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Hunt Arizona

2015 Edition

Survey, Harvest and Hunt Data for Big and Small Game

A r i z o n a G a m e a n d F i s h D e pa r t m e n t

ARIZONA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION


Chair, Robert E. Mansell................................................Winslow
Kurt R. Davis................................................................... Phoenix
Edward "Pat" Madden................................................... Flagstaff
James R. Ammons...............................................................Yuma
James S. Zieler............................................................... St. John's
ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
5000 W. Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086
(602) 942-3000
www.azgfd.gov

Larry D. Voyles........................................................................... Director


Ty E. Gray..................................................................... Deputy Director

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Kevin Hodgkins.................................................... Business and Finance
Jim Hinkle......................................................................Field Operation
Tony Guiles............................... Information, Education and Recreation
John Bullington.............................................................. Special Services
Jim deVos.............................................................Wildlife Management

REGIONAL OFFICES
Region I Chris Bagnoli, Supervisor
2878 E. White Mountain Blvd., Pinetop, AZ 85935, (928) 367-4281
Region II Craig McMullen, Supervisor
3500 S. Lake Mary Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86005, (928) 774-5045
Region III Tom Finley, Supervisor
5325 N. Stockton Hill Rd., Kingman, AZ 86409, (928) 692-7700
Region IV Pat Barber, Supervisor
9140 E. 28th St., Yuma, AZ 85365, (928) 342-0091
Region V Raul Vega, Supervisor
555 N. Greasewood Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745, (520) 628-5376
Region VI Jay Cook, Supervisor
7200 E. University, Mesa, AZ 85207, (480) 981-9400

Published by the Arizona Game and Fish Department


Information and Education Division, Information Branch, Publications Section
May 2015
Cover photograph: George Andrejko
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Table of Contents
How to Use Survey and Harvest Data1-2
Bonus Points by Species 2-6

Hunt Data160
Harvest Data161

Deer
Mule Deer Natural History8
Mule Deer Hunt History9
White-tailed Deer Natural History9
White-tailed Deer Hunt History10
Survey Data11
Hunt Data20
Harvest Data24

Small Game
Quail166
Natural History166
Hunt History167
White-winged Dove168
Natural History168
Hunt History169
Mourning Dove169
Natural History169
Hunt History170
Cottontail Rabbit170
Natural History170
Hunt History170
Tree Squirrels171
Natural History171
Hunt History171
Band-tailed Pigeon172
Natural History172
Hunt History172
Blue Grouse172
Natural History172
Hunt History173
Pheasant173
Natural History173
Hunt History173
Small Game Harvest Data 174

Pronghorn Antelope
Natural History45
Hunt History 46
Survey Data47
Hunt Data51
Harvest Data54
Elk
Natural History61
Hunt History62
Survey Data63
Hunt Data66
Harvest Data69
Turkey
Natural History92
Hunt History93
Survey Data94
Hunt Data96
Harvest Data99
Javelina
Natural History109
Hunt History 110
Survey Data 111
Hunt Data 116
Harvest Data 119
Bighorn Sheep
Natural History129
Hunt History130
Survey Data131
Hunt Data135
Harvest Data136
Successful Hunter Scores140
Measurement Data142
Hunt Application Data143
Buffalo
Natural History144
Hunt History145
Survey Data146
Hunt Data148
Harvest Data149
Black Bear
Natural History151
Hunt History152
Hunt Data153
Harvest Data154
Mountain Lion
Natural History158
Hunt History159

Predators
Coyotes178
Natural History178
Hunting and Trapping History178
Bobcats179
Natural History179
Hunting and Trapping History179
Foxes179
Natural History180
Hunting and Trapping History180
Skunks180
Natural History181
Trapping History181
Furbearers
Beaver182
Natural History182
Trapping History183
Muskrat183
Natural History183
Trapping History183
Raccoon183
Natural History184
Trapping and Hunt History184
Ringtail184
Natural History184
Trapping History184
Otter185
Natural History185
Trapping and Hunt History185
Weasel185
Natural History185
Trapping History185
Badger186
Natural History186
Trapping History186

Trapping186
Predator and Furbearer
Harvest Data187
Waterfowl
Natural History189
Hunt History190
Survey and Harvest Data192
Sandhill Crane
Natural History194
Hunt History195
Harvest Data196
Other Birds and Mammals
Pigeon (Rock Dove)197
Natural History and Status197
House (English) Sparrow197
Natural History and Status197
European Starling198
Natural History and Status198
Peach-faced Lovebird198
Natural History and Status198
American Crow198
Natural History and Status199
Coati199
Natural History and Status199
Gunnisons Prairie Dog 200
Natural History and Status 200
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 200
Natural History and Status 200
Specially Protected Mammals 200
Bats 200
Natural History and Status 200
Black-footed Ferret201
Natural History and Status201
Hualapai Mexican Vole201
Natural History and Status201
Jaguar202
Natural History and Status202
Jaguarundi202
Natural History and Status202
Ocelot202
Natural History and Status203
Otter (see Furbearers)203
Porcupine203
Natural History and Status203
Gray Wolf204
Natural History and Status204
Game Management Unit Map 207

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Both novice and experienced hunters will find this


book a valuable resource to help in making informed
decisions regarding hunt selections. The book is a compendium of facts about hunting in Arizona, including
up-to-date information on:
Which game management units have the most biggame permits,
The units with the narrowest male to female ratios,
Units and hunts with the highest hunt success,
Hunts that have the best drawing odds, and
Historical survey and hunt information the reader
can use to compare trends for the major game species
in each management unit.
The information is relatively simple to use. Looking through the section on deer, for example, you will
find a summary of the survey data for both mule deer
and white-tailed deer in each game management unit
having these species. This information will help you determine whether a unit has a high proportion of bucks
and whether it is experiencing good fawn production.
Bear in mind, however, that due to differences in survey
methods the male to female and female to young ratios
are only estimates.
By checking the unit hunt information summary, you
can determine the hunter success rate, how many permits were available in the past, and the drawing odds
for previous hunts. Be aware that some units have several authorized hunts, each limited to a specific kind (or
kinds) of weapon. Your selection of a hunt for which to
apply will depend on your own preference of hunt area,
weapon type, season dates, and the kind of animal you
wish to harvest.

Beating the Odds

Permits for big-game hunts in Arizona are issued


through a drawing system. Since the best predictor of
the future is the past, the best estimate of your draw
odds for an upcoming hunt is the draw rate for that
hunt in the previous draw. Draw odds for each hunt are
calculated by dividing successful first choice applicants
by the total first choice applicants. Even though some
permits may have been issued to second choice applicants, this method accurately reflects the applicants
chances of receiving their first choice.
The odds of receiving a permit for a second choice
hunt instead of a first choice hunt are calculated by sub-

tracting the draw rate for the first choice hunt from the
draw rate for the second choice hunt. The odds for receiving your first or second choice would therefore be
the same as your highest odds choice. For example, if
your first choice selection had a 40 percent draw rate
last year, and your second choice selection had a 60 percent draw rate, your odds this year are 40 percent for
getting your first choice, 20 percent for getting your
second choice, and 60 percent overall (assuming that
the results of this years draw will be similar to those of
the previous draw). It therefore makes little sense to apply for a second choice hunt with a lower draw rate than
your first choice hunt. Only those hunts that did not fill
with first or second choice applications are considered
for third, fourth, or fifth choices. Therefore, only hunts
with draw odds of 100 percent are good candidates for
these choices.
While draw rates are relatively favorable for most deer,
turkey and javelina hunts, they are much more competitive
for elk, antelope, buffalo, and bighorn sheep. Beginning
in 1991, the Arizona Game and Fish Department began
issuing bonus points to unsuccessful applicants for these
species. In 1999, unsuccessful applicants for deer began to
receive bonus points. In 2005, turkey, javelina, and spring
bear began receiving bonus points. Each point accumulated gives the applicant an extra entry in the hunt drawing
for that species. For more information about the bonus
point system, please refer to R12-4-107 in the current Fall
Hunting Regulations booklet.
A summary of 2014 draw odds seems to indicate
little advantage to having many bonus points. Further
analysis, however, reveals that applicants with the largest number of bonus points are applying for hunts with
the poorest draw odds, which obscures the benefits of
having multiple bonus points. For example, elk applicants without any bonus points applied for hunts with
draw odds that averaged 19.6 percent, while those with
21 bonus points applied for hunts with draw odds averaging less than 1.2 percent. This tendency held true for
their second choices as well.
Comparing applicants on the basis of their
first choice hunts reveals a truer picture of the
advantages of bonus points, particularly for those
applying for hunts with high draw odds. General antelope applicants with 23 bonus points, for example,
were drawn for their first choice hunt at over 83 times
the rate of applicants with no bonus points (83.3 percent versus 0.4 percent). General elk

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applicants with 21 bonus points were drawn for
their first choice hunt at over 90 times the rate of
applicants with no bonus points (100 percent versus
9.8 percent).

an important factor when applying for hunts with low


numbers of permits, since no permits will be issued
if there are not enough for everyone on the application. Applying with three other people for a 10-permit
hunt, for example, cuts your odds by 30 percent. Applying with people who have fewer bonus points than
you have will also decrease your odds, since the number of bonus points assigned to an application is the
average accumulated by the group.
One last tip to keep in mind is that new hunts, or
hunts in which permits have been recently increased,
generally have slightly better draw odds than other
hunts. Conversely, hunts with reduced numbers of
permits generally have poorer odds.

Draw odds in the tables contained in this report


are computed without regard to numbers of bonus
points and therefore represent your odds if you have
an average number of bonus points. In the 2014 draw,
the average applicant for elk tags had about 2.7 bonus points while those applying for antelope, bighorn
sheep, buffalo, and deer tags had 6.6, 8.4, 6.8 and 1.7
respectively.
Another point to consider when choosing hunts is
the number of people on your application. This can be

Bonus Points By Species

Bonus points listed below include the permanent hunter education point and the loyalty point (earn by
submitting a valid application for 5 consecutive years).
For all species except antelope and elk, the tables
below are a summary of group bonus points resulting
from the 2014 Fall Draw or 2015 Spring Draw (Section
A) and individual bonus points going into the 2015 Fall
Draw (Section B). For antelope and elk, the tables are a
summary of group bonus points resulting from the 2015
Antelope and Elk Draw (Section A) and individual bonus
points going into the 2016 Antelope and Elk Draw (Section B). Group bonus points are the average number of
bonus points per hunt application. A hunt application can
be submitted with 1 to 4 applicants. The bonus points,
which may differ for each individual on an application, are
averaged to come up with group bonus points. Individual bonus points in Section B are the count of all hunters in
each bonus point level. Both group and individual bonus

points include the permanent hunter education point and


the loyalty point. All potential hunters may not be represented in Section A if an individual with bonus points
did not apply during the recent Draw. Also, keep in mind
that applicants with the greatest number of bonus points
often apply for hunts with poorest draw odds, which obscures the benefits of having multiple bonus points. Refer
to the narrative on the previous pages about Beating the
Odds.
Remember, all potential hunters may not apply in a
given year. Also, Section A does NOT reflect individuals
who may have purchased a bonus point for a given species.

Deer
A
Results of the 2014 Fall Draw
Percent Drawn
No. Hunters per
during the 2014
Group Bonus
Bonus Point
Fall Draw within
Points going into
going into the
a Bonus Point
the 2014 Fall Draw
2014 Fall Draw
grouping

0
17,864
44.97%
1
29,638
56.2%
2
18,643
56.6%
3
5,619
52.8%
4
2,485
35.7%
5
1,425
26.5%
6
871
23.7%
7
618
19.3%
8
480
19.8%
9
387
13.7%
10
340
11.8%
11
264
8.7%
12
247
8.5%
13
237
8.0%
14
183
9.8%
15
149
12.8
16
118
23.7%
17
103
13.6%

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B
Going into the 2014 Fall Draw
Individual Bonus
Points going into
the 2015 Fall Draw

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

No. of Hunters per Bonus Point


going into the 2015 Fall Draw
Resident
124,486
26,817
9,092
3,479
1,980
1,265
734
480
367
218
205
167
149
130
73
40
18
9

Nonresident
4,994
2,380
1,677
841
1,026
845
780
702
592
626
477
376
337
309
262
208
185
148

Total
132,480
29,197
10,769
4,320
3,006
2,110
1,514
1,182
959
844
682
543
486
439
335
248
203
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Bonus Points by Species
Antelope (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
Results of the 2014 Fall Draw
Going into the 2015 Fall Draw
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per
Percent Drawn during
Individual Bonus
Points going into Bonus Point going the 2014 Winter Draw
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
Points going into the
the 2014 Winter
into the 2014
within a Bonus Point
going into the 2015 Winter Draw
2015 Winter Draw
Draw
Winter Draw
grouping

RESIDENT
NONRESIDENT
TOTAL
0
2,747
0.4%
1
108,011
6,742
114,753
1
3,074
1.1%
2
8,273
1,412
9,685
2
2,817
1.6%
3
5,256
1,090
6,346
3
1,832
2.8%
4
3,235
475
3,710
4
1,754
2.2%
5
2,549
769
3,318
5
1,847
2.5%
6
2,732
646
3,378
6
1,651
2.3%
7
2,281
513
2,794
7
1,420
3.5%
8
1,947
488
2,435
8
1,221
3.9%
9
1,727
496
2,223
9
1,128
2.6%
10
1,561
426
1,987
10
1,165
2.2%
11
1,457
427
1,884
11
1,011
3.8%
12
1,328
293
1,621
12
829
3.5%
13
1,071
261
1,332
13
797
4.9%
14
1,033
229
1,262
14
757
5.4%
15
932
204
1,136
15
618
5.7%
16
801
164
965
16
550
3.6%
17
701
94
795
17
471
6.2%
18
582
99
681
18
418
6.5%
19
479
71
550
19
374
5.9%
20
437
63
500
20
350
6.6%
21
406
34
440
21
237
8.9%
22
265
13
278
22
160
38.8%
23
136
14
150
23
22
72.7%
24
32
5
37
24
6
83.3%
25
12
1
13
25
1
100.0%
26
3
1
4

27
1
0
1
Elk (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 FALL DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2015 FALL DRAW
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per
Percent Drawn during
Individual Bonus
Points going into Bonus Point going the 2014 Winter Draw
Points going into
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
the 2014 Winter
into the 2014
within a Bonus Point
the 2015 Winter
going into the 2015 Winter Draw
Draw
Winter Draw
grouping
Draw

RESIDENT
NONRESIDENT
TOTAL
0
15,832
12.9%
1
120,899
12,309
133,208
1
23,814
21.1%
2
36,676
4,618
41,294
2
23,801
24.9%
3
21,507
3,128
24,635
3
14,489
26.2%
4
11,950
1,544
13,494
4
9,370
28.9%
5
7,386
2,175
9,561
5
5,941
33.3%
6
4,485
1,678
6,163
6
3,429
36.3%
7
2,509
1,273
3,782
7
1,945
33.1%
8
1,444
1,125
2,569
8
1,320
26.7%
9
898
965
1,863
9
899
22.1%
10
578
843
1,421
10
818
17.0%
11
504
835
1,339
11
666
16.4%
12
342
704
1,046
12
475
12.2%
13
303
458
761
13
391
11.8%
14
267
388
655
14
353
13.6%
15
231
301
532
15
273
14.0%
16
168
247
415
16
228
11.4%
17
148
208
356
17
178
14.6%
18
93
160
253
18
133
15.8%
19
92
90
182
19
90
24.4%
20
43
63
106
20
36
41.7%
21
19
36
55
21
15
80.0%
22
8
10
18
22
2
100.0%
23
2
1
3

24
0
1
1

25
0
0
0

26
0
1
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Bonus Points by Species
Turkey (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 SPRING DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2014 FALL DRAW
Percent Drawn
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per
during the 2014
Individual Bonus
Points going into Bonus Point going
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
Spring Draw within Points going into the
the 2014 Spring into the 2014 Spring
going into the 2015 Fall Draw
a Bonus Point
2015 Fall Draw
Draw
Draw
grouping

RESIDENT
NONRESIDENT
TOTAL
0
2,573
22.2%
1
122,219
6,164
128,383
1
4,926
35.7%
2
8,466
233
8,699
2
3,209
42.5%
3
2,655
91
2,746
3
1,295
49.5%
4
999
79
1,078
4
400
70.3%
5
294
34
328
5
269
58.7%
6
218
43
261
6
133
33.8%
7
151
34
185
7
97
16.5%
8
138
26
164
8
60
6.7%
9
99
17
116
9
75
13.3%
10
90
14
104
10
43
13.9%
11
47
11
58
11
29
10.3%
12
40
8
48
12
27
11.1%
13
33
5
38
13
30
13.3%
14
27
16
43
14
19
10.5
15
31
1
32
15
22
18.2%
16
25
3
28
16
7
28.6%
17
11
2
13
17
5
80.0%
18
2
7
9
19
1
100.0%
19
6
2
8
20
4
0
4

Javelina (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 SPRING DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2014 FALL DRAW
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per
Percent Drawn during the Individual Bonus
Points going into Bonus Point going
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
2014 Spring Draw within Points going into
the 2014 Spring
into the 2014
going into the 2015 Fall Draw
a Bonus Point grouping the 2015 Fall Draw
Draw
Spring Draw

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

(Spring Hunts)
7,196
10,084
3,500
233
23
18
3
1
1
3

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84.5%
91.0%
96.8%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.%
100.%
0.0%

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

RESIDENT
122,783
4,913
259
44
19
14
8
4
5
5
3
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
1

NONRESIDENT
6,580
288
99
66
39
32
33
20
17
13
3
4
3
1
2
0
1
1
0
0

TOTAL
129,363
5,201
358
110
58
46
41
24
22
18
6
5
4
2
3
3
2
2
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Bonus Points by Species
Bighorn (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 FALL DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2014 Fall DRAW
Percent Drawn during
Group Bonus
Individual Bonus
No. Hunters per Bonus
the 2014 Fall Draw
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
Points going into
Points going into the
Point going into the
within
a
Bonus
Point
going into the 2015 Fall Draw
the 2014 Fall
2015 Fall Draw
2014 Fall Draw
grouping
Draw

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

1,325
1,518
1,424
726
566
647
590
558
577
561
587
547
588
583
513
406
341
316
286
298
266
253
205
195
214
146

0.00%
0.07%
0.14%
0.41%
0.35%
0.77%
0.34%
1.25%
1.04%
0.71%
0.85%
0.73%
0.68%
1.03%
0.78%
0.99%
0.59%
1.58%
1.40%
1.01%
1.13%
1.58%
0.49%
0.00%
0.47%
15.07%

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

RESIDENT
114,302
3,169
1,918
1,270
659
856
781
621
672
610
625
493
516
548
482
367
302
275
262
254
239
210
176
182
206
128

NONRESIDENT
6,516
1,309
1,141
453
651
627
596
530
535
466
412
369
381
316
271
197
160
176
120
127
98
90
72
48
36
6

TOTAL
120,818
4,478
3,059
1,723
1,310
1,483
1,377
1,151
1,207
1,076
1,037
862
897
864
753
564
462
451
382
381
337
300
248
230
242
134

Bear (Spring draw only)


A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 SPRING DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2015 FALL DRAW
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per
Percent Drawn during
Individual Bonus Points
Points going into Bonus Point going the 2014 Spring Draw
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
going into the 2015
the 2014 Spring
into the 2014
within a Bonus Point
going into the 2015 Spring Draw
Spring Draw
Draw
Spring Draw
grouping

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

231
355
133
46
11
5
3
3
3
1

33.8%
36.3%
39.1%
41.3%
54.6%
20.0%
33.3%
33.3%
33.3%
100.0%

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

RESIDENT
123,631
658
238
102
48
18
11
11
14
11
12

NONRESIDENT
6,077
44
11
5
4
3
3
2
3
1
2

TOTAL
129,708
702
249
107
52
21
14
13
17
12
14

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How to Use Survey and Harvest Data


Bonus Points by Species
Buffalo (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point)
A
B
RESULTS OF THE 2014 SPRING DRAW
GOING INTO THE 2014 FALL DRAW
Group Bonus
No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during
Individual Bonus
Points going into Bonus Point going
the 2014 Spring
No. of Hunters per Bonus Point
Points going into
the 2014 Spring
into the 2014
Draw within a Bonus
going into the 2014 Fall Draw
the 2014 Fall Draw
Draw
Spring Draw
Point grouping

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
33

6 Hunt Arizona 2015

113
217
141
116
64
54
60
51
54
35
34
37
19
19
27
23
35
19
22
22
14
17
19
19
20
13
14
7
7
4
4
3
1

0.9%
2.8%
2.1%
4.3%
3.1%
0.0%
1.7%
1.96%
5.6%
5.7%
2.9%
13.5%
5.3%
5.3%
7.4%
8.7%
2.9%
5.3%
0.0%
13.6%
7.1%
0.0%
15.8%
5.3%
5.0%
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
75.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41

RESIDENT
120,873
1,461
704
414
299
260
225
221
192
177
165
134
103
98
94
87
92
82
77
73
53
53
57
48
40
34
41
20
14
11
2
3
5
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1

NONRESIDENT
6,200
296
129
111
60
63
64
57
42
21
28
20
17
11
9
10
8
9
3
6
1
3
0
4
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

TOTAL
127,073
1,757
833
525
359
323
289
278
234
198
193
154
120
109
103
97
108
91
80
79
54
56
57
52
42
36
41
20
16
11
2
3
6
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1

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Hunt Arizona 2015 7

Deer
Two species of deer occur in Arizona, the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
and the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

Natural History

Mule deer are the most abundant big-game animal in


Arizona.
They can be found in most areas of the
state, from sparsely vegetated deserts upward into high,
forested mountains. Rocky Mountain mule deer occur primarily in northern Arizona above the Mogollon
Rim in game management units 1 through 13, while
the so-called desert mule deer is found in all of the
more southern units (15 through 46).
The mule deer gets its name from its large ears. Its
coat is reddish-brown in summer, turning to a blue-gray
or a chocolate brown in winter. The forehead is much
darker than the face, while the animals throat, belly, and
inner leg surfaces are white. One of the mule deers
most distinguishing characteristics is a white rump
patch and a narrow, black-tipped white tail.
The mule deer is the larger of Arizonas deer species.
Adult bucks may weigh
more than 200 pounds
and stand up to 42 inches tall at the shoulder.
Does average about 125
pounds.
Mule deer antlers
typically branch into
two main beams, each
of which may fork into
two or more tines. The
size and number of
points is dependent on
a combination of the
bucks age, nutrition,
and genetic background. The antlers
develop under a layer of
soft skin, called velvet,
which supplies them
with nutrients. When
fully grown, the antlers
harden and the now dry
velvet is rubbed off. The
8 Hunt Arizona 2015

bony antlers are retained until spring, after the breeding


season has passed. Buck deer are polygamous and use
their antlers to intimidate other males and drive them
away from the does during the winter breeding season.
After a gestation period of about 190 days, the does give
birth to one or two spotted fawns. Fawns in northern Arizona are born in late spring, while those in southern Arizona
usually arrive in midsummer. A fawns spots disappear in
about two months. The young remain with their mother until the following spring. Both sexes attain maturity in about
one year and have a life span of about 10 years.
Research has shown that mule deer population levels are largely determined by the number of fawns that
survive to be yearlings. Fawn survival, in turn, is largely
determined by climatic events, with wet, mild winters
contributing to high fawn survival rates. Dry winters
and springs usually result in poor fawn survival, and
heavy snows and freezing temperatures occasionally reduce the population levels of both fawn and adult Rocky
Mountain mule deer. Another limiting factor for mule

george andrejko

Mule Deer

deer is predation. In Arizona,


the mountain
lion is the principal mule deer
predator.
Mule deer are
primarily browsers, although
they feed largely
on forbs and new
grass growth in
the spring and
summer. Other
major diet items
Mule deer distribution
are twigs, bark,
buds, leaves, and nuts. Important browse plants include
mountain mahogany, cliff rose, sagebrush, and oak in
northern Arizona, with jojoba, buck brush, and mountain mahogany being favored in southern Arizona.
Most feeding is done at dawn and dusk, although human activity and a full moon may cause a shift to more
feeding at night.

Hunt History

As befits Arizonas principal game animal, deer received some protection as early as 1887 when a
four-month season of October 1 through January 31
was established by the territorial legislature. Buck-only hunting was instituted in 1893, and the season was
gradually reduced until 1913 when the new state legislature authorized a two-month season and a two-buck
bag limit. Even this was deemed excessive by the states
sportsmen, and a public initiative in 1916 reduced the
limit to one buck deer to be taken during the
month of October.
Despite a serious overpopulation of deer on the
North Kaibab in the 1920s, deer numbers appeared to
decline in the rest of the state. In 1929, the mule deer
season was closed south of the Gila River, and even as
recently as 1946, fewer than 5,000 mule deer (more
than 80 percent of all deer killed) were harvested in
Arizona. Then, for reasons that are still unclear, deer populations began to increase. As the populations rose, doe
and any-deer hunts were authorized. In 1961, an all-time
high of 91,120 deer hunters took 35,897 deer. More than
86 percent of these were mule deer and nearly 10,000 were
antlerless animals. Archery deer hunting was also now beginning to provide a significant hunting opportunity.
A series of years of poor fawn survival followed. By 1970
fewer than 16,000 deer were taken, and hunt success had
fallen to 16 percent. With the institution of permit-only deer
hunting the following year, hunter numbers dropped from
more than 97,000 to fewer than 68,000. Only about 9,500
mule deer were reported harvested.

Deer permit numbers gradually increased after 1972,


leveling off at around 70,000 per year between 1976
and 1982, when hunters took more than 12,000 mule
deer, approximately 75 percent of the total deer harvest.
Then, a series of wet winters resulted in an increase in
fawn survival rates, and hunter numbers and the numbers of deer bagged increased accordingly until 1986,
when nearly 86,000 hunters took 25,566 deer, of which
77 percent were mule deer.
Since then, another series of droughts has occurred,
and deer hunting opportunity is again being curtailed.
Today, about 47,000 permits are offered with hunt success between 21 percent and 28 percent; 60 percent of
the total deer harvested today are mule deer. Prospects
in the near future are still discouraging, but mule deer
are boom and bust animals. With the advent of better than average winter rains, mule deer populations will
once again improve.

White-tailed Deer
Natural History

Arizonas other deer is a small subspecies of the whitetailed deer. These Coues (pronounced Cows) deer are
most common in the states southeastern mountains,
but range northward to the edge of the Mogollon Rim,
up into the White Mountains, and as far west as Sycamore Canyon in Unit 8. Coues whitetails require areas
of predictable summer precipitation and are most
common in oak woodlands and on chaparral covered
hillsides with oaks and pines. This species, while more
resilient than mule deer to hunt pressure, is less tolerant
of droughts and appears to be more affected by livestock grazing.
In contrast to the mule deers branching antlers, the
tines or points of a whitetails antlers originate from a
forward-curving main beam. Mature bucks generally
have three to four tines per side. The coat color is grayish-brown salt-and-pepper with white underparts; the
face is marked with white halos around the eyes and a
white band across the muzzle. The most distinguishing
characteristic of the whitetail, however, is a long, fluffy
tail that is all white on the underside, gray to reddishblack on top, and often lifted upward as an alarm signal.
The Coues deer is much smaller than most of its
eastern cousins. Bucks stand just over 30 inches at the
shoulder and rarely weigh more than 100 pounds. Does
average 65 pounds. The rutting season usually runs
from December through February, and the fawn drop
coincides with the new growth of forbs that results
from the summer rains.
A does first pregnancy usually results in a single
fawn; thereafter she may bear twins. White-tailed deer
fawns may stay with their mothers for more than a year,
and seeing two generations running together is not uncomHunt Arizona 2015 9

Deer

George andrejko

White-tailed deer distribution

mon. Unlike mule deer, white-tailed deer rarely form herds,


and most observations are of fewer than six animals.
When seen at a distance, white-tailed deer can often
be distinguished from mule deer by their cautious, running gait and flagging white tail. Whitetails never use
the stiff legged, bounding gait sometimes employed by
mule deer. Habitat preferences also differ. In Arizonas southern mountain ranges, whitetails are generally
found at higher elevations and in rougher country than
are mule deer.

Hunt History

The Coues white-tailed deer is perhaps Arizonas finest


game animal. Wary, and expert at using cover, white-

10 Hunt Arizona 2015

tails rarely offer the hunter a


standing shot once jumped. Perhaps for this reason, the species
has become increasingly important in the harvest. Although the
statewide take has varied from
1,500 to more than 7,000 whitetails a year, depending on the
vagaries of drought and fawn
survival, the recent trend has
been for this species to constitute
an ever greater proportion of the
statewide harvest. For example,
whitetails comprised less than 15
percent of Arizonas deer harvest in 1961, nearly 40 percent in
1998 , and just over 40 percent
today.

Deer Survey Data


Historic Summary of Mule Deer Survey Data
Year
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Bucks
95
149
373
432
804
636
616
1052
352
735
552
1049
1125
1162
1213
1185
1118
1260
1299
1341
1029
1173
1306
1551
1262
1089
1009
1126
1029
1022
1329
1119
1255
1367
1299
1360
1401
2102
2148
2227
2157
1976
1778
1798
1689
1910
2103
1820
1590
1351
1404
1705
1732
1502
1321
1268
1134
1054
1146
1180
1132
1006
993
1206
1285
1403
1399

Does
293
387
1326
1553
2398
2101
2373
2276
1184
2079
1810
2748
2890
2806
3072
3186
3269
3460
4370
4715
3708
4494
5218
6018
4385
4363
4184
4275
4320
4402
5719
4824
5815
6315
5992
6540
6259
9093
10521
10193
11383
10272
10361
10532
9500
10177
11504
11082
9954
8756
8041
8559
8416
7408
7069
6190
5148
4738
5143
4931
4164
4380
4581
5589
5829
6193
5735

Fawns
143
189
690
887
1551
1512
1020
841
539
886
1057
1388
1179
1212
1205
1189
1467
1775
2240
2462
1620
2324
2669
2649
2093
2514
1999
1911
1820
1696
2573
2249
2428
2694
3033
3361
3411
4312
4989
4139
4577
3465
4024
4444
4332
4190
3833
3668
3001
3168
3919
3786
2794
3051
1838
2524
2309
2333
2150
2071
1965
1683
1960
2494
2675
2953
2794

Unclassified
77
73
103
424
747
559
553
594
279
540
350
698
409
522
478
350
353
377
486
320
324
392
383
597
346
286
319
439
263
467
472
288
311
254
249
361
407
345
210
175
145
214
203
220
100
167
159
265
124
100
53
44
80
45
142
36
59
69
89
59
106
26
68
71
77
65
30

Total
608
798
2492
3296
5500
4808
4562
4763
2354
4240
3769
5883
5603
5702
5968
5910
6207
6872
8395
8838
6681
8383
9576
10815
8086
8252
7511
7751
7432
7587
10093
8480
9809
10630
10573
11622
11478
15852
17868
16734
18262
15927
16366
16994
15621
16444
17599
16835
14669
13375
13417
14094
13022
12006
10370
10018
8650
8194
8528
8241
7367
7095
7602
9360
9866
10614
9958

Bucks/100 Does
32
39
28
28
34
30
26
46
30
35
31
38
39
41
39
37
34
36
30
28
28
26
25
26
29
25
24
26
24
23
23
23
22
22
22
21
22
23
20
22
19
19
17
17
18
19
18
16
16
15
17
20
21
20
19
20
22
22
22
24
27
23
22
22
22
23
24

Fawns/100 Does
49
49
52
57
65
72
43
37
46
43
58
51
41
43
39
37
45
51
51
52
44
52
51
44
48
58
48
45
42
39
45
47
42
43
51
51
55
47
47
41
40
34
39
42
46
41
33
33
30
36
49
44
33
41
26
41
45
49
42
42
47
38
43
45
46
48
32

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Deer Survey Data


Historic Summary of White-tailed Deer Survey Data
Year

Bucks

Does

Fawns

Unclassified

Total

1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

58
32
49
136
25
145
151
367
227
247
266
221
177
159
266
263
291
291
211
222
164
152
131
149
170
145
113
101
147
171
165
202
226
306
329
315
296
283
424
439
444
425
461
568
483
466
479
541
538
620
484
475
422
405
451
475
550
636
544
581
684
658
529
621
649
595
670
652

72
96
95
223
68
272
336
828
497
533
455
420
453
440
484
586
630
581
502
484
391
382
350
373
398
312
316
244
448
577
577
644
752
766
1069
1020
978
1016
1388
1403
1648
1584
1749
1970
1814
1859
1764
2000
2227
2697
2380
1967
1885
1734
1925
2023
2165
2423
2031
2055
2319
2164
1876
1928
2480
2146
2546
2454

11
61
37
109
22
139
387
309
217
167
147
148
137
164
174
193
212
243
224
222
164
144
152
138
150
133
149
95
195
183
178
336
312
267
404
471
528
538
690
544
493
551
567
742
671
634
528
518
588
729
569
679
679
499
711
558
761
777
738
738
800
799
571
555
724
647
826
783

26
54
67
108
23
146
181
204
120
219
170
88
93
124
113
135
152
143
124
100
80
105
71
49
94
70
54
54
65
73
76
84
54
62
48
59
50
56
42
112
34
29
87
53
107
58
62
192
102
91
45
52
32
57
132
44
45
45
41
38
56
33
30
50
42
38
44
41

167
243
248
576
138
702
1055
1708
1061
1166
1038
877
860
887
1037
1177
1285
1258
1061
1028
799
783
704
709
812
660
632
494
855
1004
996
1266
1344
1401
1850
1865
1852
1893
2544
2498
2619
2589
2864
3333
3075
3017
2833
3251
3455
4137
3478
3173
3018
2695
3219
3100
3521
3881
3354
3412
3859
3654
3006
3154
3895
3426
4086
3930

12 Hunt Arizona 2015

Bucks/100 Does
81
33
52
61
37
53
45
44
46
46
58
53
39
36
55
45
46
50
42
46
42
40
37
40
43
46
36
41
33
30
29
31
30
40
31
31
30
28
31
31
27
27
26
29
27
25
27
27
24
23
20
24
22
23
23
23
25
26
27
28
30
30
28
32
26
28
26
27

Fawns/100 Does
15
64
39
49
32
51
115
37
44
31
32
35
30
37
36
33
34
42
45
46
42
38
43
37
38
43
47
39
44
32
31
52
41
35
38
46
54
53
50
39
30
35
32
38
37
34
30
26
26
27
24
35
36
29
37
28
35
32
36
36
35
37
30
29
29
30
32
32

Deer Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
MULE DEER
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
12A East
12A East
12A East

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

Bucks

Does

Fawns

11
5
15
14
17
6
8
10
5
4
16
30
22
48
25
4
8
6
6
1
11
24
24
21
8
35
19
28
39
41
11
22
18
28
29
21
23
26
20
23
25
37
37
14
32
25
24
50
27
24
5
6
20
14
6
15
23
24
17
17
38
14
20

36
16
79
60
59
31
19
46
24
11
75
102
75
181
121
5
25
24
42
6
16
44
44
43
27
112
78
118
112
181
48
80
95
135
113
78
142
119
146
80
69
97
193
59
126
133
119
194
144
119
61
78
141
100
90
133
104
150
77
135
96
97
99

20
8
29
22
20
11
11
21
9
3
45
61
47
98
66
2
10
15
25
3
11
21
24
25
15
54
33
52
55
116
21
41
26
49
49
39
55
47
62
33
37
41
89
29
34
45
67
87
36
45
18
45
78
45
53
61
45
42
18
39
71
77
82

Unclassified
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
1
0
0
5
8
0
4
5
0
0
0
0
5
6
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

68
30
123
96
96
48
38
77
38
18
136
193
144
327
212
11
43
48
73
10
38
89
92
89
50
203
130
198
207
339
80
143
143
213
191
138
225
200
228
140
136
175
319
102
192
208
216
331
207
188
84
132
239
159
155
210
172
216
112
191
205
188
201

31
31
19
23
29
19
42
22
21
36
21
29
29
27
21
80
32
25
14
17
69
55
55
49
30
31
24
24
35
23
23
28
19
21
26
27
16
22
14
29
36
38
19
24
25
19
20
26
19
20
8
8
14
14
7
11
22
16
22
13
40
14
20

56
50
37
37
34
35
58
46
38
27
60
60
63
54
55
40
40
63
60
50
69
48
55
58
56
48
42
44
49
64
44
51
27
36
43
50
39
40
42
41
54
42
46
49
27
34
56
45
25
38
30
58
55
45
59
46
43
28
23
29
74
79
83

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
MULE DEER
12A East
12A East
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12B
12B
12B
12B
12B
13A
13A
13A
13A
13A
13B
13B
13B
13B
13B
15A
15A
15A
15A
15A
15B
15B
15B
15B
15B
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B

Year

Bucks

Does

Fawns

Unclassified

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

30
36
41
89
57
112
128
17
21
22
31
26
23
44
15
29
49
43
42
41
48
65
1
1
2
7
14
6
3
4
28
29
7
26
15
7
9
1
16
12
7
9
11
19
36
27
24
5
20
9
11
9
25
33
28
22
7
27
20
14
9
19
24
37

81
98
208
334
180
350
344
116
152
71
110
54
69
112
48
77
82
110
72
82
176
154
0
4
9
35
37
22
9
22
145
97
24
63
33
38
36
21
65
58
27
27
56
66
97
99
95
18
74
76
51
51
110
148
183
132
54
83
84
91
56
71
67
79

