Arizona Deer — Unit 17B
Arizona Unit 17B covers 429,653 acres and lies 22 miles west of Prescott. 82% of it is public land, mostly national forest (44%) and state trust land (38%). In 2025, 731 people hunted deer here and took 134 — 18% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 30 tags here for 36 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 4 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 17B, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
17% Long shot 5% as 2nd choice
-
1155 YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEER | Any antlered deer | 17B, 19A, 19B, and 20A 22 tags · 57 applicants · needed 6 pts13% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1025 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 17B | 17% Long shot | 5% | 4 | 30 / 36 | Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2026 |
| 1155 ↗ YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEER | Any antlered deer | 17B, 19A, 19B, and 20A | 13% Point builder | 0% | 6 +3 since 2023 | 22 / 57 | Oct 9–18, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- Arizona lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $175 | $175 | $475 |
Application window: closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
How the hunting has gone
What Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.
All deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 731 | 134 | 18% |
| 2024 | 562 | 177 | 31% |
| 2023 | 622 | 144 | 23% |
| 2022 | 1,016 | 144 | 14% |
| 2021 | 1,236 | 171 | 14% |
| 2020 | 1,450 | 258 | 18% |
| 2019 | 1,290 | 232 | 18% |
| 2018 | 1,397 | 291 | 21% |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 133 | — |
| 2024 | — | 171 | — |
| 2023 | — | 135 | — |
| 2022 | — | 124 | — |
| 2021 | — | 169 | — |
| 2020 | — | 253 | — |
| 2019 | — | 232 | — |
| 2018 | — | 291 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1 | — |
| 2024 | — | 6 | — |
| 2023 | — | 9 | — |
| 2022 | — | 12 | — |
| 2021 | — | 2 | — |
| 2020 | — | 5 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 140 · 52% · 254 hunters, 55% success
- Archery 128 · 48% · 477 hunters, 27% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 17B – Beginning at the junction of Iron Springs Rd. (County Rd. 10) and Williamson Valley Rd. (County Road 5) in Prescott; westerly on the Prescott-Skull Valley-Hillside-Bagdad Rd. to Bagdad; northeast on the Bagdad-Camp Wood Rd. (FR 21) to the Williamson Valley Rd. (County Rd. 5, FR 6); south on the Williamson Valley Rd. (County Rd. 5, FR 6) to the Iron Springs Rd.
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)