Diamond Mountain Antlerless Elk Draw Odds (Utah)
Antlerless Elk hunts on the Diamond Mountain unit, drawn with preference points. In 2026, 317 residents applied for 72 resident permits and 10 nonresidents for 8 nonresident permits across 2 hunts.
Diamond Mountain antlerless elk draw: key facts, 2026
- Diamond Mountain antlerless elk hunts drew 317 resident applications in 2026, the 12th fewest of 38 antlerless elk units.
- Diamond Mountain antlerless elk averaged 4.4 resident applicants per resident permit, the 18th highest of 38 antlerless elk units with permits.
- Diamond Mountain antlerless elk resident odds ranged from 1 in 4.0 (EA1090, rifle) to 1 in 4.8 (EA1089, rifle) in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 3% of Diamond Mountain antlerless elk applicants (10 of 327) and drew 8 of 80 permits in 2026.
Computed from Utah DWR draw odds (utahdraws.com/drawodds, 2026) and earlier DWR drawing odds reports. Past draws do not predict future ones.
All Diamond Mountain antlerless elk hunts
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Mountain On this page | EA1089 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 31 to Nov. 8 | 172 | 36 | 1 in 4.8 | 4 |
| Diamond Mountain On this page | EA1090 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Nov. 14 to 22 | 145 | 36 | 1 in 4.0 | 4 |
Diamond Mountain EA1089
Key facts, hunt EA1089
- At 2 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 2, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 4.8 were the tied 39th longest of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 238 in 2024 to 172 in 2026 (-28%).
- Resident permits held at 36 from 2025 to 2026.
- Nonresidents were 3% of applicants (6 of 178) and drew 4 of 40 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Oct. 31 to Nov. 8, runs 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | all drew |
| 2 | 38 | 23 | 1 in 1.7 |
| 1 | 45 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 76 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 172 | 36 | 1 in 4.8 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 in 2.0 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 1 in 1.5 |
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.
Youth draw
Resident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | all drew |
| 0 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 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 EA1089. 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 | 172 | 36 | 1 in 4.8 | 5 | 2 | 3+ | 6 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - ANY LEGAL WEAPON |
| 2025 | 175 | 36 | 1 in 4.9 | 5 | 2 | 3+ | 17 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2024 | 238 | 36 | 1 in 6.6 | 4 | 2 | 3+ | 18 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2023 | 242 | 36 | 1 in 6.7 | 5 | 2 | 3+ | 23 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2022 | 239 | 36 | 1 in 6.6 | 6 | 2 | 3+ | 19 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2021 | 267 | 36 | 1 in 7.4 | 5 | 2 | 3+ | 28 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2020 | 292 | 65 | 1 in 4.5 | 15 | 2 | 3+ | 25 | 8 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2019 | 242 | 54 | 1 in 4.5 | 13 | 2 | 3+ | 14 | 7 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2018 | 260 | 40 | 1 in 6.5 | 3 | 2 | 3+ | 19 | 5 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
Diamond Mountain EA1090
Key facts, hunt EA1090
- At 2 preference points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 2, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 4.0 were the tied 50th longest of 116 antlerless elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 155 in 2024 to 145 in 2026 (-6%).
- Resident permits held at 36 from 2025 to 2026.
- Nonresidents were 3% of applicants (4 of 149) and drew 4 of 40 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Nov. 14 to 22, runs 9 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 | 10 | 10 | all drew |
| 2 | 44 | 25 | 1 in 1.8 |
| 1 | 33 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 57 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 145 | 36 | 1 in 4.0 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 0 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 1 in 1.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | all drew |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | all drew |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 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 EA1090. 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 | 145 | 36 | 1 in 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 3+ | 4 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - ANY LEGAL WEAPON |
| 2025 | 119 | 36 | 1 in 3.3 | 6 | 2 | 3+ | 10 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2024 | 155 | 36 | 1 in 4.3 | 3 | 1 | 2+ | 17 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2023 | 87 | 36 | 1 in 2.4 | 4 | 2 | 2+ | 6 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2022 | 136 | 36 | 1 in 3.8 | 4 | 2 | 3+ | 7 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2021 | 110 | 36 | 1 in 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 2+ | 11 | 4 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2020 | 160 | 65 | 1 in 2.5 | 4 | 1 | 2+ | 4 | 3 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2019 | 129 | 54 | 1 in 2.4 | 3 | 1 | 2+ | 8 | 7 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2018 | 127 | 40 | 1 in 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 2+ | 11 | 6 | Antlerless Elk - South Slope, Diamond Mtn - Any Legal Weapon |
Diamond Mountain antlerless elk point creep
Resident applicants by preference points held, each year, on this unit's current hunt codes. The median preference points held by resident applicants on Diamond Mountain antlerless elk hunts was 1 in both 2018 and 2026 (same 2 hunt codes both years).
| Year | Hunt codes | Res. applicants | Median points | 90th percentile | Top level | 0 to 4 pts | 5 to 9 pts | 10 to 14 pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 317 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 316 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 294 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 291 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 393 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 393 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 329 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 328 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 375 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 373 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 377 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 376 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 452 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 451 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 371 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 369 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 387 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 387 | 0 | 0 |
Questions about Diamond Mountain antlerless elk draw odds
How many Diamond Mountain antlerless elk hunts are there?
DWR's 2026 draw odds list 2 hunts for Diamond Mountain antlerless elk: Diamond Mountain rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1089); Diamond Mountain rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1090).
Which Diamond Mountain antlerless elk hunt had the best resident odds in 2026?
Diamond Mountain rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1090) at 1 in 4.0 (145 residents for 36 permits). The longest odds were Diamond Mountain rifle (any legal weapon) (EA1089) at 1 in 4.8. Odds change every year.
When are the Diamond Mountain antlerless elk seasons?
2026 seasons from the DWR guidebook: EA1089 Oct. 31 to Nov. 8; EA1090 Nov. 14 to 22. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.
Antlerless reminders
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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 Antlerless Application Guidebook.
Page built Sept. 24, 2026. Found an error? [email protected]. Verify all dates and rules with DWR before applying.