Unit research · Arizona Unit 40B

Unit 40B — Arizona

27% public across 2,204,741 ac. Real backcountry here — 40% 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 (3)Deer draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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80–4,730 ft

elevation range

27%

public land

40%

of public >1 mi from a road

6,705 ac

landlocked public

0.83

road miles per mi²

187 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 and deer hunts are drawn on Unit 40B: 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 · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 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 →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

■ NPS 15%■ BLM 7%■ SDOL 4%■ Other public 1%□ Private 73%

Unit area2,204,741 ac

Public land588,700 ac (27%)

Landlocked public6,705 ac (1.1%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,865 mi

Maintained trails187 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road232,615 ac (40% of public)

Road density0.83 mi/mi²

Managed byNPS 329k ac · BLM 147k ac · SDOL 82k ac

Elevation80–4,730 ft

Median elevation740 ft

Median slope1°

Where the ground sits

80 ft4,730 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 25%

S 23%

W 27%

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

515 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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Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

16% success

2 taken by 32 hunters · 255 days afield

2 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 11% → 16%

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 46B100% public · 98% remote Unit 46A100% public · 93% remote Unit 4156% public · 30% remote Unit 45C100% public · 46% remote Unit 40A51% public · 35% remote Unit 3974% public · 31% remote

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