Unit Central Area (Central Region (Turkey LE))
Utah Hunting Guide — Turkey
Unit Central Area lies in Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put Merriam's turkey success here as high as 30%. 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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Turkey Hunting in Unit Central Area
Unit Central Area lies in Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put Merriam's turkey success here as high as 30%. 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 Merriam'S Turkey in Unit Central Area
UDWR's material on unit Central Area stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its Merriam's turkey live. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such. The unit lies in Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier counties.
The lines of the unit: Heber Mountain, Currant Creek and Soldier Creek Dam
UDWR draws unit Central Area in Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier counties with a boundary that runs on I-80, I-15, USFS Road 054 and USFS Road 081, and on Heber Mountain, Currant Creek, Soldier Creek Dam and Strawberry River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.
High ground inside the line: Deep Creek Range, Ibapah Peak and Haystack Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Deep Creek Range at 12,026 feet, Ibapah Peak at 12,026 feet, Haystack Peak at 11,996 feet, Mount Nebo at 11,804 feet and Mount Timpanogos at 11,728 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. The animals here want cover next to feed and will stay within reach of both.
Holding ground: Pika Cirque, Jolleys Hole and Big Horseshoe
Below them sit Pika Cirque at 10,030 feet, Jolleys Hole at 10,009 feet, Big Horseshoe at 9,997 feet, South Basin at 9,990 feet and Hell Hole Basin at 9,989 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Willow Spring, Cane Spring and Chicken Springs
Named sources include Willow Spring, Cane Spring, Chicken Springs, Flint Spring, Wild Goose Spring and Skinner Spring. 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 Central Area terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Deep Creek Range (12,026 ft), Haystack Peak (11,996 ft), Mount Nebo (11,804 ft), Mount Timpanogos (11,728 ft)
Holding ground: North Basin (11,265 ft), Timpanogos Basin (10,211 ft), Mineral Flat (10,174 ft), Willow Spring, Cane 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 Merriam'S Turkey in Unit Central Area
Turkey Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Merriam's turkey row for unit Central Area 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.
Turkey Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident) | 230 | 3,033 | 7.6% | 9 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 26 | 15.4% | 9 |
Data from 2024 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineUDWR's draw recap has no Merriam's turkey record we can tie to unit Central Area. That usually means the licence is sold over the counter, is issued under a hunt code covering several units, or was not offered in the years we hold. Rather than estimate a point requirement, we leave it blank — check UDWR's own draw recap for the hunt code you mean to apply for.
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