Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) PB5027 — Unit Book Cliffs, South

LE Buck Pronghorn - Book Cliffs, South

What you may take
LE Buck Pronghorn - Book Cliffs, South (antlered)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Book Cliffs, South
96% public of 826,336 acres
Season (2026)
Sep 12–20, 2026
Nonresident tags (2026)
4
for 671 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
98%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 2 tags, 671 first-choice applicants, drew out at 17 points. Source: Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1484.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% (<1%–<1%) 55 0
1 <1% (<1%–<1%) 44 0
2 <1% (<1%–<1%) 49 0
3 <1% (<1%–<1%) 80 0
4 <1% (<1%–<1%) 45 0
5 <1% (<1%–<1%) 30 0
6 <1% (<1%–<1%) 47 0
7 <1% (<1%–<1%) 35 0
8 <1% (<1%–<1%) 40 0
9 <1% (<1%–<1%) 35 0
10 <1% (<1%–<1%) 28 0
11 <1% (<1%–<1%) 27 1
12 <1% (<1%–<1%) 24 0
13 <1% (<1%–<1%) 19 0
14 <1% (<1%–<1%) 30 1
15 <1% (<1%–<1%) 16 0
16 <1% (<1%–<1%) 29 0
17 6% (6%–6%) 38 2
18–20 100% same chance at every one of these levels

Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Utah Division of Wildlife Resources did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$165
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$165
Total if drawn
$736
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $736 (enough points to draw) to $471,999.57 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident big game application fee, per species or point applied for (plus 2.2% card processing fee) · paid at application $21 source
Nonresident 365-day hunting license, age 18+ (required to apply; a drawn nonresident big game permit also acts as a 1-year fishing license) · paid at application $144 or $190 source
Bonus or preference point only (same as the application fee; no permit fee) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $21 source
Nonresident limited-entry buck pronghorn permit · paid if drawn $571 source

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $21 (Mar 19 – Jun 23, expected) and keeps you moving toward the 17-point cut.

Next application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 31. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Drew out at 20 → 16 → 15 → 16 → 17 points (2022–2026): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
017 yrs (17–∞)
314 yrs (14–∞)
611 yrs (11–∞)
98 yrs (8–∞)
125 yrs (5–∞)
152 yrs (2–∞)

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 12–20, 2026 p. HuntID=1484

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Book Cliffs, South, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources counted 44 hunters and 43 pronghorn taken in 2025 — 98% of them killed something. Full Book Cliffs, South profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type Limited Entry 8 7 88%
Type Limited Entry 36 36 100%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types 2024 Utah Big Game Harvest — General Season Buck Deer + Limited Entry/Once-in-a-Lifetime (all species)

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Utah runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2026 4 671 167.8 17 2 tags Utah Draw System DrawOddsData · HuntID=1484
2025 598 16 0 tags 2025 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 522
2024 473 15 0 tags 2024 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 505
2023 495 16 0 tags 2023 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 504
2022 589 20 0 tags 2022 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 484
2021 543 17 0 tags 2021 Draw 5, Big Game Bonus... · p. 477

Other licenses valid in Book Cliffs, South

Legal cartridges for pronghorn in Utah

From the Utah hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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