Book Cliffs Elk Muzzleloader Draw Odds (Utah)
Limited-entry muzzleloader bull elk on the Book Cliffs unit. In 2026, 224 residents applied for 15 resident permits and 54 nonresidents for 1 nonresident permit across 2 hunts.
Bitter Creek/East EB3166
Key facts, hunt EB3166
- At 16 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 16, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 14.2 were the tied 71st longest of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 160 in 2023 to 184 in 2026 (+15%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 19 in 2023 to 18 in 2026.
- Resident permits went from 12 in 2025 to 13 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 23% of applicants (54 of 238) and drew 1 of 14 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, runs 12 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
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | all drew |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 in 3.0 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 5.0 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 in 5.0 |
| 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 17.0 |
| 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 18.0 |
| 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 11.0 |
| 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 184 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 in 14.2 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 5.0 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 54.0 |
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.
4 years of history
Residents, 2023 to 2026, hunt EB3166. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2023. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 184 | 13 | 1 in 14.2 | 18 | 3 | 16+ | 54 | 1 |
| 2025 | 184 | 12 | 1 in 15.3 | 20 | 4 | 16+ | 40 | 1 |
| 2024 | 178 | 12 | 1 in 14.8 | 16 | 3 | 15+ | 68 | 1 |
| 2023 | 160 | 11 | 1 in 14.5 | 19 | 1 | 16+ | 49 | 1 |
Little Creek Roadless EB3079
Key facts, hunt EB3079
- At 23 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 23, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 20.0 were the tied 54th longest of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 66 in 2018 to 40 in 2026 (-39%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 15 in 2018 to 23 in 2026.
- Resident permits held at 2 from 2025 to 2026.
- The 2026 season, Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, runs 12 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
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 in 20.0 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No nonresident applicants in 2026. | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 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 EB3079.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 2 | 1 in 20.0 | 23 | 4 | 23+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2 | 1 in 22.5 | 24 | 7 | 24+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1 | 1 in 32.0 | 11 | 11 | none | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1 | 1 in 31.0 | 16 | 16 | none | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 | 1 | 1 in 41.0 | 23 | 23 | 23+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 66 | 1 | 1 in 66.0 | 10 | 10 | none | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 88 | 3 | 1 in 29.3 | 19 | 16 | 19+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 75 | 3 | 1 in 25.0 | 18 | 1 | 18+ | 100 | 1 |
| 2018 | 66 | 4 | 1 in 16.5 | 15 | 11 | none | 106 | 1 |
All elk hunts on Book Cliffs
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitter Creek/East | EB3160 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 | 160 | 21 | 1 in 7.6 | 2 |
| Bitter Creek/East, late season | EB3161 | Archery | Nov. 28 to Dec. 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 in 2.0 | 1 |
| Little Creek Roadless | EB3002 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 | 62 | 4 | 1 in 15.5 | 0 |
| Bitter Creek/East On this page | EB3166 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 21 to Oct. 2 | 184 | 13 | 1 in 14.2 | 1 |
| Little Creek Roadless On this page | EB3079 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 21 to Oct. 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 in 20.0 | 0 |
| Bitter Creek/East, early season | EB3162 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 16 to Sept. 20 | 816 | 9 | 1 in 90.7 | 1 |
| Bitter Creek/East, mid season | EB3164 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 | 462 | 25 | 1 in 18.5 | 2 |
| Bitter Creek/East, late season | EB3163 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Nov. 7 to Nov. 15 | 237 | 13 | 1 in 18.2 | 2 |
| Little Creek Roadless, early season | EB3028 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 16 to Sept. 20 | 188 | 3 | 1 in 62.7 | 0 |
| Little Creek Roadless, mid season | EB3167 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 | 76 | 4 | 1 in 19.0 | 1 |
| Bitter Creek/East | EB3165 | Multiseason | Limited-entry seasons | 138 | 3 | 1 in 46.0 | 0 |
| Little Creek Roadless | EB3104 | Multiseason | Limited-entry seasons | 47 | 1 | 1 in 47.0 | 0 |
Book Cliffs elk hunt map
Boundary data: Utah DWR, 2026 hunt boundaries. For reference only, simplified for display. Legal boundary on the DWR Hunt Planner.
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Questions about Book Cliffs muzzleloader elk draw odds
How many points does it take to draw Book Cliffs muzzleloader elk?
In the 2026 draw for Book Cliffs muzzleloader elk (hunt EB3166), everyone with 16 or more points drew (6 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 3 (1 of 11). Nonresidents: 1 of 54 applicants drew, from 12 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for Book Cliffs muzzleloader elk?
For hunt EB3166, 184 residents applied for 13 permits and 54 nonresidents applied for 1 permit in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the Book Cliffs muzzleloader elk season?
The 2026 season for EB3166 runs Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, per the 2026 DWR guidebook. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.
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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.