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Unit Central Mtns, Nebo (Nebo)

Utah Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat, Bighorn Sheep, Elk, Mule Deer

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 65%. 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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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR's material on unit Central Mtns, Nebo stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its mountain goat live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties.

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR has unit Central Mtns, Nebo Boundary begins at US-6 and I-15 at Spanish Fork; southeast on US-6 to US-89 near Thistle; south on US-89 to US-50 at Salina; northwest on US-50 to I-15 at Scipio; north on I-15 to US-6 at Spanish Fork. Excludes all CWMUs. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.

High ground inside the line: Mount Nebo, Wasatch Range and North Peak

Named high points inside the unit include Mount Nebo at 11,804 feet, Wasatch Range at 11,722 feet, North Peak at 11,075 feet, Bald Mountain at 10,815 feet and Loafer Ridge at 10,650 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Goats live above the trees on cliff and talus and come down only when weather makes them.

Holding ground: Middle Basin, North Flat and Broad Canyon

Below them sit Middle Basin at 9,092 feet, North Flat at 8,576 feet, Broad Canyon at 8,369 feet, Left Fork Log Hollow at 8,275 feet and South Flat at 8,272 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.

Water: Rock Spring, Dipping Corral Spring and Minnie Simmons Spring

Named sources include Rock Spring, Dipping Corral Spring, Minnie Simmons Spring, Tidwell Spring, Bradley Springs and Molten 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, Nebo terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Mount Nebo (11,804 ft), Bald Mountain (10,815 ft), Loafer Ridge (10,650 ft), Salt Creek Peak (9,976 ft)

Holding ground: North Basin (11,265 ft), North Flat (8,576 ft), Broad Canyon (8,369 ft), Rock Spring, Tidwell 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 Mountain Goat in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR's own harvest estimates put mountain goat success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at rifle 65% and archery 45%. A number like that comes from few tags and a short season, not from easy hunting. The plan: glass from across the basin, judge the climb honestly, and decide whether a hit animal could be recovered.

Glassing from Salt Creek Peak, Dry Mountain and Cedar Ridge

Take a position on one of Salt Creek Peak (9,976 ft), Dry Mountain (9,801 ft), Cedar Ridge (9,410 ft) and Andrews Ridge (9,312 ft) and be on it before light. Cold air slides downhill in the dark, so keep your scent out of the bowl you mean to watch; expect the thermals to turn uphill an hour after the sun reaches the slope. Give a basin forty minutes before you decide it is empty. On the rut hunts, early hunts find goats higher and later hunts find them pushed down by snow.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Mount Nebo, Bald Mountain, Loafer Ridge and Salt Creek Peak as places to see from, and North Basin, North Flat, Broad Canyon and Rock Spring as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Join two of them into a morning: be on the first before light, move to the second once the thermals turn.

What we can't tell you

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. Settle access before the season rather than during it. Some of the ground named above carries no land-status flag we trust, so check ownership on a current layer before you hunt it.

Utah rules that decide your day

Summarised from UDWR regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before official sunrise to half an hour after official sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Utah requires travel on existing roads and trails; there is no general off-road retrieval allowance. Plan a pack-out from anything you can't reach from an open route.

Tagging

Notch and attach the tag to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting protected wildlife is a crime.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 600 feet of a house, dwelling or other building without permission, and no shooting from a vehicle or across a road.

Mountain Goat: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mountain Goat Success Rates

Rifle65%

Archery45%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no mountain goat row for unit Central Mtns, Nebo 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.

Mountain Goat Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident)	9	642	1.4%	11
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident)	1	1,361	0.1%	11
Archery — Limited Entry either sex (resident)	6	285	2.1%	14
Archery — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident)	1	875	0.1%	14

Data from 2023 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2023 draw recap for mountain goat in unit Central Mtns, Nebo, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

Rifle, Limited Entry, Either Sex, nonresident: 1,361 applicants for 1 licences, 0.1% drawn, 11 bonus points needed
Archery, Limited Entry, Either Sex, nonresident: 875 applicants for 1 licences, 0.1% drawn, 14 bonus points needed
Rifle, Limited Entry, Either Sex, resident: 642 applicants for 9 licences, 1.4% drawn, 11 bonus points needed
Archery, Limited Entry, Either Sex, resident: 285 applicants for 6 licences, 2.1% drawn, 14 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.

Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 72%. 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 Bighorn Sheep in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

What UDWR publishes for unit Central Mtns, Nebo is a boundary, not a bighorn sheep map. 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, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties.

