Arizona Deer · Unit 3C
Arizona Unit 3C covers 355,065 acres and lies 19 miles south-west of Snowflake and 39 miles south of Holbrook. 83% of it is public land, mostly national forest (81%) and state trust land (2%). In 2025, hunters took 54 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1004, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 305 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.
3 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
81% Forest Service
355,065 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 3C
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1003 | General Deer | <1% | 20 ▲1 | |
| 1004 | General Deer | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 1200 | Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer | <1% (small sample) | 21 |
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) | 69 | 54 | 78% |
| 2024 (summed) | 93 | 60 | 65% |
| 2023 (summed) | 138 | 102 | 74% |
| 2021 (summed) | 114 | 85 | 75% |
| 2020 (summed) | 156 | 112 | 72% |
| 2019 (summed) | 152 | 77 | 51% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 54 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 59 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 100 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 85 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 110 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 77 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | — | 1 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 2 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 2 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General (unit share) (hunt 1 of 2) | 50 | 41 | 82% |
| Mule deer (hunt 1 of 3) | — | 41 | — |
| General (unit share) (hunt 2 of 2) | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| Mule deer (hunt 2 of 3) | — | 6 | — |
| Archery-only (unit share) | 12 | 7 | 58% |
| Mule deer (hunt 3 of 3) | — | 7 | — |
2025 split: archery 54 (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 Deer Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| National Forest | 286,399 ac | 81% |
| Private | 61,776 ac | 17% |
| State trust land | 6,475 ac | 2% |
| BLM | 172 ac | <1% |
| State land | 141 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 101 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 3C – Beginning at Snowflake; westerly on AZ Hwy 277 to AZ Hwy 260; westerly on AZ Hwy 260 to the Sitgreaves National Forest boundary with the Tonto National Forest; easterly along the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest boundary to U.S. Hwy 60 (AZ Hwy 77); northeasterly on U.S. Hwy 60 (AZ Hwy 77) to Showlow; northerly along AZ Hwy 77 to Snowflake.
▸ Sources 11
- 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 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary 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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