67
76
105
351
198
356
283
74
131
57
83
94
33
87
50
76
68
63
60
76
104
89
0
2
1
6
7
8
1
13
39
30
3
17
8
5
8
12
24
8
2
12
21
29
30
37
33
4
28
17
13
18
38
41
41
48
1
24
17
30
11
36
20
24

0
0
6
4
0
7
2
0
1
3
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
14
0
0
0
1
1

178
210
360
778
435
825
757
207
305
153
234
174
125
243
113
182
199
216
176
199
328
308
1
7
12
48
58
36
13
41
212
158
34
106
56
50
53
34
105
78
36
48
88
114
163
163
152
27
124
102
75
78
173
222
252
202
62
136
135
135
76
126
112
141

37
37
20
27
32
32
37
15
14
31
28
48
33
39
31
38
60
39
58
50
27
42
25
22
20
38
27
33
18
19
30
29
41
45
18
25
5
25
21
26
33
20
29
37
27
25
28
27
12
22
18
23
22
15
17
13
33
24
15
16
27
36
47

83
78
50
105
110
102
82
64
86
80
75
174
48
78
104
99
83
57
83
93
59
58
50
11
17
19
36
11
59
27
31
13
27
24
13
22
57
37
14
7
44
38
44
31
37
35
22
38
22
25
35
35
28
22
36
2
29
20
33
20
51
30
30

2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011

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Deer Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
MULE DEER
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
24B
25M
25M
25M
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A

Year
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

Bucks

Does

Fawns

15
17
10
26
27
9
20
4
20
28
21
23
11
30
32
32
42
55
10
26
22
37
43
21
24
20
19
37
25
34
22
22
37
19
17
27
24
16
28
18
20
15
13
12
23
34
55
55
44
59
48
18
24
25
18
23
23
19
15
14
26
26
38
38

51
44
34
82
109
33
57
19
58
81
87
64
38
93
103
84
106
162
84
120
119
161
178
105
117
104
88
137
104
199
131
156
178
72
103
90
105
86
106
103
134
96
89
41
62
83
279
248
273
297
283
173
157
141
144
148
110
114
124
78
97
160
183
154

21
17
12
26
28
8
20
4
26
18
31
28
26
36
37
53
51
99
34
45
35
94
74
45
59
47
47
67
43
96
77
99
86
36
58
34
41
31
57
44
51
51
58
17
21
54
88
69
103
92
114
84
69
64
62
70
25
18
30
23
34
87
64
69

Unclassified
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

89
78
56
134
164
50
97
27
104
127
139
115
75
159
172
169
199
316
128
191
176
298
295
171
200
171
154
241
172
329
231
277
301
128
179
152
171
133
191
165
205
162
161
70
106
171
422
372
423
448
445
275
252
231
224
241
158
151
169
115
157
273
285
261

29
39
29
32
25
27
35
21
34
35
24
36
29
32
31
38
40
34
12
22
18
23
24
20
21
19
22
27
24
17
17
14
21
26
17
30
23
19
26
17
15
16
15
29
37
41
20
22
16
20
17
10
15
18
13
16
21
17
12
18
27
16
21
25

41
39
35
32
26
24
35
21
45
22
36
44
68
39
36
63
48
61
40
38
29
58
42
43
50
45
53
49
41
48
59
63
48
50
56
38
39
36
54
43
38
53
65
41
34
65
32
28
38
31
40
49
44
45
43
47
23
16
24
29
35
54
35
45

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
MULE DEER
30A
30A
30B
30B
30B
30B
30B
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B
34B
34B
35
35
35
35
35
35A
35A
35A
35A
35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
36
36
36A
36A
36A
36A
36A
36B
36B
36B
36B
36B
36C

Year

Bucks

Does

Fawns

Unclassified

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

22
47
14
16
23
15
2
12
20
11
25
35
20
43
35
40
36
12
9
16
9
11
21
8
7
10
16
12
5
3
7
7
9
3
4
3
9
3
12
4
11
7
3
3
4
10
7
9
0
1
0
0
20
12
14
20
21
28
8
4
17
4
8
7

151
180
82
153
133
79
21
128
149
130
194
173
268
412
292
323
378
108
98
87
110
56
69
54
33
44
38
29
27
17
20
12
40
27
16
24
26
20
58
46
62
52
20
12
39
55
47
46
7
7
5
3
364
150
251
187
154
195
66
58
152
71
104
44

73
90
26
42
65
38
15
44
58
46
82
61
85
171
106
149
163
49
30
44
42
20
24
13
4
4
4
7
7
4
3
0
17
6
0
1
4
9
19
29
33
23
9
6
24
29
19
13
5
4
4
2
126
47
94
109
86
64
25
15
57
33
49
20

0
5
3
14
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
2
10
14
0
0
1
12
2
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
2
15
3
1
0
0
2
1
0
0

246
322
125
225
223
132
38
184
227
187
301
269
403
628
443
526
577
169
138
159
163
87
117
78
45
58
58
48
42
25
30
19
69
36
20
28
39
32
89
79
107
82
32
21
67
95
73
68
12
12
9
5
514
213
361
331
264
288
99
77
228
109
161
71

15
26
17
10
17
19
10
9
13
8
13
20
7
10
12
12
10
11
9
18
8
20
30
15
21
23
42
41
19
18
35
58
23
11
25
13
35
15
21
9
18
13
15
25
10
18
15
20
0
14
0
0
5
8
6
11
14
14
12
7
11
6
8
16

48
50
32
27
49
48
71
34
39
35
42
35
32
42
36
46
43
45
31
51
38
36
35
24
12
9
11
24
26
24
15
0
43
22
0
4
15
45
33
63
53
44
45
50
62
53
40
28
71
57
80
67
35
31
37
58
56
33
38
26
38
46
47
45

2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

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Deer Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
MULE DEER
36C
36C
36C
36C
37
37
37
37
37
37A
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
39
39
39
39
39
40A
40A
40A
40A
40A
40B
40B
41
41
41
41
41
42
42
42
42
42
43A
43A
43A
43A
43A
43B
43B
43B
43B
43B
44A
44A
44A
44A
44A
45
45
45
45
45
1

Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011

Bucks

Does

2
8
5
5
22
17
79
34
16
4
5
9
8
5
18
12
20
26
11
11
2
5
6
20
3
10
2
8
7
4
3
12
26
16
29
22
15
14
19
13
39
1
4
0
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
14
14
19
14
27
46
27
31
27
23
0

55
69
39
38
83
116
149
196
91
15
24
30
29
14
68
92
82
167
77
63
18
22
36
73
10
13
3
6
23
7
12
42
76
103
82
118
47
58
92
44
76
5
9
1
16
16
8
1
6
23
3
47
36
76
27
35
111
70
108
68
84
0

Fawns
17
31
16
13
58
65
85
76
51
13
7
9
7
7
45
58
51
69
44
20
0
9
24
48
4
0
1
2
9
4
0
17
9
50
57
41
27
10
39
31
47
2
0
2
6
6
1
0
2
10
2
22
6
27
13
14
49
12
33
36
36
1

Unclassified
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
5
6
0

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

76
108
60
56
163
201
313
306
158
32
39
48
44
26
131
162
153
262
132
94
20
36
73
141
17
23
6
16
39
15
15
72
113
170
172
181
89
82
150
89
162
8
13
3
24
26
10
1
9
35
6
83
56
122
54
76
209
109
175
136
149
1

4
12
13
13
27
15
53
17
18
27
21
30
28
36
26
13
24
16
14
17
11
23
17
27
30
77
67
133
30
57
25
29
34
16
35
19
32
24
21
30
51
20
44
0
13
13
13
0
17
9
33
30
39
25
52
77
41
39
29
40
27
-

31
45
41
34
70
56
57
39
56
87
29
30
24
50
66
63
62
41
57
32
0
41
67
66
40
0
33
33
39
57
0
40
12
49
70
35
57
17
42
70
62
40
0
200
38
38
13
0
33
43
67
47
17
36
48
40
44
17
31
53
43
-

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Deer Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
Year
WHITE
MULE TAILED-DEER
DEER
1
2014
4
2010
4
2011
5
2010
5
2011
5
2013
5
2014
6A
2010
6A
2011
6A
2012
6A
2013
6A
2014
6B
2010
6B
2011
6B
2012
6B
2013
6B
2014
8
2010
8
2011
8
2012
8
2013
8
2014
10
2011
19A
2010
19A
2011
19A
2014
21
2010
21
2011
21
2012
21
2013
21
2014
22
2010
22
2011
22
2012
22
2013
22
2014
23
2010
23
2011
23
2012
23
2013
23
2014
23S
2010
24A
2010
24A
2011
24A
2012
24A
2013
24A
2014
24B
2010
24B
2011
24B
2012
24B
2013
24B
2014
25M
2014
27
2010
27
2011
27
2012
27
2013
27
2014
28
2010
28
2011
28
2012
28
2013
28
2014
29
2010
29
2011
29
2012
29
2013
29
2014
30A
2010

Bucks

Does

Fawns

0
0
1
0
2
3
0
15
24
13
20
25
5
7
14
4
3
5
10
6
7
8
0
3
0
1
39
49
26
31
35
51
53
38
40
44
22
19
22
22
22
8
26
20
26
21
17
46
73
47
38
27
0
27
67
25
42
33
2
1
1
1
5
28
23
21
33
40
18

3
3
1
3
0
5
9
35
74
55
75
75
5
19
26
8
16
13
26
11
15
28
1
6
4
5
74
112
73
101
112
110
142
105
99
113
52
79
61
59
82
10
52
75
63
61
67
106
164
70
134
85
1
62
119
69
136
109
1
17
4
5
12
120
157
105
147
165
81

2
4
0
3
0
3
8
10
19
14
26
14
0
2
8
2
6
1
2
1
4
6
0
1
1
2
11
31
16
37
30
25
28
25
35
28
14
28
21
26
36
4
13
30
11
15
26
48
41
17
52
29
0
14
33
20
52
39
0
6
1
1
6
23
38
22
33
40
15

18 Hunt Arizona 2015

Unclassified
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
3
0
5
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
3
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
9
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

5
7
2
7
2
11
17
62
119
82
123
117
10
33
50
14
25
19
40
19
27
43
1
10
5
8
124
192
115
169
177
186
223
168
174
185
88
126
107
107
140
22
92
128
100
98
113
200
280
135
225
141
1
104
228
114
236
181
3
24
6
7
23
171
218
148
213
245
114

0
0
100
0
60
0
43
32
24
27
33
100
37
54
50
19
38
38
55
47
29
0
50
0
20
53
44
36
31
31
46
37
36
40
39
42
24
36
37
27
80
50
27
41
34
25
43
45
67
28
32
0
44
56
36
31
30
200
6
25
20
42
23
15
20
22
24
22

67
133
0
100
60
89
29
26
25
35
19
0
11
31
25
38
8
8
9
27
21
0
17
25
40
15
28
22
37
27
23
20
24
35
25
27
35
34
44
44
40
25
40
17
25
39
45
25
24
39
34
0
23
28
29
38
36
0
35
25
20
50
19
24
21
22
24
19

Deer Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Deer Survey Data
Unit
Year
Bucks
WHITE
TAILED-DEER (continued)
MULE DEER
30A
2011
24
30A
2012
24
30A
2013
31
30A
2014
23
30B
2010
19
30B
2011
16
30B
2012
26
30B
2013
30
30B
2014
35
31
2010
25
31
2011
22
31
2012
14
31
2013
20
31
2014
18
32
2010
19
32
2011
26
32
2012
29
32
2013
28
32
2014
35
33
2010
83
33
2011
72
33
2012
77
33
2013
37
33
2014
55
34A
2010
26
34A
2011
25
34A
2012
27
34A
2013
51
34A
2014
36
34B
2010
18
34B
2011
12
34B
2012
16
34B
2013
27
34B
2014
23
35A
2010
23
35A
2011
26
35A
2012
34
35A
2013
37
35A
2014
18
35B
2010
39
35B
2011
33
35B
2012
35
35B
2013
36
35B
2014
35
36A
2010
31
36A
2011
7
36A
2012
28
36A
2013
36
36A
2014
29
36B
2010
22
36B
2011
19
36B
2012
20
36B
2013
34
36B
2014
33
36C
2010
26
36C
2011
15
36C
2012
20
36C
2013
36
36C
2014
50
37
2014
1
37A
2010
2
37A
2011
3
37A
2012
1
37A
2014
1
37B
2010
1
37B
2011
0
37B
2012
5
37B
2013
5

Does

Fawns

Unclassified

Total

Bucks/100 Does

Fawns/100 Does

76
80
120
87
53
87
91
83
129
64
106
84
100
81
114
120
101
114
133
323
243
294
240
240
75
158
168
222
146
66
66
77
93
81
58
93
102
81
85
113
122
174
149
125
106
120
126
146
163
143
174
125
192
142
87
121
76
156
156
2
2
1
0
2
1
3
6
5

16
21
31
26
14
12
8
25
63
17
25
17
34
21
22
33
31
34
31
113
100
116
98
92
31
69
51
56
36
17
20
21
14
20
23
29
22
30
28
33
48
71
51
45
42
38
55
65
60
44
43
43
56
47
17
30
34
43
42
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3

2
0
0
0
4
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
9
2
2
8
1
3
1
0
3
11
4
1
5
4
3
1
2
2
1
6
0
6
0
2
9
0
1
2
2
5
0
6
17
5
1
0
3
2
5
1
0
6
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0

118
125
182
136
90
115
128
139
228
106
153
115
154
120
159
188
163
178
207
520
418
488
375
390
143
256
247
334
222
104
99
116
136
125
110
148
164
148
133
194
203
281
238
207
184
165
215
264
257
210
236
191
284
227
131
166
136
237
249
4
4
5
1
4
2
3
12
13

32
30
26
26
36
18
29
36
27
39
21
17
20
22
17
22
29
25
26
26
30
26
15
23
35
16
16
23
25
27
18
21
29
28
40
28
33
46
21
35
27
20
24
28
29
6
22
25
18
15
11
16
18
23
30
12
26
23
32
50
100
300
50
100
0
83
100

21
26
26
30
26
14
9
30
49
27
24
20
34
26
19
28
31
30
23
35
41
39
41
38
41
44
30
25
25
26
30
27
15
25
40
31
22
37
33
29
39
41
34
36
40
32
44
45
37
31
25
34
29
33
20
25
45
28
27
0
0
100
0
0
0
17
60

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Deer Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1
Deer Harvest
Percent
Mule Deer
Whitetail
Success
Total
Bucks
Antlerless
Bucks
Antlerless
1946

4733

991

5724

1947

6420

1152

7572

1948

7358

1347

8705

1949

7465
386
1203

9054

1950

9009
798
1175

10982

1951

9618
658
1234

11510

1952

10575
2707
1490

14772

1953

12590
3948
1791

18329

1954

11662
6425
1500

19587

1955

53791

15220
5483
1489
300
22492
42
1956

64123

16175
8943
2066
357
27541
43
1957

56499

15307
4859
1808
593
22567
40
1958

76358
259876
17994
9840
3394
1702
32930
43
1959

78102
290686
16329
7769
3105
1687
28890
37
1960

87986
318806
19291
8380
3871
1111
32653
37
1961

91120
350200
22459
8307
3891
843
35500
39
1962

93337
373035
16658
7579
3211
983
28431
31
1963

92594
371619
14082
6262
2859
1463
24666
27
1964

86867
335508
12613
2362
3207
1116
19298
22
1965

87548
316911
11357
2002
2871
741
16971
19
1966

88230
354586
12158
2040
2390
597
17185
20
1967

90361
365358
12350
1388
2404
258
16400
18
1968

88253
359684
12298
741
2722
205
15966
18
1969

91575
358833
12203
567
2124
78
14972
16
1970

97113
395038
13167
420
2197
35
15819
16
1971

77437
67263
256100
9129
334
1517
18
10998
16
1972
66905
74096
63269
241882
9137
338
1653
17
11145
18
1973
83334
75200
64120
243322
11114
402
2080
22
13618
21
1974
79664
82650
72352
255592
11715
533
3221
0
15469
21
1975
80929
79750
69262
253721
12576
408
2870
0
15854
23
1976
86829
83125
72049
228763
10578
261
2656
0
13495
19
1977
83593
84265
72472
255850
9871
6
2295
24
12196
17
1978
84017
81675
69709
264624
9075
38
2247
40
11400
16
1979
85072
78215
66451
270068
10347
0
3207
54
13608
21
1980
94285
79409
66909
278520
11111
0
3480
46
14637
22
1981
92679
77755
66308
274028
10825
0
3466
38
14329
22
1982
91673
83045
71123
296368
12187
0
3965
34
16186
23
1983
71826
94285
77106
309699
12767
0
4173
51
16991
22
1984
72989
92545
82618
328231
17102
0
7030
75
24207
29
1985
80014
92345
84079
333156
16292
273
6782
110
23457
28
1986
82982
94871
84687
331015
16493
2961
5829
86
25369
30
1987
84145
87340
79557
304440
15081
2191
4777
92
22141
28
1988
85084
79135
72796
290084
13744
1781
4505
75
20105
28
1989
84485
75925
69974
277264
13516
694
4293
84
18587
27
1990
82911
76620
70901
284643
11278
2809
4368
62
18517
26
1991
79466
68304
63109
256780
12101
0
5268
76
17445
28
1992
85343
68910
64143
256592
11997
0
5639
75
17711
28
1993
87558
70348
65151
260399
11879
0
5489
58
17426
27
1994
92904
68849
63330
256856
10867
0
5336
0
16203
26
1995
92139
63708
58649
242281
8824
0
4876
0
13700
23
1996
88529
57570
52679
212116
7229
0
4091
0
11320
22
1997
89627
51222
47210
195719
6065
0
4154
33
10252
22
1998
88329
46694
42753
173577
5877
0
4095
7
9979
24
1
Muzzleloader hunt data included up until 1984. Youth-0nly hunt data not included in this table.
2
1994 and 1995 data does not include results of hunts at Ft. Huachuca. Beginning with 1996, Ft. Huachuca data is based on questionnaire returns,
not data gathered by the Fort.
Year2

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

20 Hunt Arizona 2015

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Deer Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1

1
2

Year2

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

Hunters

Hunter
Days

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

92104
85091
83808
84384
86546
90057
83264
85534
68625
62236
64469
61818
62982
65476
65475
71324

47065
46072
44978
42020
37260
36665
37918
38138
39834
41958
43783
43993
43716
42872
42468
42175

42970
41677
41110
38368
33905
33395
34883
35016
37002
38770
40468
40584
40142
39435
38928
38486

175908
166780
170820
163098
144027
136377
144949
147433
158215
157646
164403
167638
165695
165643
167362
165784

Mule Deer
Bucks
Antlerless
5924
310
5025
188
5226
623
4540
0
3753
0
4037
0
4357
0
4811
0
5388
0
5215
0
6323
0
4818
0
5198
0
5246
0
5253
0
5165
0

Deer Harvest
Whitetail
Bucks
Antlerless
3264
8
4121
0
3369
0
3595
0
3937
0
4515
0
4214
0
4158
0
4362
0
5094
0
5205
0
5122
0
4686
0
5019
0
4960
0
4761
0

Total

Percent
Success

9506
9334
9218
8135
7690
8552
8571
8969
9750
10309
11528
9940
9884
10265
10213
9926

22
22
22
21
23
26
25
26
26
27
28
24
25
26
26
26

Muzzleloader hunt data included up until 1984. Youth-0nly hunt data not included in this table.
1994 and 1995 data does not include results of hunts at Ft. Huachuca. Beginning with 1996, Ft. Huachuca data is based on questionnaire returns,
not data gathered by the Fort.

Historic Summary of Youth-Only Deer Hunts


Year

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

Hunters

Hunter
Days

1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

299
403
608
837
1076
1155
1497
1897
2427
2571
2863
2855
2815
2634
2581
2520
2668
3364
3645
3936
3772
3933
4688

350
150
275
339
706
603
808
1224
1250
1625
1510
980
1030
1280
1332
1769
2109
2049
2186
2184
2139
2231
2290

336
148
264
331
649
543
763
1100
1134
1449
1394
904
923
1143
1219
1633
1941
1898
2034
2055
2022
2117
2181

1386
569
1073
1450
2262
2083
2502
2719
2959
3858
4117
2704
2711
3258
4469
5601
6032
5980
6723
6891
6361
6609
6707

Mule Deer
Bucks
Antlerless
147
0
88
0
158
0
177
0
178
0
159
0
263
0
280
360
167
395
166
591
141
462
114
301
149
225
140
269
291
64
342
269
367
364
616
137
488
194
676
60
782
79
706
193
681
292

Deer Harvest
Whitetail
Bucks
Antlerless
2
0
7
0
14
0
18
0
21
0
35
0
42
0
41
0
57
0
47
0
37
0
44
0
54
0
34
0
148
0
223
0
195
0
288
0
288
0
249
0
49
0
219
0
292
0

Total

Percent
Success

149
95
172
195
199
194
305
681
619
804
640
459
428
443
503
834
926
981
970
985
910
1118
1265

44
64
65
59
31
36
40
61
55
55
46
51
46
39
41
51
48
52
48
48
45
53
58

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Deer Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Deer Hunts
Year

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

Hunters

Hunter
Days

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

424
263
337
402
556
877
713
772
964
970
1070
1213
1267
1540
1621
1541
1489
1456
1775
1585
1896
1498
1724
1506
1756
1532
1480
1427
1494
1428
1641

950
950
950
750
1000
1250
1139
1181
1300
1625
1821
1626
1479
1335
1120
1055
915
869
995
745
783
859
924
940
1015
1023
1049
1023
1220
1147
1150

664
739
840
664
821
1110
996
1074
1189
1437
1667
1456
1309
1179
1008
949
822
782
874
675
679
768
807
873
940
952
952
938
1121
1029
1032

3035
3154
3947
2651
3545
5660
4822
5424
5808
6950
7875
7135
6323
5605
4372
4063
3812
3775
4020
3189
2988
3189
3726
4350
4456
4439
4688
4355
5151
4735
4830

Mule Deer
Bucks
Antlerless
200
0
201
0
178
0
134
0
171
0
259
0
130
0
205
0
216
0
285
0
303
0
278
0
189
0
184
0
164
0
157
0
111
0
170
0
143
0
150
0
119
0
193
0
190
0
233
0
217
0
253
0
176
0
188
0
242
0
243
0
218
0

Deer Harvest
Whitetail
Bucks
Antlerless
11
0
10
0
19
0
26
0
20
0
10
0
19
0
31
0
21
0
2
0
13
0
5
0
14
0
7
0
16
0
26
0
26
0
24
0
18
0
32
0
33
0
23
0
29
0
13
0
40
0
29
0
25
0
33
0
16
0
24
0
23
0

Total

Percent
Success

211
211
197
160
191
269
149
236
237
287
316
283
203
191
180
183
137
194
161
182
152
216
219
246
257
282
201
221
258
267
241

32
29
23
24
23
24
15
22
20
20
19
19
16
16
18
19
17
25
18
27
22
28
27
28
27
30
21
24
23
26
23

Total

Percent
Success

225
296
122
114
153
206
278

14
17
14
17
18
23
30

Summary Of Archery Deer Hunts (Draw Hunts)


Year

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

Hunters

Hunter
Days

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1167
1512
1258
1312
1559
1532
1756

1912
1900
920
755
959
955
1006

1607
1719
862
681
860
878
916

10373
11418
6123
4854
6312
6349
6035

22 Hunt Arizona 2015

Deer Harvest
Mule Deer
Whitetail
Bucks
Antlerless
Bucks
Antlerless
225
0
0
0
296
0
0
0
122
0
0
0
114
0
0
0
153
0
0
0
206
0
0
0
276
0
2
0

Deer Hunt Data


Summary of Archery Deer Hunts (Over-the-Counter Hunts)
Year

Tags Sold

1952
1954

1955

1956

1957

1958
2736
1959
3451
1960
2349
1961
1695
1962
4625
1963
4567
1964
3596
1965
3835
1966
3596
1967
4679
1968
4510
1969
5107
1970
5855
1971
7261
1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981
19814
1982
15109
1983
11934
1984
12628
1985
14249
1986
16554
1987
18666
1988
20883
1989
22399
1990
22398
1991
20324
1992
18883
1993
21580
1994
23445
1995
23329
1996
23568
1997
23166
1998
23022
1999
24293
2000
25338
2001
23783
2002
23082
2003
22447
2004
22675
2005
22949
2006
24538
2007
23907
2008
19837
2009
20236
2010
20850
2011
20825
2012
21392
2013
22930
23755
2014 4
4
2014 data is preliminary.

Hunters

Hunter Days

104
156
98
670

2181
3165
2245
1384
4319
4225
3246
3798
3387
4390
4216
4664
5275
6412
6832
7000
7420
7163
7517
9038
7313
8425
7157
12862
10212
9689
10619
12302
14397
16163
17909
19423
19325
18051
17505
19559
20646
20383
20698
19939
19375
20738
21148
20408
19595
18512
18305
18824
20352
19265
15070
16131
16791
17635
17393
19159
19065

11736
16292
9517
5518
19768
16922
12809

77011
63099
63071
70553
85328
104288
111826
119793
125848
125940
126545
120123
133174
144881
149129
143789
148077
146101
158187
155575
148346
151816
139107
138856
14847
153887
157895
117624
127080
137355
134309
122787
162409
158427

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
21
0
5
0
12
0
49
0
33
0
175
226
143
224
82
93
15
20
141
172
88
91
50
63

327
40
287
51
248
61
417
35
534
71
742
130
748
58
704
223
598
201
674
35
773
0
691
0
1084
63
942
105
916
97
996
83
691
30
1050
63
1032
27
1209
55
827
12
929
7
621
5
779
0
803
0
939
0
870
0
536
0
713
0
649
0
797
0
615
0
1128
0
1227
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
8
2
6
5
2
47
44
18
17
13
15

88
16
60
0
71
0
65
0
138
0
94
0
115
0
108
0
189
0
100
0
129
0
100
0
136
27
212
39
166
64
145
36
138
18
166
38
227
28
177
37
194
25
247
37
291
20
262
0
377
0
410
0
393
0
418
0
571
0
475
0
479
0
355
0
513
0
592
0

Total

Percent
Success

21
5
12
49
33
403
375
183
42
404
214
141
122
150
206
176
208
228
285
315
310
419
346
373
416
381
620
237
471
398
380
517
743
966
921
1035
988
809
902
791
1310
1298
1243
1260
877
1317
1314
1478
1058
1220
937
1041
1180
1349
1263
954
1284
1124
1276
970
1641
1819

20
3
12
7

19
12
8
3
9
5
4
3
4
5
4
5
4
4
5
4
6
4
5
5
5
7
3
4
4
4
5
6
7
6
6
5
4
5
5
7
6
6
6
4
7
6
7
5
6
5
6
6
7
7
5
6
7
7
6
9
10

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Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
4
4 (Hopi)
4
4 (Hopi)
4
4 (Hopi)
4
4 (Hopi)
4
4 (Hopi)
5
5 (Hopi)
5
5 (Hopi)
5
5 (Hopi)
5
5 (Hopi)
5
5 (Hopi)
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012

AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
MD
MD
MD
WT
WT
WT
WT

10/22-10/31
10/28-11/06
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
11/02-11/08
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
10/29-11/07
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
10/28-11/06
10/26-11/04
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
10/24-11/02
10/29-11/07
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
10/28-11/06
11/02-11/08
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
10/31-11/09
10/29-11/04
10/28-11/03
11/02-11/08
11/01-11/07
12/13-12/31
10/31-11/06
10/22-10/28
10/21-10/27
10/26-11/01
10/25-10/31
10/24-10/30
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
11/07-11/13
12/10-12/31
12/09-12/31
12/14-12/31
12/13-12/31
12/12-12/31
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/08-11/14
10/23-10/29
10/22-10/28
10/21-10/27
11/02-11/08

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

260
260
275
225
225
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
200
225
125
175
5
193
7
217
8
241
9
241
9
330
20
376
24
376
24
424
26
424
26
425
425
475
425
10
475
175
150
150
150
150
175
175
175
125
125
75
75
75
75
50
275
275
275
55
55
55
55

895
421
691
821
860
358
251
235
224
206
1912
1939
1973
2442
2522
433
3
356
1
557
1
670
4
623
8
1407
9
1329
10
1405
18
1599
19
1845
13
1467
1744
1734
1828
548
2044
196
174
123
206
192
94
120
85
107
115
517
486
546
378
550
244
277
300
4
34
32
34

260
260
275
225
225
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
200
225
126
175
5
193
7
217
8
241
9
241
9
331
20
376
24
376
24
424
26
424
26
425
425
475
425
11
475
175
150
150
150
150
175
175
175
125
125
75
75
75
75
50
276
275
275
55
55
55
55

19.3
40.9
24.3
19.1
18
23.2
27.5
26
22.8
29.6
16.5
15.6
7.5
7.9
4.4
22.2
100
28.9
100
21.5
100
19.6
100
20.5
100
20.3
100
24.2
100
23.6
100
21
94.7
19.2
100
24
20.8
23.2
19.2
1.8
19.5
41.8
46
58.5
44.2
48.4
78.7
60
63.5
52.3
47.8
11.6
12.3
9.7
10.3
7.5
62.7
53.4
49.7
100
88.2
96.9
91.2

237
246
239
201
211
98
94
93
83
86
330
328
196
215
124
166
5
188
7
197
5
225
9
221
7
304
20
334
24
363
20
392
26
400
20
393
407
450
405
11
431
163
144
138
143
133
173
159
168
115
120
73
71
71
69
44
270
244
259
50
51
51
46

1115
1123
1012
883
1018
537
400
440
395
634
1600
1360
802
871
464
888
20
896
14
935
13
1330
18
1022
25
1671
100
1548
144
1707
68
1952
96
1985
86
1677
1697
1831
1574
59
1720
663
632
520
554
546
736
605
681
495
548
417
519
532
412
328
1083
976
1088
174
211
208
174

61
61
62
66
63
24
42
37
19
21
138
172
129
121
91
20
0
36
4
54
5
44
9
30
0
57
0
69
10
88
0
118
10
104
4
96
104
107
130
11
96
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39
43
55
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
26
32
39
15
25
31
44
18
52
21
49
33
42
17
0
0
0
9
9
7
10

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

63
61
62
66
63
24
42
37
19
21
138
172
129
121
91
20
0
41
4
54
5
44
9
30
0
57
0
69
10
88
0
118
10
104
4
96
104
107
130
11
96
16
26
32
39
15
25
31
44
18
52
21
49
33
42
17
39
43
55
9
9
7
10

AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

24 Hunt Arizona 2015

27
25
26
33
30
24
45
40
23
24
42
52
66
56
73
12
0
22
57
27
100
20
100
14
0
19
0
21
42
24
0
30
38
26
20
24
26
24
32
100
22
10
18
23
27
11
14
19
26
16
43
29
69
46
61
39
14
18
21
18
18
14
22

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

General
6B
6B
6B/8
6B/8
6B/8
6B/8
6B/8
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
12A West CHAMP
12A West CHAMP
12A West CHAMP
12A West CHAMP
12A West CHAMP
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A East
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12B
12B
12B
12B
12B
12B

2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
WT
WT
WT
WT
WT
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA

11/01-11/07
10/31-11/06
12/10-12/31
12/09-12/31
12/14-12/31
12/13-12/31
12/12-12/31
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
11/02-11/08
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
12/14-12/31
10/29-11/04
10/28-11/03
11/02-11/08
11/01-11/07
10/31-11/06
10/22-10/31
10/21-10/27
10/26-11/01
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
10/29-11/07
10/28-11/06
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/06
10/22-10/31
10/21-10/30
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
11/05-11/14
11/05-11/10
9/14-9/20
9/13-9/19
9/12- 9/18
10/22-10/31
10/21-10/30
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
11/20-11/29
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/23-12/02
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
10/22-10/31
10/21-10/30
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
11/20-11/29
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/23-12/02
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
10/22-10/31
10/21-10/30
10/26-11/04
10/25-11/03
10/24-11/02
11/19-11/28

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

55
55
25
25
25
25
25
800
850
875
875
875
10
600
600
650
650
625
75
75
75
75
75
400
350
400
425
400
750
600
550
500
400
10
10
10
10
10
150
225
175
125
50
35
30
30
30
30
600
500
500
500
175
175
135
135
135
135
25
25
25
25
25
10

32
37
103
117
98
137
154
1265
1273
1191
1668
1669
394
1306
1363
1487
1675
1791
84
81
36
74
72
650
454
701
608
741
806
856
779
795
713
53
48
59
66
69
808
1186
766
705
1431
888
914
854
901
736
3039
3011
3076
3289
2524
2555
2397
2631
2778
3136
136
125
145
121
150
423

55
55
25
25
25
25
25
800
847
875
875
875
10
600
600
650
650
625
75
75
75
75
75
400
350
400
425
400
751
600
550
500
400
10
10
10
10
10
150
225
175
125
50
35
30
30
30
30
600
500
500
500
177
175
135
135
135
135
25
25
25
25
25
10

68.8
94.6
17.5
15.4
16.3
13.1
10.4
47.2
46.6
48.6
38.4
39
2.3
38.2
38
36.4
31.2
29.8
46.4
66.7
80.6
60.8
48.6
44.9
56.4
41.5
46.5
37
61.7
50.8
47.2
41
40.1
17
20.8
16.9
13.6
14.5
13.9
15.3
15.4
15.5
3.1
3.7
3.1
2.9
3.1
3.4
14.9
12.6
12.2
11.1
5.8
4.8
4.1
4.2
4.1
3.7
8.8
10.4
12.4
10.7
14
1.7

50
47
25
25
22
19
20
742
808
823
785
802
9
576
558
596
617
588
69
73
63
70
65
374
314
360
403
377
706
564
511
454
376
10
10
9
10
10
142
216
162
120
48
33
30
30
30
30
576
473
481
470
165
164
134
133
135
133
25
17
23
25
22
10

193
184
168
172
111
106
209
3563
3844
3839
3787
4164
67
2588
2524
2466
2584
2451
296
330
263
296
341
1940
1459
1734
1983
1649
3452
2787
2642
2386
1917
54
36
34
39
43
625
1330
867
548
276
184
198
185
235
138
3189
2593
2278
2402
844
1031
719
766
758
695
125
96
128
116
122
66

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
107
169
192
154
165
7
96
144
199
177
154
0
0
0
0
0
40
107
94
159
88
61
71
129
85
86
6
6
9
6
6
91
88
83
75
35
21
21
23
14
18
254
259
281
273
133
94
113
110
98
101
10
4
13
16
3
6

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

8
6
7
13
8
14
7
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
8
13
18
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

8
6
7
13
8
14
7
107
174
192
154
165
7
96
144
199
177
154
8
8
13
18
12
40
107
94
159
88
61
71
129
85
86
6
6
9
6
6
91
88
83
75
35
21
21
23
14
18
254
259
281
273
133
94
113
110
98
101
10
4
13
16
3
6

16
13
28
52
36
74
35
14
22
23
20
21
78
17
26
33
29
26
12
11
21
26
18
11
34
26
39
23
9
13
25
19
23
60
60
100
60
60
64
41
51
63
73
64
70
77
47
60
44
55
58
58
81
57
84
83
73
76
40
24
57
64
14
60

AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

Hunt Arizona 2015 25

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
12B
2011 AA 11/18-11/27
10
325
10
2.5
10
66
7
0
0
0
7
70
12B
2012 AA 11/23-12/02
20
447
20
4.3
20
129
11
0
0
0
11
55
12B
2013 AA 11/22-12/01
20
470
20
3
20
130
10
0
0
0
10
50
12B
2014 AA 11/21-11/30
20
496
20
2.2
20
96
16
0
0
0
16
80
12B West
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
150
398
150 17.1
146
826
49
0
0
0
49
34
12B West
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
120
264
120 24.6
103
540
51
0
0
0
51
50
12B West
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
150
361
150 23.3
143
695
92
0
0
0
92
64
12B West
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
120
341
120 18.2
106
520
70
0
0
0
70
66
12B West
2009 AA 10/24-11/02
130
358
130 21.2
117
623
71
0
0
0
71
61
12B West
2010 AA 11/19-11/28
65
948
65
5.9
59
325
43
0
0
0
43
73
12B West
2011 AA 11/18-11/27
65
885
65
5.3
62
319
55
0
0
0
55
89
12B West
2012 AA 11/23-12/02
75
908
75
5.8
73
378
56
0
0
0
56
77
12B West
2013 AA 11/22-12/01
75
1079
75
4.7
66
375
47
0
0
0
47
71
12B West
2014 AA 11/21-11/30
85
901
85
5.1
82
417
67
0
0
0
67
82
13A
2010 AA 11/12-11/21
55
1400
55
3.1
55
218
50
0
0
0
50
91
13A
2011 AA 11/11-11/20
60
1872
60
2.8
57
306
46
0
0
0
46
81
13A
2012 AA 11/16-11/25
60
1842
60
2.6
57
314
46
0
0
0
46
81
13A
2013 AA 11/15-11/24
60
1751
60
2.5
58
338
47
0
0
0
47
81
13A
2014 AA 11/14-11/23
60
1785
60
2.2
60
386
45
0
0
0
45
75
13B
2010 AA 11/05-11/14
55
2742
56
2
56
356
47
0
0
0
47
84
13B
2011 AA 11/04-11/13
65
3149
65
2.1
65
423
56
0
0
0
56
86
13B
2012 AA 11/09-11/18
65
3703
65
1.8
65
351
50
0
0
0
50
77
13B
2013 AA 11/08-11/17
70
3645
70
1.9
70
457
53
0
0
0
53
76
13B
2014 AA 11/07-11/16
70
4062
70
1.7
70
439
51
0
0
0
51
73
16A
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
650
405
650
99
572
2778
72
0
0
0
72
13
16A
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
550
386
550 100
499
2518
64
0
0
0
64
13
16A
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
550
353
550 100
514
2595
77
0
0
0
77
15
16A
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
550
293
550 100
491
2338
61
0
0
0
61
12
16A
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
450
302
450
99
394
2145
71
0
0
0
71
18
17A
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
400
559
400 60.8
378
1700
82
0
0
0
82
22
17A
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
400
570
398 58.1
364
1642
77
0
0
0
77
21
17A
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
375
532
375 50.6
347
1702
75
0
0
0
75
22
17A
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
375
579
375 49.7
346
1702
61
0
0
0
61
18
17A
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
275
519
275 45.3
249
1206
42
0
0
0
42
17
17A/17B
2012 AA 12/14-12/23
25
613
25
3.8
22
114
11
0
0
0
11
50
17B
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
450
574
450 63.2
430
2004
103
0
0
0 103
24
17B
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
450
665
450 55.5
438
1924
124
0
0
0 124
28
17B
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
425
614
425 50.3
403
1794
110
0
0
0 110
27
17B
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
15
291
15
3.4
14
66
14
0
0
0
14
100
17B
2013 AA 12/13-12/22
425
661
425 47.4
396
1821
131
0
0
0 131
33
17B
2014 AA 12/12-12/21
15
447
15
2.5
15
92
13
0
0
0
13
87
18A
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
650
477
650 98.7
594
3052
100
0
0
0 100
17
18A
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
650
477
648 97.7
604
3066
137
0
0
0 137
23
18A
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
650
419
649 98.8
580
2967
119
0
0
0 119
21
18A
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
600
527
600 80.8
555
2915
112
0
0
0 112
20
18A
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
600
430
600 94.4
535
2949
93
0
0
0
93
17
18B
2010 AA 10/22-10/28
350
346
350 77.7
331
1302
93
0
0
0
93
28
18B
2010 AA 11/05-11/11
375
187
375 98.9
340
1371
51
0
0
0
51
15
18B
2011 AA 10/21-10/27
350
443
350
63
319
1205
81
0
0
0
81
25
18B
2011 AA 11/04-11/10
375
186
375 96.8
323
1293
85
0
0
0
85
26
18B
2012 AA 10/26-11/01
325
404
325 63.9
295
1169
76
0
0
0
76
26
18B
2012 AA 11/09-11/15
325
207
325 79.7
293
1167
79
0
0
0
79
27
18B
2013 AA 10/25-10/31
325
461
325 57.3
296
1131
114
0
0
0 114
39
18B
2013 AA 11/08-11/14
325
285
325 70.9
307
1225
88
0
0
0
88
29
18B
2014 AA 10/24-10/30
300
526
300 43.9
272
1027
88
0
0
0
88
32
18B
2014 AA 11/07-11/13
300
232
300 70.7
278
1094
73
0
0
0
73
26
19A
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
575
975
575 47.6
548
2436
205
0
4
0 209
38
19A
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
625
1109
625 44.1
595
2790
174
0
7
0 181
30
19A
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
625
1183
625 40.9
588
2729
213
0
0
0 213
36
19A
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
625
1370
625 36.5
594
2600
238
0
5
0 243
41
19A
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
625
1350
625 38.7
581
2590
202
0
2
0 204
35
19B
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
350
194
350 95.4
332
1620
76
0
0
0
76
23
19B
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
175
206
175 58.7
160
634
38
0
0
0
38
24
19B
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
200
173
200 60.7
183
866
62
0
0
0
62
34
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

26 Hunt Arizona 2015

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
19B
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
225
196
225 63.8
218
1130
48
0
0
0
48
19B
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
225
203
225 65.5
215
1090
53
0
0
0
53
20A
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
700
989
700 58.6
645
2836
97
0
0
0
97
20A
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
700
974
700 57.6
626
2813
138
0
0
0 138
20A
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
700
876
700 60.4
636
2779
165
0
0
0 165
20A
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
700
1002
700 52.2
639
2767
145
0
0
0 145
20A
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
750
908
750 56.6
694
3192
173
0
0
0 173
20B
2010 AA 11/12-11/21
350
296
350 78.7
298
1275
49
0
0
0
49
20B
2011 AA 11/11-11/17
350
292
348 78.4
311
1102
48
0
0
0
48
20B
2012 AA 11/09-11/15
350
277
350 84.5
329
1230
59
0
0
0
59
20B
2013 AA 11/08-11/14
350
279
350 76.7
317
1146
46
0
0
0
46
20B
2014 AA 11/07-11/13
390
246
390 87.4
356
1273
41
0
0
0
41
20C
2010 AA 10/29-11/04
325
295
325 77.3
294
1063
47
0
0
0
47
20C
2011 AA 10/21-10/27
350
286
350
85
317
1237
65
0
0
0
65
20C
2012 AA 10/26-11/01
350
280
349 82.5
327
1291
57
0
0
0
57
20C
2013 AA 10/25-10/31
350
301
349 85.4
302
1181
75
0
0
0
75
20C
2014 AA 10/24-10/30
380
293
380 80.5
360
1456
99
0
0
0
99
20C
2010 AA 11/05-11/11
250
67
250 100
215
828
43
0
0
0
43
20C
2011 AA 11/04-11/10
350
113
350 100
308
1122
62
0
0
0
62
20C
2012 AA 11/09-11/15
350
145
350 99.3
317
1191
30
0
0
0
30
20C
2013 AA 11/08-11/14
350
133
350 100
312
1145
44
0
0
0
44
20C
2014 AA 11/07-11/13
380
107
378 100
342
1292
111
0
0
0 111
21
2010 MD 11/05-11/11
550
648
551
61
512
1841
101
0
0
0 101
21
2011 MD 11/04-11/10
550
817
550
51
516
1894
84
0
0
0
84
21
2012 MD 11/09-11/15
550
855
550 47.5
490
1943
100
0
0
0 100
21
2013 MD 11/08-11/14
500
866
500 41.3
455
1853
103
0
0
0 103
21
2014 MD 11/07-11/13
550
937
550
43
503
2007
99
0
0
0
99
21
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
525
207
525
99
492
1772
0
0
120
0 120
21
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
575
300
575
90
524
2122
0
0
100
0 100
21
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
625
259
625 99.2
571
2230
0
0
85
0
85
21
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
625
213
625 98.1
581
2443
0
0
99
0
99
21
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
625
268
625 99.3
559
2282
0
0
95
0
95
21
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
30
326
30
7.1
30
174
0
0
8
0
8
21
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
30
356
30
7.3
30
189
0
0
19
0
19
21
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
30
351
30
6
30
188
0
0
10
0
10
21
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
30
355
30
5.4
27
147
0
0
18
0
18
21
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
30
488
30
5.7
30
170
0
0
5
0
5
22
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
600
839
600
51
555
1992
69
0
0
0
69
22
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
600
802
600 52.9
564
2194
73
0
0
0
73
22
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
600
797
600 51.4
548
2027
82
0
0
0
82
22
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
600
968
600 44.6
536
2075
93
0
0
0
93
22
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
600
914
603 43.5
576
2337
70
0
0
0
70
22
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
700
397
700 90.9
664
2520
0
0
144
0 144
22
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
750
576
750
72
690
2592
0
0
159
0 159
22
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
750
568
750 77.3
702
2816
0
0
132
0 132
22
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
800
548
801 76.5
731
2799
0
0
169
0 169
22
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
800
580
800 67.8
722
2790
0
0
138
0 138
22
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
25
482
25
4.6
22
167
0
0
15
0
15
22
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
25
572
25
3.7
23
180
0
0
9
0
9
22
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
25
544
25
4.6
22
113
0
0
6
0
6
22
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
25
602
25
4
23
132
0
0
12
0
12
22
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
50
769
50
5.2
47
344
0
0
28
0
28
23
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
700
1478
700 36.7
657
2743
121
0
0
0 121
23
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
700
1509
700 36.1
662
2674
128
0
0
0 128
23
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
625
1324
625 32.1
574
2456
110
0
0
0 110
23
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
625
1362
625 32.7
578
2424
110
0
0
0 110
23
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
625
1348
625 33.4
568
2519
108
0
0
0 108
23
2012 MD 12/14-12/31
20
855
20
2
20
137
12
0
0
0
12
23
2013 MD 12/13-12/31
20
766
20
2.2
12
68
4
0
0
0
4
23
2014 MD 12/12-12/31
20
831
20
2.2
20
138
13
0
0
0
13
23
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
575
513
575
61
528
2063
0
0
121
0 121
23
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
575
504
575 53.2
529
2092
0
0
116
0 116
23
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
575
480
575 56.7
535
2002
0
0
121
0 121
23
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
575
516
575 53.3
521
2049
0
0
99
0
99
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

22
25
15
22
26
23
25
16
15
18
15
12
16
21
17
25
28
20
20
9
14
32
20
16
20
23
20
24
19
15
17
17
27
63
33
67
17
12
13
15
17
12
22
23
19
23
19
68
39
27
52
60
18
19
19
19
19
60
33
65
23
22
23
19

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Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
23
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
575
455
575 64.4
511
2075
0
0
79
0
79
23
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
85
1095
85
7
74
439
0
0
39
0
39
23
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
85
1048
85
6.7
83
523
0
0
53
0
53
23
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
85
970
85
6.5
83
527
0
0
46
0
46
23
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
85
911
85
5.5
80
540
0
0
43
0
43
23
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
85
952
85
6.9
78
485
0
0
45
0
45
24A
2010 MD 11/12-11/21
300
540
300 43.1
279
1282
89
0
0
0
89
24A
2011 MD 11/11-11/20
300
598
300
43
286
1225
88
0
0
0
88
24A
2012 MD 11/16-11/25
300
510
300 43.9
286
1403
70
0
0
0
70
24A
2013 MD 11/15-11/24
300
512
300
43
263
1160
80
0
0
0
80
24A
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
375
134
375 95.5
331
1544
0
0
76
0
76
24A
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
375
144
375 92.4
337
1608
0
0
78
0
78
24A
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
450
251
450 97.2
438
1648
0
0
137
0 137
24A
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
500
308
500 98.1
470
1810
0
0
121
0 121
24A
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
500
297
500 100
481
1872
0
0
113
0 113
24A
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
325
275
325 74.9
293
1104
0
0
62
0
62
24A
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
325
186
325 91.9
325
1270
0
0
62
0
62
24A
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
475
155
475 96.1
435
1659
0
0
126
0 126
24A
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
550
166
548
97
521
2236
0
0
130
0 130
24A
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
550
226
550 96.9
515
2407
0
0
130
0 130
24A
2013 WT 11/01-11/07
375
70
373 100
348
1520
0
0
56
0
56
24A
2014 WT 10/31-11/06
375
58
375 100
327
1325
0
0
59
0
59
24A
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
378
40
6.9
40
204
0
0
21
0
21
24A
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
45
428
45
8.4
43
318
0
0
21
0
21
24A
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
45
395
45
8.1
42
286
0
0
13
0
13
24A
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
50
355
50
8.5
50
316
0
0
23
0
23
24A
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
50
398
50
6.5
41
274
0
0
26
0
26
24B
2010 MD 11/12-11/21
550
481
550 71.3
526
2298
86
0
0
0
86
24B
2011 MD 11/11-11/20
600
596
600 69.5
555
2564
138
0
0
0 138
24B
2012 MD 11/16-11/25
600
581
600 66.1
542
2533
82
0
0
0
82
24B
2013 MD 11/15-11/24
450
558
450 58.8
442
1979
61
0
0
0
61
24B
2014 MD 11/14-11/23
450
573
450 53.6
417
1927
53
0
0
0
53
24B
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
375
226
375 85.8
351
1233
0
0
121
0 121
24B
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
400
204
400 94.6
359
1317
0
0
110
0 110
24B
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
425
223
425 90.6
390
1288
0
0
112
0 112
24B
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
450
271
450 88.6
408
1483
0
0
144
0 144
24B
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
475
323
475
83
448
1494
0
0
111
0 111
24B
2010 WT 10/29-11/04
375
38
375 100
345
1163
0
0
68
0
68
24B
2011 WT 10/28-11/03
400
75
400 100
358
1289
0
0
72
0
72
24B
2012 WT 11/02-11/08
425
85
425 100
374
1362
0
0
102
0 102
24B
2013 WT 11/01-11/07
450
96
451 100
400
1576
0
0
110
0 110
24B
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
475
133
475 100
447
1670
0
0
104
0 104
24B
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
300
40
8
34
194
0
0
24
0
24
24B
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
380
40
8.2
35
205
0
0
28
0
28
24B
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
398
40
7
32
134
0
0
24
0
24
24B
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
410
40
7.3
38
192
0
0
17
0
17
24B
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
430
42
7.7
39
294
0
0
26
0
26
27
2010 MD 11/05-11/11
900
1444
900 49.4
839
3450
203
0
0
0 203
27
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
900
1423
899 52.3
831
3400
183
0
0
0 183
27
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
725
1162
725 43.4
652
2879
177
0
0
0 177
27
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
700
1266
700 36.3
647
2595
176
0
0
0 176
27
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
625
1449
624 30.1
578
2167
240
0
0
0 240
27
2012 MD 12/14-12/31
25
890
25
2.4
25
192
3
0
0
0
3
27
2013 MD 12/13-12/31
25
805
25
2.4
25
182
16
0
0
0
16
27/28
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
500
243
500 98.8
447
1835
0
0
131
0 131
27/28
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
500
224
497 99.6
434
1784
0
0
90
0
90
27/28
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
600
182
600 98.9
542
2269
0
0
122
0 122
27/28
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
600
209
600 97.6
559
2425
0
0
117
0 117
27/28
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
600
206
600 96.6
545
2299
0
0
118
0 118
27/28
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
20
228
20
7.5
17
110
0
0
11
0
11
27/28
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
20
239
20
7.9
20
140
0
0
11
0
11
27/28
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
200
40 13.5
38
211
0
0
21
0
21
27/28
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
312
40
9.3
36
318
0
0
28
0
28
27/28
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
348
40
6.9
37
230
0
0
17
0
17
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

28 Hunt Arizona 2015

15
53
64
55
54
58
32
31
24
30
23
23
31
26
23
21
19
29
25
25
16
18
53
49
31
46
63
16
25
15
14
13
34
31
29
35
25
20
20
27
28
23
71
80
75
45
67
24
22
27
27
42
12
64
29
21
23
21
22
65
55
55
78
46

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
28
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
425
523
425 60.8
410
1707
115
0
0
0 115
28
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
425
458
422
71
419
1774
106
0
0
0 106
28
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
425
377
425 65.8
412
1800
82
0
0
0
82
28
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
425
395
425 70.4
381
1607
93
0
0
0
93
28
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
425
265
425 82.3
389
1718
79
0
0
0
79
28
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
425
237
425 94.1
395
1596
96
0
0
0
96
28
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
425
254
425 98.8
398
1806
64
0
0
0
64
28
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
425
175
425 98.3
387
1614
57
0
0
0
57
28
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
375
109
375 100
347
1569
56
0
0
0
56
28
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
375
102
375 100
334
1383
63
0
0
0
63
29
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
75
114
75 62.3
71
265
20
0
0
0
20
29
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
75
74
75 81.1
69
250
21
0
0
0
21
29
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
75
116
75 60.3
67
253
36
0
0
0
36
29
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
75
130
75 47.7
66
252
18
0
0
0
18
29
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
75
102
75 63.7
75
336
16
0
0
0
16
29
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
75
45
75 93.3
64
249
17
0
0
0
17
29
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
75
46
75 97.8
68
255
7
0
0
0
7
29
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
75
41
75 87.8
66
294
18
0
0
0
18
29
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
75
37
75 89.2
73
289
20
0
0
0
20
29
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
75
38
75 100
64
250
18
0
0
0
18
29
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
250
46
250 100
209
848
0
0
57
0
57
29
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
225
14
225 100
194
734
0
0
23
0
23
29
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
200
36
200 88.9
178
761
0
0
46
0
46
29
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
225
29
223 100
208
990
0
0
45
0
45
29
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
225
28
225 100
209
1011
0
0
44
0
44
29
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
260
133
260 100
243
898
0
0
46
0
46
29
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
250
120
250 94.2
222
838
0
0
48
0
48
29
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
250
93
250 96.8
217
767
0
0
43
0
43
29
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
250
96
247 83.3
199
638
0
0
58
0
58
29
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
250
123
247 84.6
213
793
0
0
22
0
22
29
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
250
73
250 91.8
216
811
0
0
29
0
29
29
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
225
49
223 95.9
202
690
0
0
37
0
37
29
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
250
54
250 100
207
782
0
0
49
0
49
29
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
225
61
225 80.3
194
725
0
0
19
0
19
29
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
225
42
225 95.2
218
936
0
0
65
0
65
29
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
211
40 14.7
38
185
0
0
11
0
11
29
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
173
40 18.5
36
225
0
0
11
0
11
29
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
157
40 21.7
38
169
0
0
11
0
11
29
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
201
40 11.4
34
154
0
0
14
0
14
29
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
199
40 12.6
35
153
0
0
16
0
16
30A
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
350
447
350 67.3
324
1166
95
0
0
0
95
30A
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
375
378
375 87.8
350
1336
98
0
0
0
98
30A
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
375
389
375 81.7
359
1455
119
0
0
0 119
30A
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
375
393
375 82.4
333
1192
84
0
0
0
84
30A
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
375
420
375 79.3
364
1542
72
0
0
0
72
30A
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
350
119
350 100
333
1219
128
0
0
0 128
30A
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
375
211
375 100
326
1271
56
0
0
0
56
30A
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
375
136
375 97.1
323
1123
68
0
0
0
68
30A
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
375
107
375 100
328
1362
43
0
0
0
43
30A
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
375
120
375 100
315
1282
54
0
0
0
54
30A
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
225
9
225 100
208
785
0
0
61
0
61
30A
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
200
6
200 100
176
595
0
0
39
0
39
30A
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
200
17
200 100
173
701
0
0
69
0
69
30A
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
200
26
199 100
175
905
0
0
66
0
66
30A
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
200
24
200 100
168
622
0
0
34
0
34
30A
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
225
39
208 100
183
637
0
0
28
0
28
30A
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
200
27
180 100
145
486
0
0
34
0
34
30A
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
200
21
200 100
170
533
0
0
40
0
40
30A
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
200
26
200 100
193
786
0
0
62
0
62
30A
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
200
27
200 100
168
621
0
0
36
0
36
30A
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
225
10
220 100
186
623
0
0
59
0
59
30A
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
200
13
131 100
115
442
0
0
20
0
20
30A
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
200
22
200 100
175
632
0
0
60
0
60
30A
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
200
29
200 100
194
768
0
0
58
0
58
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

28
25
20
24
20
24
16
15
16
19
28
30
54
27
21
27
10
27
27
28
27
12
26
22
21
19
22
20
29
10
13
18
24
10
30
29
31
29
41
46
29
28
33
25
20
38
17
21
13
17
29
22
40
38
20
15
23
24
32
21
32
17
34
30

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Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
30A
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
200
20
200 100
169
669
0
0
48
0
48
30A
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
126
40 15.1
33
140
0
0
13
0
13
30A
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
123
40 21.1
40
299
0
0
16
0
16
30A
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
136
40 17.6
38
208
0
0
19
0
19
30A
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
128
40 20.3
38
200
0
0
25
0
25
30A
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
153
40 19.6
36
180
0
0
11
0
11
30B
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
450
524
450 77.3
414
1609
92
0
0
0
92
30B
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
450
395
450 94.4
423
1671
106
0
0
0 106
30B
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
400
475
396
72
376
1499
73
0
0
0
73
30B
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
400
429
400 80.4
380
1613
97
0
0
0
97
30B
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
400
398
400 84.7
355
1552
73
0
0
0
73
30B
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
450
188
450 100
421
1664
105
0
0
0 105
30B
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
450
225
450 100
401
1607
80
0
0
0
80
30B
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
400
163
400 99.4
363
1447
92
0
0
0
92
30B
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
400
202
397 97.5
381
1645
79
0
0
0
79
30B
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
400
209
399 98.6
363
1603
76
0
0
0
76
30B
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
100
9
100 77.8
88
300
0
0
33
0
33
30B
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
100
19
100 100
86
283
0
0
38
0
38
30B
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
100
17
100 94.1
95
356
0
0
33
0
33
30B
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
100
17
99 100
92
340
0
0
43
0
43
30B
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
100
44
100 65.9
97
452
0
0
41
0
41
30B
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
150
29
150 100
147
502
0
0
43
0
43
30B
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
150
32
150 100
131
420
0
0
55
0
55
30B
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
125
61
125 100
116
417
0
0
35
0
35
30B
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
125
60
127 91.7
92
339
0
0
23
0
23
30B
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
125
41
125 97.6
110
468
0
0
30
0
30
30B
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
150
15
150 100
130
470
0
0
33
0
33
30B
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
150
13
150 100
142
506
0
0
33
0
33
30B
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
125
24
125 100
114
351
0
0
48
0
48
30B
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
125
37
124 100
116
438
0
0
27
0
27
30B
2013 WT 11/07-11/13
125
29
125 100
115
448
0
0
28
0
28
30B
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
100
175
100
36
96
553
0
0
43
0
43
30B
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
100
208
100 29.8
97
490
0
0
52
0
52
30B
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
75
176
75
29
73
409
0
0
36
0
36
30B
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
75
200
75
25
66
371
0
0
21
0
21
30B
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
75
215
75 25.6
70
389
0
0
41
0
41
31
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
150
285
150 43.9
143
652
17
0
0
0
17
31
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
125
240
125 48.8
122
459
33
0
0
0
33
31
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
100
259
100 33.6
100
353
34
0
0
0
34
31
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
100
310
100 29.7
97
405
24
0
0
0
24
31
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
100
304
100 30.3
85
303
39
0
0
0
39
31
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
150
101
150 91.1
148
549
34
0
0
0
34
31
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
125
135
125 60.7
120
538
11
0
0
0
11
31
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
100
67
100 67.2
89
335
28
0
0
0
28
31
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
100
64
100 57.8
94
362
29
0
0
0
29
31
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
100
107
100 45.8
98
398
30
0
0
0
30
31
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
200
58
200 96.6
184
624
0
0
59
0
59
31
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
200
61
200 98.4
177
706
0
0
52
0
52
31
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
200
91
200 83.5
193
986
0
0
54
0
54
31
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
200
106
200 67.9
188
828
0
0
56
0
56
31
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
150
56
150 69.6
135
680
0
0
59
0
59
31
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
250
164
250
89
229
753
0
0
85
0
85
31
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
250
195
250 73.8
239
872
0
0
64
0
64
31
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
200
192
200 55.7
194
674
0
0
53
0
53
31
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
200
174
200 63.8
185
736
0
0
52
0
52
31
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
200
181
200 65.7
193
858
0
0
65
0
65
31
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
200
90
200 95.6
188
762
0
0
46
0
46
31
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
200
80
200 97.5
184
682
0
0
50
0
50
31
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
200
85
200 100
189
718
0
0
71
0
71
31
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
150
97
150 86.6
143
563
0
0
52
0
52
31
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
150
97
150 77.3
145
583
0
0
50
0
50
31
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
165
638
165 19.1
158
1124
0
0
73
0
73
31
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
165
688
165 17.2
146
885
0
0
70
0
70
31
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
125
608
125 16.4
116
506
0
0
45
0
45
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

30 Hunt Arizona 2015

28
39
40
50
66
31
22
25
19
26
21
25
20
25
21
21
38
44
35
47
42
29
42
30
25
27
25
23
42
23
24
45
54
49
32
59
12
27
34
25
46
23
9
31
31
31
32
29
28
30
44
37
27
27
28
34
24
27
38
36
34
46
48
39

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
31
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
125
576
125 17.7
115
699
0
0
66
0
66
31
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
125
735
125 12.4
115
659
0
0
74
0
74
32
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
400
768
400 44.9
380
1386
54
0
0
0
54
32
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
350
618
350 49.5
310
967
74
0
0
0
74
32
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
350
547
350 54.7
328
1220
97
0
0
0
97
32
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
350
633
349 46.4
322
1179
89
0
0
0
89
32
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
350
596
350 47.1
326
1235
93
0
0
0
93
32
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
400
315
400 73.3
369
1391
45
0
0
0
45
32
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
350
227
350 82.8
323
1213
71
0
0
0
71
32
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
350
271
350 74.5
335
1317
85
0
0
0
85
32
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
350
219
350 76.7
317
1262
66
0
0
0
66
32
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
350
302
350 71.5
331
1337
96
0
0
0
96
32
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
450
117
450 99.1
401
1511
0
0
111
0 111
32
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
400
135
400 96.3
343
1356
0
0
88
0
88
32
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
400
137
400 96.4
346
1574
0
0
84
0
84
32
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
400
185
400 91.4
341
1644
0
0
104
0 104
32
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
400
197
400
98
358
1651
0
0
78
0
78
32
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
475
266
475
94
429
1558
0
0
140
0 140
32
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
450
254
450
98
409
1527
0
0
103
0 103
32
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
450
202
450
99
414
1534
0
0
106
0 106
32
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
450
194
450 99.5
393
1533
0
0
99
0
99
32
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
450
249
450 100
400
1456
0
0
100
0 100
32
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
475
187
475 96.3
438
1761
0
0
102
0 102
32
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
450
185
450 97.8
408
1478
0
0
83
0
83
32
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
450
145
450 100
417
1555
0
0
121
0 121
32
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
450
145
450 97.2
388
1567
0
0
91
0
91
32
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
450
114
450 95.6
393
1601
0
0
102
0 102
32
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
540
40
5.9
37
197
0
0
21
0
21
32
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
509
40
6.5
40
259
0
0
17
0
17
32
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
430
40
6.7
38
203
0
0
18
0
18
32
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
444
40
5.9
30
153
0
0
20
0
20
32
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
416
40
7.2
37
271
0
0
11
0
11
33
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
225
262
225 62.6
223
881
40
0
0
0
40
33
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
225
290
225 54.8
208
776
29
0
0
0
29
33
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
225
109
225 100
204
822
18
0
0
0
18
33
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
225
99
225 100
220
827
30
0
0
0
30
33
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
300
389
300 61.7
282
1132
50
0
0
0
50
33
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
300
380
300 59.5
290
1208
50
0
0
0
50
33
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
300
445
300 57.1
266
1064
51
0
0
0
51
33
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
680
296
680 93.6
623
2263
0
0
242
0 242
33
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
700
431
700 73.5
645
2459
0
0
171
0 171
33
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
700
517
700
70
657
2793
0
0
201
0 201
33
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
700
478
700 73.8
645
2881
0
0
223
0 223
33
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
700
486
700 66.3
632
2738
0
0
164
0 164
33
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
670
872
670 53.2
613
2055
0
0
234
0 234
33
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
700
998
700 51.8
648
2295
0
0
218
0 218
33
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
700
780
700 62.1
654
2301
0
0
258
0 258
33
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
700
881
700 55.1
650
2186
0
0
240
0 240
33
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
700
796
700 58.7
655
2281
0
0
227
0 227
33
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
700
540
702 73.5
653
2520
0
0
202
0 202
33
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
700
398
700 85.9
618
2225
0
0
176
0 176
33
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
700
482
700 81.5
661
2356
0
0
259
0 259
33
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
700
503
698
71
632
2346
0
0
166
0 166
33
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
700
453
700 85.9
626
2515
0
0
188
0 188
33
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
1260
40
3.2
37
240
0
0
27
0
27
33
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
1388
40
2.7
38
195
0
0
25
0
25
33
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
50
1343
50
3.6
47
268
0
0
22
0
22
33
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
50
1419
50
3.2
47
223
0
0
28
0
28
33
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
50
1363
50
3.7
44
234
0
0
24
0
24
34A
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
25
205
25 11.2
25
89
7
0
0
0
7
34A
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
25
176
25 14.2
25
111
6
0
0
0
6
34A
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
25
223
25
8.1
23
83
8
0
0
0
8
34A
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
25
174
25 11.5
18
72
7
0
0
0
7
34A
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
25
188
25 10.6
25
118
0
0
0
0
0
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

57
64
14
24
30
28
29
12
22
25
21
29
28
26
24
30
22
33
25
26
25
25
23
20
29
23
26
57
43
47
67
30
18
14
9
14
18
17
19
39
27
31
35
26
38
34
39
37
35
31
28
39
26
30
73
66
47
60
55
28
24
35
39
0

Hunt Arizona 2015 31

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
34A
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
600
167
600 98.8
533
1865
0
0
126
0 126
34A
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
600
198
600 94.4
551
2098
0
0
99
0
99
34A
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
600
193
600 96.9
545
2520
0
0
108
0 108
34A
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
600
239
589 98.7
550
2229
0
0
118
0 118
34A
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
600
209
600 98.1
539
2506
0
0
167
0 167
34A
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
650
402
650 90.5
594
2022
0
0
116
0 116
34A
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
650
408
650 86.3
599
2116
0
0
149
0 149
34A
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
675
364
675 95.9
632
2194
0
0
120
0 120
34A
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
675
371
675 97.6
617
2284
0
0
124
0 124
34A
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
675
415
675 95.9
584
2237
0
0
127
0 127
34A
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
650
239
650 97.1
601
2119
0
0
122
0 122
34A
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
650
209
650 93.8
576
1922
0
0
135
0 135
34A
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
675
239
675 96.7
612
2242
0
0
124
0 124
34A
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
675
276
665 98.2
615
2448
0
0
91
0
91
34A
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
675
232
675 98.3
578
2280
0
0
142
0 142
34A
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
504
40
5.4
38
240
0
0
24
0
24
34A
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
593
40
4.6
40
233
0
0
25
0
25
34A
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
558
40
5.4
40
238
0
0
12
0
12
34A
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
502
40
5.4
40
204
0
0
19
0
19
34A
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
650
40
5.1
37
172
0
0
17
0
17
34B
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
100
152
100 53.3
97
313
16
0
0
0
16
34B
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
100
96
100 79.2
91
324
18
0
0
0
18
34B
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
75
123
75 40.7
72
276
15
0
0
0
15
34B
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
50
96
50 46.9
45
173
11
0
0
0
11
34B
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
50
69
50 40.6
45
176
14
0
0
0
14
34B
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
100
73
100 78.1
72
274
11
0
0
0
11
34B
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
100
87
100 79.3
95
357
17
0
0
0
17
34B
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
75
35
75 91.4
66
272
13
0
0
0
13
34B
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
50
64
50 42.2
42
171
3
0
0
0
3
34B
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
50
61
50 57.4
44
150
6
0
0
0
6
34B
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
100
25
100
80
89
347
0
0
16
0
16
34B
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
100
23
100 82.6
97
362
0
0
12
0
12
34B
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
100
39
100 87.2
91
460
0
0
19
0
19
34B
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
100
19
97 100
79
362
0
0
6
0
6
34B
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
100
25
100 100
92
350
0
0
16
0
16
34B
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
150
45
150 91.1
141
480
0
0
21
0
21
34B
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
150
23
146 82.6
126
435
0
0
7
0
7
34B
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
100
23
100 100
85
248
0
0
29
0
29
34B
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
100
52
100 96.2
86
345
0
0
27
0
27
34B
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
100
46
100 100
87
342
0
0
15
0
15
34B
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
150
19
152 100
125
436
0
0
13
0
13
34B
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
150
21
150 100
136
595
0
0
11
0
11
34B
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
100
46
100 91.3
85
349
0
0
14
0
14
34B
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
100
43
100 95.3
97
413
0
0
10
0
10
34B
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
100
36
100 100
76
416
0
0
4
0
4
34B
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
121
40 20.7
40
189
0
0
5
0
5
34B
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
108
40 24.1
38
224
0
0
16
0
16
34B
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
106
40
17
36
142
0
0
11
0
11
34B
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
125
40 20.8
33
215
0
0
12
0
12
34B
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
155
40 15.5
35
209
0
0
14
0
14
35A
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
250
28
250 100
228
847
0
0
37
0
37
35A
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
300
35
265 100
245
954
0
0
52
0
52
35A
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
300
61
300 88.5
265
1257
0
0
45
0
45
35A
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
300
69
297 84.1
271
1289
0
0
61
0
61
35A
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
325
60
324 96.7
288
1378
0
0
65
0
65
35A
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
325
159
323 96.9
300
1133
0
0
89
0
89
35A
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
350
109
350 88.1
323
1296
0
0
68
0
68
35A
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
350
119
351
95
290
1021
0
0
102
0 102
35A
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
350
141
347 94.3
306
1158
0
0
78
0
78
35A
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
375
144
375 95.8
316
1242
0
0
43
0
43
35A
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
325
83
325 100
285
1113
0
0
33
0
33
35A
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
350
54
216 100
193
746
0
0
39
0
39
35A
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
350
48
348 100
315
1297
0
0
53
0
53
35A
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
350
67
349 100
319
1408
0
0
66
0
66
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

32 Hunt Arizona 2015

24
18
20
21
31
20
25
19
20
22
20
23
20
15
25
63
63
30
48
46
16
20
21
24
31
15
18
20
7
14
18
12
21
8
17
15
6
34
31
17
10
8
16
10
5
13
42
31
36
40
16
21
17
23
23
30
21
35
25
14
12
20
17
21

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
35A
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
375
88
372 100
353
1510
0
0
42
0
42
35A
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
281
40
11
37
257
0
0
15
0
15
35A
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
279
40 11.8
38
222
0
0
11
0
11
35A
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
262
40 11.5
38
260
0
0
18
0
18
35A
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
338
40
8.9
37
326
0
0
11
0
11
35A
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
415
40
9.6
38
253
0
0
11
0
11
35B
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
300
67
300
94
261
1022
0
0
56
0
56
35B
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
350
65
350 100
313
1107
0
0
52
0
52
35B
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
350
180
350 91.7
323
1579
0
0
63
0
63
35B
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
350
116
350
94
322
1539
0
0
69
0
69
35B
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
350
122
350 100
333
1516
0
0
116
0 116
35B
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
425
175
423 95.4
378
1430
0
0
96
0
96
35B
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
425
216
425 92.1
376
1449
0
0
88
0
88
35B
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
425
188
425 98.4
396
1484
0
0
112
0 112
35B
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
425
189
424
91
384
1545
0
0
108
0 108
35B
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
425
195
426 95.4
374
1461
0
0
78
0
78
35B
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
425
155
425 100
374
1446
0
0
87
0
87
35B
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
425
167
423 98.8
378
1395
0
0
81
0
81
35B
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
425
117
425 100
379
1453
0
0
94
0
94
35B
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
425
137
424 100
378
1438
0
0
62
0
62
35B
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
425
178
425 97.8
374
1407
0
0
78
0
78
35B
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
267
40 11.2
36
208
0
0
23
0
23
35B
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
216
40 14.4
36
227
0
0
20
0
20
35B
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
258
40
9.3
38
225
0
0
13
0
13
35B
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
282
40
8.5
40
196
0
0
31
0
31
35B
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
366
40
9.3
38
200
0
0
19
0
19
36A
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
375
584
375 55.7
341
1267
55
0
0
0
55
36A
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
350
485
350 60.4
324
1259
56
0
0
0
56
36A
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
300
466
300 52.8
292
1035
62
0
0
0
62
36A
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
300
606
300 38.4
290
1142
76
0
0
0
76
36A
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
300
633
300
39
284
1123
45
0
0
0
45
36A
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
450
307
450 93.2
438
1773
54
0
0
0
54
36A
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
425
260
423 98.1
397
1583
64
0
0
0
64
36A
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
325
185
325 89.2
311
1253
51
0
0
0
51
36A
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
325
275
325 71.3
308
1225
49
0
0
0
49
36A
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
325
301
324 66.4
287
1142
53
0
0
0
53
36A
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
400
33
400 87.9
364
1203
0
0
61
0
61
36A
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
400
39
346 100
319
1152
0
0
54
0
54
36A
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
400
74
400 94.6
368
1635
0
0
86
0
86
36A
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
400
60
400 100
362
1759
0
0
77
0
77
36A
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
400
72
400 94.4
362
1815
0
0
75
0
75
36A
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
450
124
450 87.1
405
1443
0
0
117
0 117
36A
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
450
153
450 89.5
403
1353
0
0
105
0 105
36A
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
450
142
450 96.5
417
1416
0
0
107
0 107
36A
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
450
128
448 95.3
402
1395
0
0
115
0 115
36A
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
450
165
450 91.5
410
1414
0
0
97
0
97
36A
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
500
83
406 100
349
1231
0
0
79
0
79
36A
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
500
67
416 100
380
1240
0
0
80
0
80
36A
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
500
80
500 100
440
1520
0
0
109
0 109
36A
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
500
83
496 100
483
1627
0
0
126
0 126
36A
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
500
69
500 100
448
1613
0
0
119
0 119
36A
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
217
40 13.4
35
315
0
0
14
0
14
36A
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
236
40 13.6
40
445
0
0
30
0
30
36A
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
272
40
9.9
40
253
0
0
12
0
12
36A
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
244
40 12.7
38
292
0
0
24
0
24
36A
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
283
40
9.5
40
218
0
0
31
0
31
36B
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
225
425
225 49.2
208
745
75
0
0
0
75
36B
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
225
360
225 53.1
214
773
51
0
0
0
51
36B
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
150
314
150 45.2
147
568
35
0
0
0
35
36B
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
150
327
150 33.3
143
544
46
0
0
0
46
36B
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
150
318
150 40.3
144
565
35
0
0
0
35
36B
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
225
64
225 95.3
197
706
41
0
0
0
41
36B
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
225
107
225 92.5
213
836
41
0
0
0
41
36B
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
150
66
150 80.3
139
453
28
0
0
0
28
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

