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Utah · Elk · Limited entry

Utah elk hunt EB3159

Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - Beaver, East - Any Legal Weapon. What the draw actually did at each bonus point level, from 2023 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 27 permits on hunt EB3159 in 2025, against 841 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 3; the division reported levels up to 30.

Reported in 3 of the division's published years, 2023 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
202530 bonus1101100.0%
202529 bonus1101100.0%
202528 bonus2000—
202527 bonus3000—
202526 bonus2000—
202525 bonus1000—
202524 bonus3000—
202523 bonus4000—
202522 bonus3000—
202521 bonus6000—
202520 bonus8000—
202519 bonus4000—
202518 bonus4000—
202517 bonus5000—
202516 bonus701114.3%
202515 bonus5000—
202514 bonus1000—
202513 bonus3000—
202512 bonus6000—
202511 bonus10000—
202510 bonus8000—
20259 bonus10000—
20258 bonus13000—
20257 bonus9000—
20256 bonus16000—
20255 bonus13000—
20254 bonus16000—
20253 bonus13000—
20252 bonus19000—
20251 bonus20000—
20250 bonus22000—
202427 bonus1101100.0%
202426 bonus2000—
202425 bonus3000—
202424 bonus2000—
202423 bonus4000—
202422 bonus3000—
202421 bonus7000—
202420 bonus1000—
202419 bonus3000—
202418 bonus3000—
202417 bonus5000—
202416 bonus7000—
202415 bonus12000—
202414 bonus8000—
202413 bonus11000—
202412 bonus9000—
202411 bonus4000—
202410 bonus10000—
20249 bonus11000—
20248 bonus16000—
20247 bonus11000—
20246 bonus13000—
20245 bonus16000—
20244 bonus18000—
20243 bonus20000—
20242 bonus160116.3%
20241 bonus25000—
20240 bonus23000—
202326 bonus1101100.0%
202323 bonus3000—
202322 bonus2000—
202321 bonus2000—
202320 bonus2000—
202319 bonus3000—
202318 bonus401125.0%
202317 bonus1000—
202316 bonus3000—
202315 bonus1000—
202314 bonus9000—
202313 bonus5000—
202312 bonus3000—
202311 bonus8000—
202310 bonus6000—
20239 bonus6000—
20238 bonus12000—
20237 bonus9000—
20236 bonus8000—
20235 bonus15000—
20234 bonus17000—
20233 bonus16000—
20232 bonus17000—
20231 bonus16000—
20230 bonus20000—

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

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