Unit Southern Area (Southern Region (Turkey LE))
Utah Hunting Guide — Turkey
Unit Southern Area lies in Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron and Juab 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 Southern Area
Unit Southern Area lies in Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron and Juab 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 Southern Area
UDWR draws an exact line around unit Southern Area and says nothing about where the Merriam's turkey stand inside it. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron and Juab counties.
What bounds unit Southern Area
UDWR draws unit Southern Area in Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron and Juab counties with a boundary that runs on I-70, and on Sevier River, walked corner by corner in its hunting district legal descriptions. That is a legal description, not a habitat map. 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: Delano Peak, Mount Belknap and Mount Baldy
Named high points inside the unit include Delano Peak at 12,145 feet, Mount Belknap at 12,125 feet, Mount Baldy at 12,041 feet, Mount Hawley at 11,975 feet and Mount Brigham at 11,749 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: Raggs Flat, West Boulder Draw and Bullion Pasture
Below them sit Raggs Flat at 11,011 feet, West Boulder Draw at 10,874 feet, Bullion Pasture at 10,872 feet, Broken Draw at 10,863 feet and Stink Draw at 10,821 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Water: Big Basket Spring, Little Basket Springs and Ryan Spring
Named sources include Big Basket Spring, Little Basket Springs, Ryan Spring, Peaks Spring, Rock Spring and Needle Point 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 Southern Area terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Delano Peak (12,145 ft), Mount Belknap (12,125 ft), Mount Baldy (12,041 ft), Mount Brigham (11,749 ft)
Holding ground: Fish Lake Hightop Plateau (11,435 ft), Donkey Meadows (11,224 ft), Riddle Flat (11,125 ft), Big Basket Spring, Ryan 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 Southern Area
Turkey Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no Merriam's turkey row for unit Southern 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) | 355 | 3,285 | 10.8% | 7 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident) | 28 | 233 | 12.0% | 7 |
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 Southern 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