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General Season Units | Beaver East |
|---|---|
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 21.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 19.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 21.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 21 |
Permits 2024 | – |
Permits 2025 | 1900 |
Permits 2026 | 2200 |
General Season Units | Beaver West * |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 17.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 22.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 23 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 20.8 |
Permits 2024 | – |
Permits 2025 | 500 |
Permits 2026 | 650 |
General Season Units | Boulder/Kaiparowits * |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 30.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 25.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 25.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 27.2 |
Permits 2024 | 2000 |
Permits 2025 | 2300 |
Permits 2026 | 2400 |
General Season Units | Box Elder |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 22.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 19.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 24.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.2 |
Permits 2024 | 4600 |
Permits 2025 | 4900 |
Permits 2026 | 5200 |
General Season Units | Cache * |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 18.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 18.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 25.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 21 |
Permits 2024 | 4100 |
Permits 2025 | 4900 |
Permits 2026 | 5800 |
General Season Units | Cedar/Stansbury |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 19.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 16.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 18.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 18.3 |
Permits 2024 | – |
Permits 2025 | 1150 |
Permits 2026 | 1250 |
General Season Units | Chalk Creek |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 24.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 32.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 24.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 26.9 |
Permits 2024 | 2000 |
Permits 2025 | 2200 |
Permits 2026 | 2200 |
General Season Units | East Canyon |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 21.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 31.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 30.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 27.8 |
Permits 2024 | 1700 |
Permits 2025 | 1900 |
Permits 2026 | 1900 |
General Season Units | Fillmore |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 23.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 21.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 20.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22 |
Permits 2024 | 2100 |
Permits 2025 | 2200 |
Permits 2026 | 2300 |
General Season Units | Fishlake |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 24.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 22.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 20.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.4 |
Permits 2024 | 1100 |
Permits 2025 | 1250 |
Permits 2026 | 1300 |
General Season Units | Kamas |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 23 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 14.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 14.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 17.5 |
Permits 2024 | 1250 |
Permits 2025 | 1250 |
Permits 2026 | 1000 |
General Season Units | La Sal Mtns |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 17.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 29.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 23.2 |
Permits 2024 | 1400 |
Permits 2025 | 1700 |
Permits 2026 | 1800 |
General Season Units | Manti/San Rafael |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 18.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 19 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 21.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 19.8 |
Permits 2024 | 8000 |
Permits 2025 | 8300 |
Permits 2026 | 9000 |
General Season Units | Monroe |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 20.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 24.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.4 |
Permits 2024 | 850 |
Permits 2025 | 1100 |
Permits 2026 | 1100 |
General Season Units | Morgan-South Rich |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 21.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 27.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 30.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 26.6 |
Permits 2024 | 1400 |
Permits 2025 | 1600 |
Permits 2026 | 1600 |
General Season Units | Mt Dutton |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 22.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 19.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 18.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 20.2 |
Permits 2024 | 375 |
Permits 2025 | 400 |
Permits 2026 | 400 |
General Season Units | Nebo |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 17.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 19.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 17.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 18.1 |
Permits 2024 | 4500 |
Permits 2025 | 4950 |
Permits 2026 | 5300 |
General Season Units | Nine Mile |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 22.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 20.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 28.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 23.8 |
Permits 2024 | 1300 |
Permits 2025 | 1300 |
Permits 2026 | 1400 |
General Season Units | North Slope |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 19.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 21.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 17.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 19.6 |
