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Unit 12A deer,youth-only (general) deer season
Season Youth-Only (General) Deer Oct 9–Oct 12·Units: 12A·100 tags in 2026
Answer card2026 draw · All applicants
100 tags, 333 applied, 6% drew in 2026. 122nd hardest of 219 Arizona deer draws in 2026.
Draw result · 2026
6%
20 of 333 drew
Harvest success
65–86%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2026
100
Bucks / 100 does
42
12a, 2025
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 333 | 20 | 100 |
Arizona prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- Unit 12A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)
- Legal animal
- Antlerless deer
- Tags
- 100 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Youth-Only (General) Deer: Oct 9–Oct 12
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 1154
2019–20251984%2092%2138%2290%2386%2471%2565%
2025: 317 taken by 490 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
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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…”
- Tag fee
- “Archery Deer Nonpermit-tag 5 $45 $300”
- Application fee
- “prices shown include a $13 application fee per applicant for residents and a $15 application fee per applicant for non-residents.”
Rules for 2027.
Source: AZGFD