North Slope Elk Rifle Draw Odds (Utah)
Limited-entry rifle (any legal weapon) bull elk on the North Slope unit. In 2026, 522 residents applied for 14 resident permits and 54 nonresidents for 1 nonresident permit across 2 hunts.
Three Corners, early season EB3210
Key facts, hunt EB3210
- At 24 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 24, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 50.8 were the 19th longest of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 288 in 2025 to 254 in 2026 (-12%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 24 in 2025 to 25 in 2026.
- Resident permits held at 5 from 2025 to 2026.
- The 2026 season, Sept. 16 to Sept. 20, runs 5 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | all drew |
| 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 14.0 |
| 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 12.0 |
| 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 254 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 in 50.8 |
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.
2 years of history
Residents, 2025 to 2026, hunt EB3210. The DWR reports we hold (2018 onward) first list this hunt code in 2025. Earlier hunts on this unit may have run under other codes or boundaries; we do not merge them.
| Year | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds | Top res. points drawn | Lowest res. points drawn | All res. drew from | Nonres. applicants | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 254 | 5 | 1 in 50.8 | 25 | 4 | 24+ | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 288 | 5 | 1 in 57.6 | 24 | 10 | 20+ | 0 | 0 |
Three Corners, mid season EB3053
Key facts, hunt EB3053
- At 20 points and above, at least half of resident applicants drew in 2026; below 20, fewer than half did.
- Resident odds of 1 in 29.8 were the 42nd longest of 145 limited-entry bull elk hunts with resident permits in 2026.
- Resident applicants fell from 394 in 2021 to 268 in 2026 (-32%).
- The highest resident point level that drew went from 17 in 2021 to 25 in 2026.
- Resident permits held at 9 from 2025 to 2026.
- Nonresidents were 17% of applicants (54 of 322) and drew 1 of 10 permits in 2026.
- The 2026 season, Oct. 3 to Oct. 15, runs 13 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | all drew |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 in 2.5 |
| 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 4.0 |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 8.0 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 14.0 |
| 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 12.0 |
| 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 268 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 in 29.8 |
Nonresident
| Bonus points | Applicants | Bonus permits | Random permits | Total permits | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 6.0 |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | none drawn |
| Total | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 in 54.0 |
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 EB3053. 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 | 268 | 9 | 1 in 29.8 | 25 | 7 | 20+ | 54 | 1 | Limited-entry Bull Elk - North Slope, Three Corners - Mid Any Legal Weapon |
| 2025 | 265 | 9 | 1 in 29.4 | 21 | 6 | 19+ | 110 | 1 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2024 | 404 | 13 | 1 in 31.1 | 24 | 2 | 18+ | 78 | 2 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2023 | 364 | 13 | 1 in 28.0 | 23 | 8 | 18+ | 79 | 1 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2022 | 399 | 13 | 1 in 30.7 | 18 | 2 | 17+ | 107 | 1 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2021 | 394 | 13 | 1 in 30.3 | 17 | 0 | 17+ | 84 | 1 | Limited-entry Alw (rifle) Bull Elk - Mid - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2020 | 373 | 14 | 1 in 26.6 | 16 | 3 | 16+ | 115 | 2 | Limited Entry Rifle Bull Elk - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2019 | 374 | 14 | 1 in 26.7 | 16 | 1 | 16+ | 87 | 2 | Limited Entry Rifle Bull Elk - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
| 2018 | 387 | 16 | 1 in 24.2 | 15 | 3 | 15+ | 62 | 2 | Limited Entry Rifle Bull Elk - North Slope, Three Corners - Any Legal Weapon |
All elk hunts on North Slope
| Hunt | Code | Weapon | 2026 season | Res. applicants | Res. permits | Res. odds 2026 | Nonres. permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Corners | EB3013 | Archery | Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 | 103 | 6 | 1 in 17.2 | 1 |
| Three Corners | EB3091 | Muzzleloader | Sept. 21 to Oct. 2 | 50 | 4 | 1 in 12.5 | 0 |
| Three Corners, early season On this page | EB3210 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Sept. 16 to Sept. 20 | 254 | 5 | 1 in 50.8 | 0 |
| Three Corners, mid season On this page | EB3053 | Rifle (any legal weapon) | Oct. 3 to Oct. 15 | 268 | 9 | 1 in 29.8 | 1 |
| Three Corners | EB3115 | Multiseason | Limited-entry seasons | 59 | 1 | 1 in 59.0 | 0 |
North Slope elk 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 North Slope rifle elk draw odds
How many points does it take to draw North Slope rifle elk?
In the 2026 draw for North Slope rifle elk (hunt EB3053), everyone with 20 or more points drew (3 applicants). The lowest resident point level that drew was 7 (1 of 12). Nonresidents: 1 of 54 applicants drew, from 17 points. Past draws do not predict future ones.
How many hunters apply for North Slope rifle elk?
For hunt EB3053, 268 residents applied for 9 permits and 54 nonresidents applied for 1 permit in the 2026 draw (Utah DWR draw odds).
When is the North Slope rifle elk season?
The 2026 season for EB3053 runs Oct. 3 to Oct. 15, 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.