Unit research · Arizona Unit 17A

Unit 17A — Arizona

71% public across 195,850 ac. Road access is easy — only 4% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 7,922 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (6)Javelina draw odds (4)Pronghorn draw odds (1)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 17AFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

4,540–7,170 ft

elevation range

71%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

7,922 ac

landlocked public

1.77

road miles per mi²

54 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

15 limited-entry deer, elk, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 17A: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

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

Elk tag · 6 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

Pronghorn tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident

Turkey tag · 2 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 deer →Draw odds for Arizona elk →Draw odds for Arizona javelina →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 69%■ SDOL 1%□ Private 29%

Unit area195,850 ac

Public land138,141 ac (71%)

Landlocked public7,922 ac (5.7%)

Deer draw pressure0.74 tags/mi² public (0.49 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.010 tags/mi² public (0.007 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)541 mi

Maintained trails54 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road6,029 ac (4% of public)

Road density1.77 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 135k ac · SDOL 3k ac

Elevation4,540–7,170 ft

Median elevation5,760 ft

Median slope6°

Where the ground sits

4,540 ft7,170 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%

E 28%

S 26%

W 19%

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

18,462 ac of this unit has burned — 9% 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 ERNEST A. LOVE FIELD ARPT, 54 km from the unit’s center and ~700 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2023 · OTC archery

0% success

0 taken by 18 hunters · 71 days afield

0 bucks · 0 does

Deer hunter success · 2021–2023 · 5% → 0%

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 19B38% public · 6% remote Unit 17B82% public · 13% remote Unit 18B60% public · 27% remote Unit 18A52% public · 15% remote Unit 895% public · 5% remote Unit 19A69% public · 2% remote

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