Unit Northern Area (Northern Region (Turkey LE))
Utah Hunting Guide — Turkey
Unit Northern Area lies in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne and Morgan counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put Merriam's turkey success here as high as 30%. 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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Turkey Hunting in Unit Northern Area
Unit Northern Area lies in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne and Morgan counties. UDWR's harvest estimates put Merriam's turkey success here as high as 30%. 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 Merriam'S Turkey in Unit Northern Area
UDWR draws an exact line around unit Northern Area and says nothing about where the Merriam's turkey stand inside it. 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 Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne and Morgan counties.
The lines of the unit: Soapstone Basin, Hayden Pass and Uinta Mountains
UDWR draws unit Northern Area in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne and Morgan counties with a boundary that runs on I-80, I-15 and USFS Road 037, and on Soapstone Basin, Hayden Pass, Uinta Mountains and Burnt Fork, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. Read it as a frame, not as a hint about animals. 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: Gilbert Peak, Mount Powell and Tokewanna Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Gilbert Peak at 13,452 feet, Mount Powell at 13,125 feet, Tokewanna Peak at 13,111 feet, South Burro Peak at 12,719 feet and Lamotte Peak at 12,702 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. The animals here want cover next to feed and will stay within reach of both.
Holding ground: Cataract Basin, McCoy Park and Bear Park
Below them sit Cataract Basin at 10,552 feet, McCoy Park at 10,550 feet, Bear Park at 10,526 feet, Bear Flat at 10,520 feet and Amethyst Basin at 10,432 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: Beaver Spring, Canteen Spring and Cottonwood Spring
Named sources include Beaver Spring, Canteen Spring, Cottonwood Spring, Worm Fence Spring, Conifer Box Spring and Temple 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 Northern Area terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Gilbert Peak (13,452 ft), Mount Powell (13,125 ft), Tokewanna Peak (13,111 ft), South Burro Peak (12,719 ft)
Holding ground: Smiths Fork Pass (11,758 ft), Thompson Pass (11,139 ft), Deadhorse Park (10,840 ft), Beaver Spring, Canteen 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 Merriam'S Turkey in Unit Northern Area
Turkey Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Merriam's turkey row for unit Northern Area 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.
Turkey Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident) | 304 | 1,572 | 19.3% | 6 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 24 | 8.3% | 6 |
Data from 2024 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineUDWR's draw recap has no Merriam's turkey record we can tie to unit Northern Area. That usually means the licence is sold over the counter, is issued under a hunt code covering several units, or was not offered in the years we hold. Rather than estimate a point requirement, we leave it blank — check UDWR's own draw recap for the hunt code you mean to apply for.
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