12
41
29
47
30
29
21
17
20
21
35
25
23
28
28
21
23
21
25
16
21
64
56
34
78
50
16
17
21
26
16
12
16
16
16
18
17
17
23
21
21
29
26
26
29
24
23
21
25
26
27
40
75
30
63
78
36
24
24
32
24
21
19
20

Hunt Arizona 2015 33

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

General
36B
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
150
93
150 82.8
139
520
35
0
0
0
35
36B
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
150
134
150 61.2
143
556
51
0
0
0
51
36B
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
825
127
825 100
728
2763
0
0
204
0 204
36B
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
825
101
820 100
735
2695
0
0
143
0 143
36B
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
750
129
750 100
691
2902
0
0
152
0 152
36B
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
750
147
743 100
685
3092
0
0
209
0 209
36B
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
750
220
750 94.5
696
3182
0
0
202
0 202
36B
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
850
407
850 94.6
768
2812
0
0
249
0 249
36B
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
850
466
851 89.3
753
2710
0
0
206
0 206
36B
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
800
364
800 86.5
737
2769
0
0
234
0 234
36B
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
800
453
788 94.7
729
2608
0
0
179
0 179
36B
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
800
415
800 97.1
726
2711
0
0
182
0 182
36B
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
850
203
814
97
725
2706
0
0
206
0 206
36B
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
850
182
850 96.7
775
2837
0
0
165
0 165
36B
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
800
192
800 98.4
753
2725
0
0
163
0 163
36B
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
800
248
787
98
741
3369
0
0
144
0 144
36B
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
800
278
800 98.2
697
2721
0
0
186
0 186
36B
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
40
430
40
6.3
38
295
0
0
20
0
20
36B
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
40
392
40
8.9
37
274
0
0
28
0
28
36B
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
40
391
40
7.7
37
168
0
0
30
0
30
36B
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
40
600
40
4.8
40
277
0
0
25
0
25
36B
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
40
580
40
5.5
40
217
0
0
25
0
25
36C
2010 MD 10/29-11/04
150
154
150 75.3
134
535
39
0
0
0
39
36C
2011 MD 10/28-11/03
150
115
150 99.1
143
598
33
0
0
0
33
36C
2012 MD 11/02-11/08
100
162
100 51.9
91
348
25
0
0
0
25
36C
2013 MD 11/01-11/07
100
156
100 48.7
94
383
19
0
0
0
19
36C
2014 MD 10/31-11/06
100
100
100
68
92
382
18
0
0
0
18
36C
2010 MD 11/12-11/18
150
81
150 95.1
137
535
17
0
0
0
17
36C
2011 MD 11/11-11/17
150
59
150 100
134
474
43
0
0
0
43
36C
2012 MD 11/16-11/22
100
73
100 86.3
90
350
19
0
0
0
19
36C
2013 MD 11/15-11/21
100
45
100 100
87
392
21
0
0
0
21
36C
2014 MD 11/14-11/20
100
89
100 70.8
93
398
22
0
0
0
22
36C
2010 WT 11/26-12/02
175
38
175 84.2
163
630
0
0
70
0
70
36C
2011 WT 11/25-12/01
175
35
175 51.4
164
574
0
0
47
0
47
36C
2012 WT 11/30-12/09
175
44
175 81.8
161
705
0
0
43
0
43
36C
2013 WT 11/29-12/08
175
43
173
86
157
686
0
0
60
0
60
36C
2014 WT 11/28-12/07
175
33
175 84.8
161
644
0
0
71
0
71
36C
2010 WT 10/22-10/28
200
93
200 90.3
184
618
0
0
69
0
69
36C
2011 WT 10/21-10/27
200
81
200 91.4
178
677
0
0
63
0
63
36C
2012 WT 10/26-11/01
175
75
175 100
151
469
0
0
65
0
65
36C
2013 WT 10/25-10/31
175
96
173 87.5
162
532
0
0
52
0
52
36C
2014 WT 10/24-10/30
175
104
175 100
166
597
0
0
56
0
56
36C
2010 WT 11/05-11/11
200
50
200 100
195
760
0
0
54
0
54
36C
2011 WT 11/04-11/10
200
52
200 90.4
187
706
0
0
74
0
74
36C
2012 WT 11/09-11/15
175
92
175 97.8
158
644
0
0
42
0
42
36C
2013 WT 11/08-11/14
175
65
174 100
156
634
0
0
50
0
50
36C
2014 WT 11/07-11/13
175
52
175 88.5
158
497
0
0
35
0
35
36C
2010 WT 12/10-12/31
125
425
125 17.9
117
627
0
0
53
0
53
36C
2011 WT 12/09-12/31
125
440
125 19.1
118
833
0
0
44
0
44
36C
2012 WT 12/14-12/31
125
388
125 19.1
113
725
0
0
48
0
48
36C
2013 WT 12/13-12/31
125
376
125 21.8
108
625
0
0
54
0
54
36C
2014 WT 12/12-12/31
125
520
125 14.2
108
613
0
0
68
0
68
37A
2010 MD 10/31-11/06
75
258
75 25.6
73
295
23
0
0
0
23
37A
2011 MD 11/14-11/20
75
173
75 25.4
75
248
18
0
0
0
18
37A
2012 MD 10/29-11/04
75
193
75 36.3
72
280
3
0
0
0
3
37A
2013 MD 10/28-11/03
75
164
75 42.1
75
359
11
0
0
0
11
37A
2014 MD 11/02-11/08
75
199
75 32.7
66
295
23
0
0
0
23
37A
2010 MD 11/01-11/07
75
304
75
24
68
245
22
0
0
0
22
37A
2011 MD 11/12-11/18
75
46
75 65.2
71
309
9
0
0
0
9
37A
2012 MD 11/11-11/17
75
109
75
45
71
206
23
0
0
0
23
37A
2013 MD 11/16-11/22
75
87
75 49.4
65
229
20
0
0
0
20
37A
2014 MD 11/15-11/21
75
111
75 36.9
68
286
28
0
0
0
28
37B
2010 AA 10/29-11/04
350
688
350 44.3
339
1283
57
0
5
0
62
37B
2011 AA 10/28-11/03
400
687
399 52.4
368
1450
57
0
3
0
60
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

34 Hunt Arizona 2015

25
36
28
19
22
31
29
32
27
32
25
25
28
21
22
19
27
53
76
81
63
63
29
23
27
20
20
12
32
21
24
24
43
29
27
38
44
38
35
43
32
34
28
40
27
32
22
45
37
42
50
63
32
24
4
15
35
32
13
32
31
41
18
16

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
41
41
41
41
41
42
42
42
42
42
43/44
43/44
43/44
43/44
43/44
45
45
45
45
45
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013

AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW
AW

11/02-11/08
11/01-11/07
10/31-11/06
11/12-11/18
11/11-11/17
11/16-11/22
11/15-11/21
11/14-11/20
10/29-11/04
10/28-11/03
10/26-11/01
10/25-10/31
10/24-10/30
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/02-11/08
11/01-11/07
10/31-11/06
11/05-11/14
11/04-11/13
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
11/05-11/14
11/04-11/13
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
11/05-11/14
11/04-11/13
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
11/05-11/14
11/04-11/13
11/02-11/11
11/01-11/10
10/31-11/09
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/16-11/25
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
11/21-11/30
11/21-11/30
11/19-11/28
12/17-12/30
11/18-11/27
12/16-12/31
11/16-11/25
12/14-12/31
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
11/21-11/30
11/21-11/30
12/13-12/31
12/12-12/31
12/12-12/31
12/12-12/31

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

450
500
500
350
400
450
500
500
150
150
150
150
175
150
200
200
200
225
500
500
500
500
550
300
300
250
250
250
600
600
500
500
500
275
275
275
275
275
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
50
140
55
135
55
135
55
55
55
55
135
135
135
135

818
929
884
368
457
388
371
436
472
374
350
340
351
96
129
117
123
110
715
615
746
710
759
358
418
320
370
269
686
817
618
596
627
271
268
325
352
324
28
26
27
18
21
21
21
25
114
25
119
26
129
27
29
29
29
110
88
88
88

450
500
500
350
400
450
500
500
150
150
150
150
175
150
200
200
200
225
500
500
500
500
550
300
300
249
250
250
600
600
500
500
500
275
275
275
275
275
10
10
10
9
22
22
22
50
140
55
135
55
135
55
34
34
34
134
121
121
121

49.5
45.3
51.5
67.1
62.6
69.8
76
64.2
27.8
33.4
35.4
40
45
57.3
62
70.1
61
78.2
59.2
65.4
59.4
61.5
64.2
65.6
58.6
57.5
53.8
68.4
71.6
63.8
64.9
70.3
69.9
81.5
80.6
69.8
70.5
71
35.7
38.5
33.3
50
42.9
14.3
4.8
100
96.5
100
96.6
100
91.5
100
72.4
72.4
41.4
93.6
21.6
100
100

423
456
472
335
384
422
468
476
141
139
144
142
159
135
174
155
190
213
461
448
450
448
502
279
280
216
241
231
566
536
446
457
459
244
242
243
224
236
10
8
10
9
19
20
20
42
130
48
128
52
117
49
29
29
29
106
109
104
102

1746
1856
1902
1430
1614
1726
2057
2095
472
500
522
595
719
529
639
679
766
826
2183
1927
1978
2040
2239
1260
1157
873
1163
1093
3072
2776
2572
2386
2331
1095
1109
1153
1090
1058
70
52
63
39
96
93
93
177
632
280
779
237
748
212
114
114
114
681
609
593
586

81
104
101
57
60
79
72
87
57
55
22
30
29
29
34
21
27
37
49
101
72
123
143
69
61
21
34
38
142
94
44
68
100
57
62
49
38
88
1
0
8
5
8
7
7
0
0
0
0
4
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
47
20
46
8
25
24
12
12
12
53
48
46
47

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

81
104
101
61
60
79
72
87
57
55
22
30
29
29
34
21
27
37
49
101
72
123
143
69
61
21
34
38
142
94
44
68
100
57
62
49
38
88
1
0
8
5
8
7
7
15
47
20
46
12
50
24
12
12
12
53
48
46
47

19
23
21
18
16
19
15
18
40
40
15
21
18
21
20
14
14
17
11
23
16
27
28
25
22
10
14
16
25
18
10
15
22
23
26
20
17
37
10
0
80
56
42
35
35
36
36
42
36
23
43
49
41
41
41
50
44
44
46

AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

Hunt Arizona 2015 35

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA

10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
11/09-11/15
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/17
10/07-10/16
10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
10/03-10/12
10/08-10/11
10/07-10/10
10/12-10/15
10/11-10/14
11/08-11/11
10/10-10/13
11/07-11/10
10/07-10/16
10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
10/08-10/17
10/03-10/12
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/23-12/02
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
10/08-10/17
10/07-10/16
10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/23-12/02
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

YOUTH
ONLY GENERAL
General

3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
7
7
7
7
7
10
10
10
10
10
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
12A West
17A/17B
17A/17B
17A/17B
17B
17B/19A/19B/20A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B/21
20B/21
20B/21
20B/21
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
27
27
27
27
27
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
33

2010
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2010
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

125
125
25
75
100
150
151
150
100
75
75
51
40
250
75
100
151
101
250
100
100
100
101
60
200
100
100
75
76
75
100
100
100
101
50
50
51
50
125
150
150
151
200
85
100
100
101
100
175
175
175
176
175
150
150
150
126
100
150
150
150
151
150
150

444
555
315
237
260
227
405
369
112
106
94
109
141
354
292
290
276
89
373
108
179
148
163
81
562
103
129
145
130
135
124
109
122
115
106
169
151
133
64
85
95
73
71
148
214
215
305
293
402
365
442
409
522
308
287
373
405
580
465
400
430
462
512
298

125
125
25
75
100
150
151
150
100
75
75
51
40
250
75
99
151
101
250
100
100
100
101
61
200
101
100
75
76
75
100
100
100
101
50
50
51
50
125
149
150
151
200
85
100
100
101
100
175
175
175
176
175
151
150
150
126
100
150
150
150
151
150
150

25.7
20.7
7.3
25.7
33.5
45.4
31.9
36.3
56.3
49.1
52.1
34.9
24.8
57.6
22.6
32.4
47.1
56.2
53.4
61.1
49.7
52
52.1
65.4
31.9
76.7
63.6
40
49.2
41.5
62.9
64.2
63.9
60
41.5
27.8
33.8
27.8
100
89.4
95.8
97.3
97.2
41.9
38.3
32.6
30.8
29.7
35.3
35.3
29.2
35.9
26.8
40.3
43.6
33.2
29.6
16
31.6
35
31.9
27.5
24.8
46

125
121
25
70
91
146
142
144
94
70
70
46
37
231
73
96
149
95
237
95
94
97
95
61
186
96
88
72
65
72
91
95
98
94
45
43
48
46
109
132
133
140
193
79
95
97
101
97
165
173
153
169
164
143
142
147
123
98
147
147
147
148
139
133

478
445
59
220
264
379
400
466
442
284
297
242
117
442
144
223
284
208
438
187
367
454
328
246
621
417
367
251
219
244
309
300
343
308
148
125
128
152
435
467
423
566
775
249
346
277
314
286
519
552
503
530
495
415
387
447
288
276
444
521
425
477
383
405

68
72
16
47
66
93
84
105
21
23
27
23
17
0
0
0
0
60
0
0
48
36
67
27
124
37
40
33
22
35
36
46
32
51
32
18
23
24
26
40
30
34
68
12
26
49
19
19
38
56
64
60
82
85
79
88
84
59
33
57
75
63
56
5

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
194
60
79
133
0
213
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
4
0
0
0
2
0
29
31
4
29
53
16
25
5
22
5
14
8
0
7
5
30
16
3
21
40
85

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

68
74
16
47
66
93
84
105
21
23
27
23
17
194
60
79
133
60
213
79
48
36
67
27
124
37
40
33
22
35
36
46
32
51
32
18
32
28
26
40
30
36
68
41
57
53
48
72
54
81
69
82
87
99
87
88
91
64
63
73
78
84
96
90

AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

36 Hunt Arizona 2015

54
61
64
67
73
64
59
73
22
33
39
50
46
84
82
82
89
63
90
83
51
37
71
44
67
39
45
46
34
49
40
48
33
54
71
42
67
61
24
30
23
26
35
52
60
55
48
74
33
47
45
49
53
69
61
60
74
65
43
50
53
57
69
68

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

YOUTH
ONLY GENERAL
General

33
2010 AA 11/19-11/25
150
131
150
71
135
403
0
0
43
0
43
33
2011 AA 10/07-10/13
150
315
150
41
146
396
11
0
79
0
90
33
2011 AA 11/18-11/24
175
142
175 70.4
160
458
5
0
51
0
56
33
2012 AA 10/12-10/18
150
298
150
43
145
429
49
0
20
0
69
33
2012 AA 11/23-11/29
175
128
175 76.6
170
532
66
0
8
0
74
33
2013 AA 10/11-10/17
151
371
151 36.7
146
396
32
0
62
0
94
33
2013 AA 11/22-11/28
176
174
176 53.4
162
566
12
0
50
0
62
33
2014 AA 10/10-10/16
150
436
150
31
147
393
13
0
61
0
74
33
2014 AA 11/21-11/27
150
155
150 56.8
147
500
3
0
47
0
50
36A
2010 AA 10/08-10/14
50
96
50 44.8
50
161
3
0
24
0
27
36A
2010 AA 11/19-11/25
150
48
150 97.9
128
434
0
0
26
0
26
36A
2011 AA 10/07-10/13
50
115
50 37.4
50
141
23
0
7
0
30
36A
2011 AA 11/18-11/24
150
58
150 98.3
140
491
10
0
14
0
24
36A
2012 AA 10/12-10/18
50
116
50 37.1
40
107
19
0
0
0
19
36A
2012 AA 11/23-11/29
150
51
150 86.3
146
425
36
0
4
0
40
36A
2013 AA 10/11-10/17
51
129
51
31
51
129
19
0
12
0
31
36A
2013 AA 11/22-11/28
151
63
151 90.5
146
456
51
0
0
0
51
36A
2014 AA 11/21-11/27
200
139
200 97.8
190
648
41
0
45
0
86
36B
2010 AA 11/19-11/25
50
60
50 71.7
50
178
2
0
17
0
19
36B
2011 AA 11/18-11/24
50
45
50 66.7
46
157
2
0
9
0
11
36B
2012 AA 11/23-11/29
125
41
125 100
115
373
29
0
3
0
32
36B
2013 AA 11/22-11/28
126
41
123 100
120
411
42
0
0
0
42
36B
2014 AA 11/21-11/27
125
102
125 89.2
116
346
20
0
32
0
52
42
2010 AA 11/19-11/28
75
66
75 89.4
72
260
26
0
0
0
26
42
2011 AA 11/18-11/27
100
68
100 91.2
97
455
19
0
0
0
19
42
2012 AA 11/23-12/02
75
59
75 91.5
67
217
16
0
0
0
16
42
2013 AA 11/22-12/01
76
49
76 100
63
298
19
0
0
0
19
42
2014 AA 11/21-11/30
75
57
75
93
73
380
15
0
0
0
15
FTHU
2010 AA 11/11-11/28
13
16
13 81.3
13
49
1
0
4
0
5
FTHU
2011 AA 11/11-11/27
15
14
15 100
15
50
2
0
7
0
9
FTHU
2012 AA 11/09-11/25
15
14
15 100
15
72
6
0
2
0
8
FTHU
2013 AA 11/15-12/01
15
14
15 100
14
61
1
0
5
0
6
FTHU
2013 AA 11/14-11/30
15
11
12 90.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FTHU
2013 AA 11/14-11/30
15
11
12 90.9
12
48
0
0
0
0
0
FTHU
2013 AA 11/14-11/30
15
11
12 90.9
12
84
0
0
0
0
0
MUZZLELOADER
3B
2010 AA 10/29-11/07
100
106
100 49.1
89
427
11
0
0
0
11
3B
2011 AA 10/28-11/06
100
113
100 49.6
92
431
20
0
2
0
22
3B
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
100
131
100 48.1
96
500
17
0
0
0
17
3B
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
100
141
100 44.7
98
504
19
0
0
0
19
3B
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
100
129
100 39.5
90
500
15
0
0
0
15
6B
2010 AA 10/22-10/28
275
163
275 96.9
253
1125
32
0
0
0
32
6B
2011 AA 10/21-10/27
275
155
273 100
248
1101
46
0
6
0
52
6B
2012 AA 11/09-11/15
275
191
275 93.7
255
1131
55
0
4
0
59
6B
2013 AA 10/25-10/31
275
199
275 88.9
266
1145
76
0
0
0
76
6B
2014 AA 10/24-10/30
275
234
275 83.3
261
1098
53
0
8
0
61
12A East
2010 AA 11/05-11/11
50
292
51 12.7
49
274
18
0
0
0
18
12A East
2011 AA 11/05-11/10
30
184
30 10.9
30
129
20
0
0
0
20
12A East
2012 AA 10/26-11/04
50
337
50
9.5
50
277
21
0
0
0
21
12A East
2014 AA 11/07-11/13
30
158
30 10.1
26
147
14
0
0
0
14
12B West
2013 AA 11/08-11/14
50
196
30
9.7
27
95
19
0
0
0
19
12B West
2014 AA 11/07-11/13
20
104
20 11.5
19
105
15
0
0
0
15
15
2010 AA 10/22-10/31
200
150
200 100
177
979
31
0
0
0
31
15
2011 AA 10/21-10/30
200
145
200 100
176
901
40
0
0
0
40
15
2012 AA 10/26-11/01
200
131
200 100
186
936
59
0
0
0
59
15
2013 AA 10/25-11/03
200
150
200 97.3
178
923
54
0
0
0
54
15
2014 AA 10/24-11/02
200
125
200
96
178
918
43
0
0
0
43
20B
2010 AA 10/29-11/07
150
28
150 100
126
549
19
0
0
0
19
20B
2011 AA 10/28-11/06
150
43
150 100
140
517
15
0
0
0
15
20B
2012 AA 10/26-11/01
150
35
150 100
131
482
19
0
0
0
19
20B
2013 AA 10/25-10/31
150
40
149 100
121
440
14
0
0
0
14
20B
2014 AA 10/24-10/30
110
11
110 100
94
338
8
0
0
0
8
33
2012 AA 11/16-11/22
200
26
200 100
173
617
11
0
8
0
19
33
2013 AA 11/15-11/21
200
48
198 100
163
587
4
0
14
0
18
AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

32
62
35
48
44
64
38
50
34
54
20
60
17
48
27
61
35
45
38
24
28
35
45
36
20
24
30
21
38
60
53
43
0
0
12
24
18
19
17
13
21
23
29
23
37
67
42
54
70
79
18
23
32
30
24
15
11
15
12
9
11
11

Hunt Arizona 2015 37

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Hunt
Type

Dates

MUZZLELOADER
General
33
2014 AA 11/14-11/20
34A
2010 AA 11/12-11/18
34A
2011 AA 11/11-11/17
34A
2012 AA 11/16-11/22
34A
2013 AA 11/15-11/21
34A
2014 AA 11/14-11/20
35
2014 AA 10/31-11/06
35
2014 AA 12/12-12/31
35
2010 AA 10/29-11/04
35
2011 AA 10/28-11/03
35
2012 AA 11/02-11/08
35
2013 AA 11/01-11/07
35
2010 AA 12/10-12/31
35
2011 AA 12/09-12/31
35
2012 AA 12/14-12/31
35
2013 AA 12/13-12/31
39/40/41/42
2010 AA 12/10-12/31
39/40/41/42
2011 AA 12/16-12/31
39/40/41/42
2012 AA 12/14-12/31
39/40/41/42
2013 AA 12/13-12/31
39/40/41/42
2014 AA 12/12-12/31
FTHU
2010 AA 12/17-12/30
FTHU
2010 AA 11/19-11/28
FTHU
2011 AA 12/16-12/31
FTHU
2011 AA 11/18-11/27
FTHU
2012 AA 12/14-12/31
FTHU
2012 AA 11/16-11/25
FTHU
2013 AA 12/13-12/31
FTHU
2013 AA 11/22-12/01
YOUTH ONLY MUZZLELOADER
15
2010 AA 11/19-11/28
15
2011 AA 11/18-11/27
15
2012 AA 11/23-12/02
15
2013 AA 11/22-12/01
15
2014 AA 11/21-11/30
16A
2010 AA 12/17-12/31
16A
2011 AA 12/16-12/31
16A
2012 AA 12/21-12/31
16A
2013 AA 12/20-12/31
16A
2014 AA 12/19-12/31
ARCHERY DEER DRAW UNITS
3A/3C
2012 AA 8/24- 9/13
3A/3C
2013 AA 8/23- 9/12
3A/3C
2014 AA 8/22-9/11
12A/12B
2010 AA 8/20- 9/09
12A/12B
2011 AA 8/19- 9/08
12A/12B
2012 AA 8/24- 9/13
12A/12B
2013 AA 8/23- 9/12
12A/12B
2014 AA 8/22-9/11
13A
2010 AA 8/20- 9/09
13A
2011 AA 8/19- 9/08
13A
2012 AA 8/24- 9/13
13A
2013 AA 8/23- 9/12
13A
2014 AA 8/22-9/11
13B
2010 AA 8/20- 9/09
13B
2011 AA 8/19- 9/08
13B
2012 AA 8/24- 9/13
13B
2013 AA 8/23- 9/12
13B
2014 AA
8/22-9/11

Harvest
Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw
Hunters
Hunt
Hunters
Authorized Applicants Issued Odds
Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success

200
100
100
75
25
25
80
20
50
50
50
80
50
50
50
20
50
50
50
50
50
13
10
13
10
13
7
13
7

40
71
64
40
39
41
29
134
30
48
22
33
201
191
162
193
426
466
402
374
398
10
3
18
0
14
3
14
1

200
100
100
75
25
25
80
20
50
50
50
80
50
50
50
20
50
50
50
50
50
13
10
13
7
13
7
13
7

100
73.2
85.9
90
35.9
39
86.2
13.4
66.7
60.4
86.4
72.7
20.4
22
21
8.8
9.2
10.3
9.7
9.9
9.3
60
100
72.2
85.7
100
92.9
100

167
93
100
70
25
23
76
15
50
40
44
67
48
47
50
20
45
45
48
46
45
12
10
13
7
13
5
11
7

638
367
392
300
114
93
400
60
286
208
200
276
229
289
268
173
332
259
338
363
305
71
49
117
11
83
19
78
37

14
17
5
9
6
11
4
0
11
4
4
12
12
13
32
10
21
18
12
23
26
1
3
7
0
3
0
4
2

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

14
4
11
0
3
0
0
0
5
6
2
0
12
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
0
2
5

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

28
21
16
9
9
11
4
0
16
10
6
12
24
19
34
10
21
18
12
23
26
5
3
9
0
3
0
6
7

17
23
16
13
36
48
5
0
32
25
14
18
50
40
68
50
47
40
25
50
58
42
30
69
0
23
0
55
100

20
20
20
21
20
30
25
25
26
25

7
18
22
11
7
81
74
56
83
64

20
20
19
21
20
30
25
26
26
25

85.7
50
13.6
90.9
42.9
33.3
29.7
39.3
28.9
29.7

16
10
19
21
13
26
25
26
23
21

80
30
95
72
44
137
121
121
133
125

12
0
10
9
7
9
19
17
13
7

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

12
0
10
9
7
9
19
17
13
7

75
0
53
43
54
35
76
65
57
33

200
200
150
850
700
700
700
800
40
30
30
30
30
30
25
25
25
25

133
230
254
865
782
849
779
913
127
203
232
193
194
266
327
345
330
395

200
200
151
850
700
704
700
800
40
30
30
30
30
30
25
25
25
25

91
63
40.2
66.9
60.2
60
63.4
65.1
21.3
13.3
7.8
9.3
7.7
4.9
5.5
6.1
6.1
4.1

186
182
140
794
628
623
645
725
38
30
26
28
28
30
23
25
23
23

1255
1261
914
5552
4378
4557
4498
4717
322
232
190
338
252
249
244
310
252
152

26
29
27
88
91
103
157
218
19
17
14
10
16
15
6
10
10
16

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

26
29
27
88
91
103
157
218
19
17
14
10
18
15
6
10
10
16

14
16
19
11
14
17
24
30
50
57
54
36
64
50
26
40
43
70

AA = Any Antlered Deer, MD = Mule Deer, WT = Whitetail Deer, ALS = Antlerless, CN = Camp Navajo, FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt;
in the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season.

38 Hunt Arizona 2015

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only)
Unit
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B South
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
11M
11M
11M
11M

Year

Hunters

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

305
308
538
384
466
40
58
50
38
37
125
144
247
162
178
273
339
438
395
325
399
685
850
471
441
766
1289
1485
893
742
202
319
473
357
337
31
551
958
1167
801
932
435
716
835
660
583
139
148
136
168
147
578
666
639
579
809
309
498
674
482

Hunter
Days
1497
1347
2516
2192
2306
202
350
186
141
159
784
650
1273
909
791
1237
1674
1953
1894
1496
2107
3072
4126
2116
2042
3541
5992
7060
5065
3673
986
1460
2184
2073
1502
141
3119
4734
5621
4232
4795
2290
3609
4106
3447
3244
690
751
599
942
717
2747
3111
3085
3182
3839
1860
2390
3538
2581

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
26
0
4
0
35
0
16
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
6
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
12
0
4
0
8
0
5
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
23
0
15
0
16
0
12
0
12
0
6
0
10
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
15
0
11
0
12
0
0
0
9
0
62
0
35
0
70
0
74
0
13
0
30
0
15
0
5
0
55
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
5
0
18
0
9
0
27
0
10
0
27
0
31
0
4
0
19
0
45
0
65
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
10
0
0
0
6
0
6
0
5
0
10
0
11
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0

Total

Percent
Success

36
4
35
16
12
0
0
5
0
6
4
0
0
5
12
4
8
5
0
6
0
35
25
16
18
18
11
20
22
6
0
16
15
33
12
0
9
66
35
70
74
13
47
15
5
55
0
4
0
5
18
9
27
10
27
31
4
19
50
65

12
1
7
4
3
0
0
10
0
16
3
0
0
3
7
1
2
1
0
2
0
5
3
3
4
2
1
1
2
1
0
5
3
9
4
0
2
7
3
9
8
3
7
2
1
9
0
3
0
3
12
2
4
2
5
4
1
4
7
13

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Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only)
Unit

Year

Hunters

11M
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15C/15D
15C/15D
15C/15D
15C/15D
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21

2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011

521
215
140
131
249
276
13
16
10
12
224
187
176
200
159
166
237
292
325
386
412
389
367
574
656
273
249
262
319
392
390
339
267
319
343
408
401
513
639
693
197
167
216
254
294
462
553
584
676
644
287
366
337
384
417
291
296
231
276
368
1107
1234

40 Hunt Arizona 2015

Hunter
Days
3164
1618
973
810
1916
1950
45
51
75
61
1089
1168
745
915
687
905
1141
1404
1954
2870
2398
2538
1993
3864
4709
1497
1476
1178
1894
2385
2250
1643
1610
1818
1925
1748
1900
2642
3929
3918
1152
1113
1384
1921
1889
2546
3103
2727
3886
3606
1470
1830
1600
1927
1913
1766
1943
1283
1694
2146
5755
6404

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
67
0
13
0
4
0
15
0
32
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
4
0
15
0
22
0
18
0
0
0
8
0
40
0
16
0
37
0
9
0
12
0
15
0
60
0
49
0
13
0
19
0
0
0
32
0
6
0
9
0
16
0
15
0
11
0
18
0
9
0
27
0
20
0
54
0
43
0
13
0
0
0
15
0
16
0
25
0
40
0
35
0
0
0
87
0
55
0
9
0
12
0
5
0
16
0
12
0
9
0
12
0
10
0
11
0
37
0
29
0
26
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
9
0

Total

Percent
Success

67
13
4
15
32
31
0
0
0
0
9
4
15
22
18
0
8
40
16
37
9
12
15
60
49
13
19
0
32
6
9
16
15
11
18
9
27
20
59
49
13
0
15
16
25
40
35
0
87
55
9
12
5
16
12
9
12
10
11
37
40
35

13
6
3
11
13
11
0
0
0
0
4
2
9
11
11
0
3
14
5
10
2
3
4
10
7
5
8
0
10
2
2
5
6
3
5
2
7
4
9
7
7
0
7
6
9
9
6
0
13
9
3
3
1
4
3
3
4
4
4
10
4
3

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only)
Unit
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22N
22S
23
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
24B
25M
25M
25M
25M
26M
26M
26M
26M
26M
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
30B
30B
30B
30B
30B
31
31
31

Year

Hunters

2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

1052
1499
1423
1170
1106
1117
1261
1190
6
6
1304
1226
1253
1288
1349
677
584
528
676
662
672
642
679
931
742
4
23
103
147
130
156
171
108
202
708
635
906
768
865
273
241
196
271
172
260
171
247
227
184
260
226
166
211
270
394
385
267
487
441
350
350
352

Hunter
Days
4927
8875
7671
6154
5672
5173
7117
6733
37
18
7332
6482
6255
6121
7205
4477
3231
2949
4140
3796
4218
3897
3492
5515
4807
45
82
520
583
843
962
1097
871
1269
4101
3301
4433
5076
5096
1443
1110
1022
1661
773
1546
981
1595
1429
1012
1667
1479
956
1607
1711
2694
2936
1550
3572
3336
2039
1830
1942

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
20
0
38
0
37
0
11
0
16
0
5
0
11
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
16
0
25
0
38
0
31
0
13
0
19
0
5
0
22
0
0
0
13
0
16
0
20
0
5
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
12
0
4
0
19
0
0
0
11
0
18
0
45
0
35
0
35
0
32
0
49
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
10
0
16
0
6
0
22
0
31
0
10
0
0
0
18
0
22
0
58
0
35
0
38
0
25
0
4
0
0
0
5
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
5
0
11
0
37
0
47
0
57
0
40
0
87
0
49
0
6
0
0
0
72
0
74
0
25
0
43
0
43
0
9
0
12
0
25
0
27
0
43
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
23
0
15
0
22
0
37
0
9
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
0
43
0
25
0
27
0
43
0
13
0
0
0
10
0
27
0
6
0
31
0
12
0
15
0
16
0
12
0
0
0
4
0
10
0

Total

Percent
Success

25
49
74
58
73
45
98
61
6
0
85
90
50
81
74
22
31
30
49
43
26
16
20
16
62
0
0
11
12
4
19
0
11
18
72
58
50
54
86
9
8
0
5
0
63
43
35
43
49
35
31
20
27
24
53
70
50
54
37
4
4
15

2
3
5
5
7
4
8
5
100
0
7
7
4
6
5
3
5
6
7
6
4
2
3
2
8
0
0
11
8
3
12
0
10
9
10
9
6
7
10
3
3
0
2
0
24
25
14
19
27
13
14
12
13
9
13
18
19
11
8
1
1
4

Hunt Arizona 2015 41

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only)
Unit
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B
34B
34B
35A
35A
35A
35A
35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
35B
36A
36A
36A
36A
36A
36B
36B
36B
36B
36B
36C
36C
36C
36C
36C
37A
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
38M
38M
38M
38M
38M

Year

Hunters

2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

336
429
520
397
347
487
441
1416
1448
1107
1753
1410
991
888
629
936
926
350
234
186
319
288
511
385
307
552
435
229
164
171
189
178
722
623
589
909
987
542
409
387
639
625
350
393
196
373
386
385
311
262
547
497
744
646
689
1142
1165
314
253
242
368
392

42 Hunt Arizona 2015

Hunter
Days
1786
2624
2470
1838
1620
2506
2949
8959
8421
6466
11127
9173
6701
5805
3548
6186
5721
1793
1250
866
2224
2753
4070
2745
2053
4654
3808
1560
888
946
1407
816
4352
3959
3613
6115
6224
3178
2219
1822
3669
3501
2084
2075
926
2029
1981
2254
1674
1474
3231
2992
3774
3422
3840
6316
6212
2425
2192
1590
2874
2281

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
11
0
12
0
0
0
12
0
10
0
0
0
12
0
5
0
12
0
0
0
16
0
31
0
27
0
13
0
0
0
27
0
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
4
0
4
0
5
0
5
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
22
0
25
0
38
0
48
0
9
0
23
0
15
0
22
0
43
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
0
12
0
22
0
12
0
10
0
22
0
25
0
9
0
27
0
5
0
54
0
37
0
27
0
16
0
15
0
54
0
31
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
0
0
25
0
9
0
8
0
5
0
22
0
0
0
35
0
58
0
50
0
70
0
74
0
36
0
30
0
35
0
32
0
80
0
13
0
12
0
15
0
16
0
12
0
27
0
23
0
15
0
22
0
55
0
27
0
19
0
5
0
16
0
25
0
13
0
17
0
20
0
11
0
14
0
9
0
16
0
5
0
5
0
12
0
13
0
16
0
0
0
5
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0

Total

Percent
Success

11
37
9
20
15
22
12
40
70
50
86
105
63
43
35
59
105
13
12
15
16
24
31
27
20
27
67
27
19
5
16
25
40
39
45
49
62
18
39
20
27
55
13
16
5
10
18
22
12
10
22
25
9
27
10
59
37
27
16
15
54
37

3
9
2
5
4
5
3
3
5
5
5
7
6
5
6
6
11
4
5
8
5
8
6
7
7
5
15
12
12
3
8
14
6
6
8
5
6
3
10
5
4
9
4
4
3
3
5
6
4
4
4
5
1
4
1
5
3
9
6
6
15
9

Deer Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only)
Unit
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
39/40
41
41
41
41
41
42
42
42
42
42
43/44
43/44
43/44
43/44
43/44
45
45
45
45
45
47M
47M
47M

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

Hunters
278
206
156
276
233
341
346
211
390
435
363
261
156
271
313
282
218
176
260
300
18
47
40
76
49
76
66
50

Hunter
Days
1891
1024
795
1688
1177
1986
1912
1454
2105
2624
1896
1296
765
1304
1680
1793
1441
1152
1900
2220
148
304
226
292
331
493
385
316

Mule Deer
Buck
Antlerless
9
0
12
0
0
0
16
0
12
0
13
0
8
0
5
0
5
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
11
0
18
0
9
0
12
0
5
0
27
0
12
0
4
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
0
0
0

DEER HARVEST
Whitetail
Buck
Antlerless
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

Percent
Success

9
12
0
16
12
13
8
5
5
37
0
0
5
11
18
9
12
5
27
12
4
8
0
0
0
4
4
0

3
6
0
6
5
4
2
2
1
9
0
0
3
4
6
3
6
3
10
4
22
17
0
0
0
5
6
0

2014 data is preliminary.