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR has unit Central Mtns, Nebo Boundary begins at US-6 and I-15 at Spanish Fork; southeast on US-6 to US-89 near Thistle; south on US-89 to US-50 at Salina; northwest on US-50 to I-15 at Scipio; north on I-15 to US-6 at Spanish Fork. Excludes all CWMUs. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Loafer Mountain, Santaquin Peak and Mahogany Ridge

Named high points inside the unit include Loafer Mountain at 10,592 feet, Santaquin Peak at 10,585 feet, Mahogany Ridge at 10,167 feet, Salt Creek Peak at 9,976 feet and Dry Mountain at 9,801 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep need rock to escape into and will not stand far from it.

Holding ground: Right Fork Log Hollow, John Jones Canyon and Left Fork Sullivan Canyon

Below them sit Right Fork Log Hollow at 8,224 feet, John Jones Canyon at 8,194 feet, Left Fork Sullivan Canyon at 8,092 feet, Mud Flat at 8,071 feet and Cold Spring Flat at 8,058 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.

Water: Cold Spring, Trough Spring and Mud Spring

Named sources include Cold Spring, Trough Spring, Mud Spring, Johnson Springs, Crooked Creek Spring and Christensen 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, Nebo terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Mount Nebo (11,804 ft), Bald Mountain (10,815 ft), Loafer Ridge (10,650 ft), Salt Creek Peak (9,976 ft)

Holding ground: North Basin (11,265 ft), North Flat (8,576 ft), Broad Canyon (8,369 ft), Rock Spring, Tidwell 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 Bighorn Sheep in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR's own harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at rifle 72%. A number like that comes from few tags and a short season, not from easy hunting. The plan: pick a glassing position across from the escape terrain and stay on it for hours, not minutes.

Glassing from Tidds Ridge, Nebo Bench and Twin Knolls

Take a position on one of Tidds Ridge (9,270 ft), Nebo Bench (9,247 ft), Twin Knolls (9,230 ft) and Mount Baldy (9,042 ft) and be on it before light. Work the morning with the air falling away from you, then accept that by mid-morning the wind has reversed and the plan has to change with it. Work the glass in strips and go back over ground you already covered — animals appear in country you looked at ten minutes ago. On the rut hunts, late hunts put rams with ewe groups on the same rock.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Mount Nebo, Bald Mountain, Loafer Ridge and Salt Creek Peak as places to see from, and North Basin, North Flat, Broad Canyon and Rock Spring as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Take the pair you can reach on one road and treat the rest as a second trip.

What we can't tell you

Utah rules that decide your day

Summarised from UDWR regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before official sunrise to half an hour after official sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Utah requires travel on existing roads and trails; there is no general off-road retrieval allowance. Plan a pack-out from anything you can't reach from an open route.

Tagging

Notch and attach the tag to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting protected wildlife is a crime.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 600 feet of a house, dwelling or other building without permission, and no shooting from a vehicle or across a road.

Bighorn Sheep: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Bighorn Sheep Success Rates

Rifle72%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit Central Mtns, Nebo 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.

Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Rifle — Limited Entry ram only (resident)	2	395	0.5%	11

Data from 2023 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2023 draw recap for bighorn sheep in unit Central Mtns, Nebo, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

Rifle, Limited Entry, Ram Only, resident: 395 applicants for 2 licences, 0.5% drawn, 11 bonus points needed

Elk Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo lies in Juab, Millard, 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, Nebo

UDWR draws an exact line around unit Central Mtns, Nebo and says nothing about where the elk stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties.

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR has unit Central Mtns, Nebo Boundary begins at US-6 and I-15 at Spanish Fork; southeast on US-6 to US-89 near Thistle; south on US-89 to US-50 at Salina; northwest on US-50 to I-15 at Scipio; north on I-15 to US-6 at Spanish Fork. Excludes all CWMUs. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Cedar Ridge, Andrews Ridge and Tidds Ridge

Named high points inside the unit include Cedar Ridge at 9,410 feet, Andrews Ridge at 9,312 feet, Tidds Ridge at 9,270 feet, Nebo Bench at 9,247 feet and Twin Knolls at 9,230 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: Middle Fork Sullivan Canyon, Right Fork Sullivan Canyon and Box Hollow

Below them sit Middle Fork Sullivan Canyon at 8,033 feet, Right Fork Sullivan Canyon at 7,981 feet, Box Hollow at 7,966 feet, Minnie Spring Hollow at 7,910 feet and White Pine Hollow at 7,908 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Water: Holman Spring, Apple Tree Spring and Ralph Lund Spring

Named sources include Holman Spring, Apple Tree Spring, Ralph Lund Spring, Poulson Well, Rock Spring and Dipping Corral 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, Nebo terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Mount Nebo (11,804 ft), Bald Mountain (10,815 ft), Loafer Ridge (10,650 ft), Salt Creek Peak (9,976 ft)

Holding ground: North Basin (11,265 ft), North Flat (8,576 ft), Broad Canyon (8,369 ft), Rock Spring, Tidwell 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, Nebo

UDWR's own harvest estimates put elk success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at archery 18%, rifle 28% and muzzleloader 22%. That is an ordinary spread for this country, and it rewards whoever scouted. The plan: find the feed, find the timber it backs onto, then watch the seam between them at the edges of the day.

