Arizona Deer · Unit 35A
Arizona Unit 35A covers 413,628 acres and lies 5 miles south-west of Sierra Vista and 26 miles west of Bisbee. 66% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and military (19%). In 2025, hunters took 325 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1135, put up 6 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 43 nonresident first-choice applicants, 3 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 9 points.
7 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
31% Forest Service
413,628 acres
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 35A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1132 | General Deer | 75% | — | |
| 1133 | General Deer | 83% | 0 | |
| 1134 | General Deer | 100% | 0 | |
| 1135 | General Deer | 2% | 9 ▲2 | |
| 1171 · youth | Youth-Only (General) Deer | 42% | — | |
| 1190 | Muzzleloader Deer | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| 1191 | Muzzleloader Deer | 3% (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) | 1,469 | 365 | 25% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,320 | 409 | 31% |
| 2023 (summed) | 1,255 | 429 | 34% |
| 2022 (summed) | 1,525 | 406 | 27% |
| 2021 (summed) | 1,769 | 355 | 20% |
| 2020 (summed) | 1,713 | 482 | 28% |
| 2019 (summed) | 1,695 | 395 | 23% |
| 2018 (summed) | 1,634 | 690 | 42% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 325 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 393 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 418 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 384 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 334 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 453 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 369 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 675 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 39 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 10 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 11 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 22 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 21 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 29 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 24 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 15 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General · 377 licenses | 319 | 96 | 30% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 5) | — | 96 | — |
| General · 374 licenses | 299 | 69 | 23% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 5) | — | 69 | — |
| General · 348 licenses | 291 | 96 | 33% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 5) | — | 95 | — |
| General · 62 licenses | 48 | 17 | 35% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 5) | — | 17 | — |
| Youth-only (general) | 66 | 52 | 79% |
| Mule deer · firearm | — | 29 | — |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 5 of 5) | — | 23 | — |
| Muzzleloader (unit share) (hunt 1 of 2) | 22 | 4 | 18% |
| Mule deer · archery (hunt 1 of 2) | — | 3 | — |
| White-tailed deer · archery (hunt 1 of 2) | — | 1 | — |
| Muzzleloader (unit share) (hunt 2 of 2) | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Otc archery | 421 | 31 | 9% |
| Mule deer · archery (hunt 2 of 2) | — | 7 | — |
| White-tailed deer · archery (hunt 2 of 2) | — | 24 | — |
2025 split: firearm 300 (92%), archery 25 (8%)
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 | 139,449 ac | 34% |
| National Forest | 127,568 ac | 31% |
| Department of Defense | 79,655 ac | 19% |
| BLM | 30,449 ac | 7% |
| State trust land | 29,170 ac | 7% |
| National Park Service | 4,189 ac | 1% |
| State land | 2,929 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 102 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 35A – Beginning on the U.S.-Mexico border at the San Pedro River; west along the border to Lochiel Rd.; north on Lochiel Rd. to Patagonia San Rafael Rd.; north on the Patagonia San Rafael Rd. to San Rafael Valley-FS 58 Rd.; north on the San Rafael Valley-FS 58 Rd. to Christian Ln.; north on the Christian Ln. to Ranch Rd.; east and north on the Ranch Rd. to FR 799-Canelo Pass Rd.; northeasterly on the FR…
▸ Sources 21
- AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary 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 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary 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
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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