Arizona Elk · Unit 6A
Arizona Unit 6A covers 729,048 acres and lies 14 miles south-east of Sedona. 94% of it is public land, mostly national forest (93%) and state trust land (1%). In 2025, 2,476 people hunted elk here and took 1,036, a 42% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 3017, put up 82 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 746 nonresident first-choice applicants, 43 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 8 points.
9 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
94% Forest Service
729,048 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
- 42%
- Season
- Oct 23–29
- Tags / Apps
- 50 / 28
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 42%
- Season
- Nov 13–19
- Tags / Apps
- 50 / 10
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 42%
- Season
- Nov 20–26
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 40
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 42%
- Season
- Sep 11–24
- Tags / Apps
- 25 / 10
- If Drawn
- $825
Every License in Unit 6A
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3017 | General Elk | 2% | 8 ▲1 | |
| 3042 | General Elk · Antlerless elk | 3% | 7 | |
| 3067 · youth | Youth-Only (General) Elk (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13)… | 7% | 5 ▲1 | |
| 3097 | Champ | 3% | 10 | |
| 3106 | Muzzleloader Elk | 1% | 11 | |
| 3110 | Muzzleloader Elk · Antlerless elk | 11% | 8 | |
| 3134 | Archery-Only Elk | 1% | 12 | |
| 3156 | Archery-Only Elk | 8% | 5 ▼2 | |
| 3178 | Archery-Only Elk · Antlerless elk | 10% | 8 |
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) | 2,476 | 1,036 | 42% |
| 2024 (summed) | 2,047 | 1,017 | 50% |
| 2023 (summed) | 2,441 | 1,069 | 44% |
| 2022 (summed) | 2,462 | 1,051 | 43% |
| 2021 (summed) | 2,257 | 953 | 42% |
| 2020 (summed) | 2,397 | 1,112 | 46% |
| 2019 (summed) | 2,410 | 922 | 38% |
| 2018 (summed) | 2,230 | 1,155 | 52% |
| 2017 (summed) | 2,078 | 927 | 45% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery-only bull, early | 639 | 167 | 26% |
| Archery-only bull, late | 78 | 6 | 8% |
| Archery-only antlerless | 22 | 5 | 23% |
| General bull | 631 | 290 | 46% |
| General antlerless | 464 | 253 | 55% |
| Champ | 47 | 32 | 68% |
| Muzzleloader bull | 291 | 103 | 35% |
| Muzzleloader antlerless | 45 | 17 | 38% |
| Youth-only (general) (unit share) | 259 | 163 | 63% |
2025 split: archery 341 (33%) from 998 hunters, 34%, firearm 695 (67%) from 1,478 hunters, 47%
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 2024 AZ Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary.
The Ground
| National Forest | 681,475 ac | 93% |
| Private | 40,422 ac | 6% |
| State trust land | 4,792 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 995 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 626 ac | <1% |
| State land | 502 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 233 ac | <1% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
Unit 6A – Beginning at the junction of AZ Hwy 89A and FR 237; southwesterly on AZ Hwy 89A to the Verde River; southeasterly along the Verde River to the confluence with Fossil Creek; northeasterly along Fossil Creek to Fossil Springs; southeasterly on FS trail 18 (Fossil Spring Trail) to the top of the rim; northeasterly on the rim to Nash 125 ARIZONA GAME AND FISH RULES Point on the Tonto-Coconino National Forest…
▸ Sources 14
- 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 2024 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 2018 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- AZGFD 2017 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. How we compute these.
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