Hunt Arizona 2015 43

PronghornAntelope (Antilocapra americana)

Natural History

George Andrejko

Pronghorn antelope are native to the prairies of North


America. At one time they
numbered in the millions
and were found from the
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and from central
Canada to Mexico. With the
European settlement of the
plains, the population was
reduced nearly to extinction.
In Arizona, antelope persisted primarily in the northern
plains. They also inhabit high
elevation meadows between
forested areas, and scattered
herds are again found in the
grasslands of southeastern
Arizona. The endangered
Sonoran pronghorn is restricted to the extreme
desert lands of southwestern
Arizona and northern
Sonora, Mexico.
The name pronghorn
comes from the sharply
pointed prong on the horn of
the buck antelope. The does
horns, if present at all, are
smaller and more slender.
Antelope have true horns in
that the horny tissue is composed of fused hairs, which
form over a bony core. Horn
length reaches maximum
size during the summer
before the outer sheaths
are shed, usually sometime
in the fall.
Antelope have exceptional eyesight, which is
often compared to highpowered binoculars. These
Hunt Arizona 2015 45

Pronghorn Antelope
prairie goats are also one of the fastest mammals,
being able to run in excess of 60 mph. Despite their
speed, antelope are reluctant to jump over objects,
preferring to crawl under or through fences rather
than leap over them.
A conspicuous characteristic of the antelope is the
white rump patch. When an animal is alarmed, its
rump hairs stand erect and appear as a white flash that
can be seen for miles. The dominant body color is an
apricot tan, with sharply contrasting white markings on
the belly, head, and neck. The top of the bucks muzzle is brown or black, and below the ear he will usually
have a triangular black cheek patch, which is lacking
on the doe. A short mane is present along the top of
the neck. Shedding is continuous, with the individual hairs being loosely attached to the skin, making the
hide nearly worthless. Since the hairs
are hollow and can
be erected at will,
prong-horns are
able to adjust to
great extremes in
temperature.
Adult bucks
usually weigh between 90 and
120 pounds The
does are about 20
pounds lighter.
Antelope distribution
Antelope are primarily browsers,
feeding mostly on weeds and short browse plants, with
grass being only a minor food source. Because of Arizonas mild winters, antelope tend to live longer than
the six- to eight-year average life span of their northern
cousins, one reason that a disproportionate number of
Arizona bucks are trophy animals with horns in excess
of 15 inches in length.
Antelope are gregarious and usually seen in mixed
herds, except in the spring when the bucks are alone
or in small bachelor groups. Later, in the summer and
early fall, these same bucks will collect harems of does,
which may number up to 15 animals, which they then
defend from other bucks. Antelope breed in August
and September, and the young are born in May and

46 Hunt Arizona 2015

June. A doe will typically produce one or two fawns.


The young are not spotted like the fawns of the deer
family, but instead have markings similar to those of
adults. The fawns remain hidden, with the doe feeding them several times a day, until they are about two
to three weeks old and strong enough to travel with the
adults. During this time, pronghorn fawns, or kids,
are the most vulnerable to coyotes, which may take 75
percent or more of the years production. Adult antelope are taken by mountain lions, as well as by coyotes.

Hunt History

Once second only to deer as a game animal, Arizonas


antelope were first given a closed season in 1893. The
response must have been less than satisfactory, however,
as the season was completely closed in 1905. By 1922,
the states antelope population was estimated to be less
than 1,000 animals.
Then, for reasons that still are not fully understood,
pronghorn antelope began to make a comeback. Aided by a closed season, government predator control
programs, and the abandonment of numerous homesteads, pronghorn numbers steadily increased until
fears were expressed that some northern Arizona populations were in danger of exceeding their food supply.
Accordingly, a limited hunt of 400 buck permits was
authorized for northern Arizona in 1941.
After a closed season from 1944 to 1948, antelope hunting in Arizona recommenced in 1949. Hunts
were liberalized gradually, until 1954 when 1,600 permits were issued and 1,146 bucks were taken. Despite
the issuance of a number of antlerless antelope permits between 1961 and 1975, this level of harvest has
never again been equaled. Annual harvests since 1990
have varied between 500 and 700 bucks, with archers
taking a proportionally larger percent of the harvest
in recent years. Plagued by encroaching subdivisions,
increasing highway construction, and other land-use
changes, maintaining even the present number of antelope is dependent on citizen involvement and an
aggressive translocation program.

Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data


Historic Summary of Antelope Survey Data
Year
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

Bucks
943
1302
1208
1134
1130
1119
1098
1148
862
782
819
994
1006
835
817
893
874
1014
969
1060
590
799
866
993
749
1211
1006
910
950
936
937
1071
1190
1292
1029
1157
1264
1563
1800
1685
1915
1572
1731
1581
1916
2133
2019
2236
2036
1998
1997
1814
1455
1739
1503
1313
1353
1292
1205
952
1014
892
913
811
1006

Does
1944
2153
2280
2007
2312
2230
2086
2283
2056
2169
2396
2545
2745
2180
2711
2699
2905
2948
2851
3086
2249
2472
2730
2559
2028
3005
2878
2926
3347
3177
3473
3706
3750
3833
3388
3753
3611
4881
5327
5249
6013
4967
5738
5326
5663
6187
5809
6638
5498
6426
6152
5420
4453
5702
4305
4484
4502
3626
3006
2778
2816
2883
3182
3047
3082

Fawns
1536
1397
1550
1089
1840
1040
1344
969
891
806
1096
1631
1689
1067
1158
1386
1410
1040
1181
1329
938
1053
1728
636
841
1275
941
1086
932
727
1352
1204
1173
899
1300
1471
1190
1477
1610
1632
1413
1131
1323
1825
1831
2294
1427
1787
435
2037
1651
1076
1002
1773
353
1459
1494
1485
596
620
538
520
869
891
879

Unclassified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
123
37
30
12
0
44
22
0
2
1
2
23
14
6
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
3
12
1
0
2
0
4
3
9
1
34
0
14
7
28
11
8
7
15
8
1
1
16
16
16
12
4
6
3
5

Total
4423
4852
5038
4230
5282
4389
4528
4400
3809
3757
4311
5170
5440
4205
4723
5008
5201
5002
5045
5497
3777
4326
5325
4190
3641
5505
4831
4922
5230
4840
5762
5982
6113
6024
5722
6384
6077
7922
8737
8568
9341
7674
8795
8741
9411
10648
9255
10675
7976
10489
9811
8318
6917
9229
6169
7257
7350
6419
4823
4366
4380
4299
4970
4752
4972

Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does


49
79
60
65
53
68
57
54
49
80
50
47
53
64
50
42
42
43
36
37
34
46
39
64
37
62
38
49
30
43
33
51
30
49
34
35
34
41
34
43
26
42
32
43
32
63
39
25
37
41
40
42
35
33
31
37
28
28
29
23
27
39
29
32
32
31
34
23
30
38
31
39
35
33
32
30
34
30
32
31
32
24
32
23
30
23
30
34
34
32
34
37
35
25
34
27
37
8
31
32
32
27
33
20
33
23
31
31
35
8
29
33
30
33
36
41
40
40
34
22
36
19
31
18
29
27
27
29
33
29

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Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data


Historic Summary of Antelope Survey Data (continued)
Year
2013
2014

Bucks
1106
1106

Does
3070
3417

Fawns
884
1066

Unclassified
8
0

Total
5068
5559

Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does


36
29
32
30

5-year: 2010-2014 Antelope Survey Data


Unit
1
1
1
1
1
2A
2A
2A
2A
2A
2B
2B
2B
2B
2B
2C
2C
2C
2C
2C
3A
3A
3A
3A
3A
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3C
3C
3C
3C
3C
4A
4A
4A
4A
4A
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A
5A
5A
5A

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

48 Hunt Arizona 2015

Bucks
56
31
30
57
45
24
17
24
21
42
12
7
14
20
27
28
42
30
28
20
49
31
43
60
61
5
7
8
4
9
12
17
12
20
21
7
6
11
29
22
33
31
45
44
65
35
24
32
36
43
22
22
15
16
18

Does
176
165
138
158
147
108
68
51
76
113
45
43
70
73
111
145
124
66
105
98
182
150
125
196
181
18
27
41
30
37
30
28
29
26
38
54
33
101
93
73
154
114
134
87
157
111
73
69
122
114
78
93
82
47
89

Fawns
81
22
36
39
43
8
6
3
13
29
11
10
17
14
16
40
12
7
2
11
37
36
34
25
45
4
6
5
7
10
10
6
11
12
5
6
8
18
17
37
64
33
72
40
101
41
26
24
54
45
33
26
36
19
44

Unclassified
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

Total
316
218
204
254
235
140
91
79
110
184
68
60
101
107
154
213
178
106
135
129
268
217
202
281
287
27
40
54
41
56
52
51
52
58
64
67
47
130
139
132
251
178
251
171
323
187
123
125
212
202
133
141
134
82
151

Bucks/100 Does
32
19
22
36
31
22
25
47
28
37
27
16
20
27
24
19
34
45
27
20
27
21
34
31
34
28
26
20
13
24
40
61
41
77
55
167
18
11
31
30
21
27
34
51
41
32
33
46
30
38
28
24
18
34
20

Fawns/100 Does
46
13
26
25
29
7
9
6
17
26
24
23
24
19
14
28
10
11
2
11
20
24
27
13
25
22
22
12
23
27
33
21
38
46
13
11
24
18
18
51
42
29
54
46
64
37
36
35
44
39
42
28
44
40
49

Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data


5-year: 2010-2014 Antelope Survey Data
Unit
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
13A
13A
13A
13A
13A
13B
13B
13B
13B
13B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
17A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Bucks
52
48
38
45
52
5
9
6
8
6
4
5
11
12
8
67
45
60
79
77
30
28
40
47
44
42
45
35
43
45
12
32
116
123
162
0
7
7
11
17
8
18
13
31
20
13
8
16
16
21
3
4
4
1
17
17
14
4
6
10
8
12
14
6

Does
102
112
154
141
183
16
27
15
17
30
17
41
48
46
35
248
194
159
173
238
179
121
113
107
127
105
76
72
75
101
93
137
375
322
453
22
29
24
16
29
59
129
87
128
85
47
45
43
53
47
15
4
13
9
54
60
63
50
50
40
12
46
50
13

Fawns
45
39
47
47
49
7
12
14
15
11
5
16
12
17
11
60
57
40
77
71
46
68
62
45
36
25
48
46
45
26
29
73
133
95
150
4
6
5
3
13
7
31
4
16
21
14
10
8
11
16
8
3
5
4
9
4
2
4
1
9
1
8
9
0

Unclassified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
199
199
239
233
284
28
48
35
40
47
26
62
71
75
54
375
296
259
329
386
255
217
215
199
207
172
169
153
163
172
135
242
624
540
765
26
42
36
30
59
74
178
104
175
126
74
63
67
80
84
26
11
22
14
80
81
79
58
57
59
21
66
73
19

Bucks/100 Does
51
43
25
32
28
31
33
40
47
20
24
12
23
26
23
27
23
38
46
32
17
23
35
44
35
40
59
49
57
45
13
23
31
38
36
0
24
29
69
59
14
14
15
24
24
28
18
37
30
45
20
100
31
11
31
28
22
8
12
25
67
26
28
46

Fawns/100 Does
44
35
31
33
27
44
44
93
88
37
29
39
25
37
31
24
29
25
45
30
26
56
55
42
28
24
63
64
60
26
31
53
35
30
33
18
21
21
19
45
12
24
5
13
25
30
22
19
21
34
53
75
38
44
17
7
3
8
2
23
8
17
18
0

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Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data


5-year: 2010-2014 Antelope Survey Data
Unit
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
21
21
21
21
21
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
34B
34B
34B
34B
34B
35
35
35
35
35
36B
36B
36B
36B

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

50 Hunt Arizona 2015

Bucks
16
11
13
19
17
16
33
23
25
13
94
79
150
123
85
73
86
97
81
49
58
37
33
22
20
6
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
55
20
19
26
26
17
18
19
20
17
24
5
5
5
10
6
5
5
9
30
4
3
2
1

Does
67
62
23
64
29
118
214
134
75
84
293
330
277
339
327
278
266
283
122
112
73
116
87
89
109
18
16
6
6
5
3
0
1
0
100
40
48
55
41
61
36
36
47
36
35
22
33
26
36
43
18
43
43
80
10
1
2
0

Fawns
10
28
4
12
10
31
39
19
14
23
65
120
61
85
97
78
92
86
60
26
40
36
15
43
28
4
3
2
4
0
2
0
0
0
23
0
4
4
9
15
4
11
7
14
4
3
10
6
14
1
1
20
18
20
1
0
0
0

Unclassified
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
94
102
40
95
56
165
286
176
114
120
452
529
488
547
509
429
444
466
271
187
171
189
135
154
157
28
20
9
12
6
6
1
4
1
179
60
71
85
76
93
58
66
74
67
63
30
48
37
60
50
26
68
70
130
15
4
4
1

Bucks/100 Does
24
18
57
30
59
14
15
17
33
15
32
24
54
36
26
26
32
34
66
44
79
32
38
25
18
33
6
17
33
20
33
300
55
50
40
47
63
28
50
53
43
47
69
23
15
19
28
14
28
12
21
38
40
300
100
-

Fawns/100 Does
15
45
17
19
34
26
18
14
19
27
22
36
22
25
30
28
35
30
49
23
55
31
17
48
26
22
19
33
67
0
67
0
23
0
8
7
22
25
11
31
15
39
11
14
30
23
39
2
6
47
42
25
10
0
0
-

Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Antelope Hunts (Youth-Only Hunts listed separately)
Year
1941
1942
1943
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
1

1st Choice
Applicants

6781
5895
4291
5178
6769
6493
5594
6161
6435
6340
7680
9138
9751
9557
9493
9888
9571
7978
7357
7965
8354
8682
9035
8988
8812
9047
10095
11204
11888
12933
14116
15138
16728
17168
16989
16450
20082
22727
25822

Permits
Issued
400
750
1072
606
520
835
1233
1340
1600
955
445
305
490
990
1200
1411
1215
1281
1413
1278
1180
1336
800
810
1124
909
997
1219
1213
1196
974
970
880
844
713
730
835
834
841
780
740
591
647
647
601
574
528
645
652
656
651
556
543
497
459
450
437
360
353

Hunters

Hunter Days

387
721
991
575
502
794
1201
1283
1561
914
430
296
476
974
1174
1373
1173
1257
1377
1248
1150
1297
782
791
1103
896
972
1205
1181
1163
937
796
849
810
683
713
814
795
810
768
728
571
640
633
587
565
507
633
640
650
630
545
534
484
454
442
428
350
345

2445
2293
1983
1713
1955
1816
1513
1502
1904
1816
1701
1621
1526
1177
1374
1341
1366
1225
1105
1496
1411
1427
1308
1214
1248
1088
943
898
929
807
825

Bucks
286
487
522
437
382
548
739
828
1146
578
297
205
317
589
722
687
559
690
724
652
542
667
352
406
589
559
480
642
685
652
522
425
415
427
444
456
506
521
558
584
533
426
489
488
424
442
417
484
521
534
540
435
427
407
402
356
357
295
283

Harvest
Does/Fawns1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
68
53
39
125
25
20
27
2
0
28
0
20
21
31
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
286
487
522
437
382
548
739
828
1146
578
297
205
317
589
722
755
612
729
849
677
562
694
354
406
617
559
500
663
716
670
522
425
415
427
444
456
506
521
558
584
533
426
489
488
424
442
417
484
521
534
540
435
427
407
402
356
357
295
283

Percent
Success
74
68
53
76
76
69
62
65
73
63
69
69
67
61
62
55
52
58
62
54
49
54
45
51
56
62
51
55
61
58
56
53
49
53
65
64
62
66
69
76
73
75
76
77
72
78
82
76
81
82
86
80
80
84
89
81
83
84
82

Harvest classifications prior to 1968 are unavailable for some hunts. In these cases, all harvest has been listed as bucks.

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Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Antelope Hunts (Youth-Only Hunts listed separately)
1st Choice
Harvest
Permits
Hunters
Hunter Days
Issued
Applicants
Bucks
Does/Fawns1
Total
2005
18627
422
413
976
356
0
356
2006
23632
455
440
1083
389
0
389
2007
28042
473
466
1257
414
0
414
2008
18931
503
485
1226
432
0
432
2009
17480
525
506
1490
432
0
432
2010
16382
502
496
1451
427
0
427
2011
16272
436
431
1491
346
0
346
2012
19980
428
399
1198
347
0
347
2013
21460
424
403
1111
329
0
329
2014
22006
456
445
1178
385
0
385
1
Harvest classifications prior to 1968 are unavailable for some hunts. In these cases, all harvest has been listed as bucks.
Year

Percent
Success
86
88
89
89
85
86
80
87
82
87

Historic Summary of Youth-Only Antelope Hunts


1st Choice
Permits
Applicants
Issued
1999
443
15
2000
485
15
2001
509
15
2002
664
15
2003
761
12
2004
776
12
2005 to 2013 No youth hunts offered
Year

Hunters

Hunter Days

15
15
15
15
12
12

29
41
22
26
39
39

Bucks
13
12
13
14
8
5

Harvest
Does/Fawns
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
13
12
13
14
8
5

Percent
Success
87
80
87
93
67
42

Bucks
13
13
23
19
32
40
58
64
68
55
61
80
67
53
62
57
56
57
59
62
72
55
50
56
68
67
76
70
49
41
40
50
60

Harvest
Does/Fawns
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
13
13
23
19
32
40
58
64
68
55
61
80
67
53
62
57
56
57
59
62
72
55
50
56
68
67
76
70
49
41
40
50
60

Percent
Success
33
30
34
32
41
34
49
44
50
40
43
54
46
39
60
63
59
64
61
67
77
66
56
62
66
71
70
68
56
59
63
75
91

Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Antelope Hunts


Year
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
89
87
132
181
246
358
365
454
528
608
587
628
729
821
824
831
865
988
1027
1017
1319
1561
1746
1446
1618
2154
1691
1399
1208
1011
1142
1242
1259

52 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits
Issued
40
45
75
65
78
123
122
147
145
143
143
153
148
142
106
91
96
91
99
93
94
87
92
97
103
103
113
106
87
73
64
68
72

Hunters

Hunter Days

40
44
68
60
78
117
119
144
135
138
141
149
146
136
103
91
95
89
97
92
94
83
89
91
103
94
108
103
87
69
63
67
66

154
135
181
166
206
361
316
378
370
441
481
486
495
460
302
261
254
245
289
212
199
240
292
297
336
320
413
358
407
212
184
175
207

Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Archery Antelope Hunts
Year
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
16
17
36
84
106
116
203
364
338
249
298
332
385
483
468
564
625
678
831
1046
1183
1233
1373
1497
1582
1812
1933
1943
2319
2482
2502
2069
2376
2697
2074
2007
1880
1832
2084
2265
2324

Permits
Issued
50
50
100
119
160
210
225
225
236
289
339
364
423
473
497
508
484
549
657
666
683
671
611
585
587
588
558
536
514
433
416
415
400
399
394
380
360
321
314
302
294

Hunters

Hunter Days

37
25
57
93
142
170
214
203
218
268
315
345
401
451
475
475
456
521
631
615
621
617
568
549
560
562
516
503
493
408
388
392
361
370
371
343
334
293
307
284
273

168
62
209
405
498
683
1133
1203
1370
1357
1543
1791
2175
2315
2596
2565
2490
2999
3646
3391
3474
3580
3160
3065
3155
3417
3102
3156
2667
2557
2622
2452
2383
2420
2432
2123
2249
1786
2132
2016
1869

Bucks
2
0
3
5
11
7
21
13
15
20
33
32
31
32
52
54
53
46
75
111
116
106
101
106
110
97
70
82
143
57
73
59
71
89
111
119
101
101
84
71
101

Harvest
Does/Fawns
0
0
0
1
2
6
0
0
0
2
3
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total
2
0
3
6
13
13
21
13
15
22
36
33
34
32
53
54
53
46
75
111
116
106
101
106
110
97
70
82
143
57
73
59
71
89
111
119
101
101
84
71
101

Percent
Success
5.4
.0
5.3
6.5
9.2
7.6
9.8
6.4
6.9
8.2
11.4
9.6
8.5
7.1
11.2
11.4
11.6
8.8
11.9
18.0
18.7
17.2
17.8
19.3
19.6
17.3
13.6
16.3
29.0
14.0
18.8
15.0
20.0
24.0
30.0
35
30
34
27
25
37

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Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Firearms
1
1
1
1
1
2A
2A
2A
2A
2A
2C
2C
2C
2C
2C
3A
3A
3A
3A
3A
3C
3C
3C
3C
3C
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
6A
6A

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011

9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05-9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11

54 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants
20
30
20
20
20
30
20
20
20
20
10
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
20
20
5
2
2
1
3
12
3
12
3
12
3
13
4
16
4
15
15
20
26
26
11
4
7
3
7
3
6
2
6
2
17
3
26
4
26
4
17
3
21
3
5
5

1889
2171
2148
2400
2392
594
378
447
432
461
218
287
383
595
472
493
426
534
598
763
145
87
89
111
144
533
3
555
3
700
8
849
14
933
9
454
366
680
781
806
506
2
297
6
345
2
342
2
401
5
843
7
1254
8
1969
21
2002
11
2565
18
199
147

Permits
Issued
20
30
20
20
20
30
20
20
20
20
10
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
20
20
5
2
2
1
3
12
3
12
3
12
3
13
4
16
4
15
15
20
26
26
11
4
7
3
7
3
6
2
6
2
17
3
26
4
26
4
17
3
21
4
5
5

Draw Odds Hunters


1.0
1.3
.8
.8
.8
2.5
2.1
2.2
3.2
2.0
1.8
2.1
3.1
1.2
2.1
2.0
2.6
1.5
2.8
1.6
2.1
2.3
2.2
.9
2.1
2.3
33.3
2.2
33.3
1.6
37.5
1.4
28.6
1.6
11.1
2.2
1.6
1.9
1.7
2.6
2.2
100.0
1.3
50.0
1.7
50.0
.6
100.0
.2
40.0
1.5
14.3
1.8
50.0
1.3
19.0
.8
27.3
.8
22.2
2.0
3.4

20
30
20
20
20
30
20
18
15
18
10
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
20
20
5
2
2
1
3
12
3
12
3
11
3
13
4
16
4
15
15
20
25
26
11
4
5
3
7
3
6
0
6
2
17
3
26
4
24
2
17
3
21
4
5
5

Hunter Days

Harvest

59
90
56
51
45
107
70
62
37
50
22
26
49
43
39
36
58
44
58
45
25
4
4
1
3
24
3
68
10
23
3
15
8
35
8
75
58
64
71
104
32
9
26
8
16
9
12
0
20
10
60
4
93
12
90
10
77
9
50
12
31
10

16
26
16
18
17
24
11
16
13
16
10
15
15
11
13
14
11
14
16
19
3
2
2
1
3
12
1
12
3
11
2
12
0
15
2
10
15
16
21
22
11
3
2
0
7
3
5
0
5
2
16
3
20
4
14
0
15
2
18
4
3
5

Hunt
Success
80
87
80
90
85
80
55
89
87
89
100
100
100
73
87
93
73
93
80
95
60
100
100
100
100
100
33
100
100
100
67
92
0
94
50
67
100
80
84
85
100
75
40
0
100
100
83
83
100
94
100
77
100
58
0
88
67
86
100
60
100

Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

6A
6A
6A
6B South
6B South
6B South
6B South
6B South
7
7
7
7
7
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
13A
13A
13A
13A
13A
13B
13B
13B
13B
13B
17A
17A
17A
17A
17A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A North
19A North
19A North
19A North
19A North
19B
19B
19B
19B North
19B North

2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2014
2012
2013

9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/10-9/16
9/09-9/15
9/14-9/20
9/13-9/19
9/12- 9/18
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/10-9/16
9/09-9/15
9/14-9/20
9/13-9/19
9/12- 9/18
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/12- 9/18
9/14-9/20
9/06-9/19

Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants
6
7
7
2
2
2
2
2
40
40
40
40
48
20
25
27
30
40
70
70
70
80
90
2
2
2
2
2
30
15
15
10
10
10
10
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
10
10
10
10
10
35
35
25
21
20
40
30
30
30
30
60
0
5
5
5

262
339
346
41
37
55
93
44
1394
1292
1644
1869
2012
601
668
1098
1623
1946
4187
4306
5384
5036
4557
47
39
65
46
60
359
244
315
246
214
117
80
75
78
67
165
155
171
191
172
261
228
270
324
359
482
561
608
563
685
775
653
1018
1157
1054
1174
1136
374
351
312

Permits
Issued
6
7
7
2
2
2
2
2
40
40
40
40
48
20
25
27
30
40
70
70
70
80
90
2
2
2
2
2
30
15
15
10
10
10
10
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
10
10
10
10
10
35
35
25
21
20
40
30
30
30
30
60
0
5
5
5

Draw Odds Hunters


1.5
1.2
1.4
2.4
5.4
3.6
1.1
4.5
2.4
2.4
1.8
1.9
2.1
2.8
1.8
2.5
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.4
1.8
4.3
.0
.0
.0
1.7
5.0
5.7
3.5
2.8
3.7
3.4
3.8
4.0
2.6
4.5
1.8
2.6
1.8
.5
1.7
3.1
.9
2.2
2.2
2.5
5.8
2.3
3.3
2.7
2.5
3.6
3.1
2.5
1.8
2.2
3.6
.0
1.1
.9
1.6

6
7
7
2
2
0
2
0
40
40
40
38
48
20
25
24
30
39
69
69
67
74
88
2
0
0
0
2
27
15
13
10
10
9
10
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
10
10
10
10
10
35
35
21
21
20
39
30
27
27
28
60
0
5
4
5

Hunter Days

Harvest

26
14
23
2
18
0
2
0
114
183
118
83
139
60
71
78
55
105
230
236
228
256
205
5
0
0
0
2
73
66
45
30
33
53
48
18
11
10
4
12
13
13
6
30
35
21
30
28
128
90
44
56
58
51
99
56
54
58
144
0
8
6
9

6
6
7
2
2
0
2
0
36
30
35
38
39
17
24
24
28
37
61
56
60
51
78
2
0
0
0
2
26
10
8
8
8
3
5
3
4
5
4
4
4
2
3
8
7
10
8
9
28
27
21
17
14
36
23
25
24
25
50
0
5
3
5

Hunt
Success
100
86
100
100
100
100
90
75
88
100
81
85
96
100
93
95
88
81
90
69
89
100
100
96
67
62
80
80
33
50
60
80
100
100
100
100
67
100
80
70
100
80
90
80
77
100
81
70
92
77
93
89
89
83
100
75
100

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

21
2010
21
2011
21
2012
21
2013
21
2014
30A
2010
30A
2011
30A
2012
30A
2013
30A
2014
31/32
2010
31/32
2011
31/32
2012
31/32
2013
31/32
2014
34B
2010
34B
2011
34B
2012
34B
2013
FTHU
2011
FTHU
2012
FTHU
2013
FTHU
2014
MUZZLELOADER
2B
2010
2B
2011
2B
2012
2B
2013
2B
2014
3B North
2010
3B North
2011
3B North
2012
3B North
2013
3B North
2014
3B South
2014
8
2010
8
2011
8
2012
8
2013
8
2014
15A/15B
2010
15A/15B
2011
15A/15B
2012
15A/15B
2013
15A/15B
2014
17B
2010
17B
2011
17B
2012
17B/19B
2013
17B/19B
2014
18A
2010
18A
2011
18A
2012
18A
2013
18A
2014
19A North
2010
19A North
2011
19A North
2012
19A North
2013
19A North
2014
19B North
2012
34B
2010
34B
2011

Dates

Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants

Permits
Issued

Draw Odds Hunters

Hunter Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14

15
20
25
20
17
9
10
10
7
6
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

338
377
630
719
623
178
150
257
194
192
225
197
218
253
290
152
126
194
224
38
39
56
42

15
20
25
20
17
9
10
10
7
6
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2.7
2.4
2.9
1.9
2.1
3.4
4.7
1.6
1.5
3.1
1.8
2.0
.9
.4
1.0
.7
.8
.5
.4
2.6
2.6
1.8
.0

15
20
23
20
17
9
10
10
7
4
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

48
69
75
75
58
11
13
30
11
9
9
14
8
27
12
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
3

14
16
20
11
10
9
10
7
6
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

93
80
87
55
59
100
100
70
86
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/15
9/05- 9/14
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11
9/07-9/16
9/06-9/12
9/05- 9/11
9/03-9/09
9/02-9/08
9/07-9/13
9/06-9/12
9/05- 9/11
9/03-9/09
9/02-9/08
9/07-9/13
9/06-9/12
9/05- 9/11
9/02-9/13
9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11

30
20
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
2
2
20
20
20
25
30
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
20
15
15
15
15
5
1
1

237
197
184
195
199
84
41
73
67
31
60
351
371
475
474
539
27
18
63
34
24
70
50
30
88
121
99
90
88
120
75
289
199
176
269
210
53
25
24

30
20
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
2
2
20
20
20
25
30
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
20
16
15
15
15
5
1
1

6.8
4.1
3.8
3.1
2.5
2.4
4.9
2.7
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.7
4.3
2.5
3.6
5.2
3.7
11.1
3.2
2.9
.0
2.9
4.0
3.3
5.7
5.0
4.0
4.4
4.5
3.3
5.3
2.4
3.0
4.5
3.3
4.3
3.8
.0
4.2

30
18
10
9
10
5
5
5
5
2
2
20
20
20
25
28
2
0
2
2
0
3
3
2
6
6
5
5
4
5
5
20
16
15
15
13
5
1
1

168
42
23
23
50
25
18
28
13
2
14
114
83
71
70
74
10
0
6
13
0
13
11
3
15
14
20
15
10
13
15
46
37
33
28
38
10
4
1

16
11
10
3
6
1
1
2
3
2
2
6
9
11
20
28
2
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
5
6
3
5
1
5
3
17
12
9
13
13
5
1
1

53
61
100
33
60
20
20
40
60
100
100
30
45
55
80
100
100
0
50
67
67
100
83
100
60
100
25
100
60
85
75
60
87
100
100
100
100

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants

Permits
Issued

Hunt
Success

Unit

Year

Dates

35
35
ARCHERY
1
1
1
1
1
3A
3A
3A
3A
3A
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B North
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
3B South
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
6B North
6B North
6B North
6B North
6B North
7
7
7

2010
2011

9/03-9/12
9/02-9/11

1
1

26
21

1
1

.0
.0

1
1

7
5

1
0

100
0

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/09-8/22
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/10-8/23
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/23-9/05
8/08- 8/21
8/22- 9/04
8/23-9/05
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06

20
30
30
30
30
10
10
10
10
10
15
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
1
4
1
20
20
20
15
15
7
3
7
3
4
1
4
1
4
1
9
1
13
2
13
2
9
1
9
1
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
5

158
197
220
226
250
41
32
44
50
66
32
29
28
56
23
30
18
42
8
41
14
50
25
42
0
32
0
68
84
98
73
65
66
0
39
1
70
1
33
1
56
0
103
0
149
0
150
3
149
0
177
0
25
19
35
32
31
66
56
50

20
30
30
30
30
10
10
10
10
10
15
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
1
4
1
20
20
20
15
15
7
3
7
3
4
1
4
1
4
1
9
1
13
2
13
2
9
1
9
1
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
5

8.2
13.2
10.0
10.6
8.8
14.6
15.6
11.4
14.0
9.1
12.5
10.3
28.6
12.5
17.4
16.7
16.7
9.5
12.5
7.3
21.4
6.0
8.0
4.8
9.4
13.2
14.3
10.2
8.2
10.8
10.6
15.4
100.0
5.7
100.0
12.1
100.0
7.1
4.9
6.7
6.7
66.7
2.7
5.1
16.0
31.6
17.1
6.3
25.8
4.5
5.4
8.0

19
27
30
28
22
10
10
10
10
7
15
10
10
9
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
1
4
1
18
20
20
15
14
7
3
7
3
4
0
4
1
4
0
9
0
13
2
13
2
8
0
9
1
10
8
10
10
10
5
5
5

154
175
216
188
212
72
56
55
84
33
135
43
65
60
20
40
43
33
47
42
60
30
23
38
10
22
10
131
113
158
118
112
81
26
63
9
48
0
26
7
14
0
57
0
130
8
110
10
68
0
86
11
62
55
80
85
83
63
38
58

3
2
9
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
3
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
3
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
3
3
0
2
0
3
2
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

16
7
30
14
9
20
0
0
0
0
13
30
0
33
0
40
40
40
40
0
0
60
60
0
0
50
0
0
10
0
20
21
0
67
0
100
50
0
0
100
33
0
0
15
0
25
44
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
20
0

Draw Odds Hunters

Hunter Days

Harvest

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

7
7
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
12
12
12
12
12
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
15A/15B
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B/19B
17B/19B
17B/19B
17B/19B
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B early
18B early
18B early
18B early
18B early
19A early
19A late
19A early
19A late
19A early
19A late
19A early
19A late
19A early
19A late
19B North
19B North
19B North
21
21
21
21
21
27
27 South

2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2010

8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/13
8/23-9/12
8/22- 9/11
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/10-8/23
8/24-9/06
8/09-8/22
8/23-9/05
8/08- 8/21
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/03
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/06-8/19
8/20-9/02
8/05-8/18
8/19-9/01
8/10-8/23
8/24-9/06
8/09-8/22
8/23-9/05
8/08- 8/21
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/24-9/06
8/20-9/02

58 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants
5
10
5
5
5
60
60
60
65
65
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
5
5
3
3
5
5
5
5
15
10
10
10
10
25
25
15
5
5
40
40
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
20
0
5
10
15
15
15
10
1
5

78
113
74
64
66
365
424
440
458
381
28
32
30
40
65
12
12
11
8
25
23
24
26
31
31
31
26
23
11
80
33
89
40
67
40
51
62
69
70
61
45
34
39
262
82
270
69
320
96
423
107
399
80
127
89
61
38
47
76
54
82
11
58

Permits
Issued
5
10
5
5
5
60
60
60
65
65
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
5
5
3
3
5
5
5
5
15
10
10
10
10
25
25
15
5
5
40
40
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
20
0
5
10
15
15
15
10
1
5

Draw Odds Hunters


6.4
7.1
2.7
6.3
6.1
11.8
8.3
8.2
9.4
9.7
14.3
12.5
13.3
5.0
7.7
25.0
.0
18.2
25.0
4.0
17.4
.0
11.5
9.7
6.5
12.9
7.7
8.7
18.2
5.0
12.1
4.5
.0
10.4
15.0
17.6
8.1
11.6
17.1
18.0
15.6
5.9
5.1
9.5
15.9
8.5
17.4
8.1
16.7
5.9
9.3
6.8
12.5
11.0
.0
4.9
5.3
21.3
13.2
18.5
11.0
9.1
3.4

3
10
5
3
5
56
51
58
59
65
5
5
4
5
5
5
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
5
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
13
10
10
10
10
22
25
14
5
5
36
38
28
28
30
30
30
30
30
26
18
0
5
10
15
15
15
10
0
5

Hunter Days

Harvest

35
73
46
22
25
316
311
388
457
453
41
35
28
30
53
30
16
13
11
24
9
21
28
18
11
20
15
20
12
18
20
33
20
105
63
44
48
42
153
163
92
31
27
250
206
131
136
183
205
144
183
146
182
91
0
25
63
99
123
131
82
0
33

0
6
1
0
3
16
18
16
13
20
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
0
1
3
3
2
2
5
5
5
5
0
3
6
2
0
9
6
5
3
2
18
24
24
21
15
7
16
13
21
12
11
0
5
0
4
3
0
4
0
1

Hunt
Success
0
60
20
0
60
29
35
28
22
31
0
20
0
40
0
0
0
33
0
0
0
75
100
0
50
60
100
67
67
100
100
100
100
0
30
60
20
0
41
24
36
60
40
50
63
86
75
50
23
53
43
70
46
61
100
0
27
20
0
40
20

Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
27 South
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
34B
34B
35
35
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
FTHU
FTHU

Year

Dates

2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014

8/19-9/01
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/20-9/02
8/19-9/01
8/24-9/06
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04
8/23-9/05
8/22- 9/04

Permits
1st Choice
Authorized Applicants
3
10
10
6
6
4
1
1
6
1
4
4
4
4
4
1
1

22
57
47
57
69
42
29
32
38
10
4
3
3
3
12
4
16

Permits
Issued
3
10
10
6
6
4
1
1
6
1
4
4
4
4
4
1
1

Draw Odds Hunters


9.1
8.8
14.9
8.8
8.7
7.1
3.4
.0
10.5
10.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
33.3
25.0
6.3

0
7
8
5
6
4
1
1
5
0
4
2
4
2
0
1
1

Hunter Days

Harvest

0
36
54
17
60
40
13
3
36
0
28
6
28
20
0
2
2

0
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

Hunt
Success
14
50
0
0
0
0
100
40
0
0
0
0
0
100

Hunt Arizona 2015 59

Elk (Cervus elaphus)

Elk were at one time thinly distributed in Arizona from


the White and Blue mountains westward along the
Mogollon Rim to near the San Francisco Peaks. These
native elk were eliminated sometime prior to 1900. In
February 1913, private conservationists released 83 elk
from Yellowstone National Park into Cabin Draw near
Chevelon Creek. These, and two other transplants of
Yellowstone elk in the 1920sone south of Alpine,
and another north of Williamswere great successes,
and Arizonas elk population has now grown to approximately 30,000-35,000 post-hunt adults.
Mountain meadows, ponderosa pine woodlands,
spruce-fir forests, and other high elevation habitats between 7,000 and 10,500 feet elevation constitute the
elks principal summer range. Elk are rarely found more
than one-half mile from water and tend to stay on the
summer range as long as possible, arriving early in the
year and remaining until forced down by deep snow.
Their winter range, which is usually between 5,500 and
6,500 feet elevation, is more limited in extent and may
only comprise about 10 percent of the animals total
habitat. Here, in the pinyon-juniper zone, elk remain
until melting snows allow them to migrate upward.
Elk have distinct summer and winter coats, which
they shed in late summer and spring, respectively. In
winter, the head, belly, neck, and legs are dark brown,
and the sides and back are a grayish-brown; the rump
patch is a yellowish color bordered by a dark brownish
stripe. While females are usually somewhat lighter in
color than bulls, both sexes have heavy dark manes. In
summer, the coat becomes a deep reddish brown. Elk
have little to no undercoat, giving them a sleek, muscular appearance.
Calves are born between late May and early June after
an 8-month gestation period. They are dark russet in color
with white spots on the back and sides. Newly born calves
weigh an average of nearly 30 pounds, with males averaging 4 pounds more than females. Twins are extremely rare.
When the time comes to give birth, a cow will drive
off her previous years calf and separate from the herd
to seek out an area of dense cover for a nursery. Within hours after birth, the newborn is able to move and is
led from the birthing spot to a safer place. After a week,

the mother will band with other cow elk, and after two
to three weeks, the calves, now able to run, will join the
herd. Some of these matriarchal bands may number in
the hundreds. By September, the calves will have shed
their spotted coats and will be behaving much like their
mothers.
An elks natural life span is about 14 to 16 years for
males and 15 to 17 for females, even though tagged animals of more than 25 years old have been documented.
Antler development and size is a function of age, the
older, larger bulls having the most developed antlers. Old
bulls shed their antlers between January and March, and
yearling males sometime between March and June. As
soon as antlers are shed, new ones begin growing, so it is
possible to see yearlings with old spikes and bulls in velvet at the same time. The antlers continue to grow for a

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Natural History

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Elk
period ranging from 90 days for yearlings to 150 days for
adult bulls.
By early August, antler growth is complete. The now
dry velvet is stripped off the hardened antlers in a matter of hours as the bull polishes them against trees. By
early September, the bull is in the rut, and bugling and
harem formation occurs. Harems may number up to 30,
depending on the size and vigor of the bull, but usually
average 15 to 20.
A large bull may weigh up to 1,200 pounds, but most
range between 600 to 800 pounds. The live weight of mature cows ranges from 450 to 600 pounds. Elk evolved
as distance runners and can approach speeds of 40 mph
for short periods, and maintain speeds of nearly 30 mph
for longer periods. They are also strong swimmerseven
calves can swim more than a mileand high jumpers, a
10-foot fence may
not stop an adult.
Elk are grasseating animals, and
one of the requirements of feeding
in open country is
to always be on the
alert for danger.
As herd animals,
some elk can always
be watching for
predators while the
others feed.
Elk distribution

Hunt History

As with many game species in Arizona, elk hunting


has had its ups and downs. With native elk having been
extirpated, the closed season imposed by the territorial
legislature in 1893 was too little too late. The releases of
Yellowstone elk between 1913 and 1929 were successful, however, and in 1935 the population was deemed
sufficient to support a limited, 266-permit bull hunt.
One hundred and forty-five elk were harvested, and
hunts were continued every year through 1943.
Because of World War II, no season was conducted in
1944 or 1945, but a limited hunt, which included the issuance of the first cow elk permits, was again authorized
in 1946. Elk hunting opportunities expanded almost annually as biologists and ranchers feared that Arizonas elk
population might now rise out of control. These concerns culminated in 1953 when 6,288 permits were issued
and 1,558 elk were takenmore than 1,000 of which
were cows. Because of concerns about the slaughter, elk
permits were greatly curtailed in 1954 and remained below 5,000 until 1965, when more than 6,000 permits were
again authorized. By 1967, elk permit numbers were exceeding 7,000, and the annual harvest exceeded 1,500 elk.
62 Hunt Arizona 2015

Once again, elk permits were gradually lowered, although


new hunts, including archery hunts, were being initiated.
By the mid-1980s, elk, and elk permit numbers, were
again headed upward. This trend culminated in 1994,
when nearly 11,000 elk were harvesteda number unimaginable just 20 years earlier. Since then, elk numbers
and harvests have remained at a high level with about
9,000 elk taken each year. This situation is expected to
continue for the foreseeable future as wildlife managers
and land managers continue to balance habitat quality
and elk-livestock competition.

