Unit Cache, South
Utah Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit Cache, South lies in Cache, Rich and Weber counties and covers about 428 square miles. Ground runs from 6,226 to 8,530 feet. 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 Cache, South
Unit Cache, South lies in Cache, Rich and Weber counties and covers about 428 square miles. Ground runs from 6,226 to 8,530 feet. 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 Cache, South
UDWR's material on unit Cache, South stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Cache, Rich and Weber counties. It runs to about 428 square miles.
What bounds unit Cache, South
UDWR draws unit Cache, South in Cache, Rich and Weber counties with a boundary that runs on USFS Road 054, 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: Logan Peak, Providence Peak and Millville Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Logan Peak at 9,691 feet, Providence Peak at 9,588 feet, Millville Peak at 9,254 feet, Mount McKinnon at 9,080 feet and Eccles Peak at 9,054 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk on low, open country live on distance and visibility, so they see you first.
Holding ground: Willis Sink, Welches Flat and Burnt Fork
Below them sit Willis Sink at 7,914 feet, Welches Flat at 7,812 feet, Burnt Fork at 7,717 feet, South Sink at 7,710 feet and Frazier Hollow at 7,704 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Worm Fence Spring, Conifer Box Spring and Temple Spring
Named sources include Worm Fence Spring, Conifer Box Spring, Temple Spring, Little Cottonwood Spring, Dugway Spring and Hunsaker 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. Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as Private / Other 100%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 6,226 feet to 8,530 feet, averaging 7,594 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.
Unit Cache, South terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Logan Peak (9,691 ft), Millville Peak (9,254 ft), Mount McKinnon (9,080 ft), Temple Peak (9,008 ft)
Holding ground: Spence Basin Sink (8,408 ft), Arbs Basin (8,364 ft), Peter Sinks (8,105 ft), Worm Fence Spring, Temple 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 Cache, South
Elk Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit Cache, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 5 | 93 | 5.4% | 19 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 79 | 1.3% | 19 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 4 | 7 | 57.1% | 6 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 6 | 16.7% | 6 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 10 | 448 | 2.2% | 12 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 30 | 3.3% | 12 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 10 | 384 | 2.6% | 21 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 57 | 1.8% | 21 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Multi-season bull/buck only (resident) | 1 | 170 | 0.6% | 1 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Multi-season bull/buck only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
Data from 2025 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 Cache, South, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- Any Legal Weapon, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 625 applicants for 3 licences, 0.5% drawn, 23 bonus points needed
- Any Legal Weapon, Multi-season, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 170 applicants for 1 licences, 0.6% drawn, 1 bonus point needed
- Archery, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 169 applicants for 8 licences, 4.7% drawn, 16 bonus points needed
- Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 93 applicants for 5 licences, 5.4% drawn, 19 bonus points needed
Utah draws on bonus points in a weighted random draw, not in point order, so the figure above is what it happened to take that year rather than a threshold you can plan to reach. More points buy more chances, never a turn. There are 2 further season-and-residency combinations in the recap for this unit. 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.
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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