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Unit 3C — Arizona

82% public across 355,308 ac. Road access is easy — only 1% 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 (3)Elk draw odds (13)Pronghorn draw odds (1)Turkey draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 3CFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

5,570–7,720 ft

elevation range

82%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

1,281 ac

landlocked public

2.58

road miles per mi²

206 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

21 limited-entry deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 3C: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 3 draw hunts (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

Turkey tag · 4 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 81%■ SDOL 2%■ BLM 0%□ Private 18%

Unit area355,308 ac

Public land293,001 ac (82%)

Landlocked public1,281 ac (0.4%)

Walk-in access90 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,435 mi

Maintained trails206 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road2,194 ac (1% of public)

Road density2.58 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 286k ac · SDOL 6k ac · BLM 0k ac

Elevation5,570–7,720 ft

Median elevation6,500 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

5,570 ft7,720 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 30%

S 18%

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

173,735 ac of this unit has burned — 49% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 2%. 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, 82 km from the unit’s center and ~1,600 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

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 3A30% public · 9% remote Unit 3B45% public · 4% remote Unit 4B46% public · 10% remote Unit 4A66% public · 7% remote Unit 2398% public · 13% remote Unit 5A69% public · 6% remote

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