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Arizona Deer · Unit 20B

Arizona Unit 20B covers 483,331 acres and lies 17 miles north of Peoria. 88% of it is public land, mostly BLM (46%) and state trust land (25%). In 2025, hunters took 57 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1032, put up 22 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 7 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.

Tags, 2026
35

3 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
9

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
88%

46% BLM

Size
755 mi²

483,331 acres

Peoria Wickenburg Surprise El Mirage Scottsdale 20B

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 Unit 20B

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1032 68% —
1157 · youth 100% 0
1189 100% 0

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) 802 59 7%
2024 (summed) 581 104 18%
2023 (summed) 601 125 21%
2022 (summed) 943 98 10%
2021 (summed) 1,288 127 10%
2020 (summed) 1,063 171 16%
2019 (summed) 902 174 19%

Mule Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 57 —
2024 (summed) — 100 —
2023 (summed) — 120 —
2022 (summed) — 98 —
2021 (summed) — 127 —
2020 (summed) — 171 —
2019 (summed) — 174 —
2018 (summed) — 257 —

White-tailed Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 2 —
2024 (summed) — 4 —
2023 (summed) — 5 —

A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.

2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General 180 21 12%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 3) — 19 —
White-tailed deer — 2 —
Youth-only (general) 62 17 27%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 3) — 17 —
Muzzleloader 55 4 7%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 3) — 4 —
Otc archery 505 17 11%
Mule deer · archery — 17 —

2025 split: firearm 40 (70%), archery 17 (30%)

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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.

The Ground

BLM 221,161 ac 46%
State trust land 122,229 ac 25%
National Forest 58,911 ac 12%
Private 56,030 ac 12%
Bureau of Reclamation 24,654 ac 5%
Other public 324 ac <1%
County or city land 18 ac <1%

Source: 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.

What the Agency Says About the Area

Unit 20B – Beginning at the Hassayampa River and U.S. Hwy 60/93 (at Wickenburg), northeasterly along the Hassayampa River to Wagoner (confluence of Hassayampa River and Blind Indian Creek); from Wagoner easterly along Wagoner Rd. (County Rd. 60 FR 362) to Senator Highway (FR 52); easterly along Senator Highway (FR 52) to Crown Kind Rd. (County Rd. 59, FR 259); easterly along Crown King Rd. (County Rd. 59, FR 259) to…

Source: AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book.

▸ Sources 21
  1. AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. AZGFD 2020 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  17. AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  18. AZGFD 2018 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  19. AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  20. AZGFD 2026 AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  21. 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. 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.

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