Arizona Deer — Unit 39
Arizona Unit 39 covers 1,242,940 acres and lies 20 miles south-west of Goodyear. 75% of it is public land, mostly BLM (64%) and state trust land (7%). In 2025, 520 people hunted deer here and took 57 — 11% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 45 tags here for 36 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 39, 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-
1068 GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 39 (excluding Buckeye Hills and Estrella Mountain Regional Parks), 40A, and 40B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 6) 45 tags · 36 applicants · needed 3 pts30% Long shot 1% as 2nd choice
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1191 MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 35A (excluding Fort Huachuca) and 35B 39, 40A, 40B, 41, and 42 (excluding Buckeye Hills, Skyline, Estrella 1 tags · 5 applicants3% Point builder 5% as 2nd choice
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1192 MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 39, 40A, 40B, 41, and 42 (excluding Buckeye Hills, Skyline, Estrella Mountain and White Tank Mountain Regional Parks) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Notes 6 and 7) 5 tags · 50 applicants · needed 13 pts2% Point builder 8% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1068 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 39 (excluding Buckeye Hills and Estrella Mountain Regional Parks), 40A, and 40B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 6) Rifle | 30% Long shot | 1% | 3 steady since 2023 | 45 / 36 | Nov 6–15, 2026 |
| 1191 ↗ MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 35A (excluding Fort Huachuca) and 35B 39, 40A, 40B, 41, and 42 (excluding Buckeye Hills, Skyline, Estrella Muzzleloader | 3% Point builder | 5% | — | 1 / 5 | Dec 11–31, 2026 |
| 1192 ↗ MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 39, 40A, 40B, 41, and 42 (excluding Buckeye Hills, Skyline, Estrella Mountain and White Tank Mountain Regional Parks) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Notes 6 and 7) Muzzleloader | 2% Point builder | 8% | 13 | 5 / 50 | Dec 11–31, 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
- BLM 797,153 ac · 64%
- Private 295,423 ac · 24%
- State trust land 92,877 ac · 7%
- Other public 24,213 ac · 2%
- Tribal 18,312 ac · 1%
- National Wildlife Refuge 6,262 ac · 1%
- Department of Defense 5,511 ac · 0%
- State land 3,048 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 137 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 | 520 | 57 | 11% |
| 2024 | 821 | 258 | 31% |
| 2023 | 833 | 276 | 33% |
| 2022 | 577 | 81 | 14% |
| 2021 | 597 | 59 | 10% |
| 2020 | 598 | 90 | 15% |
| 2019 | 341 | 127 | 37% |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 57 | — |
| 2024 | — | 251 | — |
| 2023 | — | 270 | — |
| 2022 | — | 81 | — |
| 2021 | — | 59 | — |
| 2020 | — | 87 | — |
| 2019 | — | 127 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 7 | — |
| 2023 | — | 6 | — |
| 2020 | — | 3 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 114 · 100% · 520 hunters, 22% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 39 – Beginning at AZ Hwy 85 and the Gila River; east along the Gila River to the western boundary of the Gila River Indian Community; southeasterly along this boundary to AZ Hwy 347 (John Wayne Parkway); south on AZ Hwy 347 (John Wayne Parkway) to AZ Hwy 84; east on AZ Hwy 84 to Stanfield; south on the Stanfield-Cocklebur Rd. to I-8; westerly on I-8 to Exit 87; northerly on the Agua Caliente Rd. to the Hyder…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)