Arizona Deer · Unit 30B

Arizona Unit 30B covers 921,786 acres and lies 20 miles north of Bisbee. 52% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (37%) and BLM (9%). In 2025, hunters took 157 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1111, put up 8 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 30 nonresident first-choice applicants, 7 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 5 points.

Tags, 2026
92

8 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
109

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
52%

38% State

Size
1,440 mi²

921,786 acres

Bisbee Benson Sierra Vista Tucson Sahuarita 30B

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.

Every License in Unit 30B

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1048 62% 6 ▲3
1049 87% 0 ▼2
1108 35% 4 ▲4
1109 47% 0
1110 100% 0 ▼5
1111 6% 5
1166 · youth 47% —
1193 33% (small sample) —

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) 1,321 274 21%
2024 (summed) 1,214 400 33%
2023 (summed) 1,402 426 30%
2022 (summed) 1,578 389 25%
2021 (summed) 1,943 512 26%
2020 (summed) 1,875 665 35%
2019 (summed) 1,850 653 35%
2018 (summed) 1,767 593 34%

Mule Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 157 —
2024 (summed) — 182 —
2023 (summed) — 201 —
2022 (summed) — 169 —
2021 (summed) — 240 —
2020 (summed) — 349 —
2019 (summed) — 331 —
2018 (summed) — 267 —

White-tailed Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 118 —
2024 (summed) — 221 —
2023 (summed) — 172 —
2022 (summed) — 215 —
2021 (summed) — 231 —
2020 (summed) — 316 —
2019 (summed) — 322 —
2018 (summed) — 326 —

A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.

2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General · 325 licenses 262 70 27%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 3) — 70 —
General · 323 licenses 270 44 16%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 3) — 44 —
General · 99 licenses 91 22 24%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 6) — 22 —
General · 100 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) 78 20 26%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 6) — 20 —
General · 100 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) 75 15 20%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 6) — 15 —
General · 98 licenses 82 27 33%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 6) — 27 —
Youth-only (general) 47 32 68%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 3) — 21 —
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 5 of 6) — 12 —
Muzzleloader 13 6 46%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 6 of 6) — 6 —
Otc archery 403 38 16%
Mule deer · archery — 22 —
White-tailed deer · archery — 16 —

2025 split: firearm 135 (86%), archery 22 (14%)

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

Private 444,144 ac 48%
State trust land 343,742 ac 37%
BLM 78,822 ac 9%
National Forest 52,488 ac 6%
State land 2,320 ac <1%
Other public 205 ac <1%

Source: 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.

What the Agency Says About the Area

Unit 30B – Beginning at U.S. Hwy 191 and the U.S.-Mexico border; west along the border to the San Pedro River; north along the San Pedro River to I-10; northeasterly on I-10 to U.S. Hwy 191; southerly on U.S. Hwy 191 to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Source: AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book.

▸ Sources 21
  1. AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. AZGFD 2020 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  17. AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  18. AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  19. AZGFD 2018 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  20. AZGFD 2026 AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  21. 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. How we compute these.

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