Arizona Unit 12A:deer draw odds & harvest
8 hunt codes for deer. Part of deer herd unit 12a. 2026: 10 to 400 tags, 173 to 11,266 applicants per hunt.
Arizona · Unit 12A
Unit 12ANeighbor units
Hardest draw in Unit 12A2026 draw
1016100 tags, 11,266 applied, under 1% drew.
One of Arizona's hardest deer draws: 6th hardest of 219 in 2026.
Hunt codes
Deer huntsin Unit 12A
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1013 | Any antlered deer · general deer · Oct 23–Nov 1Unit 12A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 400 of 1,008 drew | 27–100% |
| 1014 | Any antlered deer · general deer · Nov 20–Nov 29Unit 12A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 60 of 758 drew | 48–79% |
| 1015 | Any antlered deer · general deer · Oct 23–Nov 1Unit 12A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 15 of 795 drew | 78–91% |
| 1016 | Any antlered deer · general deer · Nov 20–Nov 29Unit 12A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 300 of 3,060 drew | 78–85% |
| 1154 | Antlerless deer · youth-only (general) deer · Oct 9–Oct 12Unit 12A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 250 of 678 drew | 65–86% |
| 1179 | Any antlered deer · champ (general) deer (challenged hunter access mobility permit required, see r12-4-217) · Sep 18–Sep 24Unit 12A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 10 of 174 drew | 33–75% |
| 1185 | Any antlered deer · muzzleloader deer · Nov 6–Nov 12Unit 12A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) | 100 of 83 drew | 19–39% |
| 1204 | Any antlered deer · archery-only hunt permit-tag required deer · Aug 21–Sep 10Unit 12A (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) and 12B | 15 of 328 drew | 20–54% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest & herd
How hunters didand how the herd is doing.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successAll hunters0%
0%
2023
101322–100%
45%
65%
22%
64%
100%
70%
27%
2019202020212022202320242025
101448–81%
81%
81%
53%
77%
74%
79%
48%
2019202020212022202320242025
101558–91%
58%
69%
91%
63%
80%
78%
91%
2019202020212022202320242025
101642–85%
84%
84%
42%
59%
78%
85%
78%
2019202020212022202320242025
115438–92%
84%
92%
38%
90%
86%
71%
65%
2019202020212022202320242025
117926–75%
47%
26%
28%
30%
33%
75%
75%
2019202020212022202320242025
118512–39%
18%
12%
12%
35%
25%
39%
19%
2019202020212022202320242025
120420–54%
20%
44%
54%
202120242025
45%+28–45%Under 28%
How the herd is doing
Herd unit 12a
Bucks / 100 does 2025
42
Before you apply
- Points
- “Bonus points may be accrued for deer, antelope, elk, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, and bear. In order to accrue a bonus point for a species, a valid application must be submitted into a drawing for that species and the application must be unsuccessful (not…”
- Deadline
- “The Department will accept Hunt Permit-tag Applications for big game listed above in early to mid-September”
- Tag fee
- “Archery Deer Nonpermit-tag 5 $45 $300”
- Tag fee
- “Deer Hunt Permit-tag $58 $315 $387 (for Youth-Only hunts) $407 (for Youth-Only hunts)”
Rules for 2027.
Season dates · 2026
- 1013GENERAL DEEROct 23–Nov 1
- 1014GENERAL DEERNov 20–Nov 29
- 1015GENERAL DEEROct 23–Nov 1
- 1016GENERAL DEERNov 20–Nov 29
- 1154YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) DEEROct 9–Oct 12
- 1179CHAMP (GENERAL) DEER (CHALLENGED HUNTER ACCESS MOBILITY PERMIT REQUIRED, SEE R12-4-217)Sep 18–Sep 24
- 1185MUZZLELOADER DEERNov 6–Nov 12
- 1204ARCHERY-ONLY HUNT PERMIT-TAG REQUIRED DEERAug 21–Sep 10
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
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Unit 12A hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each deer hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 12A · 1013
400 of 1,008 drew
Success27–100%
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Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: AZGFD · Updated Nov 13, 2026