Glassing from Middle Ridge, Evans Ridge and Big Baldy

Take a position on one of Middle Ridge (9,029 ft), Evans Ridge (8,988 ft), Big Baldy (8,772 ft) and Hop Creek Ridge (8,652 ft) and be on it before light. Cold air slides downhill in the dark, so keep your scent out of the bowl you mean to watch; expect the thermals to turn uphill an hour after the sun reaches the slope. A tripod is worth more here than another hour of walking. On the rut hunts, September bugling works where you can get above a drainage and let the thermals carry sound downhill.

A first plan from the pins on this page

What we can't tell you

Utah rules that decide your day

Summarised from UDWR regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before official sunrise to half an hour after official sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Utah requires travel on existing roads and trails; there is no general off-road retrieval allowance. Plan a pack-out from anything you can't reach from an open route.

Tagging

Notch and attach the tag to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting protected wildlife is a crime.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 600 feet of a house, dwelling or other building without permission, and no shooting from a vehicle or across a road.

Elk: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body. That is lungs, and on a quartering-away angle it picks up the far shoulder.

Shots to refuse

No straight-on and no straight-away shots. An elk's chest is deep and the margin is small.
Nothing standing behind or overlapping the animal you picked. A pass-through kills the elk behind it too.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have put three shots in a paper plate off the sticks you are actually carrying. Not the farthest you have ever hit anything.
Scope on 3–4x. A herd fills a 12x field of view and you lose the animal you picked.

Identification:On an antlerless tag, legal means no antler of any kind through the skin. A spike looks exactly like a cow until it turns its head. If you can't see the head, don't shoot.

Plan the carry: roughly 150– 220 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two to four large coolers, plus bagged ice from town. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Elk Success Rates

Archery18%

Rifle28%

Muzzleloader22%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit Central Mtns, Nebo 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)	12	217	5.5%	13
Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	76	2.6%	13
Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident)	2	121	1.7%	13
Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	56	1.8%	14
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident)	8	187	4.3%	10
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	61	1.6%	10

Data from 2022 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2022 draw recap for elk in unit Central Mtns, Nebo, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

Archery, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 217 applicants for 12 licences, 5.5% drawn, 13 bonus points needed
Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 187 applicants for 8 licences, 4.3% drawn, 10 bonus points needed
Rifle, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 127 applicants for 2 licences, 1.6% drawn, 14 bonus points needed
Archery, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 76 applicants for 2 licences, 2.6% drawn, 13 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 1 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.

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put mule deer success here as high as 20%. 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 Mule Deer in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR's material on unit Central Mtns, Nebo stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its mule deer 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, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties.

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

High ground inside the line: Mount Baldy, Middle Ridge and Evans Ridge

Named high points inside the unit include Mount Baldy at 9,042 feet, Middle Ridge at 9,029 feet, Evans Ridge at 8,988 feet, Big Baldy at 8,772 feet and Hop Creek Ridge at 8,652 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Mule deer bed on broken ground with a view and feed on the brush below it.

Holding ground: Sage Flat, Soap Flat and Spring Canyon

Below them sit Sage Flat at 7,890 feet, Soap Flat at 7,866 feet, Spring Canyon at 7,860 feet, Kuntz Flat at 7,855 feet and Buck Hollow at 7,842 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.

Water: Minnie Simmons Spring, Tidwell Spring and Bradley Springs

Named sources include Minnie Simmons Spring, Tidwell Spring, Bradley Springs, Molten Spring, Cold Spring and Trough 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, Nebo terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Mount Nebo (11,804 ft), Bald Mountain (10,815 ft), Loafer Ridge (10,650 ft), Salt Creek Peak (9,976 ft)

Holding ground: North Basin (11,265 ft), North Flat (8,576 ft), Broad Canyon (8,369 ft), Rock Spring, Tidwell 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 Mule Deer in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

UDWR's own harvest estimates put mule deer success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at muzzleloader 20%. That is an ordinary spread for this country, and it rewards whoever scouted. The plan: glass the broken edges at first light, then sit still and keep glassing the same ground.

