Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) — Vernal

Utah Vernal covers 801,589 acres and lies 93 miles east of Heber. 71% of it is public land, mostly national forest (36%) and BLM (24%). In 2025, 104 people hunted pronghorn here and took 67 — 64% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 6 nonresident tags here for 143 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 15 points.

Nonresident tags (2026):10 Applicants:160 Hunter success (2025):64% Public land:71% Size:801,589 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Vernal, 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

PB5017 LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal 2 tags · 9 applicants · needed 14 pts

3% Point builder
PB5048 LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal 6 tags · 143 applicants · needed 15 pts

<1% Point builder
PB5072 LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal 2 tags · 8 applicants · needed 7 pts

4% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
PB5017 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal Archery	3% Point builder	14 +1 since 2024	2 / 9	Aug 15 – Sep 11, 2026
PB5048 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal Rifle	<1% Point builder	15 steady since 2024	6 / 143	Sep 12–20, 2026
PB5072 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - Vernal Muzzleloader	4% Point builder	7 −1 since 2024	2 / 8	Sep 23 – Oct 1, 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

Vernal within Utah

Vernal and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 285,851 ac · 36%
BLM 190,293 ac · 24%
Private 182,793 ac · 23%
State trust land 55,414 ac · 7%
Tribal 46,307 ac · 6%
National Park Service 30,942 ac · 4%
National Wildlife Refuge 5,203 ac · 1%
State land 4,382 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 76 ac · 0%

Source: SGID Cadastre — Land Ownership (opensgid.cadastre.land_ownership), statewide surface-ownership parcels

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.