Arizona Deer · Unit 25M
Arizona Unit 25M covers 804,394 acres and lies 2 miles west of Paradise Valley and 11 miles east of Glendale. 13% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (6%) and other public land (5%). In 2025, hunters took 17 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
7% Other public
804,394 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Arizona Game & Fish Department has not offered a deer license in Unit 25M in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it; the Arizona deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 269 | 17 | 6% |
| 2024 (summed) | 235 | 22 | 9% |
| 2023 (summed) | 111 | 7 | 6% |
| 2022 (summed) | 224 | 19 | 8% |
| 2021 (summed) | 278 | 31 | 11% |
| 2020 (summed) | 222 | 27 | 12% |
| 2019 (summed) | 285 | 29 | 10% |
| 2018 (summed) | 157 | 10 | 6% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 17 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 22 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 7 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 12 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 31 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 27 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 29 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 10 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (summed) | — | 6 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otc archery | 269 | 17 | 21% |
| Mule deer | — | 17 | — |
2025 split: archery 17 (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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer….
The Ground
| Private | 638,822 ac | 79% |
| Tribal | 64,594 ac | 8% |
| State trust land | 46,207 ac | 6% |
| Other public | 42,818 ac | 5% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 4,866 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 3,288 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 2,133 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 1,637 ac | <1% |
| State land | 19 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 6 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 25M – Beginning at the junction of 51st Ave. and I-10; west on I-10 to AZ Loop 303, northeasterly on AZ Loop 303 to I-17; north on I-17 to Carefree Hwy; east on Carefree Hwy to Cave Creek Rd.; northeasterly on Cave Creek Rd. to the Tonto National Forest boundary; easterly and southerly along the Tonto National Forest boundary to Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation boundary; northeasterly along the Fort McDowell…
▸ Sources 11
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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 2020 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
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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