Arizona Deer 1061 — Unit 36B

GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 36B

What you may take
GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 36B
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 36B
84% public of 359,194 acres
Season (2026)
Nov 13–19, 2026
Tags (2026)
7
for 5 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
All deer success here (2025)
18%
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. 7 tags, 5 first-choice applicants, drew out at 4 points. Source: 2026 F Draw Report · p. 14.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 16% 0 1
1 31% 0 1
2 47% 0 1
3 75% (74%–76%) 3 0
4 100% (100%–100%) 2 2
5 100% 0 0
6–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels

No applicants at this level — scaled from the nearest level by entry weight. 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)

Cash to apply
$175
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$175
Total if drawn
$475
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $475 (enough points to draw) to $1,411.55 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident hunt permit-tag application fee (per applicant, per species) · paid at application $15 source
Nonresident Combination Hunt and Fish license (only NR license valid for the draw; valid 1 year from purchase) · paid at application $160 source
Bonus point only (application fee; no tag fee) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $15 source
Nonresident deer hunt permit-tag ($315 incl. $15 application fee) · paid if drawn $300 source

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 4-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 (1 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Nov 13–19, 2026 p. 29

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 36B, Arizona Game & Fish Department counted 2,820 hunters and 517 all deer taken in 2025 — 18% of them killed something. Full Unit 36B 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 109 35 32%
Mule deer 33
Type General 93 28 30%
Mule deer 28
Type General 576 138 24%
White-tailed deer 135
Type General 533 95 18%
White-tailed deer 93
Type General 539 113 21%
White-tailed deer 113
Type General 88 24 27%
White-tailed deer 24
Type Youth-Only (General) 109 56 51%
Mule deer 24
White-tailed deer 29
Type OTC Archery 773 28 11%
Mule deer 14
White-tailed deer 14

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) 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary

As a lower choice

2nd choice
10%

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 7 5 0.7 4 0.00% 2026 F Draw Report · p. 14
2024 15 7 0.5 20% 2024 F Draw Report · p. 8
2023 15 13 0.9 8% 2023 F Draw Report · p. 10

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Arizona reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 1061 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 36C 5 2 0.4 2025 Fall Draw Report · p. 14

Other licenses valid in Unit 36B

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.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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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