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Unit 23 — Arizona

98% public across 758,423 ac. Road access is easy — only 13% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (2)Deer draw odds (5)Elk draw odds (10)Javelina draw odds (4)Turkey draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

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2,110–7,850 ft

elevation range

98%

public land

13%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

1.05

road miles per mi²

171 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

25 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, javelina and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 23: 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 · 5 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 10 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 4 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 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

■ USFS 98%■ SFW 0%□ Private 2%

Unit area758,423 ac

Public land743,965 ac (98%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Deer draw pressure0.80 tags/mi² public (0.78 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.61 tags/mi² public (0.60 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.82 tags/mi² public (0.80 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.74 tags/mi² public (0.73 of total area)

Walk-in access17,592 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,240 mi

Maintained trails171 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road95,383 ac (13% of public)

Road density1.05 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 744k ac · SFW 0k ac

Elevation2,110–7,850 ft

Median elevation5,130 ft

Median slope13°

Where the ground sits

2,110 ft7,850 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 23%

S 27%

W 29%

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

127,335 ac of this unit has burned — 17% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 4%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

6% success

54 taken by 1,130 hunters · 5,191 days afield

54 bucks (bucks only)

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

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 24B95% public · 32% remote Unit 24A90% public · 16% remote Unit 3C82% public · 1% remote Unit 4A66% public · 7% remote Unit 5A69% public · 6% remote

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