Elk Survey Data


Historic Summary of Elk Survey Data
Year

Spike

Bull

Cow

Calf

Unclassified

1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

17
44
45
30
27
11
35
14
21
14
13
10
22
23
33
18
53
25
41
54
100
39
61
53
86
67
56
60
68
85
93
122
156
53
125
163
175
365
286
274
384
447
752
647
639
947
926
934
837
869
727
670
986
965
400
344
489
493
378
592
473

89
138
101
91
121
93
92
77
88
48
70
62
87
43
83
51
111
94
86
121
124
132
147
96
148
126
88
126
139
148
185
158
196
109
276
154
199
281
250
245
405
434
599
678
869
895
889
1080
1111
1348
1383
1535
1330
1300
1224
1217
1460
1347
1082
1261
1077

332
357
309
290
293
241
206
202
221
122
111
74
152
127
172
164
288
228
284
387
446
486
526
469
495
471
438
597
598
546
678
775
1142
601
1121
1264
1186
2032
1693
1827
2671
2810
4306
4405
5354
5647
7698
6530
6793
7493
6461
7052
6397
7684
4540
5409
4732
4585
4136
4984
4328

129
182
129
141
116
93
78
79
73
54
48
40
79
70
80
86
138
124
167
233
267
271
296
256
267
274
280
353
393
330
404
473
602
338
618
707
691
1172
978
903
1504
1537
2142
1813
2860
2671
3892
2807
2809
2559
2423
3440
2901
3013
1251
1842
1589
2289
1894
1847
1641

0
0
0
0
4
0
0
35
37
15
34
16
49
37
23
16
54
51
57
41
24
21
40
96
270
150
230
244
192
158
117
68
66
82
199
86
43
131
285
204
203
263
461
198
931
399
324
591
105
255
178
131
432
161
29
53
117
195
62
170
2

Total
567
721
584
552
561
438
411
407
440
253
276
202
389
300
391
335
644
522
635
836
961
949
1070
970
1266
1088
1092
1380
1390
1267
1477
1596
2162
1183
2339
2374
2294
3981
3492
3453
5167
5491
8260
7741
10653
10559
13729
11942
11655
12524
11172
12828
12046
13123
7444
8865
8387
8909
7552
8854
7521

Bulls /100
Cows
32
51
47
42
51
43
62
45
49
51
75
97
72
52
67
42
57
52
45
45
50
35
40
32
47
41
33
31
35
43
41
36
31
27
36
25
32
32
32
28
30
31
31
30
28
33
24
31
29
30
33
31
36
29
36
29
41
40
35
37
36

Calves/100
Cows
39
51
42
49
40
39
38
39
33
44
43
54
52
55
47
52
48
54
59
60
60
56
56
55
54
58
64
59
66
60
60
61
53
56
55
56
58
58
58
49
56
55
50
41
53
47
51
43
41
34
38
49
45
39
28
34
34
50
46
37
38

Includes spikes

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Elk Survey Data


Historic Summary of Elk Survey Data
Year

Spike

Bull

Cow

Calf

Unclassified

Total

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Includes spikes

336
446
415
321
493
585
509

1186
1133
816
977
1300
1313
1109

3764
4698
3508
4324
4829
5274
4553

1448
1858
1199
1764
1964
2139
1647

29
75
4
284
358
195
214

6763
8210
5942
7670
8944
9506
8032

5-Year: 2010-2014 Elk Survey Data


Unit
1
1
1
1
1
2A/2B
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
4A
4A
4A
4A
4A
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A
5A
5A
5A
5B
5B
5B
5B
5BN
5BN
5BS
5BS
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7E
7E
7E
7E

Year

Spike

Adult Bull

Cow

Calf

Unclassified

Total

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

72
36
75
88
101
1
21
15
10
32
8
16
15
12
21
11
28
24
37
17
47
6
8
4
8
13
4
26
22
20
39
46
12
61
8
26
25
13
31
2
5
12
15
13
9
22
29
21
5
9
13
27

148
122
240
184
181
7
37
18
32
74
17
23
34
41
30
41
60
47
39
44
54
2
20
20
19
70
50
61
54
66
99
74
115
75
41
64
56
35
27
58
57
17
30
19
14
84
22
26
10
28
28
85

597
385
817
849
645
24
162
236
100
287
125
65
136
119
205
69
281
190
271
312
297
44
33
63
61
71
116
258
195
165
403
536
440
719
103
248
236
155
172
146
219
238
192
110
77
197
223
152
34
97
63
190

234
124
331
345
313
16
89
96
51
122
67
26
54
43
54
29
83
88
124
108
111
17
19
38
36
17
48
96
84
69
166
204
185
193
44
99
59
67
53
62
104
88
71
24
38
83
76
51
5
55
28
90

0
131
0
145
98
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
139
0
0
2
0
0
24

1051
798
1463
1611
1338
48
309
365
193
515
217
130
239
215
310
150
452
369
471
481
511
69
80
125
124
172
220
442
358
328
707
860
752
1048
196
437
376
270
283
269
391
355
308
166
138
525
350
250
56
189
132
416

64 Hunt Arizona 2015

Bulls /100
Cows
40
34
35
30
37
36
36

Bulls/
100 Cows
37
41
39
32
44
33
36
14
42
37
20
60
36
45
25
75
31
37
28
20
34
18
85
38
44
117
47
34
39
52
34
22
29
19
48
36
34
31
34
41
28
12
23
29
30
54
23
31
44
38
65
59

Calves/100
Cows
38
40
34
41
41
41
36

Calves/
100 Cows
39
32
41
41
49
67
55
41
51
43
54
40
40
36
26
42
30
46
46
35
37
39
58
60
59
24
41
37
43
42
41
38
42
27
43
40
25
43
31
42
47
37
37
22
49
42
34
34
15
57
44
47

Elk Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Elk Survey Data
Unit
7E
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
16A
18B
18B
19A
19B
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
27
27
27
27
27
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN

Year

Spike

Adult Bull

Cow

Calf

2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2011
2013
2013
2011
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

11
9
6
17
40
17
29
19
55
70
31
3
8
29
32
19
9
23
23
29
8
3
0
9
1
0
2
4
5
5
49
39
56
48
39
17
21
25
17
29
25
27
34
63
50
36
7
42
16
15

36
7
21
18
63
24
18
44
64
108
27
69
42
56
66
77
26
71
69
83
54
6
0
0
1
7
8
18
20
26
82
86
122
108
120
85
88
93
87
106
28
99
184
127
119
8
12
22
13
23

75
132
148
102
179
128
149
293
397
440
215
110
270
180
228
100
79
189
265
229
117
26
1
79
20
14
5
77
27
28
332
413
424
440
478
255
309
256
340
438
275
472
485
266
461
301
251
482
378
125

41
53
90
43
89
49
45
158
212
212
77
38
109
78
92
47
31
88
84
99
42
13
0
30
7
4
1
37
6
2
110
202
146
182
134
96
101
79
110
134
88
115
183
111
147
87
91
217
148
54

Unclassified
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
66
0
22
0
0
19
0
0
202
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
19
0
0
55
9
2
0
0
41
1
50
8

Total
176
201
267
180
371
218
241
522
728
830
416
220
451
343
418
262
145
371
643
440
221
48
1
118
29
25
16
136
58
61
574
740
749
780
771
453
521
453
573
707
416
768
895
569
777
432
402
764
605
225

Bulls/
100 Cows
63
12
18
34
58
32
32
22
30
40
27
65
19
47
43
96
44
50
35
49
53
35
0
11
10
50
200
29
93
111
39
30
42
35
33
40
35
46
31
31
19
27
45
71
37
15
8
13
8
30

Calves/
100 Cows
55
40
61
42
50
38
30
54
53
48
36
35
40
43
40
47
39
47
32
43
36
50
0
38
35
29
20
48
22
7
33
49
34
41
28
38
33
31
32
31
32
24
38
42
32
29
36
45
39
43

Include spikes
CN = Camp Navajo

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Elk Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Elk Hunts
Year
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998

1st Choice
Applicants

7811
7730
8379
9843
11888
10812
12644
16078
18623
19504
20511
23198
26745
27041
28198
28286
26507
29572
28780
31121
33437
34995
37289
38965
41616
41415
49054
51919
60849
63582
63003
66013
66823

Permits
Issued

2850
4250
6023
5476
6288
2985
2225
1750
1275
1483

5561
5675
5972
5758
5915
6145
5935
5800
5850
5385
5720
6060
6005
6730
6385
6300
6955
7975
8585
9718
10491
11579
14683
14891
14229
11683
12110

Hunters
266
249
230
169
238
229
581
1167
2047
498
1616
2200
2675
3685
5788
5192
6015
2846
2096
1581
1074
1321
1136
1661
1492
2266
3184
4060
4941
5687
6526
5845
5771
5208
4866
5177
5321
5685
5088
5528
5792
5502
5456
5479
5093
5522
5757
5791
6450
6202
6164
6785
7796
8389
9349
10207
11309
14382
14613
13897
11398
11832

Hunter
Days

27227
21248
23808
26294
22409
24344
26554
22952
24529
24741
24496
25782
27613
26477
25600
28980
29148
30811
34757
38157
46962
50862
46444
41591
43552

Bulls
137
76
47
68
77
76
114
223
152
103
246
453
290
413
467
302
380
176
207
115
123
181
282
312
343
402
528
566
590
709
745
613
551
500
742
423
460
437
443
478
556
571
534
584
796
816
732
995
1159
1155
1209
1376
1473
1790
2047
2028
2011
2201
2368
2553
2590
2423

Spikes
8
9
18
17
27
19
19
96
98
0
0
0
0
1
41
42
124
58
58
29
0
0
0
93
104
110
180
163
185
241
304
279
266
239
407
279
296
368
317
438
376
510
485
499
606
735
776
1031
1169
1115
1010
1165
1144
1233
1207
1351
962
1121
794
936
583
664

In some years prior to 1960, spikes and calves were not differentiated from bulls and cows.

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Harvest
Cows
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
13
255
467
566
1070
1185
845
1054
395
347
119
0
0
0
131
107
172
339
338
426
500
442
376
355
202
330
267
295
309
172
343
406
425
390
422
390
400
405
442
867
592
693
1162
1069
1510
1784
2067
3106
4867
4132
4262
2490
2744

Calves
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39
0
0
0
54
34
86
107
126
168
188
191
135
87
77
105
84
91
72
44
89
71
95
65
68
81
96
96
74
220
126
91
224
184
188
271
262
445
630
522
512
306
385

Total
145
85
65
85
110
95
133
319
250
116
501
920
856
1484
1693
1189
1558
629
612
302
123
181
282
590
588
770
1154
1193
1369
1638
1682
1403
1259
1018
1584
1053
1142
1186
976
1348
1409
1601
1474
1573
1873
2047
2009
2542
3415
2988
3003
3927
3870
4721
5309
5708
6524
8819
7816
8263
6269
6216

Percent
Success
55
34
28
50
46
41
23
27
12
23
31
42
32
40
29
23
26
22
29
19
11
14
25
36
39
34
36
29
28
29
26
24
22
20
33
20
21
21
19
24
24
29
27
29
37
37
35
44
53
48
49
58
50
56
57
56
58
61
53
59
55
53

Elk Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Elk Hunts
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
71839
66652
70809
69798
71514
76542
64684
66873
65190
52044
50032
51137
52139
59231
62356
62993

Permits
Issued
15538
15460
18285
16265
13402
14967
15856
16321
16848
17756
18174
18900
16613
15982
17097
17092

Hunters
15158
14940
17628
15767
12983
14399
15254
15773
16189
16968
17408
18021
15815
15178
16180
15986

Hunter
Days
55291
54195
66564
62497
52398
56288
63702
68255
72481
77827
77711
83439
71832
70774
73139
74869

Bulls
2082
2260
2214
2276
1949
2159
2077
2303
2412
2712
2505
2640
2729
2307
2441
2711

Spikes
724
724
393
282
313
357
367
532
496
444
413
414
321
378
343
367

Harvest
Cows
4037
3956
4348
3482
2690
3191
3034
3369
3221
3188
3396
2303
2975
2797
3077
2992

Calves
556
475
375
309
288
405
376
340
373
371
427
217
276
253
262
221

Total
7399
7415
7330
6349
5240
6112
5585
6544
6502
6715
6741
5574
6301
5735
6123
6291

Percent
Success
49
50
42
40
40
42
38
41
40
40
39
31
40
38
38
39

In some years prior to 1960, spikes and calves were not differentiated from bulls and cows.

Historic Summary of Youth-Only Elk Hunts


Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
269
291
409
654
927
1372
2022
2416
2705
2744
2744
2668
2462
2580
3017
2817
2998
3581
3773
3699
3967
4671

Permits
Issued
75
100
175
200
400
1185
1200
1370
1088
1076
1076
1025
1161
1142
1181
1335
1335
1347
1139
1030
1160
1143

Hunters
75
100
173
195
391
1162
1173
1352
1066
1054
1054
996
1123
1100
1100
1288
1273
1309
1105
986
1121
722

Hunter
Days
233
233
466
526
1061
3017
2959
3744
2923
2891
2891
2555
3139
3286
3286
3786
3862
4081
3616
2973
3475
2763

Bulls
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Spikes
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cows
23
59
94
101
208
574
638
543
498
470
470
532
459
532
618
573
658
547
562
538
553
97

Calves
8
6
9
14
31
88
68
50
51
62
62
76
68
53
59
92
103
46
55
77
81
0

Total
31
65
103
115
239
662
706
593
549
532
532
608
527
585
677
665
761
593
617
615
634
97

Percent
Success
41
65
60
59
61
57
60
43
52
50
50
61
47
53
60
52
60
45
56
62
57
13

Bulls
1
6
43
37
36
37
57
51
56
42
47
116
46
145
133

Spikes
1
0
7
2
9
8
12
16
12
12
3
11
8
16
12

Harvest
Cows
6
0
0
0
21
11
25
17
69
74
37
19
150
89
167

Calves
0
0
0
0
10
3
1
3
4
10
10
4
18
14
36

Total
8
6
50
39
76
59
95
87
141
138
97
150
222
264
348

Percent
Success
10
12
26
31
51
30
48
45
64
61
43
57
55
59
48

Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Elk Hunts


Year
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994

1st Choice
Applicants
138
98
381
420
854
880
1030
1307
1215
1089
1389
1876
1313
2244
2953

Permits
Issued
80
50
200
130
150
200
200
200
225
225
225
265
410
451
752

Hunters
77
49
194
124
149
197
200
194
222
225
223
263
405
450
729

Hunter
Days
429
200
805
518
535
811
753
805
809
766
886
1066
1472
1766
2796

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Elk Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Elk Hunts (continued)
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
2707
4227
4486
3819
4118
5115
3591
5287
5457
4814
4672
5238
4858
4723
5523
4900
4580
5142
5523
5932

Permits
Issued
766
723
937
1120
1183
1168
1495
1015
1087
1325
1276
1161
1206
1386
1336
1246
1168
1156
1171
1198

Hunters
753
703
919
1076
1148
1118
1437
977
1054
1279
1217
1101
1179
1327
1285
1195
1102
1102
1129
1134

Hunter
Days
2788
2802
3588
3947
4438
4033
5580
3874
4332
5082
5116
4743
4963
6139
6344
5980
5544
5196
5527
5378

Bulls
128
96
172
163
159
225
209
186
180
255
203
229
208
253
280
255
237
249
228
240

Spikes
6
5
26
24
38
27
13
21
17
20
31
33
45
59
31
33
25
30
14
40

Harvest
Cows
238
156
125
217
198
199
235
101
147
245
161
164
200
236
202
161
166
178
134
192

Calves
38
22
23
20
28
47
21
4
24
28
28
5
36
35
28
12
17
22
19
18

Total
410
279
346
424
423
498
478
312
368
548
423
431
489
583
541
461
445
479
395
490

Bulls
62
110
164
136
154
216
208
198
281
301
308
418
545
549
675
587
775
874
518
887
1074
743
675
1169
460
1042
962
1143
919
910
1241
954
979
760
1408
1292
1261

Spikes
38
74
57
41
75
93
105
127
135
152
123
161
126
137
178
151
192
160
121
84
65
74
129
79
14
57
35
82
55
62
73
73
60
62
104
117
146

Harvest
Cows
46
68
91
48
61
93
80
136
125
161
188
254
191
381
459
479
754
750
514
547
631
475
998
922
541
737
584
890
776
458
357
356
253
143
282
212
223

Calves
1
2
9
9
12
10
12
24
26
29
17
15
19
39
46
56
67
50
38
44
55
42
79
57
29
59
56
78
43
33
23
27
21
13
10
19
12

Total
147
254
321
234
302
412
405
485
567
643
636
848
881
1106
1358
1273
1788
1834
1191
1562
1825
1334
1881
2227
1044
1895
1637
2193
1793
1463
1694
1410
1313
978
1804
1640
1642

Percent
Success
54
40
38
39
37
45
33
32
35
43
35
39
41
41
42
39
40
43
35
43

Historic Summary of Archery Elk Hunts


Year
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

1st Choice
Applicants
3756
3854
4265
5037
5092
4454
4738
4954
5574
6236
6807
7776
8357
8900
9831
10201
11256
12167
12898
13807
15301
17506
18268
17907
18581
18833
20597
20869
22653
24684
21625
20494
19423
19699
21464
23039
23416

Permits
Issued
2865
2990
3450
2925
3600
3935
3760
3810
3699
3680
3615
3925
4230
4806
5315
5318
6880
6780
5756
6151
5386
5440
7168
8507
5827
6708
5577
6676
6510
5132
5883
5891
5714
5716
5587
6257
5904

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Hunters
2552
2802
3268
2805
3469
3775
3627
3696
3613
3599
3538
3837
4152
4729
5184
5225
6731
6654
5638
6033
5288
5303
6978
8271
5662
6537
5435
6491
6367
4963
5675
5669
5554
5516
5239
6005
5622

Hunter
Days
16941
19069
22590
18562
23906
25370
24543
24602
24471
25528
24391
27019
28730
33141
35902
38027
46661
47049
41417
43221
35826
38333
49801
54328
42505
47439
39360
46313
45887
38251
44982
47879
43636
46516
41807
48723
46366

Percent
Success
6
9
10
8
9
11
11
13
16
18
18
22
21
23
26
24
27
28
21
26
35
25
27
27
18
29
30
34
28
29
30
25
24
18
34
29

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2014
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE

12/05-12/11
8/05-8/08
8/12-8/15
8/19-8/22
8/26-9/04
9/23-10/02
10/07-10/16
10/21-10/30
11/04-11/10
11/25-12/04
12/09-12/18
12/23-12/31
8/03-8/12
8/17-8/26
8/31-9/09
9/28-10/07
10/12-10/21
10/26-11/04
8/02-8/11
8/16-8/25
8/30-9/08
9/27-10/06
10/11-10/20
10/25-11/03
8/01-8/31
10/03-10/26
12/10-12/16
12/09-12/15
12/07-12/13
12/06-12/12
8/05-8/08
8/12-8/15
8/19-8/22
8/26-9/04
9/23-10/02
10/07-10/16
10/21-10/30
11/04-11/10
11/25-12/04
12/09-12/18
12/23-12/31
8/03-8/12
8/17-8/26
8/31-9/09
9/28-10/07
10/12-10/21
10/26-11/04
12/07-12/16
12/21-12/31
12/17-12/23
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24

AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
ES
ES
ES
ES
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
RV
CH
CH
CH
CH

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

75
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
75
75
75
75
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
40
10
10
10
10

42
6
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
16
2
2
7
2
2
9
2
7
14
7
5
10
3
43
59
41
59
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
3
3
9
108
119
110
117

75
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
75
75
75
75
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
40
10
10
10
10

Draw
Odds

71.4
66.7
.
.
.
100
.
.
.
.
.
100
43.8
100
100
71.4
100
100
66.7
100
42.9
42.9
57.1
60
40
100
79.1
78
48.8
72.9
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
7.4
7.6
8.2
6

Hunters

Hunter
Days

75
10
10
8
10
6
10
10
8
10
10
10
6
10
10
10
5
10
10
8
8
10
10
10
3
5
69
60
72
66
0
0
5
4
5
5
5
5
0
0
0
4
5
0
5
5
0
0
5
37
8
10
10
10

269
31
30
12
41
12
33
49
35
43
20
29
38
40
44
50
35
55
33
28
30
41
33
62
13
18
267
258
305
270
0
0
10
24
5
43
20
13
0
0
0
14
25
0
23
13
0
0
14
189
25
33
27
31

Bull Spike

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4
6
7

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

35
1
5
6
7
6
8
6
8
5
10
9
2
5
1
0
0
0
5
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
22
11
23
6
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
3
0

0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

35
2
5
6
7
6
8
7
8
5
10
9
2
10
1
2
0
0
5
2
5
2
0
0
0
0
26
11
23
6
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
5
7
10
7

47
20
50
75
70
100
80
70
100
50
100
90
33
100
10
20
0
0
50
25
63
20
0
0
0
0
38
18
32
9
60
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
63
70
100
70

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

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Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
1
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1E
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
2A/2B
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C

Herd
Year
Unit

CH

ES

CC

Hunt
Type

Dates

2014 AE 10/17-10/23
2011 BE
9/23-9/29
2013 BE 9/27-10/03
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2010 ALS 12/10-12/16
2011 ALS 12/02-12/08
2011 ALS 12/09-12/15
2012 ALS 12/07-12/13
2013 ALS 12/06-12/12
2013 ALS 12/13-12/19
2014 ALS 12/05-12/11
2014 ALS 12/12-12/18
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2010 ALSS 10/15-10/24
2013 ALSS 10/11-10/20
2014 ALSS 10/10-10/19
2010 ALS 9/10-9/19
2010 ALS 10/01-10/10
2010 ALS 12/03-12/12
2011 ALS 9/09-9/18
2011 ALS 9/30-10/09
2011 ALS 10/14-10/23
2011 ALS 12/02-12/11
2012 ALS 9/14-9/23
2012 ALS 9/28-10/07
2012 ALS 10/12-10/21
2013 ALS 9/13-9/22
2013 ALS 9/27-10/06
2014 ALS 9/12-9/21
2014 ALS 9/26-10/05
2010 AE
9/10-9/19
2010 AE 10/01-10/10
2010 AE 10/15-10/21
2010 AE 12/03-12/12
2011 AE
9/09-9/18
2011 AE 9/30-10/09
2011 AE 10/14-10/23
2011 AE 12/02-12/11
2012 AE
9/14-9/23
2012 AE 9/28-10/07
2012 AE 10/12-10/21
2013 AE
9/13-9/22
2013 AE 9/27-10/06
2013 AE 10/11-10/20
2014 AE 9/26-10/05
2014 AE 10/10-10/19
2014 AE
9/12-9/21
2010 BE
9/24-9/30
2011 BE
9/23-9/29
2012 BE 9/28-10/04

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

10
45
50
425
425
365
375
375
300
360
300
315
375
225
375
225
75
30
30
30
40
40
30
40
40
30
30
40
40
30
40
40
55
50
20
20
15
15
20
20
15
15
20
20
15
20
20
15
25
15
25
40
40
40

134
5324
6715
2584
1942
2870
2290
3137
678
733
101
977
1002
151
941
203
93
0
0
0
9
3
3
8
1
2
4
7
5
6
14
10
11
3
83
84
4
4
79
51
11
9
102
95
13
86
75
27
58
4
107
2450
2020
3274

10
45
50
425
425
365
375
375
300
360
300
315
375
225
375
225
75
30
30
30
40
40
30
40
40
30
30
40
40
30
40
40
55
50
20
20
15
15
20
20
15
15
20
20
15
20
20
15
25
15
25
40
40
40

Draw
Odds

6.7
0.8
0.7
9.7
10.7
8
7.7
7.8
26.7
28.1
62.4
18.9
20.8
47
24.7
37.4
46.2
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
80
90.9
100
9.6
15.5
50
75
15.2
19.6
36.4
55.6
13.7
9.5
30.8
8.1
16
11.1
12.1
50
7.5
1.4
1.3
1.2

Hunters

10
45
50
410
406
362
364
365
272
344
282
301
345
207
350
0
73
24
24
21
36
40
27
40
38
24
23
40
34
25
35
38
43
41
20
17
14
15
20
20
15
13
20
20
15
20
18
13
25
15
25
40
40
40

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

30
135
162
1814
1677
1536
1513
1440
857
1200
808
1015
1261
818
1301
0
251
135
129
102
245
175
123
139
202
129
125
200
145
115
165
177
313
193
113
100
95
75
85
93
64
45
100
80
65
92
120
71
143
53
148
143
105
176

7
43
50
171
227
183
161
216
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
9
3
4
15
11
4
3
11
13
5
12
10
0
20
8
11
37
38
33

0
0
0
51
31
24
22
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
172
223
173
166
136
108
176
0
40
0
6
0
5
16
5
12
10
2
7
14
6
3
15
2
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
10
8
14
6
4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
10
0
2
4
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

7
43
50
222
258
207
183
238
181
233
181
180
142
112
186
0
40
0
6
0
5
16
5
14
20
2
9
18
6
3
15
4
4
7
13
9
5
4
15
12
4
5
13
13
5
12
10
0
20
8
11
37
38
33

70
96
100
54
64
57
50
65
67
68
64
60
41
54
53
55
0
25
0
14
40
19
35
53
8
39
45
18
12
43
11
9
17
65
53
36
27
75
60
27
38
65
65
33
60
56
0
80
53
44
93
95
83

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

70 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3CE
3A/3CE
3A/4B
3A/4BN
3A/4BN
3A/4BN
3A/4BN
3A/4BN
3A/4BN
3CW
3CW
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A
4A
4A
4A (Hopi)
4AN
4AN (Hopi)
4AN
4AN (Hopi)
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011

BE
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
BE
BE
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS

9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
12/10-12/16
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
10/17-10/23
10/22-10/28
10/21-10/27
8/08-8/17
8/06-8/15
8/05-8/14
8/10-8/19
8/09-8/18
8/06-8/15
8/05-8/14
10/22-10/28
10/21-10/27
11/26-12/02
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21
10/08-10/14
10/14-10/20
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
10/17-10/23
10/15-10/21
8/08-8/17
8/08-8/17
12/12-12/31
12/12-12/31
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
12/03-12/09
10/14-10/20

DL
DL
DL
DL
DL

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

30
30
375
425
325
300
300
150
350
350
350
250
200
15
60
60
15
15
15
15
150
150
390
10
390
10
414
11
366
9
253
9
97
3
97
122
195
97
3
13
13
13
13
50
50
50
35
400
300
300
250
250
100
50

2313
3370
687
732
908
863
928
207
1255
1415
1550
517
624
13
12
5
10
4
40
31
293
382
577
7
636
1
926
8
727
9
657
1
350
4
310
470
527
521
0
5
0
1
0
806
799
1098
927
678
305
524
387
381
125
76

30
30
375
425
325
300
300
150
350
350
350
250
200
15
60
60
15
15
15
15
151
150
390
10
390
10
414
11
366
9
253
7
97
3
97
122
196
97
3
13
13
13
13
50
50
50
35
400
300
300
250
250
100
50

Draw
Odds

1.2
0.8
25.9
29.8
16.5
17.5
16.8
35.7
20.2
18.4
17.2
28.2
20.2
69.2
100
100
60
100
25
19.4
33.1
28
39.2
100
36
100
29
100
27.9
66.7
25.4
100
21.1
25
23.9
18.5
23.7
17.9
100
100
2.6
3.3
2.6
2
39.7
46.6
30.9
29.2
36.2
52
25

Hunters

30
30
367
419
311
292
287
138
340
332
337
246
189
12
57
53
15
15
13
13
140
135
365
10
386
10
393
11
353
8
241
7
93
3
90
117
190
95
3
10
13
10
13
50
50
50
35
393
282
300
229
232
98
50

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

104
130
1806
2080
1544
1436
1406
525
1291
1481
1550
1205
872
102
303
286
98
88
43
57
623
502
1650
20
1725
50
1922
40
1629
27
1068
32
388
5
349
452
675
351
9
21
49
24
59
236
224
204
141
1842
1288
1447
1064
1151
446
202

28
23
90
101
60
62
81
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
0
90
5
72
0
68
0
53
0
72
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
30
40
23
64
46
33
31
42
0
0

0
1
14
30
21
16
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
0
10
0
21
0
15
3
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
12
13
4
5
6
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
63
140
141
145
32
70
9
6
14
8
6
0
0
26
59
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
3
45
49
103
50
1
8
13
10
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
17

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
26
9
2
9
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2

Hunt
Total Success

28
24
104
131
81
78
120
67
166
150
147
41
78
9
6
14
8
6
9
2
32
65
108
5
82
0
89
0
68
3
94
4
25
3
51
52
107
52
1
8
13
10
8
27
30
40
24
76
59
37
36
48
14
19

93
80
28
31
26
27
42
49
49
45
44
17
41
75
11
26
53
40
69
15
23
48
30
50
21
0
23
0
19
38
39
57
27
100
57
44
56
55
33
80
100
100
62
54
60
80
69
19
21
12
16
21
14
38

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 71

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5A/5BN
5A/5BN (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5B
5B (Hopi)
5BN

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2012 ALS 10/19-10/25


2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
2010
B 10/22-10/25
2010
B 10/22-10/25
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2013 ALS 10/11-10/17
2013 ALS 10/11-10/17
2014 ALS 10/10-10/16
2014 ALS 10/10-10/16
SM 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALSS 10/15-10/21
ST 2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
ST 2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2012 ALSS 10/19-10/25
ST 2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
ST 2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
SM 2010 AE 10/15-10/21
2010 AE 10/15-10/21
ST 2011 AE 10/14-10/20
2011 AE 10/14-10/20
ST 2012 AE 10/19-10/25
2012 AE 10/19-10/25
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2011 BE
9/23-9/29

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

50
50
50
48
2
339
11
339
11
291
9
291
9
315
9
194
6
97
3
121
4
121
4
121
4
97
4
37
38
37
38
37
38
62
63
37
63
37
38
25
25
25
25
831
19
831
19
757
18
611
14
614
14
24

114
142
151
526
5
551
7
675
4
802
1
872
6
831
2
600
4
67
0
581
2
582
5
618
5
540
3
2
0
16
3
31
0
50
12
29
20
85
6
111
23
159
56
2380
16
2731
13
2982
20
2909
26
2909
23
1256

50
50
50
48
2
339
11
339
11
291
10
291
9
315
10
194
6
97
3
121
4
121
4
121
4
97
3
37
38
37
38
37
38
62
63
37
38
37
38
25
25
25
25
831
19
831
19
757
18
611
14
614
14
24

Draw
Odds

26.3
24.6
17.2
6.3
40
34.5
100
30.5
100
25.3
100
23.3
100
25.3
100
23.8
100
68.7
15.8
100
17
80
17.8
80
14.4
100
100
75
100
45.2
62
100
44.8
90
28.2
100
12.6
82.6
11.9
42.9
25.2
93.8
22.1
92.3
18.5
75
17.2
50
16.8
56.5
1.4

Hunters

50
48
50
48
2
330
11
326
11
278
10
280
9
305
10
192
6
85
2
118
4
116
4
119
0
95
3
34
38
29
34
31
34
52
53
31
35
33
38
21
25
25
25
796
16
802
16
728
18
594
14
576
14
24

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

230
182
185
165
4
1617
33
1536
44
1354
32
1333
44
1443
10
815
14
347
5
454
14
421
5
407
0
361
13
188
144
80
155
123
141
204
126
113
131
189
178
119
81
123
100
3637
78
3693
49
3365
90
2808
49
2617
49
106

0
0
0
15
0
56
0
63
5
52
4
53
0
90
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
14
8
9
12
6
230
7
256
8
231
12
136
0
204
4
17

0
0
0
0
0
11
0
2
0
13
0
4
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
29
2
44
3
56
0
32
4
38
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

17
23
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
53
0
19
0
65
2
56
3
63
0
44
1
3
0
10
14
6
14
22
11
15
14
0
0
0
9
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
4
0
5
1
9
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

17
23
35
15
0
67
0
65
5
65
4
57
0
103
10
58
2
19
0
69
2
61
4
72
0
53
1
3
0
10
14
8
14
22
11
17
17
3
14
8
21
12
23
259
9
300
11
287
12
168
4
242
4
17

34
48
70
31
0
20
0
20
45
23
40
20
0
34
100
30
33
22
0
58
50
53
100
61
56
33
9
0
34
41
26
41
42
21
55
49
9
37
38
84
48
92
33
56
37
69
39
67
28
29
42
29
71

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

72 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN
5BN
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN (Hopi)
5BN (Hopi)
5BN (Hopi)
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6AN
6AN
6AS/6AW
6AW
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7E

