Unit research · Arizona Unit 15B

Unit 15B — Arizona

66% public across 1,191,993 ac. Real backcountry here — 36% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Watch the checkerboard: 59,380 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (2)Deer draw odds (4)Elk draw odds (4)Javelina draw odds (2)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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650–7,040 ft

elevation range

66%

public land

36%

of public >1 mi from a road

59,380 ac

landlocked public

1.31

road miles per mi²

62 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

14 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, javelina and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 15B: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 2 draw huntsprice not published

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

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 javelina →Draw odds for Arizona pronghorn →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

■ BLM 34%■ NPS 22%■ SDOL 9%■ Other public 1%□ Private 34%

Unit area1,191,993 ac

Public land782,917 ac (66%)

Landlocked public59,380 ac (7.6%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,440 mi

Maintained trails62 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road280,395 ac (36% of public)

Road density1.31 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 406k ac · NPS 264k ac · SDOL 104k ac

Elevation650–7,040 ft

Median elevation3,130 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

650 ft7,040 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%

E 25%

S 22%

W 27%

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

11,386 ac of this unit has burned — 1% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at KINGMAN AIRPORT, 52 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

25% success

18 taken by 130 hunters · 588 days afield

18 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 9% → 25%

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 15A80% public · 33% remote Unit 15C81% public · 52% remote Unit 15D62% public · 24% remote Unit 18A52% public · 15% remote Unit 13B97% public · 23% remote Unit 16A80% public · 30% remote

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