Permits 2024 | 2300 |
Permits 2025 | 2900 |
Permits 2026 | 3100 |
General Season Units | Ogden |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 21.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 25.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.5 |
Permits 2024 | 1900 |
Permits 2025 | 2300 |
Permits 2026 | 2700 |
General Season Units | Oquirrh/Tintic |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 27.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 27 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 25.6 |
Permits 2024 | – |
Permits 2025 | 2450 |
Permits 2026 | 2250 |
General Season Units | Panguitch Lake |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 22.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 21.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 20.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 21.5 |
Permits 2024 | 2100 |
Permits 2025 | 2300 |
Permits 2026 | 2500 |
General Season Units | Pine Valley |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 22.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 23.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 23.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 23.1 |
Permits 2024 | 3400 |
Permits 2025 | 3000 |
Permits 2026 | 3000 |
General Season Units | San Juan Abajo Mtns |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 17.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 23 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 21 |
Permits 2024 | 2250 |
Permits 2025 | 2600 |
Permits 2026 | 2800 |
General Season Units | Southwest Desert |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 21.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 24.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 26.7 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 24.3 |
Permits 2024 | 475 |
Permits 2025 | 450 |
Permits 2026 | 500 |
General Season Units | Vernal/Bonanza |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 16.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 15.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 18 |
Permits 2024 | 1000 |
Permits 2025 | 1200 |
Permits 2026 | 1400 |
General Season Units | Wasatch Mtns East |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 25 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 21.4 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 21.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.7 |
Permits 2024 | 5000 |
Permits 2025 | 6000 |
Permits 2026 | 6500 |
General Season Units | Wasatch Mtns West |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 15.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 15.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 17.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 16.1 |
Permits 2024 | 6275 |
Permits 2025 | 6500 |
Permits 2026 | 7900 |
General Season Units | West Desert Swasey |
Objective | 15-17 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | – |
Permits 2024 | 450 |
Permits 2025 | 400 |
Permits 2026 | 400 |
General Season Units | Yellowstone |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 18.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 18.9 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 18.8 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 18.8 |
Permits 2024 | 1100 |
Permits 2025 | 1300 |
Permits 2026 | 1400 |
General Season Units | Zion |
Objective | 18-20 |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 24.1 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 22.2 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.3 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.9 |
Permits 2024 | 3300 |
Permits 2025 | 3000 |
Permits 2026 | 3375 |
General Season Units | Extended Archery |
Objective | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | – |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | – |
Permits 2024 | – |
Permits 2025 | 2000 |
Permits 2026 | 2000 |
General Season Units | General Season ALL Units |
Objective | – |
Bucks/100 Does 2023 | 21.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2024 | 22.5 |
Bucks/100 Does 2025 | 22.6 |
Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | 22.2 |
Permits 2024 | 71525 |
Permits 2025 | 80200 |
Permits 2026 | 86625 |
General Season Units | Objective | Bucks/100 Does 2023 | Bucks/100 Does 2024 | Bucks/100 Does 2025 | Bucks/100 Does 3-Year Avg | Permits 2024 | Permits 2025 | Permits 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaver East | 15-17 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 21 | – | 1900 | 2200 |
Beaver West * | 15-17 | 17.3 | 22.1 | 23 | 20.8 | – | 500 | 650 |
Boulder/Kaiparowits * | 15-17 | 30.8 | 25.2 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 2000 | 2300 | 2400 |
Box Elder | 18-20 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 4600 | 4900 | 5200 |
Cache * | 15-17 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 25.7 | 21 | 4100 | 4900 | 5800 |
Cedar/Stansbury | 15-17 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 18.3 | – | 1150 | 1250 |
Chalk Creek | 18-20 | 24.1 | 32.4 | 24.1 | 26.9 | 2000 | 2200 | 2200 |
East Canyon | 18-20 | 21.9 | 31.1 | 30.4 | 27.8 | 1700 | 1900 | 1900 |
Fillmore | 15-17 | 23.9 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 22 | 2100 | 2200 | 2300 |
Fishlake | 15-17 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 1100 | 1250 | 1300 |
Kamas | 18-20 | 23 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 1250 | 1250 | 1000 |
La Sal Mtns | 15-17 | 17.4 | 29.8 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 1400 | 1700 | 1800 |
Manti/San Rafael | 15-17 | 18.9 | 19 | 21.5 | 19.8 | 8000 | 8300 | 9000 |
Monroe | 15-17 | 20.8 | 24.3 | 22 | 22.4 | 850 | 1100 | 1100 |
Morgan-South Rich | 18-20 | 21.3 | 27.7 | 30.8 | 26.6 | 1400 | 1600 | 1600 |
Mt Dutton | 15-17 | 22.3 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 20.2 | 375 | 400 | 400 |
Nebo | 15-17 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 18.1 | 4500 | 4950 | 5300 |
Nine Mile | 18-20 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 28.2 | 23.8 | 1300 | 1300 | 1400 |
North Slope | 15-17 | 19.7 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 2300 | 2900 | 3100 |
Ogden | 18-20 | 20 | 21.4 | 25.9 | 22.5 | 1900 | 2300 | 2700 |
Oquirrh/Tintic | 18-20 | 27.6 | 27 | 22.3 | 25.6 | – | 2450 | 2250 |
Panguitch Lake | 15-17 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 2100 | 2300 | 2500 |
Pine Valley | 18-20 | 22.6 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 3400 | 3000 | 3000 |
San Juan Abajo Mtns | 15-17 | 17.1 | 23 | 22.9 | 21 | 2250 | 2600 | 2800 |
Southwest Desert | 15-17 | 21.5 | 24.6 | 26.7 | 24.3 | 475 | 450 | 500 |
Vernal/Bonanza | 15-17 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 22.2 | 18 | 1000 | 1200 | 1400 |
Wasatch Mtns East | 15-17 | 25 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 5000 | 6000 | 6500 |
Wasatch Mtns West | 15-17 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 6275 | 6500 | 7900 |
West Desert Swasey | 15-17 | – | – | – | – | 450 | 400 | 400 |
Yellowstone | 18-20 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 1100 | 1300 | 1400 |
Zion | 18-20 | 24.1 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 3300 | 3000 | 3375 |
Extended Archery | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2000 | 2000 |
General Season ALL Units | – | 21.5 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 71525 | 80200 | 86625 |
Unit Name | Beaver |
|---|---|
Objective | 14000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 9400 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 9900 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 10500 |
Unit Name | Book Cliffs |
Objective | 9000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 5900 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 6200 |
Unit Name | Boulder/Kaiparowits |
Objective | 8500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 7650 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 8200 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 7500 |
Unit Name | Box Elder |
Objective | 20000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 17000 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 18300 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 17300 |
Unit Name | Cache |
Objective | 25000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 12500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 13550 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 16000 |
Unit Name | Cedar/Stansbury |
Objective | 5600 |
Population Estimate 2023 | – |
Population Estimate 2024 | – |
Population Estimate 2025 | 5100 |
Unit Name | Chalk Creek |
Objective | 12000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5900 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 7150 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 8300 |
Unit Name | Diamond Mtn/Vernal/Bonanza |
Objective | 13000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 9500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 9900 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 12700 |
Unit Name | Dolores Triangle |
Objective | 3000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 1900 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 1600 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 1600 |
Unit Name | East Canyon |
Objective | 13500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 2400 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 2700 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 4400 |
Unit Name | Fillmore |
Objective | 7600 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 8000 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 8200 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 8700 |
Unit Name | Fillmore Oak Creek LE |
Objective | 2000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 1130 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 950 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 950 |
Unit Name | Fishlake |
Objective | 7000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 4600 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 4640 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 4600 |
Unit Name | Henry Mtns |
Objective | 2700 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 955 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 1280 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 1170 |
Unit Name | Kamas |
Objective | 8000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 1300 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 2350 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 2350 |
Unit Name | La Sal Mtns |
Objective | 11500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 8800 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 8100 |
Unit Name | Manti/San Rafael |
Objective | 38000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 26500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 28400 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 32400 |
Unit Name | Monroe |
Objective | 7000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5000 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 5000 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 4300 |
Unit Name | Morgan-South Rich |
Objective | 16000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 1900 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 2450 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 4900 |
Unit Name | Mt Dutton |
Objective | 3200 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 1980 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 1500 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 1500 |
Unit Name | Nebo |
Objective | 14000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 13100 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 14850 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 16600 |
Unit Name | Nine Mile |
Objective | 8500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 6300 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 5700 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 6300 |
Unit Name | North Slope |
