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, 802 people hunted deer here and took 59 — 7% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 22 tags here for 7 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 20B, 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-
68% Real chance 12% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 33% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 56% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1032 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 20B Rifle | 68% Real chance | 12% | — | 22 / 7 | Nov 6–12, 2026 |
| 1157 ↗ YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEER | Any antlered deer | 20B Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 33% | 2 | 7 / 1 undersubscribed | Oct 9–15, 2026 |
| 1189 ↗ MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 20B Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | 56% | 7 | 6 / 1 undersubscribed | Oct 23–29, 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.
Who owns 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 · 0%
- County or city land 18 ac · 0%
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 | 802 | 59 | 7% |
| 2024 | 581 | 104 | 18% |
| 2023 | 601 | 125 | 21% |
| 2022 | 943 | 98 | 10% |
| 2021 | 1,288 | 127 | 10% |
| 2020 | 1,063 | 171 | 16% |
| 2019 | 902 | 174 | 19% |
| 2018 | 1,152 | 257 | 22% |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 57 | — |
| 2024 | — | 100 | — |
| 2023 | — | 120 | — |
| 2022 | — | 98 | — |
| 2021 | — | 127 | — |
| 2020 | — | 171 | — |
| 2019 | — | 174 | — |
| 2018 | — | 257 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 2 | — |
| 2024 | — | 4 | — |
| 2023 | — | 5 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 84 · 71% · 297 hunters, 28% success
- Archery 34 · 29% · 505 hunters, 7% success
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…
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)