Arizona Deer · Unit 40B
Arizona Unit 40B spans 2,202,920 acres, centered 39 miles east of Wellton. 92% of it is public land, mostly military (66%) and national park (15%). In 2025, hunters took 7 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1069, put up 55 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 69 nonresident first-choice applicants, 20 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
4 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
68% Other public
2,202,920 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 40B
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1068 | General Deer | 30% | 3 | |
| 1069 | General Deer | 26% | 3 | |
| 1191 | Muzzleloader Deer | 3% (small sample) | — | |
| 1192 | Muzzleloader Deer | 2% | 13 |
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) | 65 | 7 | 11% |
| 2024 (summed) | 101 | 31 | 31% |
| 2023 (summed) | 95 | 35 | 37% |
| 2022 (summed) | 44 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 (summed) | 146 | 19 | 13% |
| 2020 (summed) | 104 | 43 | 41% |
| 2019 (summed) | 40 | 23 | 57% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | — | 7 | — |
| 2024 (summed) | — | 28 | — |
| 2023 (summed) | — | 35 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 19 | — |
| 2020 (summed) | — | 43 | — |
| 2019 (summed) | — | 23 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | — | 4 | — |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General (unit share) | 29 | 3 | 10% |
| Mule deer (hunt 1 of 3) | — | 3 | — |
| Muzzleloader (unit share) | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Mule deer (hunt 2 of 3) | — | 2 | — |
| Otc archery | 32 | 2 | 16% |
| Mule deer (hunt 3 of 3) | — | 2 | — |
2025 split: archery 7 (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 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| Department of Defense | 1,450,329 ac | 66% |
| National Park Service | 328,812 ac | 15% |
| Private | 163,666 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 125,450 ac | 6% |
| State trust land | 81,300 ac | 4% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 45,351 ac | 2% |
| Tribal | 6,850 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 726 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 155 ac | <1% |
| State land | 31 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 40B – Beginning at Gila Bend; westerly on I-8 to the Colorado River; southerly along the Colorado River to the Mexican border at San Luis; southeasterly along the border to the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge; northerly, easterly and southerly around the refuge boundary to the Mexican border; southeast along the border to the Tohono O’odham (Papago) Indian Reservation; northerly along the reservation…
▸ Sources 17
- 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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary 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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 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 Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… 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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