Objective | 10000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5800 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 6500 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 7600 |
Unit Name | Ogden |
Objective | 11000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 6500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 7300 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 9200 |
Unit Name | Oquirrh-Stansbury |
Objective | – |
Population Estimate 2023 | 9500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 10400 |
Population Estimate 2025 | – |
Unit Name | Oquirrh/Tintic |
Objective | 8800 |
Population Estimate 2023 | – |
Population Estimate 2024 | – |
Population Estimate 2025 | 9500 |
Unit Name | Panguitch Lake |
Objective | 11000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 9000 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 9500 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 10500 |
Unit Name | Paunsaugunt |
Objective | 6500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 5400 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 5900 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 6000 |
Unit Name | Pine Valley |
Objective | 19500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 16000 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 13000 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 12100 |
Unit Name | San Juan Abajo Mtns |
Objective | 17000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 11900 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 14900 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 14400 |
Unit Name | San Juan Elk Ridge |
Objective | 2000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 950 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 1100 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 1100 |
Unit Name | Southwest Desert |
Objective | 3500 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 2300 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 2050 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 2000 |
Unit Name | Thousand Lakes |
Objective | 1400 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 600 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 610 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 600 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns Avintaquin |
Objective | 4000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 3600 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 3600 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 4500 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns Currant Creek |
Objective | 17000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 15500 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 15500 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 19000 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns West |
Objective | 22600 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 12700 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 13200 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 15400 |
Unit Name | West Desert |
Objective | – |
Population Estimate 2023 | 7800 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 8200 |
Population Estimate 2025 | – |
Unit Name | West Desert Swasey |
Objective | 6200 |
Population Estimate 2023 | – |
Population Estimate 2024 | – |
Population Estimate 2025 | 5900 |
Unit Name | West Desert Vernon |
Objective | 2200 |
Population Estimate 2023 | – |
Population Estimate 2024 | – |
Population Estimate 2025 | 2600 |
Unit Name | Yellowstone |
Objective | 11000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 7400 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 8400 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 8800 |
Unit Name | Zion |
Objective | 19000 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 16800 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 14650 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 16900 |
Unit Name | Grand Total |
Objective | 421800 |
Population Estimate 2023 | 279765 |
Population Estimate 2024 | 296130 |
Population Estimate 2025 | 327570 |
Unit Name | Objective | Population Estimate 2023 | Population Estimate 2024 | Population Estimate 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaver | 14000 | 9400 | 9900 | 10500 |
Book Cliffs | 9000 | 5500 | 5900 | 6200 |
Boulder/Kaiparowits | 8500 | 7650 | 8200 | 7500 |
Box Elder | 20000 | 17000 | 18300 | 17300 |
Cache | 25000 | 12500 | 13550 | 16000 |
Cedar/Stansbury | 5600 | – | – | 5100 |
Chalk Creek | 12000 | 5900 | 7150 | 8300 |
Diamond Mtn/Vernal/Bonanza | 13000 | 9500 | 9900 | 12700 |
Dolores Triangle | 3000 | 1900 | 1600 | 1600 |
East Canyon | 13500 | 2400 | 2700 | 4400 |
Fillmore | 7600 | 8000 | 8200 | 8700 |
Fillmore Oak Creek LE | 2000 | 1130 | 950 | 950 |
Fishlake | 7000 | 4600 | 4640 | 4600 |
Henry Mtns | 2700 | 955 | 1280 | 1170 |
Kamas | 8000 | 1300 | 2350 | 2350 |
La Sal Mtns | 11500 | 5500 | 8800 | 8100 |
Manti/San Rafael | 38000 | 26500 | 28400 | 32400 |
Monroe | 7000 | 5000 | 5000 | 4300 |
Morgan-South Rich | 16000 | 1900 | 2450 | 4900 |
Mt Dutton | 3200 | 1980 | 1500 | 1500 |
Nebo | 14000 | 13100 | 14850 | 16600 |
Nine Mile | 8500 | 6300 | 5700 | 6300 |
North Slope | 10000 | 5800 | 6500 | 7600 |
Ogden | 11000 | 6500 | 7300 | 9200 |
Oquirrh-Stansbury | – | 9500 | 10400 | – |
Oquirrh/Tintic | 8800 | – | – | 9500 |
Panguitch Lake | 11000 | 9000 | 9500 | 10500 |
Paunsaugunt | 6500 | 5400 | 5900 | 6000 |
Pine Valley | 19500 | 16000 | 13000 | 12100 |
San Juan Abajo Mtns | 17000 | 11900 | 14900 | 14400 |
San Juan Elk Ridge | 2000 | 950 | 1100 | 1100 |
Southwest Desert | 3500 | 2300 | 2050 | 2000 |
Thousand Lakes | 1400 | 600 | 610 | 600 |
Wasatch Mtns Avintaquin | 4000 | 3600 | 3600 | 4500 |
Wasatch Mtns Currant Creek | 17000 | 15500 | 15500 | 19000 |
Wasatch Mtns West | 22600 | 12700 | 13200 | 15400 |
West Desert | – | 7800 | 8200 | – |
West Desert Swasey | 6200 | – | – | 5900 |
West Desert Vernon | 2200 | – | – | 2600 |
Yellowstone | 11000 | 7400 | 8400 | 8800 |
Zion | 19000 | 16800 | 14650 | 16900 |
Grand Total | 421800 | 279765 | 296130 | 327570 |
Category |
2026 status |
Notes |
Premium limited-entry |
Mixed |
Henry Mtns: +2 permits (automatic). |
Limited-entry |
Mixed |
7 of 8 units will adjust automatically to maintain 25–30 bucks per 100 does. |
HAMSS |
No change |
24 total permits across four units. |
Chronic wasting disease management |
No change |
25 total permits for the La Sal unit. |
Little Rockies |
No change |
5 total permits for this low-density opportunity hunt. |
Late-season muzzleloader |
Mixed |
29 of 31 units will adjust automatically (capped at 0.5% of the unit’s total general permits). Two units exceed 20% (action item). |
Category | 2026 status | Notes |
Premium limited-entry | Mixed | Henry Mtns: +2 permits (automatic). |
Limited-entry | Mixed | 7 of 8 units will adjust automatically to maintain 25–30 bucks per 100 does. |
HAMSS | No change | 24 total permits across four units. |
Chronic wasting disease management | No change | 25 total permits for the La Sal unit. |
Little Rockies | No change | 5 total permits for this low-density opportunity hunt. |
Late-season muzzleloader | Mixed | 29 of 31 units will adjust automatically (capped at 0.5% of the unit’s total general permits). Two units exceed 20% (action item). |
Unit Name | Beaver |
|---|---|
Objective | 1150-1350 |
2023 | 900 |
2024 | 1000 |
2025 | 1050 |
Unit Name | Book Cliffs |
Objective | 7500 |
2023 | 5300 |
2024 | 5300 |
2025 | 5800 |
Unit Name | Boulder/Kaiparowits |
Objective | 1200-1700 |
2023 | 1300 |
2024 | 1400 |
2025 | 1400 |
Unit Name | Box Elder |
Objective | 1075 |
2023 | 1150 |
2024 | 1250 |
2025 | 1650 |
Unit Name | Cache |
Objective | 2300 |
2023 | 1600 |
2024 | 1800 |
2025 | 2700 |
Unit Name | Chalk Creek |
Objective | 3200 |
2023 | 4200 |
2024 | 4400 |
2025 | 3650 |
Unit Name | Diamond Mtn/Vernal/Bonanza |
Objective | 3000 |
2023 | 3000 |
2024 | 2700 |
2025 | 2700 |
Unit Name | Dolores Triangle |
Objective | 700 |
2023 | 800 |
2024 | 700 |
2025 | 700 |
Unit Name | East Canyon |
Objective | 1800 |
2023 | 2900 |
2024 | 2800 |
2025 | 2900 |
Unit Name | Fillmore |
Objective | 1450-1750 |
2023 | 1500 |
2024 | 1450 |
2025 | 1500 |
Unit Name | Fishlake/Thousand Lakes |
Objective | 5000-5900 |
2023 | 4750 |
2024 | 5000 |
2025 | 5200 |
Unit Name | Kamas |
Objective | 850 |
2023 | 1300 |
2024 | 1500 |
2025 | 430 |
Unit Name | La Sal Mtns |
Objective | 1800 |
2023 | 1800 |
2024 | 1900 |
2025 | 1800 |
Unit Name | Manti |
Objective | 12000 |
2023 | 12000 |
2024 | 12200 |
2025 | 11800 |
Unit Name | Monroe |
Objective | 1000-1400 |
2023 | 1100 |
2024 | 1100 |
2025 | 1200 |
Unit Name | Morgan-South Rich |
Objective | 4200 |
2023 | 5800 |
2024 | 5700 |
2025 | 5300 |
Unit Name | Mt Dutton |
Objective | 1500-2000 |
2023 | 1450 |
2024 | 1550 |
2025 | 1600 |
Unit Name | Nebo |
Objective | 2200 |
2023 | 2350 |
2024 | 2350 |
2025 | 2750 |
Unit Name | Nine Mile, Anthro |
Objective | 700 |
2023 | 1100 |
2024 | 1200 |
2025 | 1300 |
Unit Name | Nine Mile, Range Creek |
Objective | 1800 |
2023 | 2100 |
2024 | 2200 |
2025 | 2100 |
Unit Name | North Slope, Summit |
Objective | 300 |
2023 | 750 |
2024 | 200 |
2025 | 250 |
Unit Name | North Slope, Three Corners |
Objective | 700 |
2023 | 700 |
2024 | 800 |
2025 | 825 |
Unit Name | North Slope, West Daggett |
Objective | 1300 |
2023 | 1300 |
2024 | 1250 |
2025 | 1200 |
Unit Name | Ogden |
Objective | 2000 |
2023 | 2100 |
2024 | 2200 |
2025 | 2450 |
Unit Name | Panguitch Lake |
Objective | 1000-1500 |
2023 | 1100 |
2024 | 1200 |
2025 | 1300 |
Unit Name | Paunsaugunt |
Objective | 140 |
2023 | 150 |
2024 | 140 |
2025 | 140 |
Unit Name | Pine Valley |
Objective | 50 |
2023 | 50 |
2024 | 75 |
2025 | 75 |
Unit Name | San Juan |
Objective | 1300 |
2023 | 1300 |
2024 | 1300 |
2025 | 1300 |
Unit Name | Southwest Desert |
Objective | 1050-1250 |
2023 | 1000 |
2024 | 975 |
2025 | 975 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns, Avintaquin |
Objective | 1800 |
2023 | 2800 |
2024 | 3100 |
2025 | 3200 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns, Currant Creek |
Objective | 3200 |
2023 | 4400 |
2024 | 4600 |
2025 | 4800 |
Unit Name | Wasatch Mtns, West |
Objective | 3400 |
2023 | 3500 |
2024 | 3700 |
2025 | 3800 |
Unit Name | West Desert Complex |
Objective | 2150 |
2023 | 1450 |
2024 | 1450 |
2025 | 1450 |
Unit Name | Yellowstone |
Objective | 3500 |
2023 | 3000 |
2024 | 3100 |
2025 | 3200 |
Unit Name | Zion |
Objective | 300 |
2023 | 600 |
2024 | 550 |
2025 | 525 |
Unit Name | Grand Total |
Objective | 80115 |
2023 | 80600 |
2024 | 82140 |
2025 | 83020 |
Unit Name | Objective | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaver | 1150-1350 | 900 | 1000 | 1050 |
Book Cliffs | 7500 | 5300 | 5300 | 5800 |
Boulder/Kaiparowits | 1200-1700 | 1300 | 1400 | 1400 |
Box Elder | 1075 | 1150 | 1250 | 1650 |
Cache | 2300 | 1600 | 1800 | 2700 |
Chalk Creek | 3200 | 4200 | 4400 | 3650 |
Diamond Mtn/Vernal/Bonanza | 3000 | 3000 | 2700 | 2700 |
Dolores Triangle | 700 | 800 | 700 | 700 |
East Canyon | 1800 | 2900 | 2800 | 2900 |
Fillmore | 1450-1750 | 1500 | 1450 | 1500 |
Fishlake/Thousand Lakes | 5000-5900 | 4750 | 5000 | 5200 |
Kamas | 850 | 1300 | 1500 | 430 |
La Sal Mtns | 1800 | 1800 | 1900 | 1800 |
Manti | 12000 | 12000 | 12200 | 11800 |
Monroe | 1000-1400 | 1100 | 1100 | 1200 |
Morgan-South Rich | 4200 | 5800 | 5700 | 5300 |
Mt Dutton | 1500-2000 | 1450 | 1550 | 1600 |
Nebo | 2200 | 2350 | 2350 | 2750 |
Nine Mile, Anthro | 700 | 1100 | 1200 | 1300 |
Nine Mile, Range Creek | 1800 | 2100 | 2200 | 2100 |
North Slope, Summit | 300 | 750 | 200 | 250 |
North Slope, Three Corners | 700 | 700 | 800 | 825 |
North Slope, West Daggett | 1300 | 1300 | 1250 | 1200 |
Ogden | 2000 | 2100 | 2200 | 2450 |
Panguitch Lake | 1000-1500 | 1100 | 1200 | 1300 |
Paunsaugunt | 140 | 150 | 140 | 140 |
Pine Valley | 50 | 50 | 75 | 75 |
San Juan | 1300 | 1300 | 1300 | 1300 |
Southwest Desert | 1050-1250 | 1000 | 975 | 975 |
Wasatch Mtns, Avintaquin | 1800 | 2800 | 3100 | 3200 |
Wasatch Mtns, Currant Creek | 3200 | 4400 | 4600 | 4800 |
Wasatch Mtns, West | 3400 | 3500 | 3700 | 3800 |
West Desert Complex | 2150 | 1450 | 1450 | 1450 |
Yellowstone | 3500 | 3000 | 3100 | 3200 |
Zion | 300 | 600 | 550 | 525 |
