West Desert, Vernon Limited-entry Muzzleloader Buck Deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code: DB1042
Unit: West Desert, Vernon
Weapon: Muzzleloader
Season: Muzzleloader
Draw years: 2019–2025

In 2025, 40 of 300 residents drew (13%). The bonus-point pool reached 14 points. 20 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 2 points.

In 2025, 4 of 60 nonresidents drew (7%). The bonus-point pool reached 20 points. 2 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 2 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 58.1%.

2025 draw by point level

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

Points	Residents			Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate	Applied	Drew	Rate
23	–	–	–	1	1	100%
21	1	1	100%	–	–	–
20	–	–	–	1	1	100%
19	–	–	–	3	0	0%
17	1	1	100%	2	0	0%
16	2	2	100%	6	0	0%
15	15	15	100%	5	0	0%
14	10	21 random	20%	1	0	0%
13	15	2random	13%	6	0	0%
12	9	0	0%	1	0	0%
11	12	0	0%	1	0	0%
10	16	3random	19%	–	–	–
9	19	3random	16%	3	0	0%
8	21	0	0%	4	0	0%
7	27	0	0%	7	1random	14%
6	28	4random	14%	1	0	0%
5	32	0	0%	3	0	0%
4	15	2random	13%	3	0	0%
3	17	3random	18%	2	0	0%
2	18	2random	11%	4	1random	25%
1	19	0	0%	1	0	0%
0	23	0	0%	5	0	0%
All	300	40	13%	60	4	7%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
21	1	1	100%
17	1	1	100%
16	2	2	100%
15	15	15	100%
14	10	21 random	20%
13	15	2random	13%
12	9	0	0%
11	12	0	0%
10	16	3random	19%
9	19	3random	16%
8	21	0	0%
7	27	0	0%
6	28	4random	14%
5	32	0	0%
4	15	2random	13%
3	17	3random	18%
2	18	2random	11%
1	19	0	0%
0	23	0	0%
All	300	40	13%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
23	1	1	100%
20	1	1	100%
19	3	0	0%
17	2	0	0%
16	6	0	0%
15	5	0	0%
14	1	0	0%
13	6	0	0%
12	1	0	0%
11	1	0	0%
9	3	0	0%
8	4	0	0%
7	7	1random	14%
6	1	0	0%
5	3	0	0%
4	3	0	0%
3	2	0	0%
2	4	1random	25%
1	1	0	0%
0	5	0	0%
All	60	4	7%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2025	–	300	40	14	60	4	20
2024	–	364	37	14	64	3	20
2023	–	546	37	14	94	3	18
2022	–	551	35	14	126	3	18
2021	–	650	40	14	144	4	18
2020	–	629	40	13	60	4	16
2019	–	613	39	12	104	3	15

ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2024	46	27	58.1%
2023	56	40	71.7%
2022	55	36	66%

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.

Sources

20252025 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20252025 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20242024 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20242024 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20242024 General-season buck deer harvest report(harvest)
20242024 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20232023 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20232023 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20232023 General-season buck deer harvest report(harvest)
20232023 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20222022 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20222022 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20222022 General-season buck deer harvest report(harvest)
20222022 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
20212021 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20212021 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20202020 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20202020 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)
20192019 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
20192019 General Season Buck Deer Draw Results(draw)

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