Unit research · Arizona Unit 18B

Unit 18B — Arizona

60% public across 776,854 ac. Real backcountry here — 27% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Watch the checkerboard: 57,195 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (2)Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (6)Javelina draw odds (5)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,680–7,460 ft

elevation range

60%

public land

27%

of public >1 mi from a road

57,195 ac

landlocked public

0.61

road miles per mi²

2 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

19 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 18B: 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 · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

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

Javelina tag · 5 draw huntsprice not published

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (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 bighorn sheep →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

■ BLM 32%■ SDOL 27%□ Private 40%

Unit area776,854 ac

Public land464,244 ac (60%)

Landlocked public57,195 ac (12.3%)

Deer draw pressure0.43 tags/mi² public (0.23 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure1.4 tags/mi² public (0.74 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.006 tags/mi² public (0.003 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)745 mi

Maintained trails2 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road126,913 ac (27% of public)

Road density0.61 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 252k ac · SDOL 212k ac

Elevation1,680–7,460 ft

Median elevation4,470 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

1,680 ft7,460 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 22%

S 27%

W 30%

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

61,074 ac of this unit has burned — 8% 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, 79 km from the unit’s center and ~1,000 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

12% success

18 taken by 227 hunters · 1,074 days afield

18 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 6% → 12%

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 17A71% public · 4% remote Unit 17B82% public · 13% remote Unit 18A52% public · 15% remote Unit 16A80% public · 30% remote Unit 20C78% public · 28% remote Unit 44A90% public · 36% remote

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