Wasatch Mountains Elk Archery Draw Odds (Utah)
Limited-entry archery bull elk on the Wasatch Mountains unit. In 2026, 919 residents applied for 135 resident permits and 241 nonresidents for 14 nonresident permits across 2 hunts.
Wasatch Mountains EB3022
Key facts, hunt EB3022
- At 7 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 7, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 6.9 were the tied 40th best of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 927 in 2018 to 880 in 2026 (-5%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 11 in 2018 to 12 in 2026.
- Resident permits went from 160 in 2025 to 127 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 21% of applicants (235 of 1,115) and drew 13 of 140 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Aug. 15 to Sept. 15, runs 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | all drew |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | all drew |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | all drew |
| 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | all drew |
| 7 | 43 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 1 in 1.1 |
| 6 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 in 14.2 |
| 5 | 68 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1 in 4.9 |
| 4 | 85 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 in 9.4 |
| 3 | 133 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 in 14.8 |
| 2 | 118 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 in 13.1 |
| 1 | 147 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 in 14.7 |
| 0 | 190 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 in 27.1 |
| Total | 880 | 64 | 63 | 127 | 1 in 6.9 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | all drew |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 in 1.2 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 6.0 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 5.0 |
| 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 12.0 |
| 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 15.0 |
| 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 15.0 |
| 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 40.0 |
| 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 235 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 in 18.1 |
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 EB3022.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 880 | 127 | 1 in 6.9 | 12 | 0 | 8+ | 235 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1,018 | 160 | 1 in 6.4 | 16 | 0 | 7+ | 273 | 16 |
| 2024 | 1,057 | 181 | 1 in 5.8 | 18 | 0 | 8+ | 381 | 19 |
| 2023 | 1,228 | 210 | 1 in 5.8 | 12 | 0 | 7+ | 379 | 22 |
| 2022 | 1,226 | 209 | 1 in 5.9 | 13 | 0 | 7+ | 321 | 22 |
| 2021 | 1,141 | 252 | 1 in 4.5 | 12 | 0 | 6+ | 375 | 26 |
| 2020 | 1,004 | 252 | 1 in 4.0 | 16 | 0 | 6+ | 310 | 26 |
| 2019 | 1,089 | 250 | 1 in 4.4 | 18 | 0 | 8+ | 265 | 25 |
| 2018 | 927 | 234 | 1 in 4.0 | 11 | 0 | 6+ | 256 | 24 |
Late season EB3199
Key facts, hunt EB3199
- At 6 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 6, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 4.9 were the tied 25th best of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 32 in 2024 to 39 in 2026 (+22%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 6 in 2024 to 8 in 2026.
- Resident permits held at 8 from 2025 to 2026.
- Nonresidents were 13% of applicants (6 of 45) and drew 1 of 9 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Nov. 28 to Dec. 13, runs 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | all drew |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 in 3.0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 in 1.5 |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 10.0 |
| 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 11.0 |
| Total | 39 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 in 4.9 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 6.0 |
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 EB3199. 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. DWR printed a different hunt name for this code in some years (see the table); boundaries may have changed.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits | DWR hunt name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 8 | 1 in 4.9 | 8 | 0 | 6+ | 6 | 1 | Limited-entry Bull Elk - Wasatch Mtns - Late Archery |
| 2025 | 27 | 8 | 1 in 3.4 | 6 | 0 | 5+ | 9 | 1 | Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Late - Wasatch Mtns - Archery |
| 2024 | 32 | 9 | 1 in 3.6 | 6 | 1 | 3+ | 8 | 1 | Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Late - Wasatch Mtns - Archery |
| 2023 | 58 | 9 | 1 in 6.4 | 12 | 1 | 6+ | 7 | 1 | Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk - Wasatch Mtns - Archery |
All elk hunts on Wasatch Mountains
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch Mountains On this page | EB3022 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 | 880 | 127 | 1 in 6.9 | 13 |
| Late season On this page | EB3199 | Archery | Nov. 28 to Dec. 13 | 39 | 8 | 1 in 4.9 | 1 |
| Wasatch Mountains | EB3100 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 21 to Oct. 2 | 693 | 76 | 1 in 9.1 | 7 |
| Early season | EB3072 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 16 to Sept. 20 | 2,396 | 52 | 1 in 46.1 | 5 |
| Mid season | EB3127 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 | 1,632 | 152 | 1 in 10.7 | 16 |
| Late season | EB3073 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Nov. 7 to Nov. 15 | 1,101 | 87 | 1 in 12.7 | 9 |
| Wasatch Mountains | EB3124 | Multiseason | Limited-entry seasons | 573 | 14 | 1 in 40.9 | 2 |
Wasatch Mountains 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 Wasatch Mountains archery elk draw odds
How many points does it take to draw Wasatch Mountains archery elk?
In the 2026 draw for Wasatch Mountains archery elk (hunt EB3022), everyone with 8 or more points drew (25 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 0 (7 of 190). Nonresidents: 13 of 235 applicants drew, from 3 to 17 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for Wasatch Mountains archery elk?
For hunt EB3022, 880 residents applied for 127 permits and 235 nonresidents applied for 13 permits in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the Wasatch Mountains archery elk season?
The 2026 season for EB3022 runs Aug. 15 to Sept. 15, 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.