Arizona Elk — Unit 20A
Arizona Unit 20A covers 384,216 acres and lies 14 miles south of Prescott and 24 miles south of Chino Valley. 82% of it is public land, mostly national forest (68%) and state trust land (9%). In 2025, 12 people hunted elk here and took 5 — 42% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 300 tags here for 10 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 20A, 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-
3073 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Bull elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Antelope Mountain Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Apply - See 3 tags · 129 applicants · needed 25 pts<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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3085 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C 150 tags · 13 applicants · needed 3 pts100% Undersubscribed 21% as 2nd choice
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3086 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Black Mountain Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 300 tags · 10 applicants · needed 2 pts100% Undersubscribed 41% as 2nd choice
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3092 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Any elk | Apply - See Notes 156 and 158) 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C 150 tags · 96 applicants · needed 7 pts18% Long shot 14% as 2nd choice
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3190 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (ARCHERY-ONLY) ELK | Bull elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C 3 tags · 55 applicants · needed 23 pts<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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3191 LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (ARCHERY-ONLY) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C 50 tags · 3 applicants · needed 6 pts100% Undersubscribed 50% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| 3073 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Bull elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Antelope Mountain Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Apply - See Rifle | <1% Point builder | 0% | 25 +3 since 2023 | 3 / 129 | Oct 2–15, 2026 |
| 3085 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 21% | 3 +2 since 2024 | 150 / 13 undersubscribed | Oct 2–15, 2026 |
| 3086 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Black Mountain Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 41% | 2 −1 since 2025 | 300 / 10 undersubscribed | Nov 6 – Dec 10, 2026 |
| 3092 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (GENERAL) ELK | Any elk | Apply - See Notes 156 and 158) 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Rifle | 18% Long shot | 14% | 7 +2 since 2025 | 150 / 96 | Nov 6 – Dec 10, 2026 |
| 3190 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (ARCHERY-ONLY) ELK | Bull elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Archery | <1% Point builder | 0% | 23 steady since 2025 | 3 / 55 | Sep 11 – Oct 1, 2026 |
| 3191 ↗ LIMITED OPPORTUNITY (ARCHERY-ONLY) ELK | Antlerless elk | 17A, 17B, 18B, 19B, 20A, and 20C Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 50% | 6 | 50 / 3 undersubscribed | Sep 11 – Oct 1, 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 | $825 |
Application window: opens Jan 13, closes Feb 3, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Unit 20A
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 260,770 ac · 68%
- Private 68,255 ac · 18%
- State trust land 35,738 ac · 9%
- BLM 19,174 ac · 5%
- Tribal 254 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 19 ac · 0%
- County or city land 5 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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
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| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 42% |
| 2023 | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| 2022 | 26 | 3 | 12% |
| 2021 | 28 | 4 | 14% |
| 2020 | 24 | 4 | 17% |
| 2019 | 17 | 3 | 18% |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 5 · 100% · 12 hunters, 42% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 20A – Beginning at the intersection of AZ Hwy 89 and AZ Hwy 69; west on Gurley St. to Grove Ave.; north on Grove Ave. to Miller Valley Rd., northwest on Miller Valley Rd. to Iron Springs Rd., west and south on Iron Springs Rd. (County Rd. 10) to Kirkland; southeast on Kirkland Junction Rd. (AZ Hwy 89, County Rd. 15) to Kirkland Junction (AZ Hwy 89); south on AZ Hwy 89 to Wagoner Rd. (County Rd. 60);…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2022 AZ Elk Harvest Summary