Arizona Deer — Unit 29
Arizona Unit 29 covers 648,131 acres and lies 43 miles north of Douglas and 56 miles north-east of Bisbee. 68% of it is public land, mostly national forest (36%) and state trust land (21%). In 2025, 1,103 people hunted deer here and took 318 — 29% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 15 tags here for 44 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 5 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 29, 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-
5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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9% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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9% Point builder 4% as 2nd choice
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13% Point builder 5% as 2nd choice
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6% Point builder 9% as 2nd choice
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<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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7% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1044 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 29 | 5% Point builder | 0% | 4 steady since 2025 | 2 / 11 | Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2026 |
| 1045 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 29 | 9% Point builder | 0% | 5 +2 since 2024 | 2 / 7 | Nov 13–19, 2026 |
| 1100 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 29 | 9% Point builder | 4% | 5 +2 since 2023 | 15 / 44 | Oct 23–29, 2026 |
| 1101 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 29 | 13% Point builder | 5% | 5 steady since 2023 | 15 / 40 | Nov 6–12, 2026 |
| 1102 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 29 | 6% Point builder | 9% | 5 −9 since 2023 | 15 / 60 | Nov 27 – Dec 6, 2026 |
| 1103 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 29 | <1% Point builder | 0% | 20 | 2 / 155 | Dec 11–31, 2026 |
| 1164 ↗ YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEER | Any antlered deer | 29 | 7% Point builder | 0% | — | 2 / 10 | Oct 9–18, 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
- National Forest 231,027 ac · 36%
- Private 204,314 ac · 32%
- State trust land 138,935 ac · 21%
- BLM 60,074 ac · 9%
- National Park Service 13,185 ac · 2%
- State land 551 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 | 1,103 | 318 | 29% |
| 2024 | 1,198 | 481 | 40% |
| 2023 | 1,084 | 523 | 48% |
| 2022 | 1,134 | 413 | 36% |
| 2021 | 1,414 | 528 | 37% |
| 2020 | 1,308 | 542 | 41% |
| 2019 | 1,146 | 512 | 45% |
| 2018 | 1,172 | 546 | 47% |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 288 | — |
| 2024 | — | 425 | — |
| 2023 | — | 479 | — |
| 2022 | — | 346 | — |
| 2021 | — | 430 | — |
| 2020 | — | 446 | — |
| 2019 | — | 436 | — |
| 2018 | — | 477 | — |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 27 | — |
| 2024 | — | 55 | — |
| 2023 | — | 44 | — |
| 2022 | — | 61 | — |
| 2021 | — | 99 | — |
| 2020 | — | 96 | — |
| 2019 | — | 76 | — |
| 2018 | — | 69 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 511 · 81% · 570 hunters, 90% success
- Archery 122 · 19% · 533 hunters, 23% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 29 – Beginning on I-10 at the New Mexico state line; westerly on I-10 to the Bowie-Apache Pass Rd.; southerly on the Bowie-Apache Pass Rd. to AZ Hwy 186; southeast on AZ Hwy 186 to AZ Hwy 181; south on AZ Hwy 181 to the West Turkey Creek-Kuykendall cutoff road; southerly on the Kuykendall cutoff road to Rucker Canyon Rd.; easterly on the Rucker Canyon Rd. to Tex Canyon Rd.; southerly on Tex Canyon Rd. to U.S.…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary