Arizona Deer · Unit 46A
Arizona Unit 46A covers 400,701 acres and lies 68 miles south-east of Wellton. 100% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (100%). Its most applied-for hunt, 1073, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 3 nonresident first-choice applicants.
1 license · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
not published
100% Fish & Wildlife Service
400,701 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 46A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1073 | General Deer | 11% (small sample) | — |
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
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (summed) | — | 4 | — |
| 2021 (summed) | — | 3 | — |
All deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 (summed) | 13 | 4 | 31% |
| 2023 (summed) | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 (summed) | 13 | 3 | 23% |
A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| General (unit share) | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Otc archery | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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 some years; a year's total is the sum of published rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. 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 Wildlife Refuge | 400,353 ac | 100% |
| Department of Defense | 109 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 78 ac | <1% |
| Private | 41 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 35 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 11 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 46A – That portion of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge east of the Yuma-Pima County line.
▸ 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 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 2021 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.
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