Grand Total | 80115 | 80600 | 82140 | 83020 |
Unit | Barney Top/Kaiparowits |
|---|---|
Objective | 3.5-4.5 |
2023 | 5.7 |
2024 | 9.4 |
2025 | 7.8 |
3-Year Avg | 7.6 |
Unit | Beaver, East |
Objective | 6.5-7.0 |
2023 | 9.1 |
2024 | 9.6 |
2025 | 9.4 |
3-Year Avg | 9.4 |
Unit | Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 6.5 |
2024 | 6.3 |
2025 | 7.5 |
3-Year Avg | 6.8 |
Unit | Book Cliffs, Little Creek |
Objective | 6.5-7.0 |
2023 | 8.1 |
2024 | 8.7 |
2025 | 7.3 |
3-Year Avg | 8 |
Unit | Boulder |
Objective | 6.5-7.0 |
2023 | 8.4 |
2024 | 7.4 |
2025 | 9 |
3-Year Avg | 8.3 |
Unit | Box Elder, Grouse Creek |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 5.6 |
2024 | 5.3 |
2025 | 5.5 |
3-Year Avg | 5.5 |
Unit | Box Elder, Pilot Mtn |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 6 |
2024 | 6.5 |
2025 | 4.6 |
3-Year Avg | 5.7 |
Unit | Cache, Meadowville |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 5.6 |
2024 | 5.2 |
2025 | 4.1 |
3-Year Avg | 5 |
Unit | Cache, North |
Objective | 3.5-4.5 |
2023 | 6.4 |
2024 | 8.3 |
2025 | 4.2 |
3-Year Avg | 6.3 |
Unit | Cache, South |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 6.4 |
2024 | 7.2 |
2025 | 7.1 |
3-Year Avg | 6.9 |
Unit | Diamond Mtn |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 7 |
2024 | 7.1 |
2025 | 6.8 |
3-Year Avg | 7 |
Unit | Dolores Triangle |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | – |
2024 | 9 |
2025 | – |
3-Year Avg | 9 |
Unit | Fillmore, Pahvant |
Objective | 6.5-7.0 |
2023 | 7.7 |
2024 | 8 |
2025 | 7.1 |
3-Year Avg | 7.6 |
Unit | Fishlake/Thousand Lakes |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 7.5 |
2024 | 6.6 |
2025 | 6.8 |
3-Year Avg | 7 |
Unit | La Sal Mtns |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 5.7 |
2024 | 6.3 |
2025 | 5.9 |
3-Year Avg | 6 |
Unit | Manti |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 6.3 |
2024 | 6 |
2025 | 5.8 |
3-Year Avg | 6 |
Unit | Monroe |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 9.1 |
2024 | 8.3 |
2025 | 8.8 |
3-Year Avg | 8.7 |
Unit | Mt Dutton |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 7.8 |
2024 | 8 |
2025 | 7.6 |
3-Year Avg | 7.8 |
Unit | Nebo/San Pitch Mtns |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 6.6 |
2024 | 7.1 |
2025 | 7 |
3-Year Avg | 6.9 |
Unit | North Slope, Three Corners |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 5.7 |
2024 | 4.8 |
2025 | 6.1 |
3-Year Avg | 5.5 |
Unit | Panguitch Lake |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 7.8 |
2024 | 7.9 |
2025 | 7.3 |
3-Year Avg | 7.7 |
Unit | San Juan Bull Elk |
Objective | 6.5-7.0 |
2023 | 7.6 |
2024 | 7.9 |
2025 | 8.1 |
3-Year Avg | 7.9 |
Unit | Southwest Desert, North |
Objective | 3.5-4.5 |
2023 | 8.1 |
2024 | 9.5 |
2025 | 7.9 |
3-Year Avg | 8.5 |
Unit | Southwest Desert, South |
Objective | 6.0-6.5 |
2023 | 8.1 |
2024 | 8.4 |
2025 | 8 |
3-Year Avg | 8.2 |
Unit | Wasatch Mtns |
Objective | 5.5-6.0 |
2023 | 5 |
2024 | 5.2 |
2025 | 5 |
3-Year Avg | 5.1 |
Unit | West Desert, Deep Creek |
Objective | 3.5-4.5 |
2023 | 7.4 |
2024 | 8.2 |
2025 | 7.1 |
3-Year Avg | 7.6 |
Unit | Objective | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 3-Year Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barney Top/Kaiparowits | 3.5-4.5 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
Beaver, East | 6.5-7.0 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East | 6.0-6.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
Book Cliffs, Little Creek | 6.5-7.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8 |
Boulder | 6.5-7.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 9 | 8.3 |
Box Elder, Grouse Creek | 5.5-6.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Box Elder, Pilot Mtn | 5.5-6.0 | 6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
Cache, Meadowville | 6.0-6.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5 |
Cache, North | 3.5-4.5 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
Cache, South | 6.0-6.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
Diamond Mtn | 5.5-6.0 | 7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7 |
Dolores Triangle | 5.5-6.0 | – | 9 | – | 9 |
Fillmore, Pahvant | 6.5-7.0 | 7.7 | 8 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
Fishlake/Thousand Lakes | 5.5-6.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7 |
La Sal Mtns | 5.5-6.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6 |
Manti | 5.5-6.0 | 6.3 | 6 | 5.8 | 6 |
Monroe | 6.0-6.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
Mt Dutton | 6.0-6.5 | 7.8 | 8 | 7.6 | 7.8 |
Nebo/San Pitch Mtns | 5.5-6.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7 | 6.9 |
North Slope, Three Corners | 5.5-6.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
Panguitch Lake | 6.0-6.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
San Juan Bull Elk | 6.5-7.0 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
Southwest Desert, North | 3.5-4.5 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
Southwest Desert, South | 6.0-6.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8 | 8.2 |
Wasatch Mtns | 5.5-6.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.1 |
West Desert, Deep Creek | 3.5-4.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
Unit Name | Beaver |
|---|---|
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.0 |
2024 | 5.1 |
2025 | 3.8 |
3-Year Avg | 4.3 |
Unit Name | Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.6 |
2024 | 4.0 |
2025 | 3.3 |
3-Year Avg | 4.0 |
Unit Name | Book Cliffs, South |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.9 |
2024 | 4.2 |
2025 | 3.4 |
3-Year Avg | 3.8 |
Unit Name | Box Elder, Promontory |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.6 |
2024 | 2.8 |
2025 | 2.4 |
3-Year Avg | 2.9 |
Unit Name | Box Elder, Puddle Valley |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.5 |
2024 | 2.9 |
2025 | 2.4 |
3-Year Avg | 2.9 |
Unit Name | Box Elder, Snowville |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.1 |
2024 | 3.2 |
2025 | 2.7 |
3-Year Avg | 3.0 |
Unit Name | Box Elder, West |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.6 |
