Unit research · Arizona Unit 2B

Unit 2B — Arizona

57% public across 527,314 ac. Road access is easy — only 12% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 39,658 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (3)Deer draw odds (1)Elk draw odds (13)Pronghorn draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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5,620–7,910 ft

elevation range

57%

public land

12%

of public >1 mi from a road

39,658 ac

landlocked public

1.01

road miles per mi²

4 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 pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 2B: 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 · 1 draw hunt (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 13 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident

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 pronghorn →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

■ SDOL 52%■ BLM 5%■ CNTY 0%□ Private 43%

Unit area527,314 ac

Public land299,968 ac (57%)

Landlocked public39,658 ac (13.2%)

Walk-in access534 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)830 mi

Maintained trails4 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road34,565 ac (12% of public)

Road density1.01 mi/mi²

Managed bySDOL 272k ac · BLM 27k ac · CNTY 1k ac

Elevation5,620–7,910 ft

Median elevation6,300 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

5,620 ft7,910 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 29%

E 19%

S 22%

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

1,291 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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 GALLUP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 119 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

18% success

5 taken by 28 hunters · 120 days afield

5 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2022–2025 · 24% → 18%

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 2C59% public · 1% remote Unit 191% public · 4% remote Unit 2A46% public · 30% remote Unit 3B45% public · 4% remote Unit 3A30% public · 9% remote Unit 3C82% public · 1% remote

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