San Juan Desert Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds (Utah)

Once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn ram hunts on the San Juan unit. In 2026, 620 residents applied for 9 resident permits and 0 nonresidents for 0 nonresident permits across 4 hunts.

Data: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026). Season dates: 2026 DWR guidebook. Page built Sept. 24, 2026.

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Hunts, 2026

desert bighorn sheep hunt codes on this unit

Resident applicants

620

for 9 resident permits

Nonresident applicants

for 0 nonresident permits

Top resident points drawn

highest point level that drew, any hunt

San Juan desert bighorn sheep draw: key facts, 2026

San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunts drew 620 resident applications in 2026, the 5th most of 9 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep units.
San Juan desert bighorn sheep averaged 68.9 resident applicants per resident permit, the 3rd lowest of 9 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep units with permits.
San Juan desert bighorn sheep resident odds ranged from 1 in 51.0 (DS6623, rifle) to 1 in 99.5 (DS6607, rifle) 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 San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunts

Every San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunt code in the 2026 DWR odds report, with 2026 resident odds. Source: Utah DWR draw odds, utahdraws.com/drawodds (2026).
Hunt	Code	Weapon	2026 season	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds 2026
Lockhart On this page	DS6606	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Sept. 12 to Nov. 10	135	2	1 in 67.5
North On this page	DS6622	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Sept. 12 to Nov. 10	184	3	1 in 61.3
San Juan River On this page	DS6623	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Sept. 12 to Nov. 10	102	2	1 in 51.0
South On this page	DS6607	Rifle (any legal weapon)	Sept. 12 to Nov. 10	199	2	1 in 99.5

San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunt map

San Juan, Lockhart, San Juan, North, San Juan, San Juan River, San Juan, South Other units in the same DWR layer

Boundary data: Utah DWR, 2026 hunt boundaries. For reference only, simplified for display. Legal boundary on the DWR Hunt Planner.

Lockhart DS6606

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 67.5

135 applicants, 2 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

n/a

0 applicants, 0 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

None

Not every resident at the top level (25 points) drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

17 pts

1 of 4 at 17 points drew

Hunt number

DS6606

Lockhart

2026 season

Sept. 12 to Nov. 10

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

25 res / n/a nonres

3 residents at 25 points

Permits drawn, 2026

2 res / 0 nonres

Resident: 1 bonus, 1 random

Key facts, hunt DS6606

No resident point level had even odds in 2026: at the top level (25 points), 1 of 3 drew.
Resident odds of 1 in 67.5 were the 6th best of 18 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants fell from 166 in 2018 to 135 in 2026 (-19%).
The highest resident point level that drew went from 21 in 2018 to 25 in 2026.
Resident permits held at 2 from 2025 to 2026.
The 2026 season, Sept. 12 to Nov. 10, runs 60 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

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Bonus points	Applicants	Bonus permits	Random permits	Total permits	Odds
25	3	1	0	1	1 in 3.0
24	1	0	0	0	none drawn
22	1	0	0	0	none drawn
21	1	0	0	0	none drawn
20	2	0	0	0	none drawn
19	2	0	0	0	none drawn
18	2	0	0	0	none drawn
17	4	0	1	1	1 in 4.0
16	6	0	0	0	none drawn
15	6	0	0	0	none drawn
14	7	0	0	0	none drawn
13	4	0	0	0	none drawn
12	6	0	0	0	none drawn
11	5	0	0	0	none drawn
10	3	0	0	0	none drawn
9	8	0	0	0	none drawn
8	5	0	0	0	none drawn
7	6	0	0	0	none drawn
6	5	0	0	0	none drawn
5	12	0	0	0	none drawn
4	11	0	0	0	none drawn
3	9	0	0	0	none drawn
2	7	0	0	0	none drawn
1	1	0	0	0	none drawn
0	18	0	0	0	none drawn
Total	135	1	1	2	1 in 67.5

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
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 DS6606.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from
2026	135	2	1 in 67.5	25	17	none
2025	118	2	1 in 59.0	27	24	27+
2024	130	2	1 in 65.0	24	19	none
2023	132	3	1 in 44.0	24	8	24+
2022	144	3	1 in 48.0	24	19	none
2021	115	3	1 in 38.3	23	8	none
2020	123	2	1 in 61.5	21	17	none
2019	111	2	1 in 55.5	22	1	none
2018	166	2	1 in 83.0	21	17	none

North DS6622

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 61.3

184 applicants, 3 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

n/a

0 applicants, 0 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

27+ pts

The only resident at the top level (27 points) drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

