Arizona Deer · Unit 36B
Arizona Unit 36B covers 359,194 acres and lies 20 miles north-west of Nogales and 32 miles south-west of Sahuarita. 84% of it is public land, mostly national forest (56%) and wildlife refuge (14%). In 2025, hunters took 408 white-tailed deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1147, put up 8 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 86 nonresident first-choice applicants, 8 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 9 points.
7 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
56% Forest Service
359,194 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 36B
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1060 | General Deer | 9% | 5 ▲2 | |
| 1061 | General Deer | 16% | 4 | |
| 1144 | General Deer | 46% | 3 ▲1 | |
| 1145 | General Deer | 87% | 2 ▲2 | |
| 1146 | General Deer | 100% | 0 | |
| 1147 | General Deer | 2% | 9 | |
| 1174 · youth | Youth-Only (General) Deer | 9% | 4 |
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) | 2,820 | 517 | 18% |
| 2024 (summed) | 2,956 | 860 | 29% |
| 2023 (summed) | 3,073 | 947 | 31% |
| 2022 (summed) | 3,332 | 886 | 27% |
| 2021 (summed) | 3,537 | 912 | 26% |
| 2020 (summed) | 3,800 | 1,406 | 37% |
| 2019 (summed) | 3,429 | 1,084 | 32% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 408 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 719 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 854 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 801 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 765 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 1,143 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 938 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 1,281 | — |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 99 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 141 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 93 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 80 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 147 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 263 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 146 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 239 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General · 124 licenses | 109 | 35 | 32% |
| Mule deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 3) | — | 33 | — |
| General · 121 licenses | 93 | 28 | 30% |
| Mule deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 3) | — | 28 | — |
| General · 723 licenses | 576 | 138 | 24% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 5) | — | 135 | — |
| General · 689 licenses | 533 | 95 | 18% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 5) | — | 93 | — |
| General · 694 licenses | 539 | 113 | 21% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 5) | — | 113 | — |
| General · 110 licenses | 88 | 24 | 27% |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 4 of 5) | — | 24 | — |
| Youth-only (general) | 109 | 56 | 51% |
| Mule deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 3) | — | 24 | — |
| White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 5 of 5) | — | 29 | — |
| Otc archery | 773 | 28 | 11% |
| Mule deer · archery | — | 14 | — |
| White-tailed deer · archery | — | 14 | — |
2025 split: firearm 394 (97%), archery 14 (3%)
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
| National Forest | 200,807 ac | 56% |
| Private | 58,437 ac | 16% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 49,332 ac | 14% |
| State trust land | 48,905 ac | 14% |
| BLM | 1,239 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 231 ac | <1% |
| State land | 206 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 36B – Beginning at I-19 and Compound St.; southeasterly on Compound St. to Sonoita Ave.; north on Sonoita Ave. to Crawford St.; southeasterly on Crawford St. to Grand Avenue in Nogales; southwest on Grand Avenue to the U.S.-Mexico border; west along the U.S.-Mexico border to AZ Hwy 286; north on AZ Hwy 286 to the Arivaca-Sasabe Rd.; southeasterly on the Arivaca-Sasabe Rd. to the town of Arivaca; from the town…
▸ 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 Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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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