Arizona Deer · Unit 32

Arizona Unit 32 covers 981,439 acres and lies 37 miles south-west of Thatcher. 74% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (52%) and national forest (16%). In 2025, hunters took 281 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1118, put up 22 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 54 nonresident first-choice applicants, 14 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.

Tags, 2026
108

7 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
204

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
74%

52% State

Size
1,533 mi²

981,439 acres

Benson Thatcher Tucson Sierra Vista 32

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 32

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1052 10% 5
1053 17% —
1116 42% 4 ▲4
1117 100% 0
1118 16% 3 ▼5
1119 <1% (small sample) 12
1168 · youth 5% (small sample) 6

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) 1,571 382 24%
2024 (summed) 1,616 589 36%
2023 (summed) 1,680 641 38%
2022 (summed) 2,084 670 32%
2021 (summed) 2,592 570 22%
2020 (summed) 2,481 898 36%
2019 (summed) 2,247 806 36%
2018 (summed) 2,540 986 39%

White-tailed Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 281 —
2024 (summed) — 413 —
2023 (summed) — 403 —
2022 (summed) — 418 —
2021 (summed) — 339 —
2020 (summed) — 590 —
2019 (summed) — 550 —
2018 (summed) — 575 —

Mule Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 97 —
2024 (summed) — 176 —
2023 (summed) — 238 —
2022 (summed) — 247 —
2021 (summed) — 231 —
2020 (summed) — 308 —
2019 (summed) — 256 —
2018 (summed) — 411 —

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

2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General · 174 licenses 151 58 38%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 2) — 56 —
General · 175 licenses 136 22 16%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 2) — 22 —
General · 270 licenses 228 82 36%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 5) — 82 —
General · 274 licenses 230 73 32%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 5) — 73 —
General · 272 licenses 229 77 34%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 5) — 77 —
General · 47 licenses 39 16 41%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 5) — 16 —
Youth-only (general) 21 15 71%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 5 of 5) — 13 —
Otc archery 537 39 16%
Mule deer · archery — 19 —
White-tailed deer · archery — 20 —

2025 split: firearm 261 (93%), archery 20 (7%)

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

State trust land 506,075 ac 52%
Private 251,906 ac 26%
National Forest 152,862 ac 16%
BLM 70,439 ac 7%
Tribal 155 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 32 – Beginning at Willcox Exit 340 on I-10; north on Fort Grant Rd. to Brookerson Rd.; north on Brookerson Rd. to Ash Creek Rd.; west on Ash Creek Rd. to Fort Grant Rd.; north on Fort Grant Rd. to Bonita; northerly on the Bonita-Klondyke Rd. to the junction with Aravaipa Creek; west along Aravaipa Creek to AZ Hwy 77; southerly along AZ Hwy 77 to the San Pedro River; southerly along the San Pedro River to I-10;…

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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary 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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