Unit research · Arizona Unit 8

Unit 8 — Arizona

95% public across 412,419 ac. Road access is easy — only 5% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (4)Elk draw odds (7)Javelina draw odds (4)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,560–9,160 ft

elevation range

95%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

33 ac

landlocked public

2.91

road miles per mi²

89 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

20 limited-entry deer, elk, javelina, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 8: apply in the Arizona draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 7 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 · 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 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

■ USFS 93%■ SDOL 1%■ SFW 0%□ Private 5%

Unit area412,419 ac

Public land391,536 ac (95%)

Landlocked public33 ac (0.0%)

Deer draw pressure0.57 tags/mi² public (0.54 of total area)

Elk draw pressure2.5 tags/mi² public (2.4 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.016 tags/mi² public (0.016 of total area)

Walk-in access458 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,878 mi

Maintained trails89 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road18,582 ac (5% of public)

Road density2.91 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 385k ac · SDOL 6k ac · SFW 0k ac

Elevation3,560–9,160 ft

Median elevation6,200 ft

Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

3,560 ft9,160 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 17%

E 25%

S 31%

W 28%

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

76,016 ac of this unit has burned — 18% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 40%. 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

4% success

24 taken by 806 hunters · 4,186 days afield

24 bucks (bucks only)

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

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 6B85% public · 11% remote Unit 19B38% public · 6% remote Unit 19A69% public · 2% remote Unit 780% public · 7% remote Unit 6A95% public · 5% remote Unit 1039% public · 11% remote

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