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Utah · Bison · Limited entry

Utah bison hunt BI6535

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 BI6535 in 2025, against 702 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 5; the division reported levels up to 27.

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
202427 bonus1000—
202426 bonus1000—
202423 bonus3000—
202422 bonus2000—
202419 bonus2000—
202418 bonus2000—
202416 bonus3000—
202415 bonus500112.0%
202414 bonus26000—
202413 bonus24000—
202412 bonus15000—
202411 bonus23000—
202410 bonus16000—
20249 bonus23000—
20248 bonus15000—
20247 bonus38000—
20246 bonus37000—
20245 bonus41000—
20244 bonus30000—
20243 bonus26000—
20242 bonus43000—
20241 bonus39000—
20240 bonus51000—
202325 bonus1000—
202324 bonus2000—
202323 bonus1000—
202322 bonus3000—
202321 bonus1000—
202320 bonus3000—
202319 bonus2000—
202318 bonus3000—
202316 bonus2000—
202315 bonus3000—
202314 bonus54000—
202313 bonus370112.7%
202312 bonus18000—
202311 bonus27000—
202310 bonus29000—
20239 bonus21000—
20238 bonus27000—
20237 bonus22000—
20236 bonus39000—
20235 bonus43000—
20234 bonus44000—
20233 bonus42000—
20232 bonus49000—
20231 bonus35000—
20230 bonus52000—
202225 bonus1000—
202223 bonus2000—
202222 bonus1000—
202221 bonus2000—
202220 bonus2000—
202219 bonus2000—
202218 bonus3000—
202217 bonus2000—
202216 bonus4000—
202215 bonus2000—
202214 bonus6000—
202213 bonus89000—
202212 bonus50000—
202211 bonus28000—
202210 bonus32000—
20229 bonus27000—
20228 bonus23000—
20227 bonus30000—
20226 bonus37000—
20225 bonus48000—
20224 bonus52000—
20223 bonus75000—
20222 bonus69000—
20221 bonus670111.5%
20220 bonus91000—

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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