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Utah · Desert Bighorn Sheep · Limited entry

Utah desert bighorn sheep hunt DS6602

Desert Bighorn Sheep - Kaiparowits, Escalante - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2016 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 8 permits on hunt DS6602 in 2024, against 2,467 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 2; the division reported levels up to 30.

Reported in 9 of the division's published years, 2016 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
202430 bonus2000—
202429 bonus1000—
202427 bonus3000—
202426 bonus6000—
202425 bonus11000—
202424 bonus13000—
202423 bonus15000—
202422 bonus22000—
202421 bonus25000—
202420 bonus31000—
202419 bonus28000—
202418 bonus43000—
202417 bonus32000—
202416 bonus42000—
202415 bonus128000—
202414 bonus95000—
202413 bonus75000—
202412 bonus59000—
202411 bonus85000—
202410 bonus740111.4%
20249 bonus96000—
20248 bonus76000—
20247 bonus115000—
20246 bonus128000—
20245 bonus137000—
20244 bonus120000—
20243 bonus118000—
20242 bonus116000—
20241 bonus133000—
20240 bonus171000—
202329 bonus2000—
202328 bonus2000—
202327 bonus2000—
202326 bonus2000—
202325 bonus5000—
202324 bonus10000—
202323 bonus11000—
202322 bonus16000—
202321 bonus22000—
202320 bonus11000—
202319 bonus28000—
202318 bonus26000—
202317 bonus28000—
202316 bonus24000—
202315 bonus34000—
202314 bonus109000—
202313 bonus72000—
202312 bonus59000—
202311 bonus52000—
202310 bonus61000—
20239 bonus63000—
20238 bonus880111.1%
20237 bonus59000—
20236 bonus79000—
20235 bonus89000—
20234 bonus96000—
20233 bonus86000—
20232 bonus101000—
20231 bonus106000—
20230 bonus120000—

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

Nearby hunts

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See how these numbers are produced and checked, or the application deadlines.