Herd
Year
Unit

TT

CH
CH
CH
CH
CH

Hunt
Type

Dates

2011 BE
9/23-9/29
2010
B 10/22-10/25
2010
B 10/22-10/25
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALSS 10/15-10/21
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/12-10/18
2013 ALS 10/11-10/17
2014 ALS 10/10-10/16
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/12-10/18
2013 ALS 10/11-10/17
2014 ALS 10/10-10/16
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/12-10/18
2013 ALS 10/11-10/17
2014 ALS 10/10-10/16
2010
B 10/22-10/25
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 10/21-10/24
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 10/26-10/29
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
2010 AE 11/19-11/25
2011 AE 11/18-11/24
2012 AE 11/23-11/29
2014 AE 10/24-10/30
2010 BE
9/24-9/30
2013 AE 10/25-10/31
2013
B 10/25-10/28
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2011 BE
9/23-9/29
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2010 ALS 12/03-12/09
2011 ALS 12/02-12/11
2012 ALS 12/07-12/13
2013 ALS 12/06-12/15
2014 ALS 12/05-12/14
2010
B 10/22-10/25

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

1
48
2
386
63
241
285
285
241
14
9
10
10
10
62
625
375
450
450
450
450
125
950
125
900
125
900
825
825
930
450
500
525
475
25
25
25
25
50
25
225
75
25
275
190
190
175
175
400
200
200
300
300
75

11
674
2
722
0
482
680
632
726
7
6
9
8
9
48
2134
275
2214
2182
2125
2235
2064
3770
2908
4169
2970
4477
4889
5112
1216
1994
2371
2431
2639
63
72
91
124
1617
92
1542
177
500
379
320
538
479
567
211
206
204
274
371
293

1
48
2
386
63
241
283
285
241
14
9
10
10
9
62
625
375
450
450
450
450
125
950
126
900
125
900
825
825
930
450
500
525
475
25
25
25
25
50
25
225
75
25
275
190
190
175
175
400
200
200
300
300
75

Draw
Odds

9.1
5
100
32.8
21.6
26.5
24.5
20.9
100
66.7
100
75
44.4
62.5
24
56
16.7
17.7
18.4
16.6
4.7
18.7
3.1
16.4
3.3
14.5
13.8
14.1
43.7
15.2
14.6
16.5
14.9
25.4
18.1
19.8
13.7
2.7
20.7
11.2
24.9
3.4
47
34.1
24.3
24
21.5
87.2
52.9
38.7
63.1
38
14.3

Hunters

0
44
2
374
56
230
262
276
228
14
7
10
10
9
58
614
352
436
431
431
438
123
933
126
878
123
874
785
804
890
431
464
505
454
23
24
0
23
50
24
215
71
25
266
186
185
169
172
374
190
185
272
278
75

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

0
130
8
1456
223
871
1043
1096
847
63
18
25
25
39
271
2455
1475
1740
1674
1512
1695
436
4011
404
3876
414
4296
3316
3822
3595
1776
2032
2194
1851
104
91
0
102
202
94
771
304
88
1181
751
830
710
745
1596
833
838
1327
1213
241

0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
285
54
260
48
218
246
184
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
6
38
1
55
0
21
93
65
60
67
65
0
0
0
0
0
30

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
60
7
51
4
45
49
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
12
0
0
11
4
11
13
10
0
0
0
0
0
4

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
84
7
101
107
110
108
7
7
0
3
6
14
172
74
177
175
222
202
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
275
162
127
174
127
6
3
0
6
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
83
54
79
74
116
0

0
0
0
8
0
7
7
10
13
0
0
0
0
0
2
11
6
14
12
30
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
15
10
22
11
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
6
9
8
7
0

Hunt
Total Success

0
16
0
92
7
108
114
120
121
7
7
0
3
6
16
183
80
191
187
252
218
46
345
61
311
52
263
295
234
299
177
137
196
138
8
7
0
17
38
5
67
16
21
104
69
71
80
75
94
60
88
82
123
34

.
36
0
25
13
47
44
43
53
50
100
0
30
67
28
30
23
44
43
58
50
37
37
48
35
42
30
38
29
34
41
30
39
30
35
29
74
76
21
31
23
84
39
37
38
47
44
25
32
48
30
44
45

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

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Unit

General
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7W
7W
7W

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2012
2012
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2010
2011

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
BE
B
B

11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
9/28-10/04
10/05-10/11
10/12-10/18
10/15-10/21
12/03-12/09
9/23-9/29
10/14-10/20
12/02-12/11
12/07-12/13
9/28-10/04
10/05-10/11
10/12-10/18
10/19-10/28
12/06-12/15
9/27-10/03
10/04-10/10
10/11-10/17
10/18-10/27
12/05-12/11
9/26-10/02
10/03-10/09
10/10-10/16
10/17-10/23
9/23-9/29
10/14-10/20
9/28-10/04
10/05-10/11
10/12-10/18
10/19-10/28
9/27-10/03
10/04-10/10
10/11-10/17
10/18-10/27
10/24-10/30
9/26-10/02
10/03-10/09
10/10-10/16
10/17-10/23
9/27-10/03
10/04-10/10
10/11-10/17
10/24-10/30
9/26-10/02
10/03-10/09
10/10-10/16
10/17-10/23
9/27-10/03
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01

P
P
P

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

425
425
325
400
400
30
30
30
200
260
40
40
200
125
10
10
10
10
250
10
10
10
10
210
20
20
20
20
90
90
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
25
325
325

504
682
637
712
661
329
96
38
324
46
77
40
114
131
67
20
8
24
160
59
17
6
17
196
83
30
30
19
47
24
75
18
9
14
123
32
23
10
6
138
27
44
10
280
90
65
25
221
68
46
27
2111
926
904

425
425
325
400
400
30
30
30
200
260
40
40
200
125
10
10
10
10
254
10
10
10
10
210
20
20
20
20
90
90
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
25
325
325

Draw
Odds

51.2
38.3
34.2
36.1
33.4
8.2
14.6
34.2
37.3
100
27.3
55
85.1
42
14.9
25
0
29.2
76.3
11.9
35.3
33.3
11.8
59.7
20.5
40
53.3
36.8
95.7
100
53.3
72.2
100
100
40.7
68.8
100
100
100
35.5
51.9
79.5
90
6.4
12.2
23.1
96
8.6
17.6
34.8
51.9
0.9
29.7
26.3

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

404
411
311
386
376
30
30
30
197
250
35
36
185
123
10
10
10
8
230
10
10
10
10
190
18
19
20
20
81
81
73
72
73
70
70
71
75
73
64
73
67
68
73
29
30
30
30
27
27
30
30
25
314
314

1747
2015
1454
1853
1795
137
100
131
815
955
157
138
811
598
33
50
55
50
1059
28
37
43
57
815
67
61
83
67
311
328
255
307
316
445
233
338
349
364
287
282
290
311
341
100
120
93
136
89
113
148
133
98
1452
1522

123
80
38
85
87
15
22
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
12
15
12
17
10
9
15
19
86
87

39
26
26
22
7
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
21
20

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
104
8
13
86
39
0
4
7
3
116
8
5
3
4
54
9
10
8
9
38
38
45
21
34
16
28
26
29
26
15
37
20
27
12
0
2
0
2
2
1
2
3
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
18
0
7
11
4
0
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
5
2
3
0
7
2
0
9
2
0
5
2
4
7
0
2
7
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

162
106
64
107
94
15
22
18
32
122
8
20
97
43
0
4
7
3
120
8
7
3
4
59
11
13
8
16
40
38
54
23
34
21
30
30
36
26
17
44
22
32
12
18
16
15
16
21
11
13
23
19
107
107

40
26
21
28
25
50
73
60
16
49
23
56
52
35
0
40
70
38
52
80
70
30
40
31
61
68
40
80
49
47
74
32
47
30
43
42
48
36
27
60
33
47
16
62
53
50
53
78
41
43
77
76
34
34

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

74 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2012
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
BE
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS

11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21
12/03-12/09
10/14-10/20
12/02-12/08
10/19-10/25
12/07-12/13
10/18-10/24
12/06-12/12
10/17-10/23
12/05-12/11
10/22-10/25
11/26-12/02
10/21-10/24
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
12/03-12/09
12/02-12/08
12/07-12/13
12/06-12/12
12/05-12/11
9/24-9/30
9/28-10/04
9/26-10/02
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21
12/03-12/09
10/14-10/20
12/02-12/08
10/19-10/25
12/07-12/13
10/18-10/24
12/06-12/12
10/17-10/23
12/05-12/11
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

275
245
350
400
260
400
260
550
100
550
200
550
250
100
550
75
600
500
475
500
375
375
475
525
550
25
25
25
275
275
275
275
325
350
350
250
250
250
250
275
275
300
300
50
50
75
75
100
500
500
575
550
550
900

1060
849
1181
882
49
1013
159
1238
172
1470
234
1511
274
967
893
837
1106
1569
1699
1766
311
388
614
691
843
2421
3196
4428
743
724
763
1069
864
605
179
553
171
614
218
698
212
692
246
2457
3905
4694
4404
3967
1083
1015
1378
1387
1111
731

275
245
350
400
260
400
260
550
100
550
200
550
250
100
550
75
600
500
475
500
375
375
475
525
550
25
25
25
275
275
275
275
325
350
350
250
250
250
250
275
275
300
300
50
50
75
75
100
500
500
575
550
550
900

Draw
Odds

19
17.1
20.7
33.7
87.8
27
67.9
30.5
35.5
25.4
42.7
25.8
48.9
6.3
36.3
5
32
22.6
19.8
20.9
67.5
56.2
41.4
46.2
41.8
1
0.8
0.6
22.5
21.8
21.1
17
21.9
40.7
89.4
32
62
29.5
55
27.4
51.9
30.5
56.9
1.7
1.2
1
1.5
1.6
28.1
27.7
23.7
21.3
24.9
61.7

Hunters

263
237
336
379
248
381
245
530
94
532
181
533
248
95
538
72
576
481
471
475
365
355
456
496
529
25
25
25
248
270
270
263
303
333
340
243
238
244
228
267
264
281
283
50
50
74
74
100
473
472
549
505
518
850

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

1311
1083
1727
1723
901
1674
909
2171
377
2237
745
2266
1132
338
2649
227
2671
2344
2257
2155
1664
1572
1952
2211
2292
131
75
92
1234
1411
1333
1371
1398
1355
1513
1015
998
963
954
1114
1061
1228
1247
162
207
296
349
457
2320
2147
2834
2445
2553
3723

58
89
108
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
143
47
173
132
145
167
0
0
0
0
0
20
23
23
75
84
100
45
117
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
41
53
50
69
143
193
137
170
157
0

16
15
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
29
2
31
28
35
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
5
19
2
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
2
19
11
8
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
95
99
164
129
202
47
191
83
212
68
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
95
112
211
167
212
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
76
81
110
105
125
102
123
138
126
99
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
95

0
0
0
4
2
16
6
20
2
24
4
9
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
9
19
14
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
6
15
10
11
2
13
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9

Hunt
Total Success

74
104
122
99
101
180
135
222
49
215
87
221
78
30
172
49
204
160
180
192
109
121
230
181
224
20
23
23
86
89
119
47
129
83
87
125
115
136
104
136
145
128
101
45
41
53
50
69
151
195
156
181
165
104

28
44
36
26
41
47
55
42
52
40
48
41
31
32
32
68
35
33
38
40
30
34
50
36
42
80
92
92
35
33
44
18
43
25
26
51
48
56
46
51
55
46
36
90
82
72
68
69
32
41
28
36
32
12

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 75

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
CH 2012
CH 2013
CH 2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
B
ALS
ALS
AE
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

12/03-12/09
10/14-10/20
12/02-12/11
10/19-10/25
12/07-12/13
10/18-10/24
12/06-12/15
10/17-10/23
12/05-12/14
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
11/07-12/11
9/30-10/13
10/05-10/18
10/04-10/17
10/03-10/16
11/04-11/08
11/09-12/13
11/08-12/12
11/07-12/11
11/04-11/08
11/09-12/13
11/08-12/12
11/07-12/11
9/24-10/14
9/24-10/14
11/05-12/09
11/05-12/09
9/30-10/13
10/05-10/18
10/04-10/17
10/03-10/16
9/30-10/13
11/04-11/08
10/05-10/18
11/09-12/13
10/04-10/17
11/08-12/12
10/03-10/16
11/07-12/11
11/04-11/08
11/09-12/13
11/08-12/12
11/07-12/11
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21
12/03-12/09
10/14-10/20
12/02-12/11
10/19-10/25

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

700
900
700
825
800
850
825
850
825
10
10
10
25
25
25
25
200
200
200
200
150
150
150
150
60
100
600
250
35
35
35
35
150
250
150
250
150
250
150
250
150
150
150
150
40
40
30
30
30
40
30
40
30
30

294
827
316
790
472
873
595
885
395
17
16
23
136
164
200
152
14
20
25
27
115
142
237
193
426
55
60
280
136
171
156
211
17
18
25
15
33
10
38
22
113
173
256
217
60
43
64
67
84
23
4
16
10
30

700
900
700
825
800
850
825
850
825
10
10
10
25
25
25
25
200
204
200
200
150
150
150
150
60
100
600
250
36
35
35
35
150
250
150
251
150
250
150
250
150
150
150
150
40
40
29
30
30
40
30
40
30
30

Draw
Odds

98.3
56.7
94.9
53.7
82
50.7
74.5
53.6
91.1
23.5
25
26.1
16.2
11
10
10.5
92.9
100
100
100
64.3
45.1
40.1
49.7
8.9
74.5
100
39.6
14.7
14
14.7
11.4
100
100
100
100
100
100
94.7
100
55.8
46.8
29.7
38.2
36.7
37.2
35.9
26.9
19
87
100
93.8
100
40

Hunters

666
843
654
769
762
790
768
797
778
8
9
10
25
25
25
21
187
186
182
177
138
142
138
143
58
94
520
229
36
33
33
32
141
224
133
221
143
206
131
205
140
129
124
141
40
40
29
28
27
36
24
38
26
23

Hunter
Days

3512
3926
3125
3775
3975
3561
3918
3754
4038
20
31
37
139
155
137
148
1653
1288
1774
1694
1245
1408
1269
1533
362
713
4949
2289
174
167
147
194
815
1882
763
1618
720
1628
884
2362
1076
988
924
1232
192
181
106
101
130
164
120
196
136
95

Bull Spike

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
6
20
9
16
11
0
0
0
0
33
21
25
35
37
0
0
41
21
14
25
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
43
33
30
34
6
11
12
13
13
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
0
9
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

137
172
257
196
205
168
216
139
191
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
41
5
26
10
18
2
0
0
21
19
5
0
0
0
0
14
53
24
32
5
5
38
19
7
12
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
10
2
7
0
3

19
17
31
15
18
13
29
11
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
6
5
2
0
0
0
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

156
189
288
211
223
181
245
150
212
7
3
6
20
9
16
11
35
43
5
32
48
47
27
37
37
27
24
51
21
14
27
19
17
59
24
32
5
5
38
19
57
49
30
58
6
13
12
15
13
10
2
7
0
3

23
22
44
27
29
23
32
19
27
88
33
60
80
36
64
52
19
23
3
18
35
33
20
26
64
29
5
22
58
42
82
59
12
26
18
14
3
2
29
9
41
38
24
41
15
33
41
54
48
28
8
18
0
13

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

76 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

12/07-12/13
10/18-10/24
12/06-12/15
10/17-10/23
12/05-12/14
9/24-9/30
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
10/17-10/23
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
11/26-12/02
12/03-12/09
11/25-12/01
12/02-12/08
11/30-12/06
12/07-12/13
11/29-12/05
12/06-12/12
11/28-12/04
12/05-12/11
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
10/17-10/23
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
10/17-10/23
9/26-10/02
11/26-12/02
11/25-12/01
11/30-12/06
11/29-12/05
11/28-12/04
12/03-12/09
12/02-12/08
12/07-12/13
12/06-12/12

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

20
30
20
30
20
5
12
15
20
25
25
25
50
25
30
30
30
30
30
400
470
450
100
450
100
475
350
475
400
175
175
275
275
275
30
30
30
60
60
25
25
25
25
35
20
200
250
200
225
200
100
175
200
200

6
22
16
38
10
141
39
48
74
87
114
13
49
53
747
866
1088
1198
1439
625
498
775
189
947
158
866
298
906
806
315
355
498
659
739
56
89
144
202
184
34
38
49
79
82
2058
775
637
786
1024
987
78
114
180
225

20
30
20
30
20
5
12
15
20
25
25
25
50
25
30
30
30
30
30
400
470
450
100
450
100
475
350
475
400
175
175
275
275
275
30
30
30
60
60
25
25
25
25
35
20
200
251
200
225
200
100
175
200
200

Draw
Odds

100
63.6
56.3
52.6
80
3.5
10.3
14.6
17.6
14.9
14
100
51
34
3.1
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.5
34.4
53.8
34.7
30.7
29.3
27.8
30.4
49.7
33.1
31.4
36.2
31.3
34.1
27.9
27.1
26.8
20.2
11.8
23.3
19.6
41.2
31.6
26.5
22.8
28
0.9
14.7
17.4
14.1
13.9
11.2
48.7
64.9
36.7
40.4

Hunters

18
30
17
27
18
5
12
15
17
20
25
25
50
25
30
30
30
30
30
376
452
443
97
436
94
445
339
453
384
168
169
261
273
268
28
30
28
51
60
25
25
23
25
33
20
193
247
183
215
189
94
166
187
192

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

92
122
81
117
102
20
47
68
87
65
104
108
182
110
81
133
105
99
122
1545
2198
1980
428
2112
435
1980
1440
1731
1793
656
622
1000
1016
917
131
108
103
131
259
69
77
50
75
111
82
938
1088
853
954
733
370
573
739
779

0
0
0
0
0
3
9
3
10
10
11
0
0
0
26
26
28
24
21
119
111
136
33
101
37
130
119
150
76
0
0
0
0
0
19
22
17
43
30
0
0
0
0
0
16
79
121
74
92
91
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
20
18
9
5
18
6
25
15
26
31
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
4
2
8
5
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

6
6
7
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
11
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
51
74
104
138
152
0
0
0
0
0
13
17
14
15
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
60
69
63

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
12
12
10
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
5
0

Hunt
Total Success

6
6
7
3
5
3
9
5
10
10
11
13
13
4
26
26
28
24
23
139
129
145
38
119
43
155
134
176
107
54
86
116
148
165
21
22
19
43
35
13
19
19
15
19
16
88
125
76
100
96
28
66
74
63

33
20
41
11
28
60
75
33
59
50
44
52
26
16
87
87
93
80
77
37
29
33
39
27
46
35
40
39
28
32
51
44
54
62
75
73
68
84
58
52
76
83
60
58
80
46
51
42
47
51
30
40
40
33

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 77

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
23
23
23
23
23
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23S
23S
23S
23S
23S
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27/28
27/28
27S
27S
27S
27S
27S
28/31/32

Herd
Year
Unit

CC
CC
CC
CC

M
M
CC
CC

Hunt
Type

Dates

2014 ALS 12/05-12/11


2010 ALS 8/06-8/09
2010 ALS 8/13-8/16
2010 ALS 9/03-9/06
2010 ALS 9/10-9/13
2010 BE
9/24-9/30
2011 BE
9/23-9/29
2012 BE 9/28-10/04
2013 BE 9/27-10/03
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2014 ALS 10/14-10/23
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2010 AE 12/03-12/09
2011 AE
9/23-9/29
2011 AE 10/14-10/20
2012 AE
9/21-9/27
2013 AE 9/27-10/06
2014 AE 9/26-10/05
2014 AE 10/10-10/19
2010 BE
9/24-9/30
2012 BE 9/28-10/04
2014 BE 9/26-10/02
2010
B 11/26-12/02
2011
B 11/25-12/01
2012
B 11/30-12/06
2013
B 11/29-12/05
2014
B 11/28-12/04
2010 ALS 10/15-10/21
2011 ALS 10/14-10/20
2012 ALS 10/19-10/25
2013 ALS 10/18-10/24
2013 ALS 10/25-10/31
2014 ALS 10/17-10/23
2014 ALS 10/24-10/30
2011 ALS 8/12-8/18
2012 ALS 8/10-9/23
2013 ALSS 8/09-8/22
2014 ALS 8/08-8/21
2010 ALS 8/13-8/19
2011 ALS 8/12-8/18
2012 ALS 8/10-9/23
2013 ALS 8/09-8/22
2014 ALS 8/08-8/21
2010 AE 10/01-10/28

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

200
8
8
8
8
15
20
20
20
20
25
25
50
50
20
25
25
25
50
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
25
25
40
400
400
400
400
500
180
305
305
300
200
300
200
25
25
25
25
50
50
50
25
25
10

278
18
12
8
7
1552
1016
1297
1368
110
78
117
194
251
17
18
22
28
67
7
23
39
10
32
35
54
9
1857
2046
3167
879
870
918
1248
1471
396
584
533
651
65
719
143
3
2
0
2
13
7
4
3
4
23

200
8
8
8
8
15
20
20
20
20
25
25
50
50
20
25
25
25
50
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
25
25
40
400
400
400
400
500
180
305
305
300
200
300
200
25
25
25
25
50
50
50
25
25
10

Draw
Odds

33.8
22.2
41.7
50
71.4
0.9
1.4
1.4
1.2
10.9
17.9
12.8
18.6
13.9
64.7
38.9
31.8
39.3
26.9
57.1
39.1
7.7
20
12.5
14.3
9.3
22.2
1.2
1.1
1.2
19.8
23.1
19.2
17.7
15.4
29.3
32.7
28.3
28.1
50.8
27.4
40.6
100
100
.
100
100
100
100
100
100
21.7

Hunters

193
8
8
8
8
15
20
19
20
20
23
24
46
48
18
25
23
25
46
5
8
5
5
5
5
5
5
25
25
40
385
387
383
387
489
160
282
292
283
186
285
185
20
22
23
25
46
45
45
25
22
10

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

753
21
21
26
28
68
65
76
63
87
72
75
146
173
70
88
88
68
202
23
39
30
20
17
45
24
35
108
105
163
1730
1899
1559
1399
2008
568
1191
1181
1233
856
1170
783
105
128
79
103
158
155
216
103
144
30

0
0
0
0
0
15
20
19
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
2
15
13
33
126
153
223
237
290
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
23
2
17
17
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

87
3
5
3
2
0
0
0
0
7
16
15
27
17
0
9
10
13
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
62
86
120
105
64
104
67
0
0
4
0
6
8
11
3
8
0

4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
9
10
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

91
3
5
3
2
15
20
19
19
7
18
15
29
17
0
12
10
16
12
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
2
15
16
33
149
155
240
254
301
65
88
129
115
70
110
67
0
0
4
0
6
8
11
3
8
10

47
38
63
38
25
100
100
100
95
35
78
63
63
35
0
48
43
64
26
0
0
0
20
0
0
80
40
60
64
83
39
40
63
66
62
41
31
44
41
38
39
36
0
0
17
0
13
18
24
12
36
100

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

78 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
28/31/32
28/31/32
28/31/32
28/31/32
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2010
2011

AE
AE
AE
AE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE

9/30-10/27
10/05-11/01
10/04-10/31
10/03-10/30
9/27-10/03
9/27-10/03
11/19-12/09
11/19-12/09
9/26-10/02
9/26-10/02
11/18-12/08
11/18-12/08
10/01-10/07
10/01-10/07
11/23-12/13
11/23-12/13
9/30-10/06
9/30-10/06
11/22-12/12
11/22-12/12
9/26-10/02
9/26-10/02
10/17-10/23
10/17-10/23
11/21-12/14
11/21-12/14
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20
10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
9/19-9/25
9/27-10/03
9/27-10/03
10/22-10/28
10/22-10/28
9/26-10/02
9/26-10/02
10/21-10/27
10/21-10/27
10/01-10/07
10/01-10/07
10/26-11/01
10/26-11/01
9/30-10/06
9/30-10/06
10/25-10/31
10/25-10/31
9/26-10/02
9/26-10/02
10/24-10/30
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20

DV
DV
DV
DV
DV

DV
DV

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

10
10
10
10
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
12
6
15
7
8
2
20
20
20
20
15
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
4
1
3
7
7

15
24
25
3
1
4
12
10
0
3
5
8
2
7
9
2
1
5
21
15
36
16
14
8
10
0
3
2
4
8
16
86
58
13
10
66
49
18
9
86
52
14
7
80
64
20
9
68
26
7
28
34

10
10
10
10
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
5
2
35
5
12
6
15
7
8
2
20
20
20
20
15
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
8
3
23
4
4
1
3
7
7

Draw
Odds

26.7
33.3
36
33.3
100
25
100
50
33.3
100
37.5
0
28.6
100
100
0
40
100
33.3
25
31.3
35.7
25
40
100
100
75
75
50
9.3
5.2
46.2
0
10.6
4.1
50
11.1
9.3
5.8
50
28.6
8.8
3.1
50
22.2
5.9
3.8
28.6
17.9
11.8

Hunters

Hunter
Days

10
8
8
10
5
2
35
5
3
2
33
5
5
2
33
3
5
2
32
5
11
5
12
7
8
1
19
18
16
18
15
7
3
23
4
8
3
20
4
8
3
21
4
8
3
20
4
4
1
0
7
7

58
32
25
25
12
7
188
80
12
10
166
15
12
2
165
8
9
4
152
47
35
23
51
49
43
1
88
72
76
77
45
18
11
86
24
21
18
79
20
36
3
97
20
26
19
82
16
8
1
0
37
36

Bull Spike

3
2
5
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
6
0
5
2
5
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
3
0
4
1
0
2
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
1
10
0
2
0
14
0
2
2
18
2
2
2
15
2
5
0
9
0
5
1
3
3
7
7
9
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3

Hunt
Total Success

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

3
2
5
10
0
1
10
0
2
1
19
0
2
2
18
2
3
2
15
2
5
0
9
0
5
1
3
3
7
7
9
4
1
6
0
6
4
5
1
2
3
6
0
6
1
11
0
4
1
0
2
5

30
25
63
100
0
50
29
0
67
50
58
0
40
100
55
67
60
100
47
40
45
0
75
0
63
100
16
17
44
39
60
57
33
26
0
75
133
25
25
25
100
29
0
75
33
55
0
100
100
29
71

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 79

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
6A
6A
6A
6AN/6AS
6AN/6AS
22
22
22
22
22N
23
23
23
23
23S
Youth Only
1/2C
1/2C
1/2C
1/2C
1/2C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
4A
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
6A
6A
6A
6A
6AN/6AS
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23

Harvest
Cow
Calf

Hunt
Total Success

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

DV
DV
DV
WW
WW

2012
2013
2014
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009

AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

10/19-10/25
10/18-10/24
9/12-9/18
9/12-9/18
10/24-10/30
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/16-10/22
10/08-10/14
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
10/09-10/15
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
10/16-10/22

7
7
10
6
6
500
500
500
765
765
30
30
50
100
30
30
30
30
30
30

29
31
68
8
0
1994
1825
1758
1658
1967
88
95
132
243
124
59
84
76
122
32

7
7
10
6
6
501
498
500
765
765
30
30
50
100
30
30
30
30
30
30

20.7
19.4
13.2
37.5
23.3
24.8
25.9
42.1
35.5
31.8
27.4
28.8
27.6
21.8
44.1
25
28.9
18.9
43.8

7
7
10
6
6
486
472
474
737
743
25
30
47
100
30
30
30
30
30
24

46
32
40
6
30
1636
1551
1460
2302
2432
90
81
131
368
97
71
78
65
93
107

0
1
7
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
188
216
217
344
279
10
23
28
39
18
11
20
20
10
0

0
0
0
0
0
19
42
51
55
29
0
2
0
0
0
0
7
2
0
0

2
1
7
6
3
207
258
268
399
308
10
25
28
39
18
11
27
22
10
0

29
14
70
100
50
43
55
57
54
41
40
83
60
39
60
37
90
73
33
0

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/15-10/21
10/14-10/20
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/10-10/16
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
11/07-11/13
11/05-11/11
11/04-11/10
11/09-11/15
11/08-11/14
11/07-11/13

160
175
150
175
175
250
300
200
200
200
100
97
6
97
6
146
9
97
9
500
500
500
450
765
30
30
50
100
150
30
30
30
30
65

751
812
778
821
1039
458
510
573
613
692
258
271
7
309
6
402
8
426
7
1994
1825
1758
2075
1967
88
95
132
243
279
59
84
76
122
153

175
175
150
175
175
250
300
200
200
200
97
97
6
96
6
146
9
97
6
501
498
500
450
765
30
30
50
100
150
30
30
30
30
65

20.9
19.5
17.4
18.8
15.5
32.8
33.1
24.6
26.1
22.4
28.3
29.2
85.7
26.9
100
29.4
100
20.4
85.7
23.3
24.8
25.9
20.5
35.5
31.8
27.4
28.8
27.6
34.4
44.1
25
28.9
18.9
30.1

173
175
148
175
175
248
285
195
197
0
90
93
6
89
5
136
9
97
0
486
472
474
450
743
25
30
47
100
0
30
30
30
30
0

411
547
398
456
350
774
979
581
643
0
303
280
15
238
9
428
27
388
0
1636
1551
1460
2025
2432
90
81
131
368
0
71
78
65
93
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

105
133
108
124
0
107
130
104
93
0
35
63
5
57
5
65
5
97
0
188
216
217
0
279
10
23
28
39
0
11
20
20
10
0

5
2
14
6
0
10
19
12
11
0
2
6
0
7
0
13
0
0
0
19
42
51
0
29
0
2
0
0
0
0
7
2
0
0

110
135
122
130
0
117
149
116
104
0
37
69
5
64
5
78
5
97
0
207
258
268
0
308
10
25
28
39
0
11
27
22
10
0

64
77
82
74
0
47
52
59
53
41
74
83
72
100
57
56
100
43
55
57
0
41
40
83
60
39
37
90
73
33
-

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

80 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

General
Muzzleloader
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3BN
3BN
3BN
3BN
5A
5A (Hopi)
5B
5BN (Hopi)
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
10
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
21

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2012
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2013
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011

BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
ALS
AE
BE
BE
BE
B
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE

9/24-9/30
9/28-10/04
9/26-10/02
9/24-9/30
11/26-12/02
9/23-9/29
11/25-12/01
9/28-10/04
11/30-12/06
9/27-10/03
11/29-12/05
9/26-10/02
11/28-12/04
12/10-12/31
12/09-12/31
12/14-12/31
12/13-12/31
12/12-12/31
8/02-8/15
10/04-10/17
8/01-8/14
10/03-10/16
9/24-9/30
9/24-9/30
9/26-10/02
9/26-10/02
9/24-9/30
11/12-11/18
11/11-11/17
9/28-10/04
11/16-11/22
11/15-11/21
11/14-11/20
11/12-11/18
11/11-11/17
11/16-11/22
11/15-11/21
11/14-11/20
9/23-9/29
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
9/23-9/29
9/27-10/03
11/08-11/14
11/07-12/11
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
9/23-9/29

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

40
45
45
20
150
25
200
25
200
25
200
25
200
250
250
250
200
200
15
15
30
20
24
1
24
1
50
300
300
50
300
300
300
200
100
75
75
75
25
125
125
120
150
175
25
25
25
25
3
3
3
3
3
5

1416
1536
2029
320
140
378
169
367
231
504
244
459
247
139
167
194
210
229
5
59
4
60
267
0
833
5
1036
838
1082
1286
712
1000
922
211
124
100
122
86
547
277
262
347
376
407
1052
1828
169
133
22
25
10
17
25
71

40
45
45
20
150
25
200
25
200
25
200
25
200
250
250
250
200
200
15
15
30
20
24
1
24
1
50
300
300
50
300
300
300
200
100
75
75
75
25
125
125
120
150
175
25
25
25
25
3
3
3
3
3
5

Draw
Odds

2.3
2.1
2
3.1
42.9
3.2
48.5
3.8
37.2
3.2
38.9
3.1
38.5
84.9
80.8
68.6
49
61.1
60
20.3
100
20
7.1
.
2
20
3.9
20
19
2.9
22.6
20.6
23.8
44.1
25
29
27
37.2
3.7
31
26.3
20.5
27.7
25.6
2.3
1.3
10.1
10.5
13.6
8
20
11.8
4
5.6

Hunters

40
44
44
18
141
24
196
25
185
25
193
25
190
241
223
234
189
192
15
15
28
0
24
1
24
0
50
293
295
48
293
290
287
195
87
72
73
75
25
120
119
116
140
172
25
25
25
25
0
3
3
3
0
5

Hunter
Days

184
171
162
88
684
111
919
92
920
106
1004
103
941
1594
1512
1250
1171
1294
68
105
105
0
105
3
98
0
258
1417
1369
218
1415
1401
1281
855
381
318
324
317
136
470
499
426
593
630
115
102
109
119
0
14
4
15
0
18

Bull Spike

35
35
38
14
38
14
44
22
55
18
28
20
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
16
1
14
0
37
88
96
23
80
59
81
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
22
20
11
10
0
2
3
0
0
3

0
0
0
0
15
0
14
0
13
0
4
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
17
11
2
12
4
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
81
69
95
36
70
8
2
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
26
20
10
15
0
35
65
60
67
93
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
8
17
0
10
8
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
4
0
0
3
7
3
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

35
35
38
14
53
14
58
22
68
18
32
20
59
88
77
112
36
80
16
13
13
0
16
1
14
0
38
105
107
25
92
63
105
42
28
22
14
15
14
38
72
63
74
98
22
20
13
10
0
2
3
0
0
3

88
80
86
78
38
58
30
88
37
72
17
80
31
37
35
48
19
42
107
87
46
67
100
58
76
36
36
52
31
22
37
22
32
31
19
20
56
32
61
54
53
57
88
80
52
40
.
67
100
0
.
60

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 81

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Muzzleloader
General
21
21
21
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
27
27
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
Archery
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2013
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014

BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
BE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE

9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
9/24-9/30
9/23-9/29
9/28-10/04
9/27-10/03
9/26-10/02
9/23-9/29
9/27-10/03
10/08-10/14
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16
10/10-10/16
10/10-10/16
10/08-10/14
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/18
10/12-10/18
10/11-10/17
10/11-10/17
10/10-10/16

5
5
5
40
40
40
50
50
25
40
25
5
25
5
25
5
25
5
10
5
4
10
3
10
3
10
3
10
3
1

85
75
111
203
218
235
333
356
434
545
3
7
3
8
5
3
6
4
5
8
11
13
8
30
10
15
16
11
15
2

5
5
5
40
40
40
50
50
25
40
25
5
25
5
25
5
25
5
10
5
4
10
3
10
5
10
3
10
3
1

2012 ALSS 9/28-10/07


2012 ALS 11/23-12/02
2011 ALS 9/09-9/18
2011 ALS 11/11-11/20
2012 ALS 9/14-9/23
2013 ALS 9/13-9/22
2014 ALS 9/05-9/28
2011 ALS 8/05-8/08
2011 ALS 8/12-8/15
2011 ALS 8/19-8/22
2011 ALS 8/26-9/04
2011 ALS 9/09-9/18
2011 ALS 9/23-10/02
2011 ALS 10/07-10/16
2011 ALS 10/21-10/30
2011 ALS 11/04-11/10
2011 ALS 11/11-11/20
2011 ALS 11/25-12/04
2011 ALS 12/09-12/18
2011 ALS 12/23-12/31
2012 ALS 8/03-8/12
2012 ALS 9/07-9/30
2012 ALS 10/05-10/28

30
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
30
30
15

0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

29
0
10
4
10
10
10
10
7
6
10
10
10
10
10
2
8
4
3
1
30
30
15

CC
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC
CC

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

Draw
Odds

Harvest
Cow
Calf

Hunt
Total Success

Hunters

Hunter
Days

2.4
4
2.7
12.8
10.6
10.6
11.1
8.1
2.5
3.9
100
57.1
100
37.5
100
66.7
100
100
40
50
18.2
15.4
12.5
20
20
26.7
18.8
36.4
6.7
0

5
5
5
38
36
40
50
48
25
40
23
3
22
5
21
5
23
5
10
5
4
5
3
7
5
8
3
10
3
0

23
16
33
173
145
171
194
200
141
173
100
13
94
35
118
35
77
30
58
25
12
30
6
27
28
32
3
30
9
0

4
3
2
23
23
27
40
30
16
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
10
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
6
0
0
3
11
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

4
3
2
23
23
27
40
32
16
32
5
0
6
0
0
3
11
0
4
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
3
10
0
0

80
60
40
61
64
68
80
67
64
80
22
0
27
0
0
60
48
0
40
0
0
0
100
43
0
0
100
100
0
-

100
100
100
-

26
0
10
4
0
10
10
10
7
6
8
10
10
5
10
2
8
4
0
1
0
0
13

150
0
50
10
0
42
103
33
60
24
28
52
62
20
60
7
37
24
0
4
0
0
71

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

19
0
0
.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
0
0
38
0
0
0

Bull Spike

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

82 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
1/2B/2C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3A/3C
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B

Herd
Year
Unit

CC
CC
CC
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
CF
FT
FT
FT

2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2011
2012
2012
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013

Hunt
Type

Dates

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

11/02-11/11
11/16-11/25
11/30-12/23
8/02-8/25
9/06-9/29
10/04-10/27
11/01-11/24
12/06-12/29
8/01-8/31
9/05-9/28
10/03-10/26
10/31-11/23
12/05-12/28
9/09-9/18
9/14-9/23
11/09-11/18
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

15
15
15
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
150
25
245
25
245
25
350
25
300
25
100
100
75
75
75
125
25
125
25
125
25
150
25
150
25
50
50
50
50
50
75
25
75
25
75
25
75
50

0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
2187
36
2596
29
2321
35
3179
36
3247
48
68
77
62
77
80
987
2
955
12
1065
15
1085
22
1163
34
15
16
44
45
61
270
16
249
9
355
10
321
37

