 1,621,277 acres, centered 68 miles west of Richfield. 94% of it is public land, mostly BLM (82%) and state trust land (9%). In 2025, 37 people hunted elk here and took 21, a 57% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, EB3136, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 67 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 22 points.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
82% BLM
1,621,277 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Southwest Desert, North
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB3136 | Limited-entry Bull Elk - Southwest Desert, North | <1% (small sample) | 22 ▲2 | |
| EB3143 | Limited-entry Bull Elk - Southwest Desert, North | <1% (small sample) | 16 ▲2 |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
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) | 37 | 21 | 57% |
| 2024 (summed) | 24 | 19 | 79% |
| 2023 (summed) | 20 | 13 | 65% |
| 2022 (summed) | 15 | 13 | 87% |
| 2021 (summed) | 16 | 11 | 69% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited entry · 19 licenses | 19 | 8 | 42% |
| Limited entry · 18 licenses | 18 | 13 | 72% |
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 | 1,332,156 ac | 82% |
| State trust land | 138,747 ac | 9% |
| Private | 98,271 ac | 6% |
| National Forest | 51,896 ac | 3% |
| State land | 121 ac | <1% |
Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.
▸ Sources 9
- Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
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