Unit research · Arizona Unit 7

Unit 7 — Arizona

80% public across 889,461 ac. Road access is easy — only 7% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 38,845 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (17)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,190–12,500 ft

elevation range

80%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

38,845 ac

landlocked public

2.26

road miles per mi²

165 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

24 limited-entry deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 7: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 17 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 2 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) ↗

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 57%■ SDOL 18%■ NPS 4%□ Private 20%

Unit area889,461 ac

Public land709,706 ac (80%)

Landlocked public38,845 ac (5.5%)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.048 tags/mi² public (0.036 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.29 tags/mi² public (0.22 of total area)

Walk-in access155 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,143 mi

Maintained trails165 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road48,877 ac (7% of public)

Road density2.26 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 509k ac · SDOL 160k ac · NPS 38k ac

Elevation4,190–12,500 ft

Median elevation6,420 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,190 ft12,500 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 28%

E 29%

S 20%

W 23%

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

147,909 ac of this unit has burned — 17% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 31%. 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

10% success

110 taken by 1,704 hunters · 9,632 days afield

110 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 6% → 10%

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.

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