Arizona Deer 1151 — Unit 36C

GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 36C

What you may take
GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 36C
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 36C
81% public of 201,720 acres
Season (2026)
Dec 11–31, 2026
Tags (2026)
11
for 87 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 10%
All deer success here (2025)
27%
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, 87 first-choice applicants, drew out at 7 points. Source: 2026 F Draw Report · p. 35.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 2% 9 0
1 4% 15 1
2 6% 17 0
3 8% 21 4
4 10% 7 0
5 12% 7 0
6 14% 2 0
7 52% 7 3
8 100% 0 1
9–11 100% same chance at every one of these levels
12 100% 2 2
13–16 100% same chance at every one of these levels
17 100% 0 0

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)

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 $8,576.19 (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 7-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)

Split 1: Dec 11–31, 2026 p. 31

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 36C, Arizona Game & Fish Department counted 933 hunters and 249 all deer taken in 2025 — 27% of them killed something. Full Unit 36C 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 30 9 30%
Mule deer 9
Type General 33 4 12%
Mule deer 4
Type General 151 53 35%
White-tailed deer 53
Type General 155 45 29%
White-tailed deer 45
Type General 130 60 46%
White-tailed deer 58
Type General 103 54 52%
White-tailed deer 54
Type Youth-Only (General) 21 8 38%
Mule deer 4
White-tailed deer 4
Type OTC Archery 310 16 10%
Mule deer 6
White-tailed deer 10

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
3%

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 87 7.9 7 5% 2026 F Draw Report · p. 35
2023 12 91 7.6 8 6% 2023 F Draw Report · p. 24

Earlier years, when this number was a different hunt

Arizona reassigns hunt numbers between years. In these years 1151 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 8 5 16 3.2 4 2025 Fall Draw Report · p. 35
2024 · Unit 7, 9 5 29 5.8 5 2024 F Draw Report · p. 18

Other licenses valid in Unit 36C

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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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.