Arizona Deer — Unit 7
Arizona Unit 7 covers 888,365 acres and lies 20 miles north of Flagstaff and 42 miles north of Sedona. 80% of it is public land, mostly national forest (57%) and state trust land (18%). In 2025, 1,704 people hunted deer here and took 110 — 6% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 120 tags here for 142 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 4 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in Unit 7, 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-
13% Point builder 5% as 2nd choice
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<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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12% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1009 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 7 and 9 Rifle | 13% Point builder | 5% | 4 | 120 / 142 | Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2026 |
| 1010 ↗ GENERAL DEER | Any antlered deer | 7 and 9 Rifle | <1% Point builder | <1% | 26 +22 since 2023 | 2 / 135 | Dec 11–31, 2026 |
| 1180 ↗ CHAMP | Any deer | 7 and 9 Handgun | 12% Point builder | 0% | — | 30 / 2 | 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 508,351 ac · 57%
- Private 172,529 ac · 19%
- State trust land 159,956 ac · 18%
- National Park Service 38,456 ac · 4%
- Bureau of Reclamation 4,002 ac · 0%
- Tribal 2,512 ac · 0%
- BLM 2,402 ac · 0%
- State land 154 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 | 1,704 | 110 | 6% |
| 2024 | 1,723 | 376 | 22% |
| 2023 | 1,516 | 328 | 22% |
| 2022 | 1,197 | 56 | 5% |
| 2021 | 913 | 211 | 23% |
| 2020 | 2,444 | 339 | 14% |
| 2019 | 1,834 | 282 | 15% |
| 2018 | 2,370 | 392 | 17% |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 110 | — |
| 2024 | — | 359 | — |
| 2023 | — | 326 | — |
| 2022 | — | 56 | — |
| 2021 | — | 199 | — |
| 2020 | — | 330 | — |
| 2019 | — | 282 | — |
| 2018 | — | 387 | — |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 13 | — |
| 2023 | — | 2 | — |
| 2021 | — | 12 | — |
| 2020 | — | 9 | — |
| 2018 | — | 5 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 220 · 100% · 1,704 hunters, 13% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 7 – Beginning at the junction of AZ Hwy 64 and I-40 (in Williams); easterly on I-40 to FR 171 (mp 184.4 on I-40); northerly on FR 171 to the Transwestern Gas Pipeline; easterly along the Transwestern Gas Pipeline to FR 420 (Schultz Pass Rd.); northeasterly on FR 420 to U.S. Hwy 89; across U.S. Hwy 89 to FR 545; east on FR 545 to the Sunset Crater National Monument; easterly along the southern boundary of the…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Over-the-Counter Archery Deer Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)