Unit research · Arizona Unit 3B

Unit 3B — Arizona

45% public across 370,688 ac. Road access is easy — only 4% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 5,150 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Deer draw odds (1)Elk draw odds (13)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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5,580–8,490 ft

elevation range

45%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

5,150 ac

landlocked public

2.54

road miles per mi²

210 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 deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 3B: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

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 · 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 elk →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 28%■ SDOL 16%■ BLM 1%□ Private 55%

Unit area370,688 ac

Public land165,188 ac (45%)

Landlocked public5,150 ac (3.1%)

Walk-in access459 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,474 mi

Maintained trails210 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road5,802 ac (4% of public)

Road density2.54 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 103k ac · SDOL 59k ac · BLM 3k ac

Elevation5,580–8,490 ft

Median elevation6,370 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

5,580 ft8,490 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 32%

E 22%

S 17%

W 30%

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

6,243 ac of this unit has burned — 2% 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 WINSLOW-LINDBERGH REGIONAL AIRPORT, 108 km from the unit’s center and ~1,500 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

0% success

10 taken by 292 hunters · 1,116 days afield

10 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 6% → 0%

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 3A30% public · 9% remote Unit 3C82% public · 1% remote Unit 191% public · 4% remote Unit 2A46% public · 30% remote Unit 4B46% public · 10% remote

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