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, a 33% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 3135, put up 15 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 146 nonresident first-choice applicants, 5 of whom drew, and the last tag went to someone with 11 points.
5 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
76% Forest Service
258,343 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
- 33%
- Season
- Nov 27 – Dec 3
- Tags / Apps
- 17 / 131
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 33%
- Season
- Dec 4–10
- Tags / Apps
- 300 / 22
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 33%
- Season
- Sep 11–24
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 146
- If Drawn
- $825
- Success
- 33%
- Season
- Sep 11–24
- Tags / Apps
- 75 / 3
- If Drawn
- $825
Every License in Unit 6B
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3018 | General Elk | 2% | 8 ▲1 | |
| 3043 | General Elk · Antlerless elk | 35% | — | |
| 3135 | Archery-Only Elk | 1% | 11 ▲2 | |
| 3157 | Archery-Only Elk | 5% (small sample) | 5 ▲5 | |
| 3179 | Archery-Only Elk · Antlerless elk | 100% | 0 |
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) | 581 | 194 | 33% |
| 2024 (summed) | 619 | 223 | 36% |
| 2023 (summed) | 653 | 246 | 38% |
| 2022 (summed) | 639 | 178 | 28% |
| 2021 (summed) | 664 | 187 | 28% |
| 2020 (summed) | 661 | 198 | 30% |
| 2019 (summed) | 676 | 179 | 26% |
| 2018 (summed) | 732 | 380 | 52% |
| 2017 (summed) | 692 | 284 | 41% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery-only bull, early | 137 | 29 | 21% |
| Archery-only bull, late | 21 | 2 | 10% |
| Archery-only antlerless | 61 | 7 | 11% |
| General bull | 125 | 68 | 54% |
| General antlerless | 237 | 88 | 37% |
2025 split: archery 38 (20%) from 219 hunters, 17%, firearm 156 (80%) from 362 hunters, 43%
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 | 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 | <1% |
| National Park Service | 363 ac | <1% |
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…
▸ 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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