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Utah · Bison · Limited entry

Utah bison hunt BI6530

Bison (hunter’s Choice) - Book Cliffs, Little Creek/south - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2022 to 2024. Every figure comes from a Division of Wildlife Resources report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2024 draw did

Utah issued 4 permits on hunt BI6530 in 2024, against 563 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 1; the division reported levels up to 27.

Reported in 3 of the division's published years, 2022 to 2024.

Residency

Draw results by point level

Every figure here counts first-choice applications only. That is the division's own statement on the page it publishes these reports from: they "only reflect hunters' first-choice selections." Utah runs five choices and publishes odds for none of the other four, because they are affected by residency, youth status, group applications, Dedicated Hunter selections and weapon type. So a hunt you would rank second or lower is not described by anything below.

Permits are drawn in two passes: a point-weighted pass and a random pass, and they sum to the total. Utah publishes no quota, so there is no permits-available figure to show — only permits issued. A dash in the odds column is the division's ownN/A, meaning no permits were issued at that level; it is an absent measurement, not zero odds. Point levels where nobody applied and nothing was drawn are omitted — the division prints every level for every hunt, and roughly three quarters of them are empty.
YearPointsEligible applicantsPermits — point passPermits — random passPermits totalSuccess
202427 bonus2000—
202426 bonus1000—
202425 bonus4000—
202423 bonus1000—
202422 bonus1000—
202421 bonus4000—
202418 bonus3000—
202415 bonus14000—
202414 bonus7000—
202413 bonus8000—
202412 bonus13000—
202411 bonus11000—
202410 bonus8000—
20249 bonus10000—
20248 bonus14000—
20247 bonus11000—
20246 bonus26000—
20245 bonus20000—
20244 bonus29000—
20243 bonus23000—
20242 bonus16000—
20241 bonus280113.6%
20240 bonus39000—
202327 bonus1101100.0%
202326 bonus2000—
202325 bonus4000—
202324 bonus5000—
202323 bonus1000—
202320 bonus4000—
202319 bonus1000—
202317 bonus5000—
202316 bonus4000—
202315 bonus2000—
202314 bonus27000—
202313 bonus21000—
202312 bonus11000—
202311 bonus25000—
202310 bonus17000—
20239 bonus21000—
20238 bonus20000—
20237 bonus21000—
20236 bonus210114.8%
20235 bonus18000—
20234 bonus23000—
20233 bonus36000—
20232 bonus39000—
20231 bonus23000—
20230 bonus50000—
202227 bonus1101100.0%
202225 bonus2000—
202224 bonus4000—
202223 bonus3000—
202222 bonus1000—
202221 bonus1000—
202220 bonus3000—
202219 bonus6000—
202218 bonus2000—
202217 bonus5000—
202216 bonus7000—
202215 bonus5000—
202214 bonus7000—
202213 bonus101000—
202212 bonus38000—
202211 bonus390112.6%
202210 bonus38000—
20229 bonus30000—
20228 bonus39000—
20227 bonus31000—
20226 bonus35000—
20225 bonus39000—
20224 bonus35000—
20223 bonus39000—
20222 bonus50000—
20221 bonus64000—
20220 bonus97000—

Success is permits issued divided by eligible applicants at that level. The division also prints a 1 in N ratio, rounded to one decimal — at these small numbers that rounding turns a 95% draw into 1 in 1.0, so the figure here is that quotient computed exactly rather than read back off the ratio. It describes that year's draw and nothing beyond it.

Sources for this hunt

  • 24_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28
  • 23_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28
  • 22_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28

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