La Sal General Season Deer Rifle Draw Odds (Utah)
General-season rifle (any legal weapon) buck deer on the La Sal unit, drawn with preference points. In 2026, 1,489 residents applied for 684 resident permits and everyone with 4 or more points drew (20 applicants).
Hunt DB1539: La Sal Mountains
La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) 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 2.2 were the tied 25th longest of 106 general-season buck deer hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 932 in 2018 to 1,489 in 2026 (+60%).
- Resident permits went from 624 in 2025 to 684 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 14% of applicants (235 of 1,724) and drew 76 of 760 permits in 2026.
- Statewide, 40 general-season rifle deer hunts drew 66,671 resident applicants for 30,882 resident permits in 2026 (2.2 per permit); this hunt had 2.2 per permit.
- Across the 39 general-season rifle hunts where every resident at the top levels drew, the median point level from which all drew was 4 in 2026; on this hunt it was 4.
- The 2026 season, Oct. 17 to Oct. 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | all drew |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | all drew |
| 3 | 44 | 41 | 1 in 1.1 |
| 2 | 237 | 235 | 1 in 1.0 |
| 1 | 493 | 363 | 1 in 1.4 |
| 0 | 695 | 25 | 1 in 27.8 |
| Total | 1,489 | 684 | 1 in 2.2 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | all drew |
| 4 | 25 | 25 | all drew |
| 3 | 58 | 32 | 1 in 1.8 |
| 2 | 32 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 46 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 59 | 4 | 1 in 14.8 |
| Total | 235 | 76 | 1 in 3.1 |
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.
Youth draw
Resident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | 5 | all drew |
| 1 | 28 | 28 | all drew |
| 0 | 204 | 204 | all drew |
| Total | 237 | 237 | 1 in 1.0 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | all drew |
| 0 | 11 | 11 | all drew |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 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.
9 years of history
Residents, 2018 to 2026, hunt DB1539.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,489 | 684 | 1 in 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 4+ | 235 | 76 |
| 2025 | 1,421 | 624 | 1 in 2.3 | 6 | 1 | 4+ | 278 | 70 |
| 2024 | 1,425 | 502 | 1 in 2.8 | 8 | 1 | 6+ | 240 | 58 |
| 2023 | 1,197 | 430 | 1 in 2.8 | 4 | 1 | none | 192 | 51 |
| 2022 | 1,090 | 433 | 1 in 2.5 | 5 | 1 | 4+ | 183 | 53 |
| 2021 | 1,074 | 531 | 1 in 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 6+ | 196 | 60 |
| 2020 | 907 | 449 | 1 in 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 4+ | 184 | 52 |
| 2019 | 930 | 613 | 1 in 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 2+ | 230 | 82 |
| 2018 | 932 | 629 | 1 in 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 3+ | 194 | 83 |
All general-season deer hunts on La Sal
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Sal Mountains | DB1509 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 11 | 398 | 222 | 1 in 1.8 | 29 |
| La Sal Mountains | DB1569 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 | 315 | 229 | 1 in 1.4 | 27 |
| La Sal Mountains On this page | DB1539 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 17 to Oct. 25 | 1,489 | 684 | 1 in 2.2 | 76 |
La Sal general-season deer overview and Dedicated Hunter odds
La Sal 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 La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) deer draw odds
How many points does it take to draw La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) deer?
In the 2026 draw for La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) deer (hunt DB1539), everyone with 4 or more points drew (20 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 0 (25 of 695). Nonresidents: 76 of 235 applicants drew, from 0 to 13 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) deer?
For hunt DB1539, 1,489 residents applied for 684 permits and 235 nonresidents applied for 76 permits in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the La Sal general-season rifle (any legal weapon) deer season?
The 2026 season for DB1539 runs Oct. 17 to Oct. 25, 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.