Arizona Deer — Unit 6B
Arizona Unit 6B covers 258,343 acres and lies 10 miles north-west of Sedona and 19 miles north-east of Clarkdale. 96% of it is public land, mostly national forest (76%) and military (11%). In 2025, 835 people hunted deer here and took 140 — 17% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 22 tags here for 19 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 10 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 6B, 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-
1008 GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) 22 tags · 19 applicants · needed 10 pts27% Long shot 3% as 2nd choice
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1076 GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) 5 tags · 9 applicants · needed 11 pts36% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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4% Point builder 8% as 2nd choice
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1184 MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) 20 tags · 13 applicants · needed 3 pts58% Real chance 19% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered mule deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) Rifle | 27% Long shot | 3% | 10 | 22 / 19 | Nov 6–12, 2026 |
| 1076 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) Rifle | 36% Long shot | 0% | 11 +4 since 2025 | 5 / 9 | Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2026 |
| 1077 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Antlered whitetail deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) and 8 Rifle | 4% Point builder | 8% | — | 2 / 8 | Dec 11–31, 2026 |
| 1184 ↗ MUZZLELOADER DEER | Any antlered deer | 6B (except Camp Navajo) Muzzleloader | 58% Real chance | 19% | 3 | 20 / 13 | Oct 23–29, 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
- National Forest 195,725 ac · 76%
- Department of Defense 28,342 ac · 11%
- State trust land 20,915 ac · 8%
- Private 10,244 ac · 4%
- County or city land 1,947 ac · 1%
- State land 804 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 363 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 | 835 | 140 | 17% |
| 2024 | 738 | 134 | 18% |
| 2023 | 663 | 158 | 24% |
| 2022 | 826 | 129 | 16% |
| 2021 | 909 | 108 | 12% |
| 2020 | 1,164 | 203 | 17% |
| 2019 | 1,016 | 148 | 15% |
| 2018 | 1,248 | 239 | 19% |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 119 | — |
| 2024 | — | 98 | — |
| 2023 | — | 122 | — |
| 2022 | — | 105 | — |
| 2021 | — | 97 | — |
| 2020 | — | 175 | — |
| 2019 | — | 112 | — |
| 2018 | — | 203 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 20 | — |
| 2024 | — | 36 | — |
| 2023 | — | 36 | — |
| 2022 | — | 24 | — |
| 2021 | — | 10 | — |
| 2020 | — | 28 | — |
| 2019 | — | 36 | — |
| 2018 | — | 36 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 215 · 77% · 393 hunters, 55% success
- Archery 64 · 23% · 442 hunters, 14% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 6B – Beginning at mp 188.5 on I-40 at a point just north of the east boundary of Camp Navajo; south along the eastern boundary of Camp Navajo to the southeastern corner of Camp Navajo; southeast approximately 1/3 mile through the forest to the forest road in section 33; southeast on the forest road to FR 231 (Woody Mountain Rd.); easterly on FR 231 to FR 533; southerly on FR 533 to AZ Hwy 89A; southerly on AZ…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary