West Desert, Vernon Limited-entry Archery Buck Deer, archery

Hunt code
DB1016
Unit
West Desert, Vernon
Weapon
Archery
Season
Archery
Draw years
2019–2025

In 2025, 39 of 368 residents drew (11%). The bonus-point pool reached 12 points. 19 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 1 point.

In 2025, 4 of 91 nonresidents drew (4%). The bonus-point pool reached 19 points. 2 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 8 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 54.8%.

2025 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1611100%
1411100%
1377100%
1218132 random72%
11114random36%
10152random13%
9142random14%
8222random9%
7274random15%
62000%
53100%
43500%
3301random3%
23700%
1382random5%
06100%
All3683911%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1922100%
18100%
16700%
15300%
14200%
13100%
12200%
1131random33%
10300%
9400%
851random20%
7600%
6900%
5700%
4500%
3300%
2600%
1800%
01400%
All9144%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2025–368391291419
2024–373361293316
2023–400361191315
2022–3823511139317
2021–3864010129413
2020–374401089414
2019–360399133316
010192019202020212022202320242025
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024452554.8%
2023442147.2%
2022431126.2%

Reading these numbers

Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime hunts use bonus points: UDWR reserves 50% of each hunt's permits for applicants with the most bonus points, then draws the rest among everyone left, where each applicant gets one random number for the application plus one per bonus point and their lowest number is used. General-season buck deer uses preference points instead: highest point level draws first. The odds reports count first-choice applications only.

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