Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south (Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/South)
Utah Hunting Guide — Elk, Black Bear
Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south lies in Grand and Uintah counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put elk success here as high as 28%. Most of the unit is private, so access comes before tactics. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south lies in Grand and Uintah counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put elk success here as high as 28%. Most of the unit is private, so access comes before tactics. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
What UDWR publishes for unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south is a boundary, not a elk map. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Grand and Uintah counties.
The lines of the unit: White River, Green River and Little Creek
UDWR draws unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south in Grand and Uintah counties with a boundary that runs on I-70, and on White River, Green River, Little Creek and Steer Ridge, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Wagon Road Ridge, Roan Peaks and Mormon Ridge
Named high points inside the unit include Wagon Road Ridge at 9,503 feet, Roan Peaks at 9,481 feet, Mormon Ridge at 9,404 feet, Wilcox Point at 9,373 feet and Steer Ridge at 9,349 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk want timber to bed in and open ground to feed on, within a short walk of each other.
Holding ground: Bogart Canyon, Beaver Canyon and Buck Canyon
Below them sit Bogart Canyon at 7,972 feet, Beaver Canyon at 7,964 feet, Buck Canyon at 7,889 feet, Burnt Draw at 7,866 feet and Nelson Draw at 7,834 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Trough Spring, Tom Spring and Sweet Water Spring
Named sources include Trough Spring, Tom Spring, Sweet Water Spring, Indian Spring, West Spring and Moonwater Springs. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Before you apply: who owns this unit
A UDWR permit does not authorise hunting on Native American trust lands, on a CWMU without that CWMU's own permit, or on National Park land, and written permission is required to hunt private land.
Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up · figures are for GMU Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Roan Peaks (9,481 ft), Went Ridge (9,291 ft), Little Creek Ridge (9,118 ft), Tenmile Knoll (8,882 ft)
Holding ground: Nine Hole (9,227 ft), Bogart Canyon (7,972 ft), Ballard Draw (7,790 ft), Trough Spring, Tom Spring
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Elk in Unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south
Elk Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south that we can read back to this unit on its own. Where the agency reports a unit inside a grouping, or prints a table our parser cannot resolve to a single column, we leave the number out rather than publish a statewide average as though it had been measured here. UDWR's current harvest estimates are the place to check before you apply.
Elk Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 16 | 133 | 12.0% | 15 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 122 | 1.6% | 15 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 2 | 167 | 1.2% | 11 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 75 | 2.7% | 11 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 9 | 222 | 4.1% | 13 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 73 | 1.4% | 13 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Antlerless antlerless (resident) | 118 | 844 | 14.0% | — |
| Any Legal Weapon — Antlerless antlerless (nonresident) | 13 | 82 | 15.9% | — |
Data from 2022 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineUDWR's 2025 draw recap for elk in unit Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/south, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- Any Legal Weapon, Antlerless, Antlerless, resident: 453 applicants for 94 licences, 20.8% drawn, no bonus points needed
- Any Legal Weapon, Antlerless, Antlerless, nonresident: 47 applicants for 11 licences, 23.4% drawn, no bonus points needed
No bonus points were needed for the hunts above in that year, which can change the moment applicant numbers do. These are the figures as published in UDWR's own draw recap; we have not yet checked them back against the agency row by row, so confirm the hunt you mean to apply for before you count on a number.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-24.
- UDWR Hunt Boundaries — boundary descriptions from the Hunt Planner boundary layer — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, UDWR's private-land note for the unit · accessed 2026-10-24
- UDWR DWR_Hunt_Boundaries_combined feature service — all 687 published hunt boundaries, including the CWMUs — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-24