Arizona Deer · Unit 26M
Arizona Unit 26M spans 1,335,846 acres, centered 4 miles south-west of Chandler. 19% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (16%) and BLM (1%). A further 29% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, hunters took 15 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
16% State
1,335,846 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 26M 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) | 148 | 15 | 10% |
| 2024 (summed) | 101 | 12 | 12% |
| 2023 (summed) | 114 | 11 | 10% |
| 2022 (summed) | 212 | 12 | 6% |
| 2021 (summed) | 241 | 26 | 11% |
| 2020 (summed) | 222 | 22 | 10% |
| 2019 (summed) | 116 | 10 | 9% |
| 2018 (summed) | 117 | 0 | 0% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 15 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 12 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 11 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 12 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 26 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 18 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 10 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (summed) | — | 4 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otc archery | 148 | 15 | 19% |
| Mule deer | — | 15 | — |
2025 split: archery 15 (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 | 699,320 ac | 52% |
| Tribal | 384,893 ac | 29% |
| State trust land | 210,664 ac | 16% |
| BLM | 16,066 ac | 1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 8,319 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 7,054 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 3,019 ac | <1% |
| State land | 2,856 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 2,568 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 588 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 472 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 23 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 26M – Beginning at the junction of I-17 and New River Rd. (Exit 232); southwesterly on New River Rd. to AZ Hwy 74; westerly on AZ Hwy 74 to U.S. Hwy 93; southeasterly on U.S. Hwy 93 to the Beardsley Canal; southwesterly on the Beardsley Canal to Indian School Rd.; west on Indian School Rd. to Jackrabbit Trail; south on Jackrabbit Trail to I-10 (Exit 121); west on I-10 to Oglesby Rd. (Exit 112); south on Oglesby…
▸ 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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