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Unit research · Arizona Unit 4A

Unit 4A — Arizona

66% public across 482,588 ac. Road access is easy — only 7% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 35,864 ac of public land has no public route in.

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4,770–7,940 ft

elevation range

66%

public land

7%

of public >1 mi from a road

35,864 ac

landlocked public

1.29

road miles per mi²

49 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

26 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 4A: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$313.00 resident · $1,815.00 nonresident
Deer tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident
Elk tag · 14 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident
Pronghorn tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident
Turkey tag · 3 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)

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 43%SDOL 23%BLM 0%□ Private 34%
Unit area482,588 ac
Public land318,920 ac (66%)
Landlocked public35,864 ac (11.2%)
Walk-in access218 ac
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)974 mi
Maintained trails49 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road22,526 ac (7% of public)
Road density1.29 mi/mi²
Managed byUSFS 206k ac · SDOL 111k ac · BLM 2k ac
Elevation4,770–7,940 ft
Median elevation6,010 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

4,770 ft7,940 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%
E 33%
S 16%
W 29%

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

46,150 ac of this unit has burned — 10% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 7%. 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

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F49° high22° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at WINSLOW-LINDBERGH REGIONAL AIRPORT, 33 km from the unit’s center and ~1,100 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

3% success

8 taken by 296 hunters · 1,607 days afield

8 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 4% → 3%

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)

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 5A69% public · 6% remoteUnit 4B46% public · 10% remoteUnit 5B84% public · 2% remoteUnit 3C82% public · 1% remoteUnit 2398% public · 13% remoteUnit 2296% public · 35% remote

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