Arizona Deer 1019 — Unit 12BW
GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 12B West
- What you may take
- GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 12B West
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2026)
- Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2026
- Tags (2026)
- 11
- for 119 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
- All deer success here (2025)
- 82%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 11 tags, 119 first-choice applicants, drew out at 17 points. Source: 2026 F Draw Report · p. 5.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1% | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | 2% | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | 3% | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | 4% | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | 5% | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | 6% | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 7% | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | 8% | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | 9% | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | 10% | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 11% | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | 12% | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | 42% | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | 100% | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | 16% | — | — |
| 16 | 100% | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | 100% | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 100% | 1 | 4 |
| 19–20 | 100% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
Expected weighted draw over the common pool, scaled to the nonresident cap. A dash means Arizona Game & Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $475 (enough points to draw) to $16,466.28 (lowest published odds).
Optional, not counted above: PointGuard (optional tag-surrender insurance, per species per applicant) $10 and PointGuard Plus (optional; all eligible species for three consecutive draw cycles) $25.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $15 and keeps you moving toward the 17-point cut.
Next application window: closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Insufficient history (2 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in 12BW, Arizona Game & Fish Department counted 145 hunters and 119 all deer taken in 2025 — 82% of them killed something. Full 12BW profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:
| What they hunted | Hunters | Harvest | Success | Days per animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type General | 87 | 66 | 76% | — |
| Mule deer | — | 65 | — | — |
| Type General | 43 | 40 | 93% | — |
| Mule deer | — | 40 | — | — |
| Type Muzzleloader | 15 | 13 | 87% | — |
| Mule deer | — | 13 | — | — |
Arizona's figures come from AZGFD's post-season hunter questionnaire - survey estimates carrying a 90% confidence interval and a return count, not a census of animals checked in. Source: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only) 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)
As a lower choice
Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Published odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 17 | 2% | 2026 F Draw Report · p. 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 114 | 10.4 | 16 | 0.00% | 2024 F Draw Report · p. 3 |
Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt
Arizona reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 1019 stood for another unit or weapon, so they are listed here rather than counted as this hunt's history or in its point-creep trend.
| Year · what it was | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Unit 12B | 1 | 519 | 519.0 | — | 2025 Fall Draw Report · p. 5 |
| 2023 · Unit 12B | 1 | 495 | 495.0 | — | 2023 F Draw Report · p. 3 |
Other licenses valid in 12BW
Legal cartridges for deer in Arizona
From the Arizona hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.