Unit research · Arizona Unit 35A

Unit 35A — Arizona

49% public across 413,553 ac. Road access is easy — only 8% 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 (6)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 35AFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

3,830–9,420 ft

elevation range

49%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

2,329 ac

landlocked public

2.42

road miles per mi²

252 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

17 limited-entry deer, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 35A: 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 · 6 draw huntsprice not published

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident

Turkey tag · 2 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 pronghorn →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 31%■ BLM 7%■ SDOL 7%■ Other public 4%□ Private 51%

Unit area413,553 ac

Public land203,506 ac (49%)

Landlocked public2,329 ac (1.1%)

Deer draw pressure3.9 tags/mi² public (1.9 of total area)

Javelina draw pressure0.49 tags/mi² public (0.24 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.076 tags/mi² public (0.037 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,566 mi

Maintained trails252 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road16,418 ac (8% of public)

Road density2.42 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 128k ac · BLM 29k ac · SDOL 29k ac

Elevation3,830–9,420 ft

Median elevation4,830 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

3,830 ft9,420 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%

E 26%

S 24%

W 25%

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

96,307 ac of this unit has burned — 23% 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, 9 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

9% success

31 taken by 421 hunters · 2,954 days afield

31 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 15% → 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.

Nearby units

Unit 35B63% public · 1% remote Unit 34B77% public · 12% remote Unit 30B52% public · 11% remote Unit 34A62% public · 5% remote Unit 30A49% public · 11% remote Unit 36B86% public · 5% remote

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