Unit research · Arizona Unit 43B

Unit 43B — Arizona

20% public across 550,068 ac. Real backcountry here — 32% 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 (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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120–2,630 ft

elevation range

20%

public land

32%

of public >1 mi from a road

2,544 ac

landlocked public

0.81

road miles per mi²

59 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

3 limited-entry bighorn sheep and deer hunts are drawn on Unit 43B: 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 · 1 draw hunt (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

■ BLM 18%■ SDOL 2%■ USBR 0%□ Private 80%

Unit area550,068 ac

Public land111,871 ac (20%)

Landlocked public2,544 ac (2.3%)

Bighorn sheep draw pressure0.047 tags/mi² public (0.009 of total area)

Walk-in access2,899 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)698 mi

Maintained trails59 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road35,494 ac (32% of public)

Road density0.81 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 97k ac · SDOL 11k ac · USBR 2k ac

Elevation120–2,630 ft

Median elevation790 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

120 ft2,630 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 25%

S 23%

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

7,277 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 BLYTHE AIRPORT, 59 km from the unit’s center. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

0% success

1 taken by 42 hunters · 333 days afield

1 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 0% → 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 45C100% public · 46% remote Unit 45A100% public · 34% remote Unit 43A40% public · 20% remote Unit 4156% public · 30% remote Unit 40B27% public · 40% remote Unit 45B100% public · 39% remote

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