Arizona Deer · Unit 38M
Arizona Unit 38M covers 491,119 acres and lies 4 miles north-west of Tucson and 16 miles south of Oro Valley. 32% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (20%) and national park (4%). In 2025, hunters took 28 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
20% State
491,119 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Arizona Game & Fish Department has not offered a deer license in Unit 38M in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it; the Arizona deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
Harvest
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 366 | 29 | 8% |
| 2024 (summed) | 208 | 26 | 13% |
| 2023 (summed) | 193 | 32 | 17% |
| 2022 (summed) | 330 | 19 | 6% |
| 2021 (summed) | 435 | 94 | 22% |
| 2020 (summed) | 377 | 71 | 19% |
| 2019 (summed) | 310 | 29 | 9% |
| 2018 (summed) | 386 | 49 | 13% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 28 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 24 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 32 | — |
| 2022 (summed) | — | 19 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 89 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 67 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 29 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 44 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 1 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 2 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 4 | — |
| 2018 (summed) | — | 5 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otc archery | 366 | 29 | 15% |
| Mule deer | — | 28 | — |
| White-tailed deer | — | 1 | — |
2025 split: archery 28 (100%)
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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer….
The Ground
| Private | 330,996 ac | 67% |
| State trust land | 95,785 ac | 20% |
| National Park Service | 21,661 ac | 4% |
| County or city land | 20,432 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 10,473 ac | 2% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 4,177 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 3,869 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 2,305 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 1,293 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 62 ac | <1% |
| State land | 60 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 38M – Beginning at the junction of I-10 and Tangerine Rd. (Exit 240); southeast on I-10 to Avra Valley Rd. (Exit 242); west on Avra Valley Rd. to Sandario Rd.; south on Sandario Rd. to the San Xavier Indian Reservation boundary; south and east along the reservation boundary to I-19; south on I-19 to Sahuarita Rd. (Exit 75); east on Sahuarita Rd. to AZ Hwy 83; north on AZ Hwy 83 to I-10 (Exit 281); east on I-10…
▸ Sources 11
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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 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
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
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.
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