Unit research · Arizona Unit 9

Unit 9 — Arizona

77% public across 682,014 ac. Road access is easy — only 10% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 17,881 ac of public land has no public route in.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Deer draw odds (2)Elk draw odds (7)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Turkey draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,350–7,530 ft

elevation range

77%

public land

10%

of public >1 mi from a road

17,881 ac

landlocked public

1.91

road miles per mi²

53 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

13 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey hunts are drawn on Unit 9: 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 · 2 draw hunts (2026)$58.00 resident · $315.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 7 draw hunts (2026)$148.00 resident · $665.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$103.00 resident · $565.00 nonresident

Turkey tag · 1 draw huntprice 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 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 48%■ SDOL 28%■ BLM 0%□ Private 23%

Unit area682,014 ac

Public land522,333 ac (77%)

Landlocked public17,881 ac (3.4%)

Elk draw pressure1.6 tags/mi² public (1.1 of total area)

Pronghorn draw pressure0.038 tags/mi² public (0.028 of total area)

Turkey draw pressure0.025 tags/mi² public (0.019 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,040 mi

Maintained trails53 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road51,882 ac (10% of public)

Road density1.91 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 327k ac · SDOL 194k ac · BLM 1k ac

Elevation4,350–7,530 ft

Median elevation6,340 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,350 ft7,530 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 24%

S 26%

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

75,777 ac of this unit has burned — 11% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 34%. 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

0% success

3 taken by 185 hunters · 843 days afield

3 bucks (bucks only)

Deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 6% → 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 1039% public · 11% remote Unit 780% public · 7% remote Unit 11M75% public · 0% remote Unit 12A100% public · 3% remote Unit 895% public · 5% remote Unit 6B85% public · 11% remote

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