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Utah · Elk · Limited entry

Utah elk hunt EB3162

Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Early - Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/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 9 permits on hunt EB3162 in 2025, against 1,078 eligible applicants. The lowest bonus level at which anyone drew was 4; the division reported levels up to 26.

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
202526 bonus1011100.0%
202525 bonus1000—
202523 bonus2000—
202521 bonus4000—
202520 bonus3000—
202519 bonus3000—
202518 bonus7000—
202517 bonus1000—
202516 bonus12000—
202515 bonus12000—
202514 bonus13000—
202513 bonus7000—
202512 bonus6000—
202511 bonus10000—
202510 bonus10000—
20259 bonus11000—
20258 bonus10000—
20257 bonus10000—
20256 bonus16000—
20255 bonus8000—
20254 bonus13000—
20253 bonus14000—
20252 bonus20000—
20251 bonus14000—
20250 bonus19000—
202424 bonus3000—
202423 bonus1000—
202422 bonus1000—
202421 bonus2000—
202420 bonus4000—
202419 bonus4000—
202418 bonus6000—
202417 bonus2000—
202416 bonus7000—
202415 bonus12000—
202414 bonus9000—
202413 bonus7000—
202412 bonus9000—
202411 bonus12000—
202410 bonus11000—
20249 bonus16000—
20248 bonus16000—
20247 bonus12000—
20246 bonus13000—
20245 bonus16000—
20244 bonus12000—
20243 bonus210114.8%
20242 bonus18000—
20241 bonus19000—
20240 bonus31000—
202325 bonus1000—
202324 bonus1000—
202323 bonus4000—
202322 bonus2000—
202321 bonus2000—
202320 bonus6000—
202319 bonus3000—
202318 bonus7000—
202317 bonus6000—
202316 bonus7000—
202315 bonus7000—
202314 bonus16000—
202313 bonus11000—
202312 bonus12000—
202311 bonus16000—
202310 bonus8000—
20239 bonus14000—
20238 bonus14000—
20237 bonus15000—
20236 bonus14000—
20235 bonus16000—
20234 bonus25000—
20233 bonus10000—
20232 bonus28000—
20231 bonus230114.3%
20230 bonus27000—

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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