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, hunters took 119 mule deer here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, 1008, put up 22 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 19 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 10 points.

Tags, 2026
49

4 licenses · NR capped at 10%

Applicants
49

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
96%

76% Forest Service

Size
404 mi²

258,343 acres

Sedona Cottonwood Flagstaff Camp Verde 6B

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 6B

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1008 27% 10
1076 36% 0
1077 4% (small sample) —
1184 58% 3

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) 835 140 17%
2024 (summed) 738 134 18%
2023 (summed) 663 158 24%
2022 (summed) 826 129 16%
2021 (summed) 909 108 12%
2020 (summed) 1,164 203 17%
2019 (summed) 1,016 148 15%

Mule Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 119 —
2024 (summed) — 98 —
2023 (summed) — 122 —
2022 (summed) — 105 —
2021 (summed) — 97 —
2020 (summed) — 175 —
2019 (summed) — 112 —
2018 (summed) — 203 —

White-tailed Deer

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) — 20 —
2024 (summed) — 36 —
2023 (summed) — 36 —
2022 (summed) — 24 —
2021 (summed) — 10 —
2020 (summed) — 28 —
2019 (summed) — 36 —
2018 (summed) — 36 —

A dash under Hunters: hunter counts not published for that year or sub-species.

2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
General · 225 licenses 176 49 28%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 3) — 49 —
General · 9 licenses 7 6 86%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 3) — 6 —
General · 52 licenses 39 10 26%
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 1 of 2) — 10 —
Muzzleloader 171 43 25%
Mule deer · firearm (hunt 3 of 3) — 39 —
White-tailed deer · firearm (hunt 2 of 2) — 3 —
General (unit share) 7 1 14%
White-tailed deer · archery (hunt 1 of 2) — 1 —
Otc archery 435 31 10%
Mule deer · archery — 25 —
White-tailed deer · archery (hunt 2 of 2) — 6 —

2025 split: firearm 94 (79%), archery 25 (21%)

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 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer…; AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary.

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 <1%
National Park Service 363 ac <1%

Source: 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.

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…

Source: AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book.

▸ Sources 21
  1. AZGFD 2026 F Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. AZGFD 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. AZGFD 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. AZGFD 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. AZGFD 2024 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. AZGFD 2023 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. AZGFD 2023 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. AZGFD 2022 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. AZGFD 2022 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. AZGFD 2021 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. AZGFD 2021 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. AZGFD 2020 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. AZGFD 2020 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. AZGFD 2019 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  17. AZGFD 2019 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  18. AZGFD 2018 AZ Deer Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  19. AZGFD 2018 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer… harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  20. AZGFD 2026 AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  21. 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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