Pine Valley General Season Deer Archery Draw Odds (Utah)
General-season archery buck deer on the Pine Valley unit, drawn with preference points. In 2026, 643 residents applied for 352 resident permits and everyone with 4 or more points drew (8 applicants).
Hunt DB1517: Pine Valley
Pine Valley general-season archery 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 1.8 were the tied 37th longest of 106 general-season buck deer hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants rose from 589 in 2018 to 643 in 2026 (+9%).
- Resident permits went from 372 in 2025 to 352 in 2026.
- Nonresidents were 15% of applicants (110 of 753) and drew 39 of 391 permits in 2026.
- Statewide, 31 general-season archery deer hunts drew 15,563 resident applicants for 10,878 resident permits in 2026 (1.4 per permit); this hunt had 1.8 per permit.
- Across the 31 general-season archery hunts where every resident at the top levels drew, the median point level from which all drew was 2 in 2026; on this hunt it was 4.
- The 2026 season, Aug. 15 to Sept. 11, runs 28 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 | 7 | 7 | all drew |
| 3 | 33 | 32 | 1 in 1.0 |
| 2 | 33 | 33 | all drew |
| 1 | 245 | 242 | 1 in 1.0 |
| 0 | 324 | 37 | 1 in 8.8 |
| Total | 643 | 352 | 1 in 1.8 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | all drew |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | all drew |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | all drew |
| 4 | 19 | 19 | all drew |
| 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 in 6.5 |
| 2 | 14 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 27 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 in 20.0 |
| Total | 110 | 39 | 1 in 2.8 |
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 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 0 | 25 | 25 | all drew |
| Total | 26 | 26 | 1 in 1.0 |
Nonresident
| Preference points | Applicants | Permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | all drew |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 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 DB1517.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 643 | 352 | 1 in 1.8 | 5 | 0 | 4+ | 110 | 39 |
| 2025 | 612 | 372 | 1 in 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 2+ | 149 | 42 |
| 2024 | 667 | 488 | 1 in 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 4+ | 131 | 58 |
| 2023 | 666 | 305 | 1 in 2.2 | 6 | 1 | none | 183 | 37 |
| 2022 | 661 | 216 | 1 in 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 2+ | 231 | 24 |
| 2021 | 859 | 576 | 1 in 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 2+ | 264 | 64 |
| 2020 | 757 | 664 | 1 in 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 4+ | 288 | 72 |
| 2019 | 640 | 595 | 1 in 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 3+ | 241 | 75 |
| 2018 | 589 | 567 | 1 in 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 3+ | 214 | 71 |
All general-season deer hunts on Pine Valley
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley On this page | DB1517 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 11 | 643 | 352 | 1 in 1.8 | 39 |
| Pine Valley | DB1577 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 | 563 | 368 | 1 in 1.5 | 45 |
| Pine Valley | DB1547 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 17 to Oct. 25 | 3,426 | 898 | 1 in 3.8 | 94 |
| Early season | DB1595 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 7 to Oct. 11 | 1,017 | 396 | 1 in 2.6 | 41 |
Pine Valley general-season deer overview and Dedicated Hunter odds
Pine Valley 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 Pine Valley general-season archery deer draw odds
How many points does it take to draw Pine Valley general-season archery deer?
In the 2026 draw for Pine Valley general-season archery deer (hunt DB1517), everyone with 4 or more points drew (8 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 0 (37 of 324). Nonresidents: 39 of 110 applicants drew, from 0 to 8 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for Pine Valley general-season archery deer?
For hunt DB1517, 643 residents applied for 352 permits and 110 nonresidents applied for 39 permits in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the Pine Valley general-season archery deer season?
The 2026 season for DB1517 runs Aug. 15 to Sept. 11, per the 2026 DWR guidebook. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.
Get the 2027 deadline
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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.