Unit San Rafael, North
Utah Hunting Guide — Pronghorn, Bighorn Sheep
Unit San Rafael, North lies in Carbon, Emery and Sevier counties and covers about 1,682 square miles. Ground runs from 4,924 to 6,847 feet. UDWR publishes no per-unit pronghorn success figure we can verify for this unit. 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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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit San Rafael, North
Unit San Rafael, North lies in Carbon, Emery and Sevier counties and covers about 1,682 square miles. Ground runs from 4,924 to 6,847 feet. UDWR publishes no per-unit pronghorn success figure we can verify for this unit. 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 Pronghorn in Unit San Rafael, North
UDWR draws an exact line around unit San Rafael, North and says nothing about where the pronghorn stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Carbon, Emery and Sevier counties. It runs to about 1,682 square miles.
What bounds unit San Rafael, North
UDWR has unit San Rafael, North Boundary begins at SR-10 and US-6 at Price; east and south on US-6 to I-70; west on I-70 to SR-10; north on SR-10 to US-6. Excludes all CWMUs. 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: Cedar Mountain, Long Point Ridge and Cedar Mountain Knoll
Named high points inside the unit include Cedar Mountain at 7,666 feet, Long Point Ridge at 7,389 feet, Cedar Mountain Knoll at 7,389 feet, Cedar Mountains at 7,376 feet and Chimney Rock at 7,339 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn live in the open and trust their eyes, which is the whole problem.
Holding ground: Huff Hollow, Johnson Hollow and The Sinkhole
Below them sit Huff Hollow at 6,525 feet, Johnson Hollow at 6,517 feet, The Sinkhole at 6,504 feet, Sinkhole Flat at 6,430 feet and Rattlesnake Flat at 6,428 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Water: Johnson Spring, Good Water Spring and Dripping Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 1,163 mapped stream reaches, 17 lakes, 318 stock tanks and 78 springs. Named sources include Johnson Spring, Good Water Spring, Dripping Spring, Yellow Seep, Mexican Seep and Bull Hollow Spring. On ground with that many tanks, knowing which two or three hold water in your season is the most useful thing a scouting trip can tell you.
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 85% and BLM 15%, so treat it as a starting point and check a current land-status layer before you plan a route. The unit runs from 4,924 feet to 6,847 feet, averaging 5,841 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.
Unit San Rafael, North terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,924–6,847 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,841 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 1,681.7 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
Who owns the ground
- BLM — 15%
- Private / Other — 85%
Roughly 15% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 318 tanks
- 78 springs
- 1,163 stream segments
- 17 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: Cedar Mountain (7,666 ft), Long Point Ridge (7,389 ft), Chimney Rock (7,339 ft), Bob Hill Knoll (7,297 ft)
Holding ground: Bob Hill Flat (7,199 ft), Horseshoe Bend (7,101 ft), Gooseberry Hollow (6,980 ft), Johnson Spring, Good Water 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 Pronghorn in Unit San Rafael, North
Pronghorn Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit San Rafael, North 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.
Pronghorn Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 53 | 541 | 9.8% | 25 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 5 | 1,150 | 0.4% | 25 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 19 | 69 | 27.5% | 5 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 84 | 2.4% | 5 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 19 | 66 | 28.8% | 7 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 48 | 4.2% | 7 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 56 | 581 | 9.6% | 14 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 6 | 1,075 | 0.6% | 14 |
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 pronghorn record we can tie to unit San Rafael, North. 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.
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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