Unit Southeastern Area (Southeastern Region (Turkey LE))
Utah Hunting Guide — Turkey
Unit Southeastern Area lies in Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand and San Juan 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 Southeastern Area
Unit Southeastern Area lies in Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand and San Juan 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 Southeastern Area
UDWR draws an exact line around unit Southeastern 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 Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand and San Juan counties.
The lines of the unit: Salina Creek, Right Fork and White River
UDWR draws unit Southeastern Area in Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand and San Juan counties with a boundary that runs on I-70, USFS Road 081 and USFS Road 147, and on Salina Creek, Right Fork, White River and Reservation Ridge, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. 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: Mount Peale, Mount Mellenthin and Mount Tukuhnikivatz
Named high points inside the unit include Mount Peale at 12,689 feet, Mount Mellenthin at 12,630 feet, Mount Tukuhnikivatz at 12,456 feet, Mount Waas at 12,292 feet and Manns Peak at 12,250 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: Bull Creek Pass, Dickson Pass and Horse Heaven
Below them sit Bull Creek Pass at 10,475 feet, Dickson Pass at 10,453 feet, Horse Heaven at 10,420 feet, Soren Peterson Meadow at 10,379 feet and North Creek Pass at 10,340 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Two you can watch from a single knob is worth more than five you have to drive between.
Water: Johnson Spring, Goat Ranch Spring and Rock Spring
Named sources include Johnson Spring, Goat Ranch Spring, Rock Spring, Coyote Spring, Dancehall Spring and Good Water 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 Southeastern Area terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Mount Peale (12,689 ft), Mount Mellenthin (12,630 ft), Mount Tukuhnikivatz (12,456 ft), Mount Waas (12,292 ft)
Holding ground: Burro Pass (11,139 ft), Cooley Pass (10,708 ft), Baseball Flat (10,563 ft), Johnson Spring, Goat Ranch 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 Southeastern Area
Turkey Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Merriam's turkey row for unit Southeastern 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) | 160 | 876 | 18.3% | 8 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident) | 10 | 61 | 16.4% | 8 |
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 Southeastern 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