Unit West Desert, Riverbed
Utah Hunting Guide — Antelope
Unit West Desert, Riverbed lies in Juab, Millard and Tooele counties and covers about 3,652 square miles. Ground runs from 4,330 to 5,974 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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Antelope Hunting in Unit West Desert, Riverbed
Unit West Desert, Riverbed lies in Juab, Millard and Tooele counties and covers about 3,652 square miles. Ground runs from 4,330 to 5,974 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 West Desert, Riverbed
What UDWR publishes for unit West Desert, Riverbed is a boundary, not a pronghorn map. The country below is verified; where to begin in it is our judgement, not the agency's. The unit lies in Juab, Millard and Tooele counties. It runs to about 3,652 square miles.
The lines of the unit: Stansbury Mountains, Vernon Creek-Cherry Creek-Death Canyon and Death Canyon
UDWR draws unit West Desert, Riverbed in Juab, Millard and Tooele counties with a boundary that runs on I-80, and on Stansbury Mountains, Vernon Creek-Cherry Creek-Death Canyon, Death Canyon and Dugway Range, 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: Deseret Peak, Black Crook Peak and Dutch Peak
Named high points inside the unit include Deseret Peak at 10,997 feet, Black Crook Peak at 9,220 feet, Dutch Peak at 8,935 feet, Black Peak at 8,885 feet and Greens Ridge at 8,644 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: South Oak Brush Canyon, Devils Gate and Hard to Beat Canyon
Below them sit South Oak Brush Canyon at 6,554 feet, Devils Gate at 6,506 feet, Hard to Beat Canyon at 6,495 feet, Sheeprock Canyon at 6,423 feet and Erickson Pass at 6,263 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Water: Flint Spring, Simpson Springs and Bitter Spring
Named sources include Flint Spring, Simpson Springs, Bitter Spring, Cane Springs, Cherry Springs and Mud 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 4,330 feet to 5,974 feet, averaging 4,925 — not much relief, so the animals move laterally rather than up and down.
Unit West Desert, Riverbed terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Black Crook Peak (9,220 ft), Dutch Peak (8,935 ft), Simpson Mountains (8,409 ft)
Holding ground: Upper Pine Grove (8,016 ft), Sheeprock Canyon (6,423 ft), Erickson Pass (6,263 ft), Flint Spring, Simpson Springs, Bitter 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 West Desert, Riverbed
Antelope Success Rates
UDWR's 2023 harvest estimates carry no pronghorn row for unit West Desert, Riverbed 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.
Antelope Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 59 | 614 | 9.6% | 14 |
| Rifle — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 7 | 194 | 3.6% | 14 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 16 | 76 | 21.1% | 10 |
| Archery — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 10 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (resident) | 66 | 647 | 10.2% | 16 |
| Any Legal Weapon — Limited Entry bull/buck only (nonresident) | 7 | 212 | 3.3% | 16 |
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 West Desert, Riverbed. 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