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Utah · Desert Bighorn Sheep · Limited entry

Utah desert bighorn sheep hunt DS6608

Desert Bighorn Sheep - San Rafael, Dirty Devil - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2016 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 7 permits on hunt DS6608 in 2025, against 2,581 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 6; the division reported levels up to 32.

Reported in 10 of the division's published years, 2016 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
202532 bonus1101100.0%
202531 bonus2000—
202530 bonus4000—
202529 bonus4000—
202528 bonus6000—
202527 bonus2000—
202526 bonus9000—
202525 bonus17000—
202524 bonus12000—
202523 bonus15000—
202522 bonus16000—
202521 bonus28000—
202520 bonus30000—
202519 bonus28000—
202518 bonus43000—
202517 bonus39000—
202516 bonus115000—
202515 bonus81000—
202514 bonus66000—
202513 bonus78000—
202512 bonus72000—
202511 bonus57000—
202510 bonus87000—
20259 bonus99000—
20258 bonus117000—
20257 bonus116000—
20256 bonus1460110.7%
20255 bonus113000—
20254 bonus128000—
20253 bonus129000—
20252 bonus148000—
20251 bonus137000—
20250 bonus146000—
202431 bonus1000—
202430 bonus2000—
202429 bonus3000—
202428 bonus2000—
202427 bonus5000—
202426 bonus2000—
202425 bonus7000—
202424 bonus13000—
202423 bonus14000—
202422 bonus13000—
202421 bonus13000—
202420 bonus14000—
202419 bonus230114.3%
202418 bonus21000—
202417 bonus22000—
202416 bonus34000—
202415 bonus93000—
202414 bonus58000—
202413 bonus60000—
202412 bonus62000—
202411 bonus71000—
202410 bonus70000—
20249 bonus77000—
20248 bonus82000—
20247 bonus88000—
20246 bonus112000—
20245 bonus122000—
20244 bonus125000—
20243 bonus134000—
20242 bonus123000—
20241 bonus129000—
20240 bonus206000—
202329 bonus1000—
202328 bonus4000—
202327 bonus8000—
202326 bonus5000—
202325 bonus3000—
202324 bonus10000—
202323 bonus12000—
202322 bonus12000—
202321 bonus16000—
202320 bonus18000—
202319 bonus25000—
202318 bonus26000—
202317 bonus220114.5%
202316 bonus41000—
202315 bonus42000—
202314 bonus134000—
202313 bonus82000—
202312 bonus69000—
202311 bonus70000—
202310 bonus90000—
20239 bonus86000—
20238 bonus94000—
20237 bonus102000—
20236 bonus108000—
20235 bonus150000—
20234 bonus169000—
20233 bonus135000—
20232 bonus156000—
20231 bonus164000—
20230 bonus211000—
202227 bonus4000—
202226 bonus4000—
202225 bonus3000—
202224 bonus3000—
202223 bonus12000—
202222 bonus18000—
202221 bonus17000—
202220 bonus23000—
202219 bonus20000—
202218 bonus14000—
202217 bonus28000—
202216 bonus30000—
202215 bonus28000—
202214 bonus46000—
202213 bonus128000—
202212 bonus55000—
202211 bonus58000—
202210 bonus62000—
20229 bonus71000—
20228 bonus570111.8%
20227 bonus83000—
20226 bonus82000—
20225 bonus90000—
20224 bonus127000—
20223 bonus147000—
20222 bonus124000—
20221 bonus140000—
20220 bonus167000—
202128 bonus1000—
202127 bonus1000—
202126 bonus2000—
202124 bonus2000—
202123 bonus1000—
202122 bonus9000—
202121 bonus18000—
202120 bonus17000—
202119 bonus25000—
202118 bonus14000—
202117 bonus25000—
202116 bonus28000—
202115 bonus24000—
202114 bonus35000—
202113 bonus43000—
202112 bonus107000—
202111 bonus72000—
202110 bonus62000—
20219 bonus59000—
20218 bonus50000—
20217 bonus62000—
20216 bonus60000—
20215 bonus63000—
20214 bonus78000—
20213 bonus91000—
20212 bonus1070110.9%
20211 bonus110000—
20210 bonus140000—

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

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