Beaver Mountain Goat Rifle Draw Odds (Utah)
Once-in-a-lifetime rifle (any legal weapon) mountain goat on the Beaver unit. In 2026, 2,445 residents applied for 15 resident permits and 3,145 nonresidents for 2 nonresident permits across 2 hunts.
Beaver GO6800
Key facts, hunt GO6800
- At 26 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 26, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 226.2 were the 2nd longest of 17 once-in-a-lifetime mountain goat hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 1,019 in 2018 to 1,357 in 2026 (+33%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 20 in 2018 to 26 in 2026.
- Resident permits went from 7 in 2025 to 6 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 70% of applicants (3,145 of 4,502) and drew 2 of 8 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Sept. 5 to Sept. 27, runs 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 in 1.7 |
| 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 18 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 27.0 |
| 17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 66.0 |
| 6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 82.0 |
| 2 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 1,357 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 in 226.2 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 20 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 27.0 |
| 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 17 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 16 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 6 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 3,145 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 in 1572.5 |
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 GO6800.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,357 | 6 | 1 in 226.2 | 26 | 3 | none | 3,145 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1,355 | 7 | 1 in 193.6 | 26 | 12 | 26+ | 3,030 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1,399 | 7 | 1 in 199.9 | 24 | 3 | none | 3,116 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1,377 | 7 | 1 in 196.7 | 25 | 6 | 25+ | 3,194 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1,367 | 8 | 1 in 170.9 | 23 | 3 | 23+ | 3,095 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1,329 | 7 | 1 in 189.9 | 22 | 3 | 22+ | 3,220 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1,063 | 8 | 1 in 132.9 | 21 | 12 | none | 2,508 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1,025 | 8 | 1 in 128.1 | 23 | 8 | 23+ | 2,254 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1,019 | 6 | 1 in 169.8 | 20 | 10 | 20+ | 2,417 | 2 |
Beaver GO6801
Key facts, hunt GO6801
- At 25 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 25, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 120.9 were the 4th longest of 17 once-in-a-lifetime mountain goat hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 982 in 2018 to 1,088 in 2026 (+11%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 22 in 2018 to 25 in 2026.
- Resident permits held at 9 from 2025 to 2026.
- The 2026 season, Sept. 28 to Oct. 26, runs 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 in 1.2 |
| 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 9.0 |
| 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 18.0 |
| 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 in 18.5 |
| 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 1,088 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 in 120.9 |
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 GO6801.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,088 | 9 | 1 in 120.9 | 25 | 15 | none | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1,004 | 9 | 1 in 111.6 | 25 | 4 | 25+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 927 | 9 | 1 in 103.0 | 25 | 7 | 25+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 806 | 9 | 1 in 89.6 | 23 | 7 | none | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 839 | 10 | 1 in 83.9 | 23 | 4 | 23+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 855 | 9 | 1 in 95.0 | 22 | 10 | 22+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 970 | 10 | 1 in 97.0 | 22 | 3 | 22+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 994 | 10 | 1 in 99.4 | 23 | 0 | 21+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 982 | 7 | 1 in 140.3 | 22 | 2 | 20+ | 0 | 0 |
All mountain goats hunts on Beaver
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | GO6822 | Archery | Nov. 14 to Nov. 23 | 179 | 2 | 1 in 89.5 | 0 |
| Beaver On this page | GO6800 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 5 to Sept. 27 | 1,357 | 6 | 1 in 226.2 | 2 |
| Beaver On this page | GO6801 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 28 to Oct. 26 | 1,088 | 9 | 1 in 120.9 | 0 |
Beaver mountain goats 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 Beaver rifle mountain goats draw odds
How many points does it take to draw Beaver rifle mountain goats?
In the 2026 draw for Beaver rifle mountain goats (hunt GO6800), not every resident at the top point level drew. The lowest resident point level that drew was 3 (1 of 82). Nonresidents: 2 of 3,145 applicants drew, from 20 to 27 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for Beaver rifle mountain goats?
For hunt GO6800, 1,357 residents applied for 6 permits and 3,145 nonresidents applied for 2 permits in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the Beaver rifle mountain goats season?
The 2026 season for GO6800 runs Sept. 5 to Sept. 27, 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.
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