Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) — Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek
Utah Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek covers 1,406,903 acres and lies 112 miles east of Mapleton. 59% of it is public land, mostly BLM (44%) and state trust land (14%). A further 37% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 70 people hunted pronghorn here and took 60 — 86% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 6 nonresident tags here for 184 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 16 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
3% Point builder
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<1% Point builder
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB5001 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek Archery | 3% Point builder | — | 1 / 12 | Aug 15 – Sep 11, 2026 |
| PB5026 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek Rifle | <1% Point builder | 16 +4 since 2021 | 6 / 184 | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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 2026 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 (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $165 | $165 | $736 |
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
- BLM 612,331 ac · 44%
- Tribal 518,800 ac · 37%
- State trust land 193,460 ac · 14%
- Private 63,885 ac · 5%
- State land 18,063 ac · 1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 60 | 86% |
| 2024 | 62 | 56 | 90% |
| 2023 | 59 | 52 | 88% |
| 2022 | 47 | 42 | 89% |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 100% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 12 · 20% · 14 hunters, 86% success
- Firearm 48 · 80% · 56 hunters, 86% success
Boundary: Utah Wildlife Management Units — Pronghorn (DWR biologist WMU/herd-unit layer)
Harvest: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types