Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East, a Utah big game hunt unit: Elk. Utah DWR's boundary description for each 2026 hunt list that names this unit, with the unit's 2026 seasons and hunts as Ranger Hawk reads them from UDWR's hunt lists, the 2026 Big Game Field Regulations and the 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook, as of noon, October 28, 2026.
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East
Elk
Grand and Uintah counties—Boundary begins at the Utah-Colorado state line and the White River; west along this river to the Green River; south along this river to the southern boundary of the Ute Indian Reservation; east along this boundary to the Sego Canyon road; south on this road to the Thompson Canyon Road; south on this road to Thompson and I-70; east on I-70 to the Utah-Colorado state line; north on this state line to the White River. EXCLUDES THE BOOK CLIFFS, LITTLE CREEK ROADLESS UNIT. EXCLUDES ALL NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST LAND WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY. USGS 1:100,000 Maps: Huntington, Moab, Price, Seep Ridge, Vernal, Westwater. Boundary questions? Call the Vernal office, 435-781-9453 or the Price office, 435-613-3700. EXCLUDES Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Unit as follows: Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Grand County—Boundary begins at Steer Ridge road and Ten Mile Knoll; southwest along Diamond Ridge and the Book Cliffs summit (north-south drainage divide) to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation boundary (Hells Hole/head of Sego Canyon); north along this boundary (west side of West Willow Creek) to the Wildlife Management Area/Ute Tribe Fence at the confluence of East and West Willow Creek; northeast to the west fork of the Steer Ridge road (NW 1/4 Sec 7, T17 S R 21 E); south and east along the Steer Ridge road (atop the drainage divide) to Ten Mile Knoll. EXCLUDES ALL NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST LAND WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY. USGS 1:100,000 Maps: Westwater. Boundary questions? Call the Vernal office, 435-781-9453. - A hunting permit does not authorize the permit holder to hunt on Native American trust lands, CWMUs (unless you specifically have a permit for that CWMU) or on National Park lands. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of hunters to learn if hunting is allowed and what specific rules and regulations may apply on National Monuments, National Wildlife Refuges, State Parks, UDWR Wildlife and Waterfowl Management areas, military installations and within the boundaries of cities, towns and municipalities. Written permission is required to hunt private lands.
Other units named Book Cliffs: Book Cliffs Open unit; Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek (pronghorn) Open unit; Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon Open unit; Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Open unit; Book Cliffs, Little Creek/South Open unit; Book Cliffs, North Open unit; Book Cliffs, South Open unit
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Hunts: UDWR's 2026 hunt boundary lists, pulled 2026-10-22. Dates: the 2026 Big Game Field Regulations (general seasons) and the 2026 Big Game Application Guidebook, 2026-04-06 (drawn hunts). Last year's draw: 2025. A mark after a hunt number is the guidebook's footnote; read it there.
Sources
Source: Utah DWR's 2026 hunt boundary lists, pulled October 22, 2026.
Source: Utah Big Game Application Guidebook - 2026, reissued April 6, 2026.
Source: Utah DWR 2026 Big Game Field Regulations Guidebook (general seasons).
Source: Utah DWR big game draw results, 2025.