Four steep mountains make up the cold desert of west-central Utah and are the high points of this unit. This unit is roughly circular and about 50 miles across. Deer tags have been limited for about 25 years, so there is a good buck-to-doe ratio, but the herd is not managed to produce world-class bucks.

Hunters who want to hunt trophy class mule deer in Utah often consider Vernon because it is one of the units that offer better odds of drawing a tag. Sheeprock Mountains hold most of the deer. Bigger bucks often live in the sagebrush flats and rolling hills below the mountains. Few hunters bother glassing Keg Mountain because the deer numbers are low.

Most deer are found on steep to moderately steep slopes between 6,500 and 8,000 feet above sea level. The largest mountain range in the unit is the Sheeprock Mountains. There are a few other mountain ranges spread throughout the unit including West Tinitic Mountains, Keg Mountain, and Simpson Mountians.

Low elevations consist of the desert floor which holds little deer browse, but parts of the foothills and some of the draws in the flats have sagebrush, bitterbrush, and other browse plants that provide food and cover. Middle elevations are mainly oak brush, junipers, and sagebrush. High elevations have grassy ridges with some pines, firs, and aspens mixed with chokecherry and lots of oak brush.

Hunters can use motor vehicles to reach access points almost anywhere in the unit. Four-wheel-drive vehicles or ATVs are necessary to navigate some roads during wet or snowy weather. Some of the primary access roads include Cherry Creek Road, Pony Express Road, and Jericho Junction. Hunters wanting to get away from other hunters will need to find places that ATV's can't go.

Most hunters in this unit camp along dirt roads in the Sheeprock Mountains, which are managed by the U.S. Forest Service.