Arizona Deer — Unit 34A
Arizona Unit 34A covers 441,360 acres and lies 17 miles south of Sahuarita and 31 miles south of Tucson. 60% of it is public land, mostly national forest (30%) and state trust land (27%). In 2025, 2,670 people hunted deer here and took 585 — 22% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 67 tags here for 42 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 34A, 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-
45% Real chance 8% as 2nd choice
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66% Real chance 20% as 2nd choice
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63% Real chance 17% as 2nd choice
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1% Point builder 1% as 2nd choice
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100% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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77% No first-choice applicants
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100% Likely draw 40% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1124 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Rifle | 45% Real chance | 8% | 3 +1 since 2023 | 67 / 42 | Oct 23–29, 2026 |
| 1125 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Rifle | 66% Real chance | 20% | 3 +1 since 2023 | 67 / 51 | Nov 6–12, 2026 |
| 1126 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Rifle | 63% Real chance | 17% | 3 steady since 2023 | 60 / 74 | Nov 27 – Dec 6, 2026 |
| 1127 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Rifle | 1% Point builder | 1% | 10 +2 since 2023 | 10 / 128 | Dec 11–31, 2026 |
| 1178 ↗ YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 12 / 2 undersubscribed | Oct 9–15, 2026 |
| 1181 ↗ CHAMP | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Handgun | 77% No first-choice applicants | — | — | 1 / 0 | Nov 13–19, 2026 |
| 1195 ↗ MUZZLELOADER DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 34A Muzzleloader | 100% Likely draw | 40% | — | 2 / 2 | Nov 13–19, 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
- Private 174,850 ac · 40%
- National Forest 134,385 ac · 30%
- State trust land 119,433 ac · 27%
- State land 9,525 ac · 2%
- BLM 2,504 ac · 1%
- National Park Service 361 ac · 0%
- County or city land 300 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 | 2,670 | 585 | 22% |
| 2024 | 2,409 | 847 | 35% |
| 2023 | 2,441 | 840 | 34% |
| 2022 | 2,758 | 790 | 29% |
| 2021 | 3,263 | 724 | 22% |
| 2020 | 3,200 | 1,020 | 32% |
| 2019 | 3,074 | 864 | 28% |
| 2018 | 3,130 | 1,446 | 46% |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 576 | — |
| 2024 | — | 844 | — |
| 2023 | — | 819 | — |
| 2022 | — | 743 | — |
| 2021 | — | 693 | — |
| 2020 | — | 992 | — |
| 2019 | — | 799 | — |
| 2018 | — | 1,377 | — |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 1 | — |
| 2023 | — | 21 | — |
| 2022 | — | 40 | — |
| 2021 | — | 36 | — |
| 2020 | — | 28 | — |
| 2019 | — | 65 | — |
| 2018 | — | 69 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 1,085 · 93% · 1,772 hunters, 61% success
- Archery 76 · 7% · 898 hunters, 8% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 34A – Beginning in Nogales at I-19 and Compound St.; northeast on Grand Avenue to AZ Hwy 82; northeast on AZ Hwy 82 to AZ Hwy 83; northerly on AZ Hwy 83 to the Sahuarita Rd. alignment; west along the Sahuarita Rd. alignment to I-19 Exit 75; south on I-19 to Grand Avenue (U.S. Hwy 89).
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