2024 | 2.4 |
2025 | 3.4 |
3-Year Avg | 3.1 |
Unit Name | Cache, Rich |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 2.0 |
2024 | 4.0 |
2025 | 2.4 |
3-Year Avg | 2.8 |
Unit Name | Diamond Mtn/Bonanza |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.9 |
2024 | 3.3 |
2025 | 3.4 |
3-Year Avg | 3.5 |
Unit Name | Fillmore, Oak Creek South |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 5.3 |
2024 | 4.6 |
2025 | 3.7 |
3-Year Avg | 4.5 |
Unit Name | Kaiparowits |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 5.0 |
2024 | – |
2025 | – |
3-Year Avg | 5.0 |
Unit Name | La Sal, Potash/South Cisco |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.1 |
2024 | 3.1 |
2025 | 2.8 |
3-Year Avg | 3.3 |
Unit Name | Morgan-South Rich |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 2.9 |
2024 | 3.3 |
2025 | 3.2 |
3-Year Avg | 3.1 |
Unit Name | Mt Dutton/Paunsaugunt |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.4 |
2024 | 3.6 |
2025 | 2.3 |
3-Year Avg | 3.1 |
Unit Name | Nine Mile, Anthro |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.5 |
2024 | 3.6 |
2025 | 3.3 |
3-Year Avg | 3.5 |
Unit Name | Nine Mile, Range Creek |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.3 |
2024 | 3.8 |
2025 | 5.8 |
3-Year Avg | 4.6 |
Unit Name | North Slope, Summit |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 5.4 |
2024 | 4.9 |
2025 | 3.4 |
3-Year Avg | 4.6 |
Unit Name | North Slope, Three Corners/West Daggett |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.8 |
2024 | 3.6 |
2025 | 2.6 |
3-Year Avg | 3.3 |
Unit Name | Panguitch Lake/Zion, North |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 2.4 |
2024 | 2.4 |
2025 | 2.2 |
3-Year Avg | 2.3 |
Unit Name | Parker Mtn |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.1 |
2024 | 3.3 |
2025 | 3.3 |
3-Year Avg | 3.2 |
Unit Name | Pine Valley |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.3 |
2024 | 3.4 |
2025 | 2.9 |
3-Year Avg | 3.2 |
Unit Name | San Juan, Hatch Point |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 2.0 |
2024 | 4.2 |
2025 | 1.7 |
3-Year Avg | 2.6 |
Unit Name | San Rafael, Desert |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.3 |
2024 | 4.0 |
2025 | 4.0 |
3-Year Avg | 4.1 |
Unit Name | San Rafael, North |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.2 |
2024 | 3.7 |
2025 | 4.0 |
3-Year Avg | 4.0 |
Unit Name | Southwest Desert |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.3 |
2024 | 3.8 |
2025 | 3.4 |
3-Year Avg | 3.8 |
Unit Name | Vernal |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.5 |
2024 | 3.9 |
2025 | 2.9 |
3-Year Avg | 3.8 |
Unit Name | West Desert, Riverbed |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 4.4 |
2024 | 3.3 |
2025 | 4.0 |
3-Year Avg | 3.9 |
Unit Name | West Desert, Rush Valley |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 3.5 |
2024 | 3.2 |
2025 | 3.0 |
3-Year Avg | 3.2 |
Unit Name | West Desert, Snake Valley |
Objective | 2.0-3.0 |
2023 | 5.4 |
2024 | 4.0 |
2025 | 3.7 |
3-Year Avg | 4.4 |
Unit Name | Objective | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 3-Year Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaver | 2.0-3.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek | 2.0-3.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
Book Cliffs, South | 2.0-3.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
Box Elder, Promontory | 2.0-3.0 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
Box Elder, Puddle Valley | 2.0-3.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
Box Elder, Snowville | 2.0-3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Box Elder, West | 2.0-3.0 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
Cache, Rich | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
Diamond Mtn/Bonanza | 2.0-3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Fillmore, Oak Creek South | 2.0-3.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
Kaiparowits | 2.0-3.0 | 5.0 | – | – | 5.0 |
La Sal, Potash/South Cisco | 2.0-3.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
Morgan-South Rich | 2.0-3.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Mt Dutton/Paunsaugunt | 2.0-3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
Nine Mile, Anthro | 2.0-3.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Nine Mile, Range Creek | 2.0-3.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
North Slope, Summit | 2.0-3.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
North Slope, Three Corners/West Daggett | 2.0-3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Panguitch Lake/Zion, North | 2.0-3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Parker Mtn | 2.0-3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Pine Valley | 2.0-3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
San Juan, Hatch Point | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
San Rafael, Desert | 2.0-3.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
San Rafael, North | 2.0-3.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Southwest Desert | 2.0-3.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
Vernal | 2.0-3.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
West Desert, Riverbed | 2.0-3.0 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
West Desert, Rush Valley | 2.0-3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
West Desert, Snake Valley | 2.0-3.0 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
If you're applying for Utah big game tags in 2026, now is the time to pay attention. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) recently released its 2026 permit recommendations. This packet is loaded with data — and in my opinion, there is some really compelling information for hunters when you're applying, especially if you're a mule deer hunter or trying to burn points on a once-in-a-lifetime tag.
Let me break down the biggest takeaways for you.
Let's start with what I know most of you are here for — mule deer. The headline number is 86,200 total general season buck deer permits recommended for 2026, which is an increase of 6,425 permits over 2025.
