This unit borders Colorado and the stated-owned, roadless Little Creek area east of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. This is a good unit for glassing, with great ATV access. Many roads on high ridges and plateaus provide great access.

In the spring, the bear’s diet generally consists of grass, and forbs, and they will be relatively close to water sources. Most bear movement will take place during the early morning and evening hours. Their movement will continue to increase as hunts progress. The black bears’ mating season will reach its peak around the month of June. Expect bears to be covering ground and looking for opportunistic meals. Their diet will transition from grasses to more substantial foods such as acorns, pine nuts, and berries.

The Book Cliffs offer a challenging landscape. The south part of the unit is rocky and steep with some rugged canyons, long mesas with cliffs around the edges, and drainages that mostly run from north to south. Some of the best hunting territory can be found at elevations between 7,500 and 8,800 feet. White River serves as the northern boundary, with the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation serving as the boundary in the northeast. Several drainages in the northern half of the unit run to the White River and east to Green River. Some areas have been burned. Feed and cover has grown dense in the burns, attracting elk. There are some sandstone canyons in the lower terrain, along with hills and flats holding pinyon/juniper woods. Water is limited in the lower elevations.

High elevations are timbered with pines, firs and aspens, with grass, sagebrush, oak brush and serviceberries on ridges and slopes. Middle elevations are primarily canyons with pockets of aspens, meadows, sagebrush and scrub oak along with some pinyon/juniper. The lower terrain is covered in sagebrush, pinyon/juniper woodlands, and oak brush.

Most land is public and hunters can hike or find ATV trails around almost all private tracts, which are about a square mile or less. To hunt the north half, take State Route 45; this will lead you to a lot of maintained dirt roads that reach into canyons or follow ridges between canyons and draws. The south end can be accessed by taking dirt roads that branch off of roads leading to exits on Interstate 70. Some of those roads cross flat lowlands before entering canyons and climbing to higher terrain. There are two main roads that provide a lot of access to the unit, Kings Well road and the Indian Ridge road. There are several ATV and four-wheel-drive trails are on high ridges and plateaus that provide access also.

Almost all hunters camp along dirt roads. Make sure to take plenty of water with you. Motels can be found in Green River, Vernal, Jensen, and Dinosaur, Colorado, which are all far from hunting areas.