Unit South Slope, Vernal (Vernal)
Utah Hunting Guide — Pronghorn
Unit South Slope, Vernal lies in Daggett and Uintah counties and covers about 1,248 square miles. Ground runs from 4,760 to 9,777 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 South Slope, Vernal
Unit South Slope, Vernal lies in Daggett and Uintah counties and covers about 1,248 square miles. Ground runs from 4,760 to 9,777 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 South Slope, Vernal
UDWR's material on unit South Slope, Vernal stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its pronghorn live. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Daggett and Uintah counties. It runs to about 1,248 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Dry Fork, Uinta Mountains and Cart Creek
UDWR draws unit South Slope, Vernal in Daggett and Uintah counties with a boundary that runs on USFS Trail #025, and on Dry Fork, Uinta Mountains, Cart Creek and Flaming Gorge Reservoir, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Marsh Peak, Leidy Peak and Mesa
Named high points inside the unit include Marsh Peak at 12,238 feet, Leidy Peak at 12,029 feet, Mesa at 11,002 feet, Paradise Peak at 10,814 feet and Trout Creek Peak at 10,496 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Pronghorn stay on the open rolling ground and leave the timber alone.
Holding ground: Summit Park, Lonesome Park and Hells Kitchen Park
Below them sit Summit Park at 10,414 feet, Lonesome Park at 10,403 feet, Hells Kitchen Park at 10,236 feet, Big Park at 10,233 feet and Corral Park at 10,138 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: Bear Seep, East End Spring and June Spring
The water inside the unit line comes to 299 mapped stream reaches, 81 lakes, 152 stock tanks and 81 springs. Named sources include Bear Seep, East End Spring, June Spring, Ashley Spring, Barker Spring and Paradise 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 National Forest 60%, Private / Other 32% 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 4,760 feet to 9,777 feet, averaging 6,892 — that is a lot of vertical to cover, and it means the season you draw decides which half of the unit you hunt.
Unit South Slope, Vernal terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,760–9,777 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,892 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
- 1,248 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 32%
Roughly 68% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 152 tanks
- 81 springs
- 299 stream segments
- 81 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: Marsh Peak (12,238 ft), Leidy Peak (12,029 ft), Mesa (11,002 ft), Trout Creek Peak (10,496 ft)
Holding ground: Gabbro Pass (11,683 ft), Johnson Park (10,747 ft), Lightning Park (10,595 ft), Bear Seep, East End 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 South Slope, Vernal
Pronghorn Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit South Slope, Vernal 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) | 49 | 215 | 22.8% | 13 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 5 | 86 | 5.8% | 13 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 16 | 39 | 41.0% | 17 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 17 | 11.8% | 17 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 16 | 43 | 37.2% | 16 |
| Muzzleloader — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 16 |
Data from 2023 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 South Slope, Vernal. 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