Unit Nine Mile, Anthro
Utah Hunting Guide — Elk
Unit Nine Mile, Anthro lies in Duchesne and Uintah 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 Nine Mile, Anthro
Unit Nine Mile, Anthro lies in Duchesne and Uintah 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 Nine Mile, Anthro
What UDWR publishes for unit Nine Mile, Anthro is a boundary, not a elk map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Duchesne and Uintah counties.
The lines of the unit: Argyle Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon and Bulls Canyon
UDWR draws unit Nine Mile, Anthro in Duchesne and Uintah counties with a boundary that runs on Argyle Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, Bulls Canyon and Nine Mile Creek, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. 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: Cottonwood Ridge, Anthro Mountain and Wild Horse Ridge
Named high points inside the unit include Cottonwood Ridge at 9,124 feet, Anthro Mountain at 9,091 feet, Wild Horse Ridge at 8,863 feet, Bad Land Cliffs at 7,109 feet and Spring Bench at 6,729 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: Y Canyon, Trail Hollow and Mill Hollow
Below them sit Y Canyon at 7,736 feet, Trail Hollow at 7,656 feet, Mill Hollow at 7,618 feet, Wolf Hollow at 7,575 feet and Spring Hollow at 7,506 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: Mine Hollow Spring, Nutters Spring and Odekirk Spring
Named sources include Mine Hollow Spring, Nutters Spring, Odekirk Spring and Snyder 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 Nine Mile, Anthro terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Cottonwood Ridge (9,124 ft), Anthro Mountain (9,091 ft), Wild Horse Ridge (8,863 ft), Bad Land Cliffs (7,109 ft)
Holding ground: Cracker Grove (8,772 ft), Wide Hollow (8,120 ft), Deathtrap Canyon (7,925 ft), Mine Hollow Spring, Nutters 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 Nine Mile, Anthro
Elk Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit Nine Mile, Anthro 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) | 27 | 59 | 45.8% | 10 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 3 | 47 | 6.4% | 10 |
| Archery — Antlerless antlerless (resident) | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | — |
| Archery — Antlerless antlerless (nonresident) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 27 | 41 | 65.9% | 2 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 3 | 32 | 9.4% | 2 |
Data from 2022 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 Nine Mile, Anthro, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- Archery, Antlerless, Antlerless, resident: 8 applicants for 8 licences, 100% drawn, no bonus points needed
- Archery, Antlerless, Antlerless, nonresident: 1 applicants for 1 licences, 100% drawn, no bonus points needed
No bonus points were needed for the hunts above in that year, which can change the moment applicant numbers do. 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