Utah Elk — Sweetwater
Utah Sweetwater covers 8,290 acres and lies 62 miles east of Cedar City and 90 miles north-east of Hurricane. 1% of it is public land. In 2024, 3 people hunted elk here and took 3 — 100% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Sweetwater, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2024 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
— No draw held
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants |
|---|---|---|---|
| EB3616 ↗ Cwmu Bull Elk - Sweetwater | No draw held | — | — / 0 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2024 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2024 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2024 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $16 | $16 | $1,066 |
Application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 8,241 ac · 99%
- State trust land 39 ac · 0%
- National Forest 4 ac · 0%
Nearby areas
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. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
What people carried (2024 harvest)
- Firearm 3 · 100% · 3 hunters, 100% success