Arizona Elk · Unit 12A
Arizona Unit 12A covers 650,994 acres and lies 47 miles south-west of Page. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2022, all licenses
100% Forest Service
650,994 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 12A
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no result: 3799.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (summed) | 104 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 (summed) | 155 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 (summed) | 235 | 0 | 0% |
| 2019 (summed) | 142 | 4 | 3% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal occurrence (general) (unit share) | 104 | 0 | 0% |
2022 split: firearm 0 from 104 hunters, 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 2022; a year's total is the sum of published weapon 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 2022 AZ Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2021 AZ Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2020 AZ Elk Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| National Forest | 649,148 ac | 100% |
| National Park Service | 1,059 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 672 ac | <1% |
| Private | 58 ac | <1% |
| State land | 40 ac | <1% |
| State trust land | 14 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 12A – Beginning at the confluence of the Colorado River and South Canyon; southerly and westerly along the Colorado River to Kanab Creek; northerly along Kanab Creek to Snake Gulch; northerly, easterly, and southerly around the Kaibab National Forest boundary to South Canyon; northeasterly along South Canyon to the Colorado River.
▸ Sources 7
- AZGFD 2022 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2021 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2020 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2019 AZ Elk 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
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
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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