Arizona Deer 1093 — Unit 24B

GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 24B

What you may take
GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 24B
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 24B
95% public of 497,574 acres
Season (2026)
Nov 6–12, 2026
Tags (2026)
25
for 16 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
All deer success here (2025)
20%
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. 25 tags, 16 first-choice applicants, drew out at 3 points. Source: 2026 F Draw Report · p. 22.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 100% 6 3
1 100% 4 4
2 100% 6 10
3 100% 0 2
4 100% 0 0
5 100% 0 0
6 100% 0 0
7–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels

Computed from the agency's published draw results. 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) .

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 3-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

Drew out at 3 → 6 → 3 → 3 points (2023–2026): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +2.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
03 yrs (3–∞)
12 yrs (2–∞)
21 yr (1–∞)
3now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Nov 6–12, 2026 p. 30

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 24B, Arizona Game & Fish Department counted 1,370 hunters and 268 all deer taken in 2025 — 20% of them killed something. Full Unit 24B 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 164 31 19%
Mule deer 31
Type General 166 40 24%
White-tailed deer 40
Type General 237 65 27%
White-tailed deer 65
Type General 221 91 41%
White-tailed deer 90
Type General 31 19 61%
White-tailed deer 19
Type OTC Archery 551 22 3%
Mule deer 11
White-tailed deer 11

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
13%

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 25 16 0.6 3 81% 2026 F Draw Report · p. 22
2025 27 14 0.5 3 46% 2025 Fall Draw Report · p. 22
2024 20 12 0.6 6 27% 2024 F Draw Report · p. 11
2023 20 18 0.9 3 53% 2023 F Draw Report · p. 15

Other licenses valid in Unit 24B

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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