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Unit North Slope, Three Corners

Utah Hunting Guide — Elk, Bighorn Sheep

Unit North Slope, Three Corners lies in Daggett County and covers about 223 square miles. Ground runs from 6,044 to 7,556 feet. 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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86%
Public Land
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6,044–7,556 ft
Sampled elevation

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Elk Hunting in Unit North Slope, Three Corners

Unit North Slope, Three Corners lies in Daggett County and covers about 223 square miles. Ground runs from 6,044 to 7,556 feet. 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 North Slope, Three Corners

UDWR's material on unit North Slope, Three Corners stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its elk 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 Daggett County. It runs to about 223 square miles.

The lines of the unit: Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Lucerne Point and Green River

UDWR draws unit North Slope, Three Corners in Daggett County with a boundary that runs on Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Lucerne Point and Green River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. 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: Bender Mountain, Willow Creek Butte and Goslin Mountain

Named high points inside the unit include Bender Mountain at 9,020 feet, Willow Creek Butte at 8,972 feet, Goslin Mountain at 8,180 feet, Mountain Home at 7,964 feet and Head of Cottonwood at 7,782 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk on low, open country live on distance and visibility, so they see you first.

Holding ground: Ford Draw, Cottonwood Draw and Pigeon Basin

Below them sit Ford Draw at 6,880 feet, Cottonwood Draw at 6,796 feet, Pigeon Basin at 6,704 feet, Dutch John Gap at 6,525 feet and Pigeon Canyon at 6,502 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: East Grindstone Spring, Grindstone Spring and Dripping Spring

The water inside the unit line comes to 30 mapped stream reaches, 16 lakes, 7 stock tanks and 1 springs. Named sources include East Grindstone Spring, Grindstone Spring, Dripping Spring, Ford Spring, Big Springs and Whisky Springs. 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. Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as National Forest 60%, Private / Other 17%, BLM 15% and State Trust 8%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 6,044 feet to 7,556 feet, averaging 6,628 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.

Unit North Slope, Three Corners terrain and land status

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

The lay of it

  • 6,044–7,556 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,628 ft ; peaks can run higher.
  • 222.7 sq mi inside the boundary.

Who owns the ground

  • National Forest — 60%
  • BLM — 15%
  • State Trust — 8%
  • Private / Other — 17%

Roughly 83% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

  • 7 tanks
  • 1 springs
  • 30 stream segments
  • 16 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Bender Mountain (9,020 ft), Goslin Mountain (8,180 ft), Mountain Home (7,964 ft), Head of Cottonwood (7,782 ft)

Holding ground: Scott Canyon (7,175 ft), Bender Draw (7,174 ft), Ford Draw (6,880 ft), East Grindstone Spring, Dripping Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

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Elk Success Rates

Archery18%
Rifle28%
Muzzleloader22%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no elk row for unit North Slope, Three Corners 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

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts Req
Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) 6797.6% 11
Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) 1711.4% 11
Archery — Antlerless antlerless (resident) 1414100.0% —
Archery — Antlerless antlerless (nonresident) 11100.0% —
Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) 1731.4% 4
Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) 2782.6% 10
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) 4725.6% 18
Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) 000.0% 18
Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) 52881.7% 24
Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) 000.0% 24
Any Legal Weapon — Multi-season bull/buck only (resident) 1671.5% —
Any Legal Weapon — Multi-season bull/buck only (nonresident) 000.0% —
Any Legal Weapon — Antlerless antlerless (resident) 189319.4% —
Any Legal Weapon — Antlerless antlerless (nonresident) 22100.0% —

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2025 draw recap for elk in unit North Slope, Three Corners, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

  • Any Legal Weapon, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 265 applicants for 9 licences, 3.4% drawn, 21 bonus points needed
  • Any Legal Weapon, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, nonresident: 110 applicants for 1 licences, 0.9% drawn, 21 bonus points needed
  • Archery, Limited Entry, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 79 applicants for 6 licences, 7.6% drawn, 11 bonus points needed
  • Any Legal Weapon, Antlerless, Antlerless, resident: 73 applicants for 18 licences, 24.7% drawn, no 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 6 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.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit North Slope, Three Corners?
Unit North Slope, Three Corners lies in Daggett County. UDWR draws unit North Slope, Three Corners with a boundary that runs on Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Lucerne Point and Green River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It covers about 223 square miles.
What is the elk success rate in unit North Slope, Three Corners?
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put elk success in unit North Slope, Three Corners at archery 18%, rifle 28% and muzzleloader 22% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.
Where do you stay and resupply for a unit North Slope, Three Corners hunt?
The nearest services our logistics pipeline finds for unit North Slope, Three Corners are at Dutch John, about 4 miles from the unit's centre, with Browns Park at about 9 miles. There are also 14 developed campgrounds in or beside the unit.
Can you hunt unit North Slope, Three Corners on public land?
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 you apply rather than after you draw.
What is the bighorn sheep success rate in unit North Slope, Three Corners?
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit North Slope, Three Corners at rifle 72% 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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