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Unit 27 — Arizona

95% public across 865,872 ac. Real backcountry here — 41% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (3)Deer draw odds (6)Elk draw odds (10)Javelina draw odds (4)Turkey draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,450–9,490 ft

elevation range

95%

public land

41%

of public >1 mi from a road

4,279 ac

landlocked public

0.70

road miles per mi²

684 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

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

Bighorn sheep tag · 3 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 6 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 · 3 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 90%■ SDOL 3%■ BLM 1%□ Private 5%

Unit area865,872 ac

Public land819,525 ac (95%)

Landlocked public4,279 ac (0.5%)

Deer draw pressure0.69 tags/mi² public (0.65 of total area)

Elk draw pressure0.78 tags/mi² public (0.74 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.20 tags/mi² public (0.18 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure1.1 tags/mi² public (1.00 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)940 mi

Maintained trails684 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road336,824 ac (41% of public)

Road density0.70 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 780k ac · SDOL 29k ac · BLM 11k ac

Elevation3,450–9,490 ft

Median elevation6,210 ft

Median slope16°

Where the ground sits

3,450 ft9,490 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 24%

S 27%

W 26%

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

346,966 ac of this unit has burned — 40% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 1%. 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

5% success

28 taken by 366 hunters · 2,000 days afield

28 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 17% → 5%

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 191% public · 4% remote Unit 2886% public · 15% remote Unit 3186% public · 13% remote Unit 2C59% public · 1% remote Unit 3B45% public · 4% remote Unit 2B57% public · 12% remote

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