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Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River

Utah Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep

Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River lies in Washington County and covers about 157 square miles. Ground runs from 2,532 to 5,873 feet. 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.

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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River

Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River lies in Washington County and covers about 157 square miles. Ground runs from 2,532 to 5,873 feet. 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 Pine Valley, Virgin River

What UDWR publishes for unit Pine Valley, Virgin River is a boundary, not a bighorn sheep map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Washington County. It runs to about 157 square miles.

What bounds unit Pine Valley, Virgin River

UDWR has unit Pine Valley, Virgin River Boundary begins at SR-18 and I-15 in St. George; northwest on SR-18 to US-91; southwest on US-91 to the Arizona-Utah state line; east along this state line to I-15; north on I-15 to St. George. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Jarvis Peak, Tahoari and White Hills

Named high points inside the unit include Jarvis Peak at 6,485 feet, Tahoari at 5,495 feet, White Hills at 4,587 feet, Cedar Pockets at 4,495 feet and Tabeau Peak at 4,433 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep on lower country still need rock, and on a desert unit the rock is the whole hunt.

Holding ground: Wittwer Canyon, The Gap and Box Canyon Wash

Below them sit Wittwer Canyon at 2,917 feet, The Gap at 2,907 feet, Box Canyon Wash at 2,758 feet, Box Canyon at 2,758 feet and Cove Wash at 2,677 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.

Water: Cottonwood Spring

Named sources include Cottonwood 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. Our ownership read for this unit is approximate — it comes out as Private / Other 100%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 2,532 feet to 5,873 feet, averaging 3,788 — enough relief to separate summer range from winter range.

Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Jarvis Peak (6,485 ft), White Hills (4,587 ft), Cedar Pockets (4,495 ft), Tabeau Peak (4,433 ft)

Holding ground: Bulldog Pass (4,731 ft), Mine Valley (4,406 ft), Summit Spring Wash (4,042 ft), Cottonwood 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 Pine Valley, Virgin River

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Bighorn Sheep Success Rates

Rifle72%

UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no bighorn sheep row for unit Pine Valley, Virgin River 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

SeasonTagsApplicantsDraw %Pts Req
Rifle — Limited Entry ram only (resident) 25690.4% 22
Any Legal Weapon — Once-in-a-lifetime bull/buck only (resident) 36500.5% 29
Any Legal Weapon — Once-in-a-lifetime bull/buck only (nonresident) 000.0% 29

Data from 2024 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.

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UDWR's 2025 draw recap for bighorn sheep in unit Pine Valley, Virgin River, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:

  • Any Legal Weapon, Once-in-a-lifetime, Bull/Buck Only, resident: 650 applicants for 3 licences, 0.5% drawn, 29 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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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Colorado unit Pine Valley, Virgin River?
Unit Pine Valley, Virgin River lies in Washington County. UDWR has unit Pine Valley, Virgin River Boundary begins at SR-18 and I-15 in St. George; northwest on SR-18 to US-91; southwest on US-91 to the Arizona-Utah state line; east along this state line to I-15; north on I-15 to St. George. It covers about 157 square miles.
What is the bighorn sheep success rate in unit Pine Valley, Virgin River?
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit Pine Valley, Virgin River at rifle 72% by weapon. Those are the agency's own figures for this unit, not a statewide average.
Can you hunt unit Pine Valley, Virgin River 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.

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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