Arizona Elk · Unit 2A
Arizona Unit 2A covers 911,188 acres and lies 29 miles east of Holbrook and 47 miles north-east of Show Low. 46% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (23%) and national park (16%). In 2025, 125 people hunted elk here and took 36, a 29% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 3089, put up 35 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 53 nonresident first-choice applicants, 4 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 11 points.
6 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
23% State
911,188 acres
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.
- Success
- 29%
- Season
- Sep 11–20
- Tags / Apps
- 65 / 5
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 29%
- Season
- Sep 25 – Oct 4
- Tags / Apps
- 60 / 0
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 29%
- Season
- Sep 11–20
- Tags / Apps
- 35 / 41
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 29%
- Season
- Oct 9–18
- Tags / Apps
- 25 / 23
- If Drawn
- $825
Every License in Unit 2A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3077 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk · Antlerless elk | 100% | 0 | |
| 3078 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk · Antlerless elk | 100% | — | |
| 3079 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk · Antlerless elk | 100% | — | |
| 3088 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk | 5% | 11 | |
| 3089 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk | 4% | 11 ▲4 | |
| 3090 | Limited Opportunity (General) Elk | 8% | 9 |
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 M Draw Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $825 ($175 to apply). Open Jan 13 – Feb 3, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 125 | 36 | 29% |
| 2023 (summed) | 90 | 39 | 43% |
| 2022 (summed) | 53 | 28 | 53% |
| 2021 (summed) | 75 | 26 | 35% |
| 2020 (summed) | 105 | 35 | 33% |
| 2019 (summed) | 79 | 44 | 56% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited opportunity antlerless (unit share) (hunt 1 of 3) | 33 | 11 | 33% |
| Limited opportunity antlerless (unit share) (hunt 2 of 3) | 23 | 5 | 22% |
| Limited opportunity antlerless (unit share) (hunt 3 of 3) | 20 | 2 | 10% |
| Limited opportunity any elk (unit share) (hunt 1 of 3) | 18 | 4 | 22% |
| Limited opportunity any elk (unit share) (hunt 2 of 3) | 16 | 8 | 50% |
| Limited opportunity any elk (unit share) (hunt 3 of 3) | 15 | 6 | 40% |
2025 split: archery 36 (100%) from 125 hunters, 29%
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. 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 Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2022 AZ Elk Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| Private | 481,204 ac | 53% |
| State trust land | 208,130 ac | 23% |
| National Park Service | 141,925 ac | 16% |
| BLM | 65,244 ac | 7% |
| Tribal | 14,446 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 237 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 2A – Beginning at St. Johns on U.S. Hwy 191 (AZ Hwy 61); north on U.S. Hwy 191 (AZ Hwy 61) to the Navajo Indian Reservation boundary; westerly along the reservation boundary to AZ Hwy 77; south on AZ Hwy 77 to Exit 292 on I-40; west on the westbound lane of I-40 to Exit 286; south on AZ Hwy 77 to U.S. Hwy 180; southeast on U.S. Hwy 180 to AZ Hwy 180A; south on AZ Hwy 180A to AZ Hwy 61; east on AZ Hwy 61 to U.S.…
▸ Sources 11
- AZGFD 2026 M Draw Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book fees, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- AZGFD 2025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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
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.
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