Arizona Elk — Unit 6B
Arizona Unit 6B covers 258,343 acres and lies 10 miles north-west of Sedona and 19 miles north-east of Clarkdale. 96% of it is public land, mostly national forest (76%) and military (11%). In 2025, 581 people hunted elk here and took 194 — 33% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 300 tags here for 22 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 6B, 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-
2% Point builder 1% as 2nd choice
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35% Long shot 2% as 2nd choice
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3135 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) 15 tags · 146 applicants · needed 11 pts1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
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5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
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3179 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Antlerless elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) 75 tags · 3 applicants · needed 3 pts100% Likely draw 21% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3018 ↗ GENERAL ELK | Bull elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) Rifle | 2% Point builder | 1% | 8 +1 since 2023 | 17 / 131 | Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2026 |
| 3043 ↗ GENERAL ELK | Antlerless elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) Rifle | 35% Long shot | 2% | — | 300 / 22 | Dec 4–10, 2026 |
| 3135 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) Archery | 1% Point builder | 2% | 11 +2 since 2025 | 15 / 146 | Sep 11–24, 2026 |
| 3157 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) Archery | 5% Point builder | 0% | 5 −1 since 2024 | 3 / 18 | Nov 13–26, 2026 |
| 3179 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Antlerless elk | 6B (excluding Camp Navajo) Archery | 100% Likely draw | 21% | 3 −1 since 2025 | 75 / 3 | Sep 11–24, 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.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest 195,725 ac · 76%
- Department of Defense 28,342 ac · 11%
- State trust land 20,915 ac · 8%
- Private 10,244 ac · 4%
- County or city land 1,947 ac · 1%
- State land 804 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 363 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 581 | 194 | 33% |
| 2024 | 619 | 223 | 36% |
| 2023 | 653 | 246 | 38% |
| 2022 | 639 | 178 | 28% |
| 2021 | 664 | 187 | 28% |
| 2020 | 661 | 198 | 30% |
| 2019 | 676 | 179 | 26% |
| 2018 | 732 | 380 | 52% |
| 2017 | 692 | 284 | 41% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 38 · 20% · 219 hunters, 17% success
- Firearm 156 · 80% · 362 hunters, 43% success
What the agency says about the area
Unit 6B – Beginning at mp 188.5 on I-40 at a point just north of the east boundary of Camp Navajo; south along the eastern boundary of Camp Navajo to the southeastern corner of Camp Navajo; southeast approximately 1/3 mile through the forest to the forest road in section 33; southeast on the forest road to FR 231 (Woody Mountain Rd.); easterly on FR 231 to FR 533; southerly on FR 533 to AZ Hwy 89A; southerly on AZ…
Boundary: AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units (AZGFD ArcGIS feature service, layer 0)
Harvest: 2025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2024 AZ Elk Harvest Summary
Harvest: 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary