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Unit 22 — Arizona

96% public hunting land across 1,007,325 ac. Real backcountry here — 35% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (4)Deer draw odds (5)Elk draw odds (12)Javelina draw odds (4)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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1,330–7,900 ft

elevation range

96%

public hunting land

35%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.99

road miles per mi²

554 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

27 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, javelina and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 22: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 12 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

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 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

■ Forest Service 96%■ State wildlife 0%□ Private 4%

Unit area1,007,325 ac

Public hunting land962,500 ac (96%)

Parks & other public124 ac · City

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Bighorn sheep draw pressure0.005 tags/mi² public (0.004 of total area)

Deer draw pressure0.85 tags/mi² public (0.81 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.15 tags/mi² public (0.14 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.98 tags/mi² public (0.94 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.013 tags/mi² public (0.013 of total area)

Walk-in access47,298 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,566 mi

Mapped trails on public land554 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road337,101 ac (35% of public)

Road density0.99 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 962k ac · State wildlife 0k ac

Elevation1,330–7,900 ft

Median elevation4,020 ft

Median slope13°

Where the ground sits

1,330 ft7,900 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 24%

S 28%

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 →

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426,058 ac of this unit has burned — 42% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 2%. 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 PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL AIRPORT, 84 km from the unit’s center and ~2,900 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

7% success

56 taken by 1,486 hunters · 8,437 days afield

56 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 6% → 7%

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, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

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