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Unit 12A deer,archery-only hunt permit-tag required deer season
Season Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer Aug 21–Sep 10·Units: 12A·300 tags in 2026
Answer card2026 draw · All applicants
300 tags, 1,210 applied, 3% drew in 2026. 65th hardest of 219 Arizona deer draws in 2026.
Draw result · 2026
3%
34 of 1,210 drew
Harvest success
20–54%
Range, 2021–2025
Tags · 2026
300
Bucks / 100 does
42
12a, 2025
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,210 | 34 | 300 |
Arizona prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- Unit 12A (excluding Grand Canyon National Park) and 12B
- Legal animal
- Any antlered deer
- Weapon
- Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer
- Tags
- 300 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- Archery-Only Hunt Permit-Tag Required Deer: Aug 21–Sep 10
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 1204
2021–20252120%2444%2554%
2025: 7 taken by 13 hunters. Success is animals taken ÷ hunters.
Other deer hunts in Unit 12A
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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