A beautiful place to hunt, this largely public unit has no shortage of sagebrush valleys and mahogany canyons along with Mount Grafton, the state’s highest peak outside a state park or national forest. Mountain springs and other water sources contribute to healthy wildlife populations.

Antelope numbers are low.

This unit is narrow, running mostly north and south with open, gentle foothills with some cliffs on the eastern and western sides of a higher range of steep mountains. The Mount Grafton Wilderness covers nearly 79,000 acres about 30 miles south of Ely and lies mostly between 7,000 and 11,000 feet above sea level. On the southern edge of the unit pinyon-juniper foothills that serve as classic winter range for deer.

Plenty of public roads and four-wheel-drive trails can take you to a starting point in any part of this unit. Private land does not impact access.

Mostly pinyon pines, junipers, mahogany and sagebrush at lower to middle elevations, grassy meadows, spruce, mahogany and aspen at higher elevations.

Ely is a good place to stay if you hunt the north part of the unit and Pioche is the best option in the south. Camping is allowed anywhere on public land.