Arizona Deer — FTHU
Fort Huachuca
Arizona FTHU covers 79,655 acres and lies 1 miles west of Sierra Vista and 24 miles south of Benson. 100% of it is public land, mostly military (100%). In 2025, 172 people hunted deer here and took 65 — 38% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 10 tags here for 5 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in FTHU, 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-
100% Undersubscribed 71% as 2nd choice
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36% Long shot 24% as 2nd choice
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39% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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47% Undersubscribed 0% as 2nd choice
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14% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 ↗ General | Antlered whitetail | FTHU Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 71% | 2 −1 since 2023 | 10 / 5 undersubscribed | Nov 21–30, 2025 |
| 1903 ↗ General | Antlered whitetail | FTHU Rifle | 36% Long shot | 24% | 4 +2 since 2023 | 8 / 14 | Dec 12–31, 2025 |
| 1904 ↗ Youth-Only (General) | Any antlered deer | FTHU Rifle | 39% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 2 / 2 undersubscribed | Nov 14–30, 2025 |
| 1905 ↗ Muzzleloader | Any antlered deer | FTHU Muzzleloader | 47% Undersubscribed | 0% | — | 1 / 1 undersubscribed | Oct 24 – Nov 2, 2025 |
| 1906 ↗ Muzzleloader | Any antlered deer | FTHU Muzzleloader | 14% Point builder | 0% | — | 1 / 2 | Dec 19–31, 2025 |
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.
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 | 172 | 65 | 38% |
| 2024 | 173 | 94 | 54% |
| 2023 | 185 | 86 | 46% |
| 2022 | 197 | 120 | 61% |
| 2021 | 188 | 110 | 59% |
| 2020 | 179 | 129 | 72% |
| 2019 | 176 | 114 | 65% |
| 2018 | 182 | 99 | 54% |
White-tailed Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 58 | — |
| 2024 | — | 90 | — |
| 2023 | — | 80 | — |
| 2022 | — | 111 | — |
| 2021 | — | 105 | — |
| 2020 | — | 120 | — |
| 2019 | — | 102 | — |
| 2018 | — | 89 | — |
Mule Deer
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | — |
| 2024 | — | 7 | — |
| 2023 | — | 6 | — |
| 2022 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | — | 9 | — |
| 2019 | — | 12 | — |
| 2018 | — | 10 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Firearm 129 · 100% · 172 hunters, 75% success
What the agency says about the area
Fort Huachuca, the U.S. Army garrison in Unit 35A, where AZGFD runs restricted deer hunts open only to properly licensed military and Fort Huachuca personnel; the 2026-27 regulations say "Descriptions of these subunits will be provided by Fort Huachuca." The boundary shown is the installation polygon in the state surface-management layer, not an AZGFD hunt-unit polygon.
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)
Harvest: 2024 AZ Deer Harvest Summary (draw hunts only)