I've never hunted any of the units in Utah, I don't know if I've even driven through this one. But this is a common thread across the West.
Two things have changed since the big mule deer boom of 60's-70's. We have WAY more elk, and WAY WAY WAY more predators, big cats, and coyotes, and bears hammer the deer....The F&G departments know this, well at least Idaho F&G knows it. But they want hunters to control the predators numbers by hunting, will this work (I have my opinion). IMO if the world comes to an end there will be two animals that make it, mosquitos, and coyotes. I see more and more bears every year, tons of coyotes, with plenty of cats mixed in, you introduce a supreme hunter like a wolf, and the game populations change.
Just my 2 cents....