Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) — Southwest Desert
Utah Southwest Desert covers 3,329,921 acres and lies 61 miles north of Cedar City and 95 miles north of Hurricane. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (77%) and state trust land (10%). In 2025, 173 people hunted pronghorn here and took 145 — 84% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 10 nonresident tags here for 759 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 17 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Southwest Desert, 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-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| PB5018 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Southwest Desert Archery | <1% Point builder | 17 +5 since 2021 | 4 / 54 | Aug 15 – Sep 11, 2026 |
| PB5024 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Southwest Desert Muzzleloader | <1% Point builder | 16 +4 since 2021 | 4 / 43 | Sep 23 – Oct 1, 2026 |
| PB5049 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Southwest Desert Rifle | <1% Point builder | 17 +4 since 2021 | 10 / 759 | 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 2,566,403 ac · 77%
- Private 379,225 ac · 11%
- State trust land 318,125 ac · 10%
- National Forest 55,478 ac · 2%
- State land 10,389 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | 145 | 84% |
| 2024 | 161 | 130 | 81% |
| 2023 | 147 | 101 | 69% |
| 2022 | 145 | 112 | 77% |
| 2021 | 154 | 117 | 76% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 28 · 19% · 31 hunters, 90% success
- Muzzleloader 25 · 17% · 35 hunters, 71% success
- Firearm 92 · 63% · 107 hunters, 86% success
Boundary: Utah Big Game Hunt Boundaries 2025 (DWR hunt-unit / sub-unit boundaries, all species)
Harvest: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types