Southwest Desert General Season Deer Archery Draw Odds (Utah)
General-season archery buck deer on the Southwest Desert unit, drawn with preference points. In 2026, 95 residents applied for 64 resident permits and everyone with 1 or more points drew (39 applicants).
Hunt DB1524: Southwest Desert
Southwest Desert general-season archery deer draw: key facts
- At 1 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 1, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 1.5 were the tied 49th longest of 106 general-season buck deer hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 99 in 2018 to 95 in 2026 (-4%).
- Resident permits went from 56 in 2025 to 64 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 14% of applicants (16 of 111) and drew 8 of 72 permits in 2026.
- Statewide, 31 general-season archery deer hunts drew 15,563 resident applicants for 10,878 resident permits in 2026 (1.4 per permit); this hunt had 1.5 per permit.
- Across the 31 general-season archery hunts where every resident at the top levels drew, the median point level from which all drew was 2 in 2026; on this hunt it was 1.
- The 2026 season, Aug. 15 to Sept. 11, runs 28 days (2026 DWR guidebook).
Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.
Odds by point level, 2026
Resident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | all drew |
| 1 | 25 | 25 | all drew |
| 0 | 56 | 25 | 1 in 2.2 |
| Total | 95 | 64 | 1 in 1.5 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 in 5.0 |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 1 in 2.0 |
Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.
Youth draw
Resident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1 in 1.0 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| No nonresident applicants in 2026. | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. "Odds" is applicants per permit at that point level, first-choice applicants and permits as DWR lists them.
9 years of history
Residents, 2018 to 2026, hunt DB1524.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 64 | 1 in 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 1+ | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 99 | 56 | 1 in 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 1+ | 20 | 7 |
| 2024 | 92 | 70 | 1 in 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 3+ | 28 | 9 |
| 2023 | 120 | 39 | 1 in 3.1 | 7 | 1 | 2+ | 34 | 4 |
| 2022 | 113 | 33 | 1 in 3.4 | 3 | 1 | 2+ | 27 | 4 |
| 2021 | 129 | 82 | 1 in 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 1+ | 47 | 10 |
| 2020 | 137 | 117 | 1 in 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 3+ | 43 | 14 |
| 2019 | 124 | 115 | 1 in 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 2+ | 48 | 14 |
| 2018 | 99 | 91 | 1 in 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 2+ | 59 | 12 |
All general-season deer hunts on Southwest Desert
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Desert On this page | DB1524 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 11 | 95 | 64 | 1 in 1.5 | 8 |
| Southwest Desert | DB1584 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 | 105 | 65 | 1 in 1.6 | 9 |
| Southwest Desert | DB1554 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 17 to Oct. 25 | 916 | 210 | 1 in 4.4 | 20 |
Southwest Desert general-season deer overview and Dedicated Hunter odds
Southwest Desert general-season deer hunt map
Boundary data: Utah DWR, 2026 hunt boundaries. For reference only, simplified for display. Legal boundary on the DWR Hunt Planner.
Questions about Southwest Desert general-season archery deer draw odds
How many points does it take to draw Southwest Desert general-season archery deer?
In the 2026 draw for Southwest Desert general-season archery deer (hunt DB1524), everyone with 1 or more points drew (39 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 0 (25 of 56). Nonresidents: 8 of 16 applicants drew, from 0 to 5 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for Southwest Desert general-season archery deer?
For hunt DB1524, 95 residents applied for 64 permits and 16 nonresidents applied for 8 permits in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the Southwest Desert general-season archery deer season?
The 2026 season for DB1524 runs Aug. 15 to Sept. 11, per the 2026 DWR guidebook. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.
Get the 2027 deadline
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Odds: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). utahdraws.com/drawodds. History from the 2018 to 2025 DWR reports, linked year by year in the history tables.
Season dates: Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook. Boundary data: Utah DWR, 2026.
Page built Sept. 24, 2026. Found an error? [email protected]. Verify all dates and rules with DWR before applying.