Unit Central Mtns, Manti (Manti)
Utah Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit Central Mtns, Manti lies in Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah 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 Central Mtns, Manti
Unit Central Mtns, Manti lies in Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah 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 Central Mtns, Manti
UDWR's material on unit Central Mtns, Manti 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 Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties.
What bounds unit Central Mtns, Manti
UDWR has unit Central Mtns, Manti Boundary begins at the junction of US-6 and US-89 in Spanish Fork Canyon; southeast on US-6 to Price and SR-10; south on SR-10 to I-70; west on I-70 to US-89; north on US-89 to US-6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: South Tent Mountain, North Tent Mountain and Lowry Top
Named high points inside the unit include South Tent Mountain at 11,249 feet, North Tent Mountain at 11,211 feet, Lowry Top at 11,137 feet, Heliotrope Mountain at 11,125 feet and Swasey Ridge at 10,985 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: Red Pine Cove, Twelvemile Flat and Jolleys Hole
Below them sit Red Pine Cove at 10,207 feet, Twelvemile Flat at 10,102 feet, Jolleys Hole at 10,009 feet, Big Horseshoe at 9,997 feet and Philadelphia Flat at 9,978 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: Goat Ranch Spring, Rock Spring and Coyote Spring
Named sources include Goat Ranch Spring, Rock Spring, Coyote Spring, Long Hollow Spring, Right Fork Spring and Sky High 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 Mtns, Manti terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: South Tent Mountain (11,249 ft), Lowry Top (11,137 ft), Heliotrope Mountain (11,125 ft), Swasey Ridge (10,985 ft)
Holding ground: Baseball Flat (10,563 ft), Horseshoe Flat (10,494 ft), Horse Heaven (10,420 ft), Goat Ranch Spring, Rock 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 Central Mtns, Manti
Elk Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit Central Mtns, Manti 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) | 6 | 38 | 15.8% | 1 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 17 | 5.9% | 1 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 16 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 20 | 295 | 6.8% | 16 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 87 | 937 | 9.3% | 11 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 9 | 269 | 3.3% | 11 |
Data from 2023 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineUDWR's 2023 draw recap for elk in unit Central Mtns, Manti, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 937 applicants for 87 licences, 9.3% drawn, 11 bonus points needed
- Rifle, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 747 applicants for 4 licences, 0.5% drawn, 28 bonus points needed
- Archery, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 496 applicants for 15 licences, 3% drawn, 18 bonus points needed
- Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 269 applicants for 9 licences, 3.3% drawn, 11 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. 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