Unit research · Arizona Unit 20A

Unit 20A — Arizona

82% public across 384,256 ac. Road access is easy — only 2% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (6)Javelina draw odds (5)Turkey draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 20AFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

3,100–7,890 ft

elevation range

82%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

2,766 ac

landlocked public

3.05

road miles per mi²

354 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

17 limited-entry deer, elk, javelina and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 20A: 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 · 5 draw huntsprice not published

Turkey tag · 4 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 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 68%■ SDOL 9%■ BLM 5%□ Private 18%

Unit area384,256 ac

Public land315,869 ac (82%)

Landlocked public2,766 ac (0.9%)

Deer draw pressure1.3 tags/mi² public (1.0 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure1.1 tags/mi² public (0.87 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.061 tags/mi² public (0.050 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,831 mi

Maintained trails354 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road7,809 ac (2% of public)

Road density3.05 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 261k ac · SDOL 36k ac · BLM 19k ac

Elevation3,100–7,890 ft

Median elevation5,180 ft

Median slope11°

Where the ground sits

3,100 ft7,890 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 26%

S 25%

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

78,112 ac of this unit has burned — 20% 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, 28 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

12% success

62 taken by 630 hunters · 2,440 days afield

62 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 22% → 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 19A69% public · 2% remote Unit 20C78% public · 28% remote Unit 20B88% public · 8% remote Unit 17B82% public · 13% remote Unit 2197% public · 17% remote Unit 19B38% public · 6% remote

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