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Utah · Desert Bighorn Sheep · Limited entry

Utah desert bighorn sheep hunt DS6623

Desert Bighorn Sheep - San Juan, San Juan 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 2 permits on hunt DS6623 in 2025, against 137 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 13; the division reported levels up to 26.

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
202526 bonus1101100.0%
202522 bonus1000—
202520 bonus4000—
202519 bonus1000—
202518 bonus2000—
202517 bonus5000—
202516 bonus1000—
202515 bonus2000—
202514 bonus4000—
202513 bonus801112.5%
202512 bonus3000—
202511 bonus6000—
202510 bonus7000—
20259 bonus6000—
20258 bonus4000—
20257 bonus6000—
20256 bonus6000—
20255 bonus6000—
20254 bonus9000—
20253 bonus8000—
20252 bonus12000—
20251 bonus22000—
20250 bonus13000—
202425 bonus1000—
202421 bonus1000—
202420 bonus1000—
202419 bonus1000—
202418 bonus1000—
202417 bonus2000—
202414 bonus1000—
202413 bonus2000—
202411 bonus1000—
202410 bonus3000—
20249 bonus1000—
20248 bonus3000—
20247 bonus6000—
20246 bonus3000—
20245 bonus2000—
20244 bonus5000—
20243 bonus7000—
20242 bonus4000—
20241 bonus901111.1%
20240 bonus15000—
202320 bonus2000—
202319 bonus1000—
202318 bonus2000—
202317 bonus1000—
202315 bonus1000—
202314 bonus2000—
202313 bonus1000—
202312 bonus4000—
202311 bonus6000—
202310 bonus2000—
20239 bonus5000—
20238 bonus4000—
20237 bonus3000—
20236 bonus5000—
20235 bonus10000—
20234 bonus8000—
20233 bonus10000—
20232 bonus10000—
20231 bonus9000—
20230 bonus120118.3%
202220 bonus2000—
202219 bonus2000—
202218 bonus1000—
202217 bonus1000—
202214 bonus3000—
202213 bonus4000—
202212 bonus301133.3%
202211 bonus1000—
202210 bonus4000—
20229 bonus1000—
20228 bonus9000—
20227 bonus4000—
20226 bonus1000—
20225 bonus2000—
20224 bonus12000—
20223 bonus9000—
20222 bonus8000—
20221 bonus8000—
20220 bonus9000—
202123 bonus2000—
202120 bonus1000—
202118 bonus1000—
202117 bonus2000—
202116 bonus3000—
202115 bonus4000—
202114 bonus1000—
202113 bonus2000—
202112 bonus1000—
202111 bonus3000—
202110 bonus2000—
20219 bonus1000—
20218 bonus2000—
20217 bonus701114.3%
20216 bonus3000—
20215 bonus2000—
20214 bonus5000—
20213 bonus6000—
20212 bonus5000—
20211 bonus8000—
20210 bonus15000—
202022 bonus1000—
202021 bonus1000—
202020 bonus1000—
202019 bonus1000—
202018 bonus1000—
202017 bonus2000—
202016 bonus1000—
202015 bonus1000—
202014 bonus3000—
202013 bonus1011100.0%
202012 bonus2000—
202011 bonus2000—
202010 bonus5000—
20209 bonus2000—
20208 bonus3000—
20207 bonus2000—
20206 bonus5000—
20205 bonus2000—
20203 bonus6000—
20202 bonus4000—
20201 bonus2000—
20200 bonus13000—

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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