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Box Elder, West Bear River — Utah

20% public hunting land across 145,288 ac. Road access is easy — only 14% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.

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4,200–5,520 ft

elevation range

20%

public hunting land

14%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

2.24

road miles per mi²

31 mi

trails on public land

Computed from primary government data by the AGPL pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

2 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 28: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Plus: Utah 365-day hunting license$40.00 resident · $144.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations

2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) ↗

UDWR licenses ↗Draw odds for Utah deer →How the Utah draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 2026, verified 2026-08-12 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) · Utah Admin. Code R657-62-8 — bonus points, 50% reservation · UDWR licenses.

Land & access

■ State wildlife 9%■ State DNR 7%■ BLM 3%■ Other hunting land 2%□ Private 80%

Unit area145,288 ac

Public hunting land29,559 ac (20%)

Parks & other public73 ac · City

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access59 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)509 mi

Mapped trails on public land31 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road4,270 ac (14% of public)

Road density2.24 mi/mi²

Managed byState wildlife 12k ac · State DNR 11k ac · BLM 4k ac

Elevation4,200–5,520 ft

Median elevation4,240 ft

Median slope0°

Where the ground sits

4,200 ft5,520 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 28%

S 20%

W 30%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at LOGAN-CACHE AIRPORT, 34 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
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