Unit research · Arizona Unit 21

Unit 21 — Arizona

97% public across 673,141 ac. Road access is easy — only 17% 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 (6)Elk draw odds (4)Javelina draw odds (4)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,480–6,790 ft

elevation range

97%

public land

17%

of public >1 mi from a road

640 ac

landlocked public

1.34

road miles per mi²

495 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

18 limited-entry deer, elk, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 21: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 6 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

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

Javelina tag · 4 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 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 81%■ BLM 12%■ SDOL 4%□ Private 3%

Unit area673,141 ac

Public land653,491 ac (97%)

Landlocked public640 ac (0.1%)

Deer draw pressure0.76 tags/mi² public (0.74 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.049 tags/mi² public (0.048 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure1.2 tags/mi² public (1.1 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.003 tags/mi² public (0.003 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.004 tags/mi² public (0.004 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,413 mi

Maintained trails495 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road109,636 ac (17% of public)

Road density1.34 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 546k ac · BLM 78k ac · SDOL 29k ac

Elevation1,480–6,790 ft

Median elevation3,780 ft

Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

1,480 ft6,790 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 27%

S 26%

W 25%

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

333,655 ac of this unit has burned — 50% 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, 73 km from the unit’s center and ~1,200 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

3% success

41 taken by 1,269 hunters · 5,830 days afield

41 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 7% → 3%

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 2296% public · 35% remote Unit 20B88% public · 8% remote Unit 20A82% public · 2% remote Unit 19A69% public · 2% remote Unit 6A95% public · 5% remote Unit 25M19% public · 9% remote

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