* This unit has weapon restrictions on both the muzzleloader and any legal weapon hunts.
The statewide 3-year average buck-to-doe ratio is sitting right at 22.2 bucks per 100 does — which is squarely within or above objective for most units.
Of the 31 general season units, three units required board action due to recommendations exceeding the 20% threshhold: Beaver, West; Kamas; and Wasatch Mtns, West. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recommends an overall increase of 1,300 permits across these three units to move toward the buck-to-doe ratio objectives for each unit. Please see the buck deer hunt recommendations in the hunt tables.
The Kamas reduction is worth noting — it's one of the few units seeing a permit decrease. The 3-year average buck-to-doe ratio of 17.5 is below the 18-20 objective, and the DWR is pulling back to let that herd rebalance.
If you dig into the herd status data, a few units really stand out in terms of population trajectory.
Keep in mind that Utah's long-term management objective is 404,900 deer statewide.
On the limited-entry side, a couple of units are getting permit increases that require board action:
The Paunsaugunt is also seeing some adjustments — management buck permits are increasing by 10, while cactus buck permits are dropping by 10.
Henry Mountains ticks up slightly — from 44 to 46 total premium permits (addition of 2 any legal weapon permits).
Also, Cache now has 12 permits from 10 in 2025.
And Wasatch Mtns, West now has 40 permits from 33 in 2025.
The once-in-a-lifetime species are trending positive in 2026, almost across the board.
Utah is recommending 113 total moose permits for 2026, up from 106 last year. The Cache unit sees the biggest single jump — from 15 to 17 total permits — and Kamas goes from 5 to 6. If you're sitting on moose points, the trend is moving in the right direction.
Box Elder, Cache, and North Slope Summit are all producing bulls averaging 5+ years.
Mountain goat permits are climbing to 112 total in 2026, up from 103. The biggest increase is on the Nebo unit — jumping from 18 to 24 any legal weapon permits. La Sal Mountains also picks up a permit, going from 11 to 12. The High Uintas East and Leidy Peak units each gain a permit as well.
Desert bighorn comes in at 85 total permits (down 3 from 2025), and Rocky Mountain bighorn checks in at 51 permits (down 1).
The biggest once-in-a-lifetime storyline might be bison on the Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek unit. Total permits are jumping from 18 to 38. On the flip side, Henry Mountains bison is seeing a significant reduction — from 82 permits down to 57. In total, permits for bison are increasing from 106 to 113.
Utah's elk population is currently estimated at 83,020 animals against a statewide objective of 80,115 — so the herd is slightly above objective. The 2026 bull elk permit recommendations reflect careful management to fine-tune age structure across units.
The biggest headline: Wasatch Mtns limited-entry bull elk permits are dropping from 726 to 580 — a reduction of 146 permits. This is a deliberate move to increase the average age of harvested bulls on that unit. The 3-year average of 5.1 years is below the 5.5-6.0 year objective, and the DWR is taking action.
On the flip side, a few units are seeing notable increases:
December archery limited-entry permits are increasing from 158 to 193 statewide — that's a significant jump in late-season archery opportunity.
Uinta Basin private-lands-only any bull permits are also increasing from 500 to 750, targeting conflict reduction in agricultural areas.
Manti with a drop from 700 permits to 660 permits.
Check out the document linked above for a full breakdown.
Utah is recommending 1,827 total buck antelope permits for 2026 — an increase of 88 permits (about 5%) over 2025. Every single unit in the state is currently meeting or exceeding the 2-3 year average age objective for harvested bucks. That's a great sign for pronghorn hunters.
The Parker Mountain unit sees the most dramatic change — jumping from 200 to 250 total permits as the population there continues to perform.
Three units — North Slope, Three Corners/West Daggett, San Juan Hatch Point, and Vernal — are seeing small reductions due to declining age trends.
Doe antelope permits are decreasing slightly from 505 to 475 statewide.
Alright... so what do you actually do with all of this information? This is where tools like GOHUNT's Draw Odds and Filtering system become invaluable. Once you have a unit on your radar based on herd status trends and permit numbers, you can layer in draw odds data filtered specifically for nonresidents or residents, look at how permit changes affect odds year over year, and start building your actual application strategy.
If you haven't started your Utah application research yet, now is the time to crack the puzzle. Pull up all of the research tools that are found on GOHUNT Insider (Draw Odds, Filtering, Application Strategy Articles), and start building a plan. The data is there — you just have to use it.
Beaver, West
— Recommended increase from 500 to 650 permits
Kamas
— Recommended decrease from 1,250 to 1,000 permits (buck-to-doe ratio has been trending below the 18-20 objective)
Wasatch Mtns, West
— Recommended increase from 6,500 to 7,900 permits
Cache
— Population estimate jumped from 13,550 in 2024 to 16,000 in 2025, pushing much closer to the 25,000 objective
Manti/San Rafael
— 32,400 deer estimated in 2025, up from 28,400 the prior year, approaching the 38,000 objective
Wasatch Mtns, West
— 15,400 deer in 2025, up from 13,200 in 2024
Ogden
— 9,200 deer in 2025, up from 7,300 in 2024
North Slope
— 7,600 in 2025, up from 6,500 the year before
Book Cliffs
— Up from 266 total permits to 321
Dolores Triangle
— Up from 20 to 25 total permits
Nebo/San Pitch — Up from 95 to 128 total permits
Boulder — Up from 125 to 139
Diamond Mtn — Up from 100 to 111
Fishlake/Thousand Lakes — Up from 361 to 371
San Jaun — Up from 115 to 127