3 pts

1 of 13 at 3 points drew

Hunt number

DS6622

North

2026 season

Sept. 12 to Nov. 10

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

27 res / n/a nonres

1 resident at 27 points

Permits drawn, 2026

3 res / 0 nonres

Resident: 2 bonus, 1 random

Key facts, hunt DS6622

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 61.3 were the 5th best of 18 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants rose from 54 in 2020 to 184 in 2026 (+241%).
The highest resident point level that drew went from 21 in 2020 to 27 in 2026.
Resident permits held at 3 from 2025 to 2026.
The 2026 season, Sept. 12 to Nov. 10, runs 60 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

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Bonus points	Applicants	Bonus permits	Random permits	Total permits	Odds
27	1	1	0	1	all drew
26	2	1	0	1	1 in 2.0
24	8	0	0	0	none drawn
23	4	0	0	0	none drawn
22	1	0	0	0	none drawn
21	2	0	0	0	none drawn
20	4	0	0	0	none drawn
19	3	0	0	0	none drawn
18	2	0	0	0	none drawn
17	5	0	0	0	none drawn
16	4	0	0	0	none drawn
15	3	0	0	0	none drawn
14	6	0	0	0	none drawn
13	4	0	0	0	none drawn
12	7	0	0	0	none drawn
11	7	0	0	0	none drawn
10	6	0	0	0	none drawn
9	9	0	0	0	none drawn
8	10	0	0	0	none drawn
7	4	0	0	0	none drawn
6	9	0	0	0	none drawn
5	9	0	0	0	none drawn
4	10	0	0	0	none drawn
3	13	0	1	1	1 in 13.0
2	14	0	0	0	none drawn
1	21	0	0	0	none drawn
0	16	0	0	0	none drawn
Total	184	2	1	3	1 in 61.3

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
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.

7 years of history

Residents, 2020 to 2026, hunt DS6622. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2020. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from
2026	184	3	1 in 61.3	27	3	27+
2025	120	3	1 in 40.0	26	20	26+
2024	166	3	1 in 55.3	26	19	26+
2023	61	3	1 in 20.3	22	4	none
2022	106	3	1 in 35.3	24	22	24+
2021	112	3	1 in 37.3	22	8	22+
2020	54	2	1 in 27.0	21	1	21+

San Juan River DS6623

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 51.0

102 applicants, 2 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

n/a

0 applicants, 0 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

25+ pts

The only resident at the top level (25 points) drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

21 pts

1 of 4 at 21 points drew

Hunt number

DS6623

San Juan River

2026 season

Sept. 12 to Nov. 10

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

25 res / n/a nonres

1 resident at 25 points

Permits drawn, 2026

2 res / 0 nonres

Resident: 1 bonus, 1 random

Key facts, hunt DS6623

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 51.0 were the 1st best of 18 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants rose from 61 in 2020 to 102 in 2026 (+67%).
The highest resident point level that drew went from 13 in 2020 to 25 in 2026.
Resident permits held at 2 from 2025 to 2026.
The 2026 season, Sept. 12 to Nov. 10, runs 60 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

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Bonus points	Applicants	Bonus permits	Random permits	Total permits	Odds
25	1	1	0	1	all drew
24	1	0	0	0	none drawn
23	1	0	0	0	none drawn
22	1	0	0	0	none drawn
21	4	0	1	1	1 in 4.0
20	2	0	0	0	none drawn
19	2	0	0	0	none drawn
16	3	0	0	0	none drawn
14	1	0	0	0	none drawn
13	3	0	0	0	none drawn
12	2	0	0	0	none drawn
11	6	0	0	0	none drawn
10	2	0	0	0	none drawn
9	2	0	0	0	none drawn
8	5	0	0	0	none drawn
7	5	0	0	0	none drawn
6	7	0	0	0	none drawn
5	3	0	0	0	none drawn
4	3	0	0	0	none drawn
3	12	0	0	0	none drawn
2	12	0	0	0	none drawn
1	14	0	0	0	none drawn
0	10	0	0	0	none drawn
Total	102	1	1	2	1 in 51.0

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
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.

7 years of history

Residents, 2020 to 2026, hunt DS6623. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2020. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from
2026	102	2	1 in 51.0	25	21	25+
2025	137	2	1 in 68.5	26	13	26+
2024	69	1	1 in 69.0	1	1	none
2023	98	1	1 in 98.0	0	0	none
2022	84	1	1 in 84.0	12	12	none
2021	76	1	1 in 76.0	7	7	none
2020	61	1	1 in 61.0	13	13	none

South DS6607

Resident odds, 2026

1 in 99.5

199 applicants, 2 permits

Nonresident odds, 2026

n/a

0 applicants, 0 permits

Everyone drew at (resident)

27+ pts

The only resident at the top level (27 points) drew

Lowest points that drew (resident)

