Unit research · Arizona Unit 39

Unit 39 — Arizona

74% public across 1,240,791 ac. Real backcountry here — 31% 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 (2)Deer draw odds (2)Javelina draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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430–4,000 ft

elevation range

74%

public land

31%

of public >1 mi from a road

9,928 ac

landlocked public

1.17

road miles per mi²

266 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

5 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer and javelina hunts are drawn on Unit 39: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 1 draw huntprice 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 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 64%■ SDOL 7%■ REG 2%■ Other public 1%□ Private 26%

Unit area1,240,791 ac

Public land923,825 ac (74%)

Landlocked public9,928 ac (1.1%)

Walk-in access10,163 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,275 mi

Maintained trails266 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road290,369 ac (31% of public)

Road density1.17 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 799k ac · SDOL 93k ac · REG 23k ac

Elevation430–4,000 ft

Median elevation1,060 ft

Median slope1°

Where the ground sits

430 ft4,000 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 24%

S 25%

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

7,339 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 LUKE AFB AIRPORT, 58 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

4% success

6 taken by 227 hunters · 1,148 days afield

6 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 4% → 4%

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 40A51% public · 35% remote Unit 26M19% public · 1% remote Unit 25M19% public · 9% remote Unit 4156% public · 30% remote Unit 40B27% public · 40% remote Unit 4270% public · 25% remote

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