Unit research · Utah Unit 29

Cache — Utah

50% public across 1,173,309 ac. Road access is easy — only 15% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (5)Elk draw odds (1)Moose draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,210–9,860 ft

elevation range

50%

public land

15%

of public >1 mi from a road

5,646 ac

landlocked public

2.02

road miles per mi²

3,204 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry deer, elk and moose hunts are drawn on Unit 29: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

Moose tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 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 →Draw odds for Utah elk →Draw odds for Utah moose →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

■ USFS 29%■ BLM 12%■ SLB 5%■ Other public 5%□ Private 50%

Unit area1,173,309 ac

Public land591,007 ac (50%)

Landlocked public5,646 ac (1.0%)

Walk-in access2,572 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,704 mi

Maintained trails3,204 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road91,053 ac (15% of public)

Road density2.02 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 335k ac · BLM 144k ac · SLB 54k ac

Elevation4,210–9,860 ft

Median elevation6,520 ft

Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

4,210 ft9,860 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 27%

S 24%

W 27%

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 →

Unit intelligence report

18,973 ac of this unit has burned — 2% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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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, 23 km from the unit’s center and ~2,100 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. 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)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Cache, South · Unit 30378% public · 3% remote Cache, North · Unit 30274% public · 41% remote Cache, Meadowville · Unit 3355% public · 0% remote Cache, Rich · Unit 3856% public · 10% remote West Cache Extended Archery Area · Unit 3131% public · 0% remote Cache, East Rich · Unit 63951% public · 22% remote

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