Glassing from Gentle Band Ridge, Horse Heaven Mountain and Red Cliffs

Take a position on one of Gentle Band Ridge (8,651 ft), Horse Heaven Mountain (8,476 ft), Red Cliffs (8,450 ft) and Golden Ridge (8,342 ft) and be on it before light. Work the morning with the air falling away from you, then accept that by mid-morning the wind has reversed and the plan has to change with it. Glass the edges first, then the shaded timber, then the edges again as the light goes. On the rut hunts, late-season hunts put bucks with doe groups and moving in daylight.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Mount Nebo, Bald Mountain, Loafer Ridge and Salt Creek Peak as places to see from, and North Basin, North Flat, Broad Canyon and Rock Spring as ground to watch. Each pin is a named feature verified to fall inside the unit line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Take the pair you can reach on one road and treat the rest as a second trip.

What we can't tell you

Utah rules that decide your day

Summarised from UDWR regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before official sunrise to half an hour after official sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Utah requires travel on existing roads and trails; there is no general off-road retrieval allowance. Plan a pack-out from anything you can't reach from an open route.

Tagging

Notch and attach the tag to the carcass before leaving the kill site.

Leaving meat

Wasting protected wildlife is a crime.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No discharging a firearm within 600 feet of a house, dwelling or other building without permission, and no shooting from a vehicle or across a road.

Mule Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mule Deer Success Rates

Muzzleloader20%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no mule deer row for unit Central Mtns, Nebo 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.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts Req
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident)	21	84	25.0%	21
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	9	22.2%	21

Data from 2023 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2023 draw recap for mule deer in unit Central Mtns, Nebo, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 84 applicants for 21 licences, 25% drawn, 21 bonus points needed
Muzzleloader, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 9 applicants for 2 licences, 22.2% drawn, 21 bonus points needed

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Water

Adequate in higher country.

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Road Conditions

Paved highway with forest roads and trailhead access.

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Terrain Difficulty

Strenuous alpine and cliff terrain.

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Hunting Pressure

Very low due to tag scarcity.

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Weather

Snow can arrive early at elevation.

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Cell Service

Good near the Wasatch Front, spotty in the high country.

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Nearest Town

Payson and Wasatch Front towns provide services.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit Central Mtns, Nebo?

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo lies in Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier and Utah counties. UDWR has unit Central Mtns, Nebo Boundary begins at US-6 and I-15 at Spanish Fork; southeast on US-6 to US-89 near Thistle; south on US-89 to US-50 at Salina; northwest on US-50 to I-15 at Scipio; north on I-15 to US-6 at Spanish Fork. Excludes all CWMUs.

What is the mountain goat success rate in unit Central Mtns, Nebo?

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put mountain goat success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at rifle 65% and archery 45% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

Can you hunt unit Central Mtns, Nebo on public land?

What is the bighorn sheep success rate in unit Central Mtns, Nebo?

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at rifle 72% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

What is the elk success rate in unit Central Mtns, Nebo?

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put elk success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at archery 18%, rifle 28% and muzzleloader 22% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

What is the mule deer success rate in unit Central Mtns, Nebo?

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put mule deer success in unit Central Mtns, Nebo at muzzleloader 20% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.

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Sources & Verification

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

Unit Central Mtns, Nebo (Nebo)

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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

High ground inside the line: Mount Nebo, Wasatch Range and North Peak

Holding ground: Middle Basin, North Flat and Broad Canyon

Water: Rock Spring, Dipping Corral Spring and Minnie Simmons Spring

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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

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High ground inside the line: Loafer Mountain, Santaquin Peak and Mahogany Ridge

Holding ground: Right Fork Log Hollow, John Jones Canyon and Left Fork Sullivan Canyon

Water: Cold Spring, Trough Spring and Mud Spring

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Elk Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Where to Find Elk in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

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High ground inside the line: Cedar Ridge, Andrews Ridge and Tidds Ridge

Holding ground: Middle Fork Sullivan Canyon, Right Fork Sullivan Canyon and Box Hollow

Water: Holman Spring, Apple Tree Spring and Ralph Lund Spring

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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit Central Mtns, Nebo

What bounds unit Central Mtns, Nebo

High ground inside the line: Mount Baldy, Middle Ridge and Evans Ridge

Holding ground: Sage Flat, Soap Flat and Spring Canyon

Water: Minnie Simmons Spring, Tidwell Spring and Bradley Springs

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