Arizona Deer · Unit 24B
Arizona Unit 24B covers 497,574 acres and lies 20 miles east of Apache Junction and 29 miles north-east of Queen Creek. 95% of it is public land, mostly national forest (86%) and state trust land (8%). In 2025, hunters took 225 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1095, put up 3 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 54 nonresident first-choice applicants, 3 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 12 points.
5 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
86% Forest Service
497,574 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.
- Success
- —
- Season
- Nov 13–22
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 11
- If Drawn
- $475
- Success
- —
- Season
- Oct 23–29
- Tags / Apps
- 17 / 11
- If Drawn
- $475
- Success
- —
- Season
- Nov 6–12
- Tags / Apps
- 25 / 16
- If Drawn
- $475
- Success
- —
- Season
- Nov 27 – Dec 6
- Tags / Apps
- 25 / 50
- If Drawn
- $475
Every License in Unit 24B
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1040 | General Deer | 11% | — | |
| 1092 | General Deer | 45% | 4 ▲1 | |
| 1093 | General Deer | 100% | 0 ▼3 | |
| 1094 | General Deer | 18% | 4 ▲4 | |
| 1095 | General Deer | 1% (small sample) | 12 ▲12 |
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) | 1,370 | 268 | 20% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,278 | 468 | 37% |
| 2023 (summed) | 1,321 | 442 | 33% |
| 2022 (summed) | 1,612 | 439 | 27% |
| 2021 (summed) | 2,022 | 398 | 20% |
| 2020 (summed) | 1,920 | 553 | 29% |
| 2019 (summed) | 2,055 | 560 | 27% |
| 2018 (summed) | 2,374 | 548 | 23% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 225 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 365 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 382 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 340 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 354 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 478 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 413 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 474 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 42 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 103 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 60 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 96 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 44 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 75 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 147 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 74 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General · 199 licenses | 164 | 31 | 19% |
| Mule deer · firearm | — | 31 | — |
| General · 198 licenses | 166 | 40 | 24% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 4) | — | 40 | — |
| General · 274 licenses | 237 | 65 | 27% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 4) | — | 65 | — |
| General · 271 licenses | 221 | 91 | 41% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 4) | — | 90 | — |
| General · 34 licenses | 31 | 19 | 61% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 4) | — | 19 | — |
| Otc archery | 551 | 22 | 3% |
| Mule deer · archery | — | 11 | — |
| White-tailed deer · archery | — | 11 | — |
2025 split: firearm 214 (95%), archery 11 (5%)
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 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| National Forest | 427,767 ac | 86% |
| State trust land | 37,709 ac | 8% |
| Private | 27,128 ac | 5% |
| BLM | 3,307 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 1,121 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 515 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 24 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 24B – Beginning on U.S. Hwy 60 in Superior; northeasterly on U.S. Hwy 60 to AZ Hwy 188; northerly on AZ Hwys 188 and 288 to the Salt River; westerly along the Salt River to the Tonto National Forest boundary near Granite Reef Dam; southeasterly along Forest boundary to Forest Route 77 (Peralta Rd.); southwesterly on Forest Route 77 (Peralta Rd.) to U.S. Hwy 60; easterly on U.S. Hwy 60 to Superior.
▸ Sources 21
- 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, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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 2020 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2018 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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. 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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