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Utah · Elk · Limited entry

Utah elk hunt EB3160

Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/east - Archery. 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 21 permits on hunt EB3160 in 2025, against 279 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 4; the division reported levels up to 19.

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
202519 bonus1101100.0%
202518 bonus1000—
202517 bonus1000—
202516 bonus501120.0%
202515 bonus1000—
202514 bonus4000—
202513 bonus6000—
202512 bonus2000—
202511 bonus4000—
202510 bonus3000—
20259 bonus5000—
20258 bonus9000—
20257 bonus2000—
20256 bonus5000—
20255 bonus4000—
20254 bonus9000—
20253 bonus10000—
20252 bonus7000—
20251 bonus11000—
20250 bonus10000—
202419 bonus1101100.0%
202418 bonus1000—
202417 bonus1000—
202416 bonus2000—
202415 bonus4000—
202414 bonus2000—
202413 bonus2000—
202412 bonus7000—
202411 bonus4000—
202410 bonus4000—
20249 bonus4000—
20248 bonus3000—
20247 bonus9000—
20246 bonus5000—
20245 bonus5000—
20244 bonus7000—
20243 bonus801112.5%
20242 bonus9000—
20241 bonus15000—
20240 bonus12000—
202318 bonus210150.0%
202317 bonus1000—
202316 bonus3000—
202315 bonus1000—
202313 bonus2000—
202312 bonus4000—
202311 bonus6000—
202310 bonus3000—
20239 bonus7000—
20238 bonus2000—
20237 bonus5000—
20236 bonus10000—
20235 bonus701114.3%
20234 bonus6000—
20233 bonus5000—
20232 bonus9000—
20231 bonus5000—
20230 bonus10000—

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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