23 pts

1 of 5 at 23 points drew

Hunt number

DS6607

South

2026 season

Sept. 12 to Nov. 10

2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook

Top point level applying

27 res / n/a nonres

1 resident at 27 points

Permits drawn, 2026

2 res / 0 nonres

Resident: 1 bonus, 1 random

Key facts, hunt DS6607

At 27 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 27, fewer than half did.
Resident odds of 1 in 99.5 were the 8th best of 18 once-in-a-lifetime desert bighorn sheep hunts with resident permits in 2026.
Resident applicants fell from 215 in 2018 to 199 in 2026 (-7%).
The highest resident point level that drew went from 22 in 2018 to 27 in 2026.
Resident permits held at 2 from 2025 to 2026.
The 2026 season, Sept. 12 to Nov. 10, runs 60 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

Resident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
Bonus points	Applicants	Bonus permits	Random permits	Total permits	Odds
27	1	1	0	1	all drew
26	2	0	0	0	none drawn
25	1	0	0	0	none drawn
24	2	0	0	0	none drawn
23	5	0	1	1	1 in 5.0
22	4	0	0	0	none drawn
21	2	0	0	0	none drawn
20	3	0	0	0	none drawn
19	4	0	0	0	none drawn
18	1	0	0	0	none drawn
17	4	0	0	0	none drawn
16	8	0	0	0	none drawn
15	5	0	0	0	none drawn
14	6	0	0	0	none drawn
13	3	0	0	0	none drawn
12	5	0	0	0	none drawn
11	5	0	0	0	none drawn
10	8	0	0	0	none drawn
9	7	0	0	0	none drawn
8	12	0	0	0	none drawn
7	9	0	0	0	none drawn
6	10	0	0	0	none drawn
5	13	0	0	0	none drawn
4	12	0	0	0	none drawn
3	13	0	0	0	none drawn
2	14	0	0	0	none drawn
1	22	0	0	0	none drawn
0	18	0	0	0	none drawn
Total	199	1	1	2	1 in 99.5

Nonresident

Nonresident, 2026 draw. Shaded rows drew at least one permit. Point levels with no applicants are left out.
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 DS6607.

Resident applicants vs permitsApplicants Permits

Highest resident points that drew

Sources: Utah DWR drawing odds report PDFs and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. Each year links to its source. Lowest and all-drew point levels are computed from DWR's point-level rows: the lowest resident level with at least one permit, and the level from which every resident at that level and above drew.
Year	Res. applicants	Res. permits	Res. odds	Top res. points drawn	Lowest res. points drawn	All res. drew from
2026	199	2	1 in 99.5	27	23	27+
2025	177	2	1 in 88.5	26	0	26+
2024	192	2	1 in 96.0	26	1	26+
2023	198	2	1 in 99.0	25	13	none
2022	207	2	1 in 103.5	25	14	25+
2021	193	2	1 in 96.5	24	3	24+
2020	168	2	1 in 84.0	23	7	23+
2019	218	3	1 in 72.7	23	8	23+
2018	215	2	1 in 107.5	22	8	none

San Juan desert bighorn sheep point creep

Resident applicants by bonus points held, each year, on this unit's current hunt codes. The median bonus points held by resident applicants on San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunts was 6 in both 2020 and 2026; the 90th percentile went from 18 to 19 (same 4 hunt codes both years).

Computed from the point-level rows of Utah DWR drawing odds reports and, for 2026, Utah DWR draw odds at utahdraws.com/drawodds. First-choice resident applicants. "Hunt codes" is how many of this unit's hunts DWR listed that year.
Year	Hunt codes	Res. applicants	Median points	90th percentile	Top level	0 to 4 pts	5 to 9 pts	10 to 14 pts	15 to 19 pts	20+ pts
2026	4	620	6	19	27	250	150	96	64	60
2025	4	552	6	19	27	222	126	99	59	46
2024	4	557	6	19	26	242	118	92	63	42
2023	4	489	6	18	25	205	109	79	55	41
2022	4	541	5	18	25	239	120	88	53	41
2021	4	496	6	18	24	225	107	75	57	32
2020	4	406	6	18	23	168	98	68	52	20
2019	2	329	6	17	23	147	75	49	45	13
2018	2	381	6	17	22	160	88	67	48	18

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Questions about San Juan desert bighorn sheep draw odds

How many San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunts are there?

DWR's 2026 draw odds list 4 hunts for San Juan desert bighorn sheep: Lockhart rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6606); North rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6622); San Juan River rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6623); South rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6607).

Which San Juan desert bighorn sheep hunt had the best resident odds in 2026?

San Juan River rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6623) at 1 in 51.0 (102 residents for 2 permits). The longest odds were South rifle (any legal weapon) (DS6607) at 1 in 99.5. Odds change every year.

When are the San Juan desert bighorn sheep seasons?

2026 seasons from the DWR guidebook: DS6606 Sept. 12 to Nov. 10; DS6622 Sept. 12 to Nov. 10; DS6623 Sept. 12 to Nov. 10; DS6607 Sept. 12 to Nov. 10. 2027 dates post when DWR publishes the 2027 guidebook.

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Sources

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.