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Utah · Desert Bighorn Sheep · Limited entry

Utah desert bighorn sheep hunt DS6620

Desert Bighorn Sheep - Pine Valley, Virgin River - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2020 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 3 permits on hunt DS6620 in 2025, against 650 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 20; the division reported levels up to 29.

Reported in 6 of the division's published years, 2020 to 2025.

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
202529 bonus1101100.0%
202528 bonus210150.0%
202527 bonus5000—
202526 bonus2000—
202525 bonus5000—
202524 bonus4000—
202523 bonus10000—
202522 bonus12000—
202521 bonus12000—
202520 bonus120118.3%
202519 bonus17000—
202518 bonus11000—
202517 bonus14000—
202516 bonus15000—
202515 bonus16000—
202514 bonus17000—
202513 bonus11000—
202512 bonus25000—
202511 bonus14000—
202510 bonus17000—
20259 bonus21000—
20258 bonus42000—
20257 bonus31000—
20256 bonus30000—
20255 bonus38000—
20254 bonus39000—
20253 bonus42000—
20252 bonus54000—
20251 bonus52000—
20250 bonus79000—
202427 bonus410125.0%
202426 bonus3000—
202424 bonus1000—
202423 bonus7000—
202422 bonus12000—
202421 bonus14000—
202420 bonus4000—
202419 bonus9000—
202418 bonus22000—
202417 bonus17000—
202416 bonus13000—
202415 bonus16000—
202414 bonus16000—
202413 bonus170115.9%
202412 bonus11000—
202411 bonus16000—
202410 bonus13000—
20249 bonus26000—
20248 bonus16000—
20247 bonus37000—
20246 bonus27000—
20245 bonus30000—
20244 bonus38000—
20243 bonus43000—
20242 bonus41000—
20241 bonus60000—
20240 bonus56000—
202326 bonus610116.7%
202325 bonus3000—
202324 bonus4000—
202323 bonus4000—
202322 bonus5000—
202321 bonus9000—
202320 bonus17000—
202319 bonus9000—
202318 bonus17000—
202317 bonus11000—
202316 bonus27000—
202315 bonus11000—
202314 bonus24000—
202313 bonus15000—
202312 bonus22000—
202311 bonus7000—
202310 bonus22000—
20239 bonus17000—
20238 bonus27000—
20237 bonus26000—
20236 bonus420112.4%
20235 bonus26000—
20234 bonus41000—
20233 bonus51000—
20232 bonus44000—
20231 bonus42000—
20230 bonus77000—
202226 bonus1101100.0%
202225 bonus5000—
202224 bonus3000—
202223 bonus4000—
202222 bonus6000—
202221 bonus8000—
202220 bonus9000—
202219 bonus17000—
202218 bonus9000—
202217 bonus24000—
202216 bonus15000—
202215 bonus27000—
202214 bonus12000—
202213 bonus16000—
202212 bonus16000—
202211 bonus22000—
202210 bonus18000—
20229 bonus16000—
20228 bonus18000—
20227 bonus26000—
20226 bonus21000—
20225 bonus44000—
20224 bonus36000—
20223 bonus320113.1%
20222 bonus55000—
20221 bonus42000—
20220 bonus60000—
202125 bonus210150.0%
202124 bonus6000—
202123 bonus3000—
202122 bonus5000—
202121 bonus5000—
202120 bonus10000—
202119 bonus12000—
202118 bonus16000—
202117 bonus12000—
202116 bonus15000—
202115 bonus13000—
202114 bonus18000—
202113 bonus21000—
202112 bonus19000—
202111 bonus19000—
202110 bonus20000—
20219 bonus15000—
20218 bonus21000—
20217 bonus16000—
20216 bonus27000—
20215 bonus180115.6%
20214 bonus39000—
20213 bonus37000—
20212 bonus39000—
20211 bonus47000—
20210 bonus68000—
202024 bonus1101100.0%
202023 bonus7000—
202022 bonus6000—
202021 bonus8000—
202020 bonus5000—
202019 bonus6000—
202018 bonus17000—
202017 bonus13000—
202016 bonus12000—
202015 bonus22000—
202014 bonus18000—
202013 bonus24000—
202012 bonus19000—
202011 bonus16000—
202010 bonus26000—
20209 bonus18000—
20208 bonus140117.1%
20207 bonus16000—
20206 bonus18000—
20205 bonus28000—
20204 bonus14000—
20203 bonus38000—
20202 bonus45000—
20201 bonus39000—
20200 bonus79000—

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
  • 21_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28
  • 20_bg-odds.pdf — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, fetched 2026-08-28

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