Unit research · Arizona Unit 1

Unit 1 — Arizona

91% public across 540,414 ac. Road access is easy — only 4% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (3)Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (20)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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6,540–11,410 ft

elevation range

91%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

536 ac

landlocked public

1.47

road miles per mi²

194 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

30 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 1: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 3 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 20 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident

Turkey tag · 3 draw huntsprice not published

Plus: Arizona hunting license (365-day)$37.00 resident · $160.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Arizona Game and Fish Department's regulations

2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information (AZGFD booklet) ↗

Arizona Game and Fish Department — licenses and tags ↗Draw odds for Arizona bighorn sheep →Draw odds for Arizona deer →Draw odds for Arizona elk →Draw odds for Arizona pronghorn →Draw odds for Arizona turkey →How the Arizona draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Arizona Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-05 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information (AZGFD booklet) · 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations (AZGFD booklet) · AZGFD bulletin: 2026 pronghorn/elk results · AZGFD bulletin: 2026 fall draw results.

Land & access

■ USFS 76%■ SDOL 14%■ SFW 1%□ Private 9%

Unit area540,414 ac

Public land492,410 ac (91%)

Landlocked public536 ac (0.1%)

Deer draw pressure0.66 tags/mi² public (0.60 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.22 tags/mi² public (0.20 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.081 tags/mi² public (0.073 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure2.0 tags/mi² public (1.8 of total area)

Walk-in access4,957 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,239 mi

Maintained trails194 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road20,856 ac (4% of public)

Road density1.47 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 411k ac · SDOL 76k ac · SFW 6k ac

Elevation6,540–11,410 ft

Median elevation8,230 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

6,540 ft11,410 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%

E 29%

S 22%

W 22%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

280,389 ac of this unit has burned — 52% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 12%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2024 · OTC archery

19% success

76 taken by 590 hunters · 2,160 days afield

76 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2022–2024 · 10% → 19%

AZGFD survey estimates. Draw-hunt results are published per hunt number (grouped or split unit geographies) and appear on the draw-odds tables; the over-the-counter archery deer questionnaire is Arizona's only per-unit harvest publication, so unit pages show OTC archery deer only. Deer counts combine mule deer and white-tailed; "antlerless" is recorded as female. Source: AZGFD Harvest Questionnaire Summaries (per species-year).

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 2C59% public · 1% remote Unit 2B57% public · 12% remote Unit 3B45% public · 4% remote Unit 2795% public · 41% remote Unit 3A30% public · 9% remote Unit 2A46% public · 30% remote

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