Unit 147 High Uintas Leidy Peak

A once-in-a-lifetime Utah goat unit on the eastern Uinta crest — the alpine peaks and cliff basins around Leidy and Marsh peaks hold billies and nannies in rugged, high terrain. Drawing the tag is the hard part; then it is a demanding high-altitude glassing-and-climbing hunt.

• →Glass the highest cliff bands, talus, and alpine basins from below at first and last light, then plan a stalk on the terrain the goats are using.
• →Hunt from a high camp near the crest to cut approach time to the peaks.
• →Be prepared for hard climbs at 11,000-12,000+ ft and unpredictable alpine weather.
• →Scout the specific peaks (Marsh, Leidy, and neighboring basins) ahead — goats use traditional escape terrain.

Rocky Mountain bighorn occupy the alpine crest and cliff country on a once-in-a-lifetime tag. Numbers are limited and the sheep share the high, broken terrain with the goats — a true wilderness sheep hunt.

• →Glass the alpine ridgelines, cliff faces, and basins from long range over multiple days.
• →Focus on rugged escape terrain near reliable high-country water and feed.
• →Backpack or use stock to reach and stay in the sheep country.
• →Coordinate with UDWR biologists and recent survey areas to concentrate effort where rams are known.

The Uintas hold Utah's core Shiras moose population, and the willow bottoms, spruce fringe, and beaver-pond meadows of this unit are prime habitat. A limited-entry / once-in-a-lifetime-style bull opportunity in classic moose country.

• →Hunt willow-choked creek bottoms, beaver ponds, and wet meadow edges morning and evening.
• →Glass meadow-and-timber transitions where bulls feed and stage.
• →Work drainages methodically on foot; moose hold tight to riparian cover.
• →Cow-call and rake brush during the rut to pull a bull from the willows.

Elk summer in the high timber and alpine parks of the eastern Uintas and use the timbered canyons and benches. A quality mountain elk opportunity in remote, physically demanding country away from roads.

• →Hunt the timbered north-south canyon heads and alpine park edges where bulls bed and feed.
• →Glass high meadow openings at dawn and dusk, then move to intercept toward bedding timber.
• →Get back off the access roads into the wilderness benches where pressure drops.
• →Bugle the timbered basins during the rut.

Mule deer summer on the high slopes and crest of the unit and migrate to lower ground as snow builds. Good bucks live in the high aspen and timber pockets on the north and south slopes of the Uintas.

• →Glass high aspen benches, meadow edges, and timberline basins early season before the migration.
• →Still-hunt the aspen-and-conifer transition where bucks bed in the dark timber.
• →Time a later hunt to the migration off the crest toward the lower slopes.
• →Hike above and beyond the road-accessed benches for the mature bucks.

Black bears range the timber, aspen, and berry-rich benches of the eastern Uintas — a secondary opportunity concentrated where forage is best.

• →Glass aspen edges, berry patches, and green meadow bottoms at dawn and dusk.
• →Key on late-summer feed — serviceberry, chokecherry, and forbs on the benches.
• →Cut forest roads and muddy stretches for tracks.
• →Hunt the north-slope timber and creek drainages where bears stay cool and fed.

Cougars follow the deer and elk through the timbered canyons and benches of the unit and are taken mostly by dedicated hunters, often after snow.

• →Cut forest roads and ridgelines for tracks after fresh snow.
• →Hunt the canyon bottoms and timber where deer concentrate.
• →Work the pinyon-and-conifer lower benches where cats travel and cache kills.
• →Plan for cold, high-elevation conditions and limited winter road access.