Unit Kaiparowits Hams (Kaiparowits (HAMS))
Utah Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Unit Kaiparowits Hams lies in Garfield and Kane counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put mule deer success here as high as 25%. 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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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit Kaiparowits Hams
Unit Kaiparowits Hams lies in Garfield and Kane counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put mule deer success here as high as 25%. 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 Kaiparowits Hams
UDWR draws an exact line around unit Kaiparowits Hams and says nothing about where the mule deer stand inside it. 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 Garfield and Kane counties.
What bounds unit Kaiparowits Hams
UDWR draws unit Kaiparowits Hams in Garfield and Kane counties with a boundary that runs on Paria River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Canaan Peak, Death Ridge and Fiftymile Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Canaan Peak at 9,302 feet, Death Ridge at 7,956 feet, Fiftymile Mountain at 7,638 feet, Bull Ridge at 7,609 feet and Cougar Knoll at 7,606 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: Lake Pasture, Aspen Patch and Spencer Flat
Below them sit Lake Pasture at 7,391 feet, Aspen Patch at 7,384 feet, Spencer Flat at 7,299 feet, Georgie Hollow at 7,277 feet and Harry Colwes Draw at 7,241 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Cave Spring, Soda Spring and Mossy Dell Spring
Named sources include Cave Spring, Soda Spring, Mossy Dell Spring, Relishen Seep, Cottonwood Spring and Rock 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 Kaiparowits Hams terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Canaan Peak (9,302 ft), Death Ridge (7,956 ft), Fiftymile Mountain (7,638 ft), Steer Point (7,545 ft)
Holding ground: Canaan Bottom (7,861 ft), Bull Flat (7,667 ft), Lonesome Pine Flat (7,551 ft), Cave Spring, Mossy Dell 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 Kaiparowits Hams
Mule Deer Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no mule deer row for unit Kaiparowits Hams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 4 | 87 | 4.6% | 12 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 1 | 30 | 3.3% | 12 |
Data from 2022 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineUDWR's 2022 draw recap for mule deer in unit Kaiparowits Hams, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- Rifle, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 87 applicants for 4 licences, 4.6% drawn, 12 bonus points needed
- Rifle, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 30 applicants for 1 licences, 3.3% drawn, 12 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.
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