One of Utah’s premier elk units, roughly 800 square miles elk country. It goes from the sage-covered
valley floors through cedar; juniper covered midsection with the high county covered with a mix of aspen stands and deep thick pine canyons. it’s steep rugged and timbered throughout. the south end of the unit has rolling sage hills with aspen stands. Northend is deep and rugged with a big fire having burned 45,000 acres just south of Interstate 70.
88% public lands much of which is the fish Lake national forest. The access is pretty even unit wide with the Piute ATV trail system running unit wide. Some trails are limited to 50-inch machines only.
with well-maintained hiking and horse trails also
All amenities are available with beaver, Circleville, junction, Marysville, and Richfield all within a
short drive. This is a busy area that is very popular with ATV riders so expect to see lots of traffic.
Season dates, success rate, draw odds, for limited entry elk:
Archery: Aug. 15 –Sept. 11, less than 50% success, 20 points for 100% successful draw in 2019
Muzzleloader: Sept. 21 - Oct. 2, 50% success, 0 non-resident permits
Late rifle: Nov. 7 - 15, 90% success, a random draw for non-residents
Elk hunting the beaver east will be a great experience if you do your homework. Archery hunters need to do their summer scouting. Much of Utah’s archery season is pre-rut and summer groups of
elk so for the best success on archery elk on the beaver is Having a bull found and patterned is key.
The unit is great for glassing, with big deep canyons. Get out in the night to listen for bugling bull
when rifle and muzzleloader season starts so you know where to start glassing at Graylight.
Late season rifle guys find the most rugged remote ridges and start scanning for those big bulls many
will be bachelor grouped again.
For each season guys and gals don’t look at the cedar juniper forest at the lower levels of the mountain.
This is not your typical elk country but can and will hold some great bulls.