Unit research · Arizona Unit 28

Unit 28 — Arizona

86% public across 1,427,074 ac. Road access is easy — only 15% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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

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2,620–7,440 ft

elevation range

86%

public land

15%

of public >1 mi from a road

6,058 ac

landlocked public

1.15

road miles per mi²

90 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 bighorn sheep, deer, elk and javelina hunts are drawn on Unit 28: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

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

Elk tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 5 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 →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

■ BLM 61%■ SDOL 24%■ USFS 1%□ Private 14%

Unit area1,427,074 ac

Public land1,228,619 ac (86%)

Landlocked public6,058 ac (0.5%)

Bighorn sheep draw pressure0.002 tags/mi² public (0.002 of total area)

Deer draw pressure0.26 tags/mi² public (0.22 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.12 tags/mi² public (0.11 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,554 mi

Maintained trails90 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road183,441 ac (15% of public)

Road density1.15 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 875k ac · SDOL 338k ac · USFS 16k ac

Elevation2,620–7,440 ft

Median elevation3,810 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

2,620 ft7,440 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 22%

S 29%

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

12,898 ac of this unit has burned — 1% 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 DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB AIRPORT, 150 km from the unit’s center and ~1,100 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

9% success

13 taken by 329 hunters · 1,417 days afield

13 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 7% → 9%

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.

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