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Utah · Bison · Limited entry

Utah bison hunt BI6534

Bison (hunter’s Choice) - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2022 to 2025. Every figure comes from a Division of Wildlife Resources report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2025 draw did

Utah issued 5 permits on hunt BI6534 in 2025, against 907 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 10; the division reported levels up to 28.

Reported in 4 of the division's published years, 2022 to 2025.

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
202425 bonus4000—
202424 bonus1000—
202423 bonus2000—
202422 bonus7000—
202421 bonus5000—
202420 bonus8000—
202419 bonus3000—
202418 bonus3000—
202417 bonus3000—
202416 bonus8000—
202415 bonus55000—
202414 bonus41000—
202413 bonus250114.0%
202412 bonus28000—
202411 bonus21000—
202410 bonus29000—
20249 bonus39000—
20248 bonus29000—
20247 bonus47000—
20246 bonus36000—
20245 bonus61000—
20244 bonus39000—
20243 bonus46000—
20242 bonus49000—
20241 bonus78000—
20240 bonus78000—
202326 bonus1000—
202324 bonus3000—
202323 bonus1000—
202322 bonus4000—
202321 bonus4000—
202320 bonus2000—
202319 bonus3000—
202318 bonus4000—
202317 bonus1000—
202316 bonus6000—
202315 bonus12000—
202314 bonus107000—
202313 bonus48000—
202312 bonus58000—
202311 bonus46000—
202310 bonus49000—
20239 bonus340112.9%
20238 bonus46000—
20237 bonus48000—
20236 bonus71000—
20235 bonus63000—
20234 bonus60000—
20233 bonus64000—
20232 bonus68000—
20231 bonus78000—
20230 bonus101000—
202226 bonus1000—
202225 bonus1000—
202224 bonus2000—
202223 bonus4000—
202222 bonus1000—
202221 bonus3000—
202220 bonus3000—
202219 bonus4000—
202218 bonus2000—
202217 bonus4000—
202216 bonus3000—
202215 bonus8000—
202214 bonus8000—
202213 bonus79000—
202212 bonus31000—
202211 bonus34000—
202210 bonus36000—
20229 bonus25000—
20228 bonus25000—
20227 bonus29000—
20226 bonus34000—
20225 bonus52000—
20224 bonus48000—
20223 bonus53000—
20222 bonus54000—
20221 bonus77000—
20220 bonus850111.2%

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

  • 25_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28
  • 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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