Unit research · Arizona Unit 29

Unit 29 — Arizona

69% public across 648,506 ac. Road access is easy — only 18% 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 (7)Javelina draw odds (5)Turkey draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,590–9,730 ft

elevation range

69%

public land

18%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,420 ac

landlocked public

1.43

road miles per mi²

327 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

15 limited-entry deer, javelina and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 29: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 7 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 5 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 deer →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 36%■ SDOL 21%■ BLM 9%■ Other public 3%□ Private 31%

Unit area648,506 ac

Public land449,580 ac (69%)

Landlocked public1,420 ac (0.3%)

Deer draw pressure1.0 tags/mi² public (0.71 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.20 tags/mi² public (0.14 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.006 tags/mi² public (0.004 of total area)

Walk-in access553 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,446 mi

Maintained trails327 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road79,904 ac (18% of public)

Road density1.43 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 231k ac · SDOL 139k ac · BLM 60k ac

Elevation3,590–9,730 ft

Median elevation4,960 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

3,590 ft9,730 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 26%

S 25%

W 23%

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

241,268 ac of this unit has burned — 37% 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 SIERRA VISTA MUNICIPAL-LIBBY AAF AIRPORT, 110 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

20% success

61 taken by 533 hunters · 2,528 days afield

61 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 26% → 20%

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 30A49% public · 11% remote Unit 2886% public · 15% remote Unit 30B52% public · 11% remote Unit 3278% public · 19% remote Unit 3186% public · 13% remote Unit 34B77% public · 12% remote

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