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Yellowstone Unit: public land and hunting map

Yellowstone Unit is one of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’s 31 mule deer general-season hunting units in Utah. It covers about 1,946 square miles (1,245,582 acres), and roughly 50% of it is public land: Forest Service 50%.

Measured Oct 12, 2026 from agency boundaries and USGS PAD-US 4.1 · sources and method

Who manages the land

  • U.S. Forest Service50%

Share of the unit’s area. Federal agencies plus state wildlife, trust and natural-resource land, as the WikiHunt map classifies it. The rest is private, tribal, local or other land.

Rut: Published deer rut timing for Utah: Mid-November. Rut dates and sources for Utah.

Outline of Yellowstone Unit and the units around itChalk Creek Unit · 9.5% publicKamas Unit · 59% publicNine Mile Unit · 69% publicNorth Slope Unit · 89% publicVernal/Bonanza Unit · 77% publicWasatch Mtns, East Unit · 54% public
Yellowstone Unit in orange; neighbours shaded by public land share (darker = more public). Tap a neighbour to open it.

Units next to Yellowstone Unit

Utah season dates, 2026

Statewide general seasons. Many units have their own dates, quotas or draw-only hunts, so check the unit in the regulations before you go.

SpeciesSeason2026 dates
Deer Archery Deer Aug 15 – Sep 11
Deer Muzzleloader Deer Sep 23 – Oct 1
Deer General Rifle Deer Oct 17 – Oct 25
Elk Archery Elk Aug 15 – Sep 16
Elk Rifle Elk Oct 3 – Oct 16
Turkey Fall Turkey Sep 6 – Nov 28

Full notes on the Utah page · Utah regulations.

Questions

How much of Yellowstone Unit is public land?

About 50% of Yellowstone Unit (622,791 of 1,245,582 acres) is federal or state public land in USGS PAD-US 4.1, mostly U.S. Forest Service. Public land is not always open land: check access and closures before you go.

Who manages the land in Yellowstone Unit?

U.S. Forest Service: 50%. The rest is private, tribal, local government or other land.

Which units border Yellowstone Unit?

Chalk Creek Unit, Kamas Unit, Nine Mile Unit, North Slope Unit, Vernal/Bonanza Unit and Wasatch Mtns, East Unit.

Where are the season dates and rules for Yellowstone Unit?

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources sets them. Start at the Utah hunting regulations. WikiHunt shows the statewide general seasons on the Utah page and in the app.

Sources and method

  • Boundary: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (owner dwrdata, State of Utah shared org), the same layer the WikiHunt map draws.
  • Public land: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) 4.1, Fee Managers layer (public domain).
  • Method: the unit and PAD-US polygons are simplified to about 100 m and measured on a grid of about 250 cells across the unit, so overlapping records are counted once. Expect about ±1 percentage point.
  • Season dates: WikiHunt’s season table, updated Sep 2, 2026, checked against each state’s published regulations. Dates change; the regulations win.
  • Last updated: Oct 12, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.