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Unit 6A — Arizona

94% public hunting land across 733,279 ac. Road access is easy — only 5% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Deer draw odds (3)Elk draw odds (9)Javelina draw odds (4)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 6AFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

2,560–8,480 ft

elevation range

94%

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

3.03

road miles per mi²

493 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

23 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 6A: 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 · 3 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 9 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Javelina tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (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 bighorn sheep →Draw odds for Arizona deer →Draw odds for Arizona elk →Draw odds for Arizona javelina →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

■ Forest Service 94%■ State lands 1%■ State wildlife 0%□ Private 5%

Unit area733,279 ac

Public hunting land691,645 ac (94%)

Parks & other public1,320 ac · National Park Service, State parks

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,469 mi

Mapped trails on public land493 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road32,865 ac (5% of public)

Road density3.03 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 687k ac · State lands 5k ac · State wildlife 0k ac

Elevation2,560–8,480 ft

Median elevation6,010 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

2,560 ft8,480 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 18%

S 27%

W 32%

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 →

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131,826 ac of this unit has burned — 18% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 26%. 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 ERNEST A. LOVE FIELD ARPT, 73 km from the unit’s center and ~1,000 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

Harvest — agency survey estimates

Deer · 2025 · OTC archery

6% success

56 taken by 1,283 hunters · 5,473 days afield

56 bucks (bucks only)

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

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, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 6B84% public · 11% remote Unit 5B84% public · 2% remote Unit 19A69% public · 2% remote Unit 5A69% public · 6% remote Unit 11M74% public · 0% remote Unit 895% public · 5% remote

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