Arizona Deer 1209
Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer in Unit 11M, archery only, Dec 11–31, 2026. 74% public land, mostly National Forest.
New for 2026
The 2026 draw is the first on record for 1209: Arizona Game & Fish Department did not offer this hunt code in earlier years, so the year-by-year table has one row and there is no point-creep trend to project yet. The odds shown are that one draw's actual results, not an estimate.
Your odds at 0 points · 2026 draw
about 1 in 23
You're 7 points below the 2026 cut of 7.
Years to draw on points: —
- Tags
- 25
- Nonresident Applicants
- 24
- Success
- 38%
First-choice nonresidents; the tags are shared by every residency; nonresidents capped at 10%. Success: Archery-only · 135 licenses hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw
One draw on file (2026), so there is no trend to chart yet.
Insufficient history (1 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Jun 2 · 227 daysThe $15 nonresident hunt permit-tag application fee (per applicant, per species) is not refunded. The $160 nonresident Combination Hunt and Fish license (only NR license valid for the draw; valid 1 year from purchase) is not refunded. A bonus point only (application fee; no tag fee) is $15, bought separately. Drawing adds the $300 nonresident archery deer nonpermit-tag (OTC, capped, online-only sale; same $300 as the draw permit-tag).
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.
- Opens
- —
- Closes
- Jun 2, 2027
- Point Only
- $15
Next application window: Closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes 2027.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident hunt permit-tag application fee (per applicant, per species) · paid at application $15 AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information
- Nonresident Combination Hunt and Fish license (only NR license valid for the draw; valid 1 year from purchase) · paid at application $160 AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information
- Bonus point only (application fee; no tag fee) · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $15 AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information
- Nonresident archery deer nonpermit-tag (OTC, capped, online-only sale; same $300 as the draw permit-tag) · paid if drawn $300 AZGFD 2026-2027 Hunting Regulations
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2026 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 4% | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 8% | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 12% | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 16% | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 20% | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 23% | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 26% | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 86% the cut | 2 | 2 |
| 8–10 | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Arizona Game & Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 1209 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report, p. 48, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery-only · 135 licenses | 110 | 42 | 38% |
| Mule deer (hunt 1 of 3) | — | 42 | — |
| Archery-only · 49 licenses | 37 | 10 | 27% |
| Mule deer (hunt 2 of 3) | — | 8 | — |
| Archery-only · 18 licenses | 11 | 8 | 73% |
| Archery-only · 24 licenses | 23 | 13 | 57% |
| Mule deer (hunt 3 of 3) | — | 13 | — |
| All of Unit 11M · mule deer | — | 63 | — |
Adding up Arizona Game & Fish Department's published lines for Unit 11M gives 63 mule deer taken in 2025 (sum of published weapon rows; hunter counts not published). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. 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: AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 1 draw
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags (All Res.) | Nonresident Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 24 | 6.2 | 7 | 5% | AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report, p. 48 |
Other Licenses Valid in Unit 11M
- 1201 Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer Aug 21 – Sep 10 · 15 tags · cut 4 29%
- 1202 Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer · Antlerless deer Oct 30 – Nov 12 · 50 tags · 2 applied 73%
- 1203 Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer · Antlerless deer Dec 11–31 · 25 tags · 2 applied 100%
Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 16
- AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report, p. 48 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026-2027 Hunting Regulations fees, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office with the Arizona State Land Department (Arizona Land Resources Information System, ALRIS) and Premier Data Services 2026 BLM AZ Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Arizona Game & Fish Department's published results (monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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