Arizona Deer · 12BW
Arizona 12BW covers 715,511 acres and lies 29 miles west of Page and 54 miles east of Colorado City. 96% of it is public land, mostly BLM (84%) and state trust land (7%). In 2025, hunters took 118 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1020, put up 7 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 806 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 28 points.
3 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
84% BLM
715,511 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in 12BW
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1019 | General Deer | 1% | 17 ▲1 | |
| 1020 | General Deer | <1% | 28 ▲12 | |
| 1186 | Muzzleloader Deer | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $475 ($175 to apply). Closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 145 | 119 | 82% |
| 2024 (summed) | 141 | 86 | 61% |
| 2023 (summed) | 168 | 116 | 69% |
| 2022 (summed) | 151 | 101 | 67% |
| 2021 (summed) | 149 | 85 | 57% |
| 2020 (summed) | 203 | 141 | 69% |
| 2019 (summed) | 214 | 150 | 70% |
| 2018 (summed) | 226 | 192 | 85% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 118 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 70 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 116 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 101 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 85 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 141 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 150 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 192 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | — | 17 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General · 99 licenses | 87 | 66 | 76% |
| Mule deer (hunt 1 of 3) | — | 65 | — |
| General · 53 licenses | 43 | 40 | 93% |
| Mule deer (hunt 2 of 3) | — | 40 | — |
| Muzzleloader | 15 | 13 | 87% |
| Mule deer (hunt 3 of 3) | — | 13 | — |
2025 split: firearm 118 (100%)
What Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. 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; AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| BLM | 601,556 ac | 84% |
| State trust land | 47,781 ac | 7% |
| National Park Service | 36,751 ac | 5% |
| Private | 15,383 ac | 2% |
| Tribal | 13,375 ac | 2% |
| National Forest | 663 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
AZGFD publishes no separate boundary for this hunt unit: the map, acreage and land ownership shown are for the whole of Unit 12B, of which this unit is a part. 12B West Hunt Unit - that portion of Unit 12B beginning at the Arizona-Utah Stateline and BLM Rd. 1065; south on BLM 1065 to U.S. Hwy 89A; west on U.S. Hwy 89A to Kaibab National Forest boundary; north then west then south on the Kaibab National Forest…
Source: AZGFD 2026-2027 Hunting Regulations.
▸ Sources 14
- AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, 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 Deer Harvest Summary 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
- AZGFD 2026-2027 Hunting Regulations area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Arizona Game & Fish Department's published results. 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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