Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) · West Desert, Riverbed

Utah West Desert, Riverbed spans 2,346,151 acres, centered 44 miles south-west of Tooele. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (62%) and military (17%). In 2025, 96 people hunted pronghorn here and took 91, a 95% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, PB5050, put up 8 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 197 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 17 points.

NR Tags, 2026
10

2 licenses

Applicants
226

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
95%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
89%

62% BLM

Size
3,666 mi²

2,346,151 acres

95%hunter success 2025 · 96 hunters, 91 pronghorn

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

Every License in West Desert, Riverbed

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
PB5019 <1% (small sample) 15 ▲5
PB5050 <1% (small sample) 17 ▲5

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.

Draw results: Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $736 ($165 to apply). Open Mar 18 – Apr 22, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Pronghorn Success
2025 (summed) 96 91 95%
2024 (summed) 81 79 98%
2023 (summed) 71 71 100%
2022 (summed) 57 54 95%
2021 (summed) 46 45 98%
2025 by LicenseHuntersPronghornSuccess
Limited entry · archery 18 17 94%
Limited entry · firearm 78 74 95%

2025 split: archery 17 (19%) from 18 hunters, 94%, firearm 74 (81%) from 78 hunters, 95%

What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest; Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest.

The Ground

BLM 1,453,274 ac 62%
Department of Defense 396,390 ac 17%
Private 243,156 ac 10%
State trust land 172,736 ac 7%
National Forest 57,797 ac 2%
Tribal 17,599 ac <1%
State land 4,732 ac <1%

Source: Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre.

▸ Sources 9
  1. Utah DWR 2026 Draw System DrawOddsData draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. Utah DWR 2024 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Utah DWR 2023 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Utah DWR 2022 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Utah DWR 2021 Big Game Harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Utah DWR 2025 Big Game Hunt Boundaries boundary, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. Utah AGRC 2026 SGID Cadastre land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Utah pronghorn hunts