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Utah · Elk · Limited entry

Utah elk hunt EB3149

Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Early - Southwest Desert, South -Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2021 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 16 permits on hunt EB3149 in 2025, against 1,136 eligible applicants. Permits reached applicants holding no bonus points at all.

Reported in 5 of the division's published years, 2021 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
202526 bonus210150.0%
202525 bonus3000—
202524 bonus3000—
202523 bonus4000—
202522 bonus3000—
202521 bonus5000—
202520 bonus4000—
202519 bonus8000—
202518 bonus7000—
202517 bonus10000—
202516 bonus18000—
202515 bonus12000—
202514 bonus14000—
202513 bonus15000—
202512 bonus7000—
202511 bonus6000—
202510 bonus11000—
20259 bonus18000—
20258 bonus6000—
20257 bonus18000—
20256 bonus14000—
20255 bonus13000—
20254 bonus120118.3%
20253 bonus11000—
20252 bonus12000—
20251 bonus19000—
20250 bonus17000—
202428 bonus1000—
202425 bonus2000—
202424 bonus2000—
202423 bonus2000—
202422 bonus7000—
202421 bonus3000—
202419 bonus7000—
202418 bonus6000—
202417 bonus9000—
202416 bonus15000—
202415 bonus20000—
202414 bonus10000—
202413 bonus9000—
202412 bonus17000—
202411 bonus11000—
202410 bonus15000—
20249 bonus17000—
20248 bonus16000—
20247 bonus15000—
20246 bonus190115.3%
20245 bonus23000—
20244 bonus20000—
20243 bonus25000—
20242 bonus12000—
20241 bonus15000—
20240 bonus25000—
202325 bonus1000—
202324 bonus3000—
202323 bonus2000—
202322 bonus3000—
202321 bonus3000—
202320 bonus1001110.0%
202319 bonus4000—
202318 bonus7000—
202317 bonus5000—
202316 bonus9000—
202315 bonus9000—
202314 bonus19000—
202313 bonus15000—
202312 bonus6000—
202311 bonus11000—
202310 bonus9000—
20239 bonus9000—
20238 bonus18000—
20237 bonus14000—
20236 bonus12000—
20235 bonus13000—
20234 bonus21000—
20233 bonus17000—
20232 bonus18000—
20231 bonus16000—
20230 bonus27000—
202224 bonus1101100.0%
202223 bonus4000—
202222 bonus2000—
202221 bonus4000—
202220 bonus1000—
202219 bonus7000—
202218 bonus8000—
202217 bonus5000—
202216 bonus10000—
202215 bonus10000—
202214 bonus15000—
202213 bonus19000—
202212 bonus9000—
202211 bonus8000—
202210 bonus130117.7%
20229 bonus7000—
20228 bonus18000—
20227 bonus19000—
20226 bonus13000—
20225 bonus13000—
20224 bonus20000—
20223 bonus27000—
20222 bonus22000—
20221 bonus20000—
20220 bonus26000—
202124 bonus1101100.0%
202123 bonus1000—
202122 bonus2000—
202121 bonus4000—
202120 bonus4000—
202119 bonus3000—
202118 bonus5000—
202117 bonus14000—
202116 bonus8000—
202115 bonus9000—
202114 bonus9000—
202113 bonus14000—
202112 bonus240114.2%
202111 bonus12000—
202110 bonus12000—
20219 bonus16000—
20218 bonus13000—
20217 bonus16000—
20216 bonus20000—
20215 bonus18000—
20214 bonus25000—
20213 bonus30000—
20212 bonus30000—
20211 bonus36000—
20210 bonus51000—

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

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