9
7
2
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
2
150
25
247
25
245
25
350
25
302
25
100
100
75
75
75
127
25
128
25
125
25
150
25
150
25
50
50
50
50
50
75
25
75
25
75
25
75
50

Draw
Odds

100
100
100
100
100
6
19.4
7
31
8.3
22.9
8.3
25
7.4
25
27.9
29.9
32.3
27.3
36.3
9.1
100
9.4
58.3
8.1
73.3
9.3
36.4
9.2
35.3
73.3
62.5
29.5
42.2
41
16.7
50
12.9
100
12.7
40
12.8
48.6

Hunters

0
5
0
8
10
10
0
0
5
2
5
5
5
5
0
0
148
24
247
25
239
23
346
23
298
23
92
94
68
70
69
125
22
126
25
125
23
150
19
142
21
48
43
47
43
45
75
25
75
19
73
23
75
44

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

0
18
0
60
73
50
0
0
30
37
18
20
13
10
0
0
1280
185
2139
192
1792
179
3078
138
2660
188
605
640
453
490
480
1098
155
1183
196
948
157
1194
103
1272
171
282
284
320
268
248
686
189
746
142
607
152
589
308

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
58
3
86
4
142
0
163
5
143
5
0
0
0
0
0
63
2
35
5
65
0
87
0
72
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
13
4
35
6
28
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
2
0
6
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
4
0
0
1
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
11
14
8
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
5
13
18
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
58
6
88
4
144
0
169
5
151
5
22
11
17
11
16
63
2
37
5
65
0
87
6
76
0
7
5
13
18
13
24
2
15
8
35
6
29
0

0
0
20
0
0
0
80
0
0
0
39
25
36
16
60
0
49
22
51
22
24
12
25
16
23
50
9
29
20
52
0
58
32
54
0
15
12
28
42
29
32
8
20
42
48
26
39
0

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

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Unit

Archery
General
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4A
4A (Hopi)
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A (Hopi)

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010

B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B

9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

75
50
25
25
25
25
25
219
6
24
1
218
4
24
1
243
7
24
1
292
8
24
1
166
8
24
1
78
2
78
2
78
2
78
2
78
2
200
25
150
25
150
25
175
25
125
25
50
50
50
50
50
155
5

353
20
9
8
34
30
25
1097
1
16
0
1059
4
21
0
1224
9
7
0
1348
5
18
0
1151
7
17
0
55
0
54
1
74
0
49
0
67
0
342
3
314
3
420
11
409
4
425
3
21
25
19
30
38
866
0

75
50
25
25
25
25
25
219
6
24
1
218
4
24
1
243
7
24
1
292
8
24
1
166
4
24
1
78
2
78
2
78
2
78
2
78
2
200
25
150
25
150
25
175
25
125
25
50
50
50
50
50
155
5

Draw
Odds

11.3
80
77.8
87.5
32.4
23.3
24
14.6
100
37.5
16
100
47.6
14.7
77.8
100
16.5
100
44.4
10.4
57.1
52.9
38.2
38.9
100
23
28.6
34.3
29.5
100
22.6
100
18.1
54.5
24.4
100
15.1
100
52.4
56
89.5
66.7
47.4
16.4
-

Hunters

Hunter
Days

75
42
24
19
25
23
23
219
6
22
1
216
4
14
0
241
7
24
0
288
6
24
0
164
4
20
0
76
2
76
2
72
0
76
2
76
0
195
23
150
25
148
19
175
25
121
25
50
45
48
48
50
150
5

651
358
183
169
243
204
195
1680
69
164
5
1865
22
96
0
2187
42
149
0
2411
35
126
0
1427
36
152
0
498
10
553
10
407
0
495
8
552
0
1630
179
1293
172
1350
165
1471
150
1074
163
384
337
388
298
345
1193
40

Bull Spike

27
4
0
0
0
0
0
60
0
0
0
39
0
0
0
91
2
0
0
95
3
0
0
67
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
42
0
29
0
41
0
52
5
35
8
0
0
0
0
0
40
0

2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
6
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
4
0
5
6
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
0
7
0
28
0
36
1
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
2
5
11
20
0
0

0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

29
8
5
0
5
6
9
60
0
0
0
43
0
0
0
97
2
3
0
101
3
0
0
71
0
4
0
20
0
7
0
30
0
36
1
18
0
44
0
29
0
41
0
52
5
35
8
9
2
5
11
23
46
0

39
19
21
0
20
26
39
27
0
0
0
20
0
0
40
29
13
35
50
0
43
0
20
26
0
9
0
42
47
50
24
23
0
19
0
28
0
30
20
29
32
18
4
10
23
46
31
0

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

84 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5A
5A (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

11/12-11/25
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/14-9/27

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

24
1
204
6
24
1
179
6
24
1
179
6
24
1
194
6
24
1
78
2
39
1
39
1
39
1
48
1
241
9
24
1
241
9
24
1
241
9
24
1
241
9
24
1
169
9
24
1
96
4
72
3
24
1

18
0
995
2
20
0
941
1
20
0
988
2
20
0
1006
1
28
0
68
0
30
0
27
1
32
0
37
0
877
2
25
0
762
6
13
0
892
8
32
0
835
10
24
0
664
5
25
0
50
0
35
0
21
0

24
1
204
6
24
1
179
8
24
1
179
6
24
1
194
6
24
1
78
2
39
1
39
1
39
1
48
1
241
9
24
1
241
9
24
1
239
9
24
1
241
9
24
1
169
6
24
1
96
4
72
3
24
1

Draw
Odds

55.6
17.7
100
45
14
100
30
14.9
100
75
15.2
100
50
35.3
30
14.8
100
25
29.7
17.6
100
48
19.2
33.3
69.2
16.3
87.5
28.1
19.4
40
58.3
17.9
100
36
38
51.4
42.9
-

Hunters

24
1
202
6
24
0
174
8
24
0
170
6
24
0
192
6
22
1
74
2
39
0
37
0
37
0
46
0
239
9
21
0
234
9
24
0
229
9
24
1
239
9
24
1
163
6
20
0
89
4
66
0
22
0

Hunter
Days

192
11
1675
25
147
0
1495
32
151
0
1348
48
201
0
1670
47
125
8
541
12
317
0
305
0
300
0
306
0
2155
50
152
0
2306
83
165
0
1988
36
157
6
2121
68
142
4
1617
60
118
0
638
34
496
0
157
0

Bull Spike

3
1
46
1
0
0
67
0
2
0
54
0
0
0
45
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
2
0
0
20
5
3
0
54
0
4
0
32
0
7
0
44
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
1
9
0
7
0
3
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
9
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

3
1
48
1
0
0
69
0
2
0
56
0
2
0
50
3
2
1
13
1
9
0
7
0
6
0
20
0
47
4
0
0
22
5
3
0
54
0
4
0
38
0
7
0
48
0
2
0
14
0
2
0
9
0

13
100
24
17
0
40
0
8
33
0
8
26
50
9
100
18
50
23
19
16
43
20
44
0
9
56
13
24
0
17
0
16
0
29
0
29
0
10
16
0
3
41
-

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 85

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BN
5BN (Hopi)
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
5BS
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6AN
6AN
6AS
6AS
6AW
6AW
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7E

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
ALS
B
ALS
B
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B

9/13-9/26
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
11/19-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

24
1
24
1
175
25
175
25
175
25
175
25
225
25
100
75
50
50
50
25
595
25
650
25
775
25
775
25
125
75
25
5
225
100
225
100
75
50
100
25
100
25
125
25
155
25
155
25
100
50
50
75
75
110

23
0
11
1
1342
38
1254
22
1361
15
1362
40
1623
28
139
82
100
53
56
30
2687
27
2763
41
2952
32
2753
29
120
101
46
54
1057
100
892
69
229
20
289
19
285
7
387
8
458
6
444
31
39
12
14
33
42
283

24
1
24
1
175
25
175
25
175
25
175
25
225
25
100
75
50
50
50
25
595
25
650
25
775
25
775
25
125
75
25
25
225
100
225
100
75
50
100
25
100
25
125
25
155
25
155
25
100
50
50
75
75
110

Draw
Odds

17.4
27.3
100
11.5
34.2
11.8
59.1
10.7
46.7
10.8
37.5
12
32.1
25.9
31.7
19
18.9
23.2
43.3
16.1
40.7
17.7
22
19.7
25
20.3
27.6
20
28.7
26.1
25.9
14.5
29
15.6
42
18.8
55
21.8
47.4
22.8
57.1
21.2
75
22.5
66.7
18.2
48.4
84.6
66.7
64.3
24.2
40.5
22.6

Hunters

20
1
20
0
170
25
173
25
173
25
175
25
216
25
88
72
46
50
50
25
587
25
629
25
763
25
763
19
125
75
25
19
221
98
218
94
75
48
96
23
96
25
119
19
153
25
148
25
96
47
50
66
70
110

Hunter
Days

Bull Spike

177
7
199
0
1313
139
1792
229
1476
202
1479
180
1729
168
576
577
285
404
369
142
5286
138
5156
132
6711
113
6465
81
1063
579
188
194
1909
700
2055
608
698
333
763
179
829
152
1093
194
1339
167
1226
144
735
413
306
484
496
1002

0
0
0
0
52
0
35
0
94
0
49
5
82
7
0
0
0
0
0
3
79
0
175
2
136
5
137
0
0
0
0
0
51
0
38
0
23
0
21
0
16
2
32
6
24
0
32
3
0
0
0
0
0
31

0
0
0
0
7
0
4
0
2
5
6
0
9
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
3
21
0
24
3
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
9
15
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10
0
3
0
16
0
10
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
22
6
11
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

0
1
4
0
59
0
39
0
96
5
55
5
91
11
28
9
15
9
7
3
87
3
196
2
160
8
167
0
10
10
0
3
51
16
43
10
23
5
23
0
16
2
34
6
24
0
34
6
8
0
25
10
11
31

0
100
20
35
0
23
0
55
20
31
20
42
44
32
13
33
18
14
12
15
12
31
8
21
32
22
0
8
13
0
16
23
16
20
11
31
10
24
0
17
8
29
32
16
0
23
24
8
0
50
15
16
28

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

86 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7E
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
7W
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

25
110
25
110
25
125
25
125
25
50
50
50
55
55
125
25
125
25
100
25
130
25
150
25
50
50
50
50
50
175
25
200
25
150
25
200
25
200
25
50
50
50
50
50
100
25
100
25
100
25
100
25
100
50

26
335
9
333
6
383
15
415
15
22
19
29
23
30
681
26
734
14
803
27
877
34
1089
22
43
22
34
39
57
682
34
763
18
761
35
808
15
865
13
29
26
35
33
35
2164
40
1985
33
2046
49
2798
49
2373
52

25
110
25
110
25
125
25
125
25
50
50
50
55
55
125
25
125
25
100
25
130
25
150
25
50
50
50
50
50
175
25
200
25
150
25
200
25
200
25
50
50
50
50
50
100
25
100
25
100
25
100
25
99
50

Draw
Odds

53.8
19.1
66.7
20.1
100
18.8
86.7
23.9
60
81.8
63.2
55.2
78.3
33.3
11.2
65.4
11.7
64.3
8.7
44.4
10
35.3
9.3
45.5
44.2
54.5
50
41
33.3
14.7
35.3
16
72.2
14.1
34.3
17
46.7
15.3
76.9
58.6
53.8
48.6
27.3
40
3.8
25
4.4
33.3
3.9
18.4
3.2
32.7
3.4
38.5

Hunters

21
110
25
105
23
121
23
121
25
50
45
50
51
53
125
25
123
22
96
23
128
25
146
25
50
48
45
48
50
173
25
196
21
143
23
198
20
196
25
50
50
41
40
46
100
25
98
25
98
25
98
20
95
45

Hunter
Days

190
955
139
892
183
1140
190
1168
154
322
393
357
462
458
1031
116
1164
178
898
162
1126
142
1415
200
421
395
335
426
365
1601
157
1996
198
1364
184
1731
200
1804
200
376
436
328
375
321
919
184
967
163
829
214
980
161
862
308

Bull Spike

0
15
2
34
5
35
5
22
8
0
0
0
0
0
43
2
24
3
57
3
52
6
49
4
0
0
0
0
0
46
0
29
0
37
0
44
5
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
60
9
47
2
77
11
50
5
56
26

0
4
0
2
0
2
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
5
5
10
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
2
3

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
5
12
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
2
13
5
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
6
12
10
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
19
2
36
5
37
5
31
8
11
7
12
2
7
43
2
26
3
59
6
52
6
53
8
7
2
13
7
13
53
0
29
0
42
5
54
5
70
0
8
9
12
10
10
60
9
49
2
81
11
50
5
58
29

0
17
8
34
22
31
22
26
32
22
16
24
4
13
34
8
21
14
61
26
41
24
36
32
14
4
29
15
26
31
0
15
0
29
22
27
25
36
0
16
18
29
25
22
60
36
50
8
83
44
51
25
61
64

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran, WW = Wounded Warrior
AM (Unit1)= Antelope Mountain
CC (Unit 23)= Canyon Creek
CC,CF (Unit 1)= Coon Canyon and Flat Top
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla

Herd-Units:
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley

SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor


Crater
ST= East Sunset/West Sunset
TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine
VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 87

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15A/15B/18A
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
15AB/17/18/19B/20AC
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC
17/18B/19B/20AC

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS

9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29
9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/24-10/07
9/09-9/22
9/23-10/06
9/14-9/27
9/28-10/11
9/13-9/26
9/27-10/10
9/12-9/25
9/26-10/09
9/10-9/23
9/24-10/07
9/09-9/22
9/23-10/06
9/14-9/27
9/28-10/11
9/13-9/26
9/27-10/10
9/12-9/25
9/26-10/09
9/09-9/29
9/14-10/04
9/13-10/03
9/12-10/02
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/09-9/29
9/14-10/04
9/13-10/03
9/12-10/02
9/09-9/29
9/14-10/04
9/13-10/03
9/12-9/25

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

150
25
150
25
200
30
200
30
200
30
75
75
75
25
25
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
25
25
25
25
75
75
4
4
4
4
4
35
35
35
35
75
35
35
35

1221
21
1543
20
1962
28
1175
15
1083
29
33
29
62
3
12
185
253
244
239
315
199
341
211
371
216
38
42
51
26
69
39
96
70
98
61
53
80
78
77
99
3
10
5
11
21
21
51
83
96
114
2
1
1
5

150
25
150
25
200
30
200
30
200
30
75
75
72
25
25
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
25
25
25
25
75
75
4
4
4
4
4
35
35
35
35
75
35
35
35

Draw
Odds

Hunters

7
47.6
5.6
25
5.9
35.7
8.8
33.3
9.3
44.8
75.8
100
48.4
100
100
30.3
22.5
25.4
21.3
20.6
22.1
17.3
19.4
16.7
19.9
89.5
85.7
51
88.5
40.6
46.2
38.5
57.1
41.8
62.3
22.6
17.5
17.9
16.9
36.4
100
30
60
9.1
19
14.3
31.4
15.7
18.8
19.3
100
100
100
100

150
23
148
25
198
25
193
28
196
25
70
71
55
19
25
80
80
80
76
80
78
80
80
76
76
80
78
78
76
80
80
76
76
73
78
25
25
23
25
75
66
4
4
4
4
4
33
35
32
35
66
29
35
35

Hunter
Days

1308
153
1354
190
1908
180
1776
240
1833
194
457
594
353
112
161
689
581
684
657
660
778
660
582
770
728
636
631
659
661
571
553
528
597
518
611
333
211
258
214
626
401
8
8
18
19
19
263
340
235
233
457
229
267
237

Bull Spike

50
5
39
2
72
5
58
8
70
3
0
0
0
0
0
16
21
18
19
35
18
21
17
13
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
11
10
11
0
4
2
4
4
3
9

16
2
0
0
0

2
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
7
2
9
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
16
11
10
29
33
26
20
21
13
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran
CC= Canyon Creek
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez

88 Hunt Arizona 2015

Herd-Units:
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley
SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor
Crater

TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine


VV = Verde Valley

Hunt
Total Success

52
5
39
2
74
5
58
11
70
6
4
2
2
0
0
18
21
18
19
42
20
30
19
13
14
15
18
13
10
29
33
28
20
21
13
4
11
10
11
26
7
4
4
4
4
3
9
20
22
16
2
2
0
5

35
22
26
8
37
20
30
39
36
24
6
3
4
0
0
23
26
23
25
53
26
38
24
17
18
19
23
17
13
36
41
37
26
29
17
16
44
43
44
35
11
100
100
100
100
75
27
57
69
46
3
7
0
14

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23S
23S
23S
23S
23S
27
27
27
27
27
27

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
11/12-11/25
11/11-11/24
11/16-11/29
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
11/12-11/25
11/11-11/24
11/16-11/29
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
11/12-11/25
11/11-11/24
11/16-11/29
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
11/12-11/25
11/11-11/24
11/16-11/29
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
11/12-11/25
11/11-11/24
11/16-11/29
11/15-11/28
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
11/12-11/25
9/09-9/22
11/11-11/24
9/14-9/27
11/16-11/29

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

20
20
15
15
15
10
15
15
25
25
25
25
25
70
70
70
70
70
300
275
275
375
375
30
30
30
60
60
150
200
200
275
200
100
50
25
25
25
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
150
25
150
25
150
25

21
23
33
41
31
60
62
116
193
210
250
235
287
30
29
59
52
57
125
82
102
109
78
25
17
18
19
34
96
63
75
71
102
10
16
13
22
17
401
258
318
292
444
386
141
217
210
212
800
33
740
18
752
18

20
20
15
15
15
10
15
15
25
25
25
25
25
70
70
70
70
70
300
275
275
375
375
30
30
30
60
60
150
200
200
275
200
100
50
25
25
25
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
150
25
152
25
150
25

Draw
Odds

Hunters

33.3
43.5
36.4
19.5
25.8
11.7
16.1
8.6
9.8
11.4
7.2
8.5
5.9
100
93.1
61
73.1
73.7
94.4
98.8
90.2
100
98.7
68
88.2
50
100
76.5
68.8
92.1
90.7
98.6
79.4
100
100
76.9
86.4
76.5
3.2
5
4.1
4.5
2.7
2.3
5.7
6.5
5.2
4.7
10.1
48.5
12.8
55.6
10.2
38.9

20
18
13
15
10
10
15
14
25
25
25
25
25
70
68
64
65
67
285
268
262
352
354
30
30
30
56
56
150
179
193
258
158
89
48
25
21
20
15
15
13
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
150
23
150
25
144
20

Hunter
Days

185
155
118
120
130
70
83
104
178
198
136
177
196
463
469
435
475
541
2093
1975
1887
2400
2408
215
243
259
447
364
1061
1336
1307
1937
1145
496
316
235
125
150
139
144
92
65
169
156
113
135
116
128
1316
173
1351
220
1131
190

Bull Spike

3
3
6
5
3
5
11
3
17
9
16
18
12
0
0
0
0
0
18
28
31
23
34
5
7
11
2
0
14
13
30
5
39
0
0
0
0
0
11
4
9
15
9
6
7
9
13
15
53
0
41
0
75
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
13
18
18
21
0
3
0
2
4
3
3
9
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
27
21
15
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
14
8
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

3
3
6
5
3
5
11
5
17
9
16
18
12
14
29
21
18
16
28
41
49
41
55
5
10
11
4
4
17
16
39
7
42
15
16
8
6
5
11
4
9
15
9
6
7
9
13
15
53
0
41
0
77
0

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran
CC= Canyon Creek
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez

Herd-Units:
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley
SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor
Crater

TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine


VV = Verde Valley

Hunt Arizona 2015 89

15
17
46
33
30
50
73
36
68
36
64
72
48
20
43
33
28
24
10
15
19
12
16
17
33
37
7
7
11
9
20
3
27
17
33
32
29
25
73
27
69
100
60
40
47
60
87
100
35
0
27
0
53
0

Elk Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Archery
General
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28/31/32
28/31/32
28/31/32
28/31/32
28/31/32
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN

Herd
Year
Unit

Hunt
Type

Dates

2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013

B
B
B
B
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
ALS
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE

9/13-9/26
11/15-11/28
9/12-9/25
11/14-11/27
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
9/10-9/23
9/09-9/22
9/14-9/27
9/13-9/26
9/12-9/25
8/27-9/02
8/27-9/02
9/17-9/26
9/17-9/26
11/05-11/18
11/05-11/18
9/09-9/15
9/09-9/15
9/16-9/25
9/16-9/25
11/04-11/17
11/04-11/17
10/12-10/18
10/12-10/18
9/21-9/30
9/21-9/30
11/09-11/22
11/09-11/22
9/13-9/19
9/13-9/19
9/20-9/29
9/20-9/29
11/08-11/21
11/08-11/21
9/12-9/18
10/03-10/09
10/17-10/23
10/24-10/30
8/27-9/02
8/27-9/02
9/17-9/26
9/17-9/26
11/05-11/18
11/05-11/18
9/09-9/15
9/09-9/15
9/16-9/25
9/16-9/25
11/04-11/17
11/04-11/17
9/14-9/20
9/14-9/20
9/21-9/30
9/21-9/30
11/09-11/22
11/09-11/22
9/13-9/19
9/13-9/19

90 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

225
25
225
25
50
50
50
100
100
5
5
5
5
5
20
3
20
3
10
3
20
3
20
3
10
3
20
3
20
3
10
3
20
3
20
3
10
3
5
5
5
5
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2

989
24
1253
37
21
17
37
35
56
5
5
3
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
0
5
5
29
8
1
0
5
5
36
15
0
0
19
8
18
10
0
0
21
7

225
25
225
25
50
50
50
101
100
5
5
5
5
5
20
3
20
3
6
3
20
3
20
3
10
4
20
3
20
3
10
3
20
3
20
3
10
3
5
5
5
5
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2
17
2
8
2
17
2

Draw
Odds

12.7
33.3
13
35.1
71.4
76.5
35.1
77.1
60.7
40
60
66.7
100
60
100
60
66.7
100
100
100
100
60
40
37.9
12.5
100
100
0
38.9
6.7
78.9
12.5
72.2
10
57.1
0

Hunters

Hunter
Days

223
22
221
25
46
42
40
98
96
5
5
0
0
5
20
3
20
3
6
3
20
3
18
3
6
4
14
3
13
3
8
3
20
3
20
3
0
0
0
5
5
0
17
0
17
0
8
2
17
2
17
2
5
2
17
0
17
0
8
0
17
2

1925
159
2101
192
371
310
231
818
604
30
65
0
0
23
114
9
86
15
54
6
100
9
104
27
24
21
71
12
100
17
64
16
77
6
135
30
0
0
0
25
35
0
75
0
92
0
46
4
102
2
138
10
19
8
60
0
128
0
38
0
83
14

Bull Spike

98
6
57
8
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
0
0
2
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
4
4
6
14
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
2
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

98
6
57
8
4
4
6
14
16
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
10
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
3
0
2
0
9
0

44
27
26
32
9
10
15
14
17
60
100
0
0
0
30
0
0
0
10
0
11
0
0
0
21
0
0
0
25
0
65
0
0
0
0
0
41
59
0
0
24
0
0
0
0
0
71
18
25
53
0

Elk Harvest Data

Unit

Archery
General
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN
CN

Herd
Year
Unit

2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014

Hunt
Type

Dates

AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE

9/20-9/29
9/20-9/29
11/08-11/21
11/08-11/21
9/12-9/18
9/19-9/25
9/26-10/02
10/10-10/16

Permits 1st Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Issued

17
2
8
2
5
5
5
5

41
13
0
0
24
10
9
5

17
2
8
2
5
5
5
5

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

17
2
8
2
0
5
5
5

138
12
88
14
0
13
23
27

31.7
7.7
20.8
20
33.3
20

Bull Spike

2
0
0
0
0
0
3
0

2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0

Harvest
Cow
Calf

0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunt
Total Success

4
0
0
0
0
2
4
0

BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran
CC= Canyon Creek
DL= Dry Lake
ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla
HM = Hutch Mtn.
M=Martinez

Herd-Units:
ML = Marshall Lake
MM = Melatone Mesa
RV = Round Valley
SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor
Crater

TT= Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine


VV = Verde Valley

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24
0
0
0
40
80
0

Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Natural History

Bob Miles

Arizona has two native subspecies of turkeys, Merriams and Goulds. The Merriams race of wild turkey
(M. g. merriami) is found throughout the western United States, primarily in the ponderosa pine forests of
Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Arizona. This
turkey has also been transplanted into the pine for-

ests of Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California,


Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. The Goulds
turkey (M. g. mexicana) is only found in Arizona and
New Mexico. In Arizona, wild turkeys can be found
not only in ponderosa pine forests but also in riparian
deciduous forests and other vegetation types at elevations ranging from 3,500 to 10,000 feet. The best
populations of Merriams, however, occur in the ponderosa pine forests north of the
Gila River. The Goulds occupy the sky island habitats in
southeastern Arizona.
In the spring, 2-year-old
and older males weigh about
18 pounds on average, and
yearling males or jakes weigh
about 13 pounds. Hens more
than a year old weigh between
8 and 12 pounds, depending partially on the contents
of the crop, which may weigh
up to a pound. As springtime
temperatures warm, the onset
of breeding is heralded by the
commencement of gobbling.
Gobbling may start as early as
late February or early March,
with a second peak of gobbling occurring in early May
with some toms continuing
to gobble into June. Hens mate
once and lay between 8 and 12
eggs that take 28 days to incubate. The young are precocial
and move from the nest soon
after hatching.
Both hens and poults spend
the rest of the summer eating,
loafing, and gaining weight.
As winter approaches, they begin to form flocks with other
family groups. The flocks will
usually spend the winter as
high up on the mountain as

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snow permits. The gobblers, too, have a defined


wintering area in which they will flock together. During the winter, turkeys congregate in the pinyon
pine-oak habitats just below the interface with the ponderosa pine forest. Following the snow line, both hen
and tom turkey flocks work their way upslope to where
gobbling toms attempt to accrue a harem of several
hens. After mating, the hens often continue upslope
into denser habitats to lay and incubate their eggs.
Toms and hens are not usually seen together during
the remainder of the year, although they may both
frequent similar habitats.
During the summer months, the hens and poults
spend much of their time searching for bugs and seeds
in small meadows and forest openings. As winter approaches, the turkeys feed increasingly on acorns,
pinyon nuts, and other mast crops. Later, with the onset of winter, the birds follow pine stringers downslope
to snow-free areas where they feed on the seeds of ponderosa pine, junipers, pinyons, and other plants.

Hunt History

Wild turkeys have been classified as big game since


1913 when the first state legislature established a bag
limit of three birds to be taken between October 1 and
December 15. Turkey populations appeared to hold up
fairly well, at least in northern Arizona, as the season
was still a month long and the bag limit was only reduced to two in the new game code of 1929. After
World War II, however, hunt pressure gradually in-

creased, and hunt


regulations became
more stringent. Fall
hunting was the only
turkey hunting allowed, and by 1950 a
hunter had to draw a
permit to even hunt
turkeys. Annual harvests ranged from a
few hundred birds to
more than 1,300.
Turkey populations were fairly
Arizonas turkey distribution
robust in the early
1960s, and the permit requirement was dropped in
1963; tag sales jumped from 8,050 in 1962 to 17,479 in
1963, but the turkey harvest only increased from 1,363
to 1,462. The first spring gobbler hunt was authorized
in 1965 (100 permits), and by 1969 the annual turkey
harvest had climbed to 2,480 birds, with another 138
turkeys taken earlier that spring. That number remains
an annual high.
Wild turkey populations have since been in a general decline. Current estimates number the population
between 15,000 and 20,000 birds, depending on conditions. Fall hunting is again by permit-only, and in
the spring the number of gobblers taken is equal to or
greater than the fall harvest.

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Turkey Survey Data


Historic Summary of Turkey Survey Data
Year
Tom
Hen
1960
343
267
1961
297
260
1962
248
293
1963
273
374
1964
191
288
1965
193
290
1966
286
311
1967
337
413
1968
299
295
1969
236
304
1970
207
345
1971
224
369
1972
205
264
1973
129
207
1974
155
193
1975
125
368
1976
98
262
1977
87
299
1978
179
307
1979
100
129
1980
42
111
1981
82
120
1982
105
157
1983
64
153
1984
156
202
1985
88
332
1986
136
300
1987
137
251
1988
63
225
1989
183
332
1990
121
210
1991
117
176
1992
170
219
1993
295
495
1994
251
381
1995
130
306
1996
68
289
1997
37
270
1998
122
228
1999
103
212
2000
144
198
2001
62
237
2002
86
44
2003
105
373
2004
124
144
2005
183
360
2006
77
217
2007
102
192
2008
139
282
2009
149
327
2010
126
179
2011
66
236
2012
56
195
2013
88
160
2014
59
122
1
Percent young is calculated from classified birds only.

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Poult
544
634
847
1058
881
905
1034
809
978
1152
667
654
678
641
729
1406
1138
1391
1190
421
401
626
586
517
664
1033
926
735
610
704
527
389
707
1148
559
527
292
708
497
567
303
520
25
1156
202
783
361
298
334
733
358
304
544
355
208

Unclassified
31
64
28
58
42
77
34
111
188
30
81
131
75
89
73
351
121
74
91
24
81
158
17
0
159
125
62
141
172
84
109
162
113
120
24
12
16
15
4
32
50
88
85
50
37
46
38
25
18
28
14
51
15
14
12

Total
1185
1255
1416
1763
1402
1465
1665
1670
1760
1722
1300
1378
1222
1066
1150
2250
1619
1851
1767
674
635
986
865
734
1181
1578
1424
1264
1070
1303
967
844
1209
2058
1215
975
665
1030
851
914
695
907
240
1684
507
1372
693
617
772
1237
677
657
810
617
401

Poults/Hen
2.0
2.4
2.9
2.8
3.1
3.1
3.3
2.0
3.3
3.8
1.9
1.8
2.6
3.1
3.8
3.8
4.3
4.7
3.9
3.3
3.6
5.2
3.7
3.4
3.3
3.1
3.1
2.9
2.7
2.1
2.5
2.2
3.2
2.3
1.5
1.7
1.0
2.6
2.2
2.7
1.5
2.2
0.6
3.1
1.4
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.2
2.2
2.0
1.3
2.8
2.2
1.7

Percent Young1
47
53
61
62
65
65
63
52
62
68
55
52
59
66
68
74
76
78
71
65
72
76
69
70
65
71
68
65
68
58
61
57
65
59
47
55
45
70
59
64
47
63
16
71
43
59
55
50
44
61
54
50
68
59
53

Turkey Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Turkey Survey Data
Unit

Year
Tom
Hen
1
2010
77
52
1
2011
32
65
1
2012
14
64
1
2013
21
72
1
2014
33
49
3B
2010
0
4
3B
2011
0
2
3B
2012
12
0
3B
2013
17
0
3B
2014
0
1
3C
2010
0
8
3C
2011
0
11
3C
2012
10
4
3C
2013
7
2
4
2010
0
2
4
2011
11
26
4
2012
6
0
4
2013
3
31
4
2014
14
11
5A
2010
1
25
5A
2011
0
14
5A
2012
0
11
5A
2013
15
8
5A
2014
6
7
5BN
2011
0
2
5BS
2012
0
8
6A
2010
0
8
6A
2011
0
4
6A
2012
0
11
6A
2014
0
3
6B
2010
0
2
6B
2011
1
2
7
2013
0
2
9
2010
0
6
9
2011
4
8
12A
2010
0
18
12A
2011
5
22
12A
2012
2
19
12A
2013
7
21
12A
2014
2
21
13A
2010
0
13
13A
2011
0
3
13BN
2011
0
6
13BS
2011
6
0
21
2013
7
17
21
2014
4
4
22
2010
14
8
22
2011
4
7
23
2011
3
15
27
2010
25
32
27
2011
0
49
27
2012
10
78
27
2013
11
7
27
2014
0
26
27
2010
25
32
27
2011
0
49
27
2012
10
78
27
2013
11
7
27
2014
0
26
1
Percent young is calculated from classified birds only.

Poult
76
23
164
171
59
24
0
0
0
3
0
2
10
3
7
34
0
38
6
27
45
33
16
12
1
18
21
11
32
7
2
4
8
22
17
72
111
96
99
71
2
8
0
0
0
0
0
3
26
95
19
191
20
50
95
19
191
20
50

Unclassified
3
39
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0

Total
208
159
243
264
147
28
2
12
17
4
8
13
38
12
9
71
6
72
31
58
59
44
39
30
3
26
29
15
43
10
5
7
10
28
41
90
138
117
127
94
15
11
6
6
38
9
22
14
44
157
68
279
38
76
157
68
279
38
76

Poults/Hen
1.5
.4
2.6
2.4
1.2
6.0
.0
3.0
.0
.2
2.5
1.5
3.5
1.3
1.2
.6
1.1
3.2
3.0
2.0
1.7
.5
2.3
2.6
2.8
2.9
2.3
1.0
2.0
4.0
3.7
2.1
4.0
5.1
5.1
4.7
3.4
.2
2.7
.0
.0
.0
.0
.4
1.7
3.0
.4
2.5
2.9
1.9
3.0
0.4
2.5
2.9
1.9

Percent Young1
37
19
68
65
42
86
0
0
0
75
0
15
42
25
78
48
0
53
19
51
76
75
41
48
33
69
72
73
74
70
50
57
80
79
59
80
80
82
78
76
13
73
0
0
0
0
0
21
59
63
28
68
53
66
63
28
68
53
66

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Turkey Hunt Data


Historic Summary of General Spring Turkey Hunts (Youth-only listed separately)
Permits
1st Choice
Permits Issued
Authorized
Applicants
1965
100

1966
500

1967
1100

1968
1600

1969
2200

1970
2600

1971
2650

1972
2800

1973
2550

1974
2550

2550
1975
3450

3450
1976
4001

4001
1977
4600

4600
1978
4865

4865
1979
4970
6275
3397
1980
4950
7894
4594
1981
4900
9143
4654
1982
4960
9444
4821
1983
4960
5106
4415
1984
4620
4725
4107
1985
4620
5863
4409
1986
4620
6663
4548
1987
4915
7132
4834
1988
4710
8216
4688
1989
4660
8171
4562
1990
4595
8553
4577
1991
4595
8044
4976
1992
4725
6413
4701
1993
4735
7260
4732
1994
4805
7730
4793
1995
4840
8591
4822
1996
5020
9258
5007
1997
5115
9312
5115
1998
4719
9460
4724
1999
4501
10260
4476
2000
4840
11120
4840
2001
5251
12815
5251
2002
5471
12643
5470
2003
5096
13819
5183
2004
5157
16020
5158
2005
5307
16355
5375
2006
5593
14945
5599
2007
6263
13583
6269
2008
7007
13281
7001
2009
7289
11885
7284
2010
7130
11715
7125
2011
7273
13160
7266
2012
4974
9846
4967
2013
4723
10417
4720
2014
4959
10745
4955
1
In 1997, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season.
Year

Hunters
79
417
878
1096
1673
1935
2021
1941
1225
1747
2284
1869
2679
2952
2853
2692
2542
2648
3073
3455
3382
3581
3734
3736
3691
3684
3994
3757
3820
3795
3806
3820
4021
3722
3497
3833
4232
4301
4234
4055
4264
4548
5092
5660
6108
5595
5731
3772
3678
3889

Hunter Days
134
716

2440
3719
4579
4702
4674
2705
4145
5582
4642
6848
7568
7516
7225
8100
8366
10270
11511
11649
12421
13474
13089
12998
13457
15731
14563
15006
14543
14038
13826
15179
13503
12637
13474
15258
16420
16633
15880
16119
17705
19543
22725
25429
23584
23411
15335
14886
15519

Total Harvest
30
58
151
98
138
215
260
153
71
151
205
220
326
399
317
234
399
390
473
780
688
746
830
697
619
727
617
723
771
768
769
631
660
671
730
916
987
760
878
788
1155
1129
1269
1040
1110
999
813
617
692
698

Percent Success
38.0
13.9
17.2
8.9
8.2
11.1
12.9
7.9
5.8
8.6
9.0
11.8
12.2
13.5
11.1
8.7
15.7
14.7
15.4
22.6
20.3
20.8
22.2
18.7
16.8
19.7
15.4
19.2
20.2
20.2
20.2
16.5
16.4
18.0
21
24
23
18
21
19
27
25
25
18
18
18
14
16
19
18

Historic Summary of Youth-only Spring Turkey Hunts


Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Permits
Authorized
175
175
180
180
150
150
150
165

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1st Choice
Applicants
120
202
307
254
290
341
327
461

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

163
175
180
177
153
150
153
165

150
155
156
137
125
119
122
143

666
603
523
486
443
373
450
493

30
34
30
27
23
23
24
51

20
22
19
20
18
19
20
36

Turkey Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Youth-only Spring Turkey Hunts
Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014

Permits
Authorized
225
350
OTC
OTC
425
OTC
460
OTC
460
OTC
360
OTC

1st Choice
Applicants
563
582
198
340
453
293
-

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

225
350
374
460
460
360
-

202
295
1574
1316
294
885
344
351
390
438
290
313

636
1094
4612
4477
984
2467
1083
1188
1204
1244
844
867

105
82
324
222
33
146
77
12
91
100
47
79

52
28
21
17
11
16
22
3
23
23
16
25

Total
Harvest
526
296
403
307
365
549
782
1216
971
887
1367
647
569
1050
1262
1218
1308
1434
1655
2001
1762
1601
1518
2392
2002
1200
794
2050
1040
1464
508
997
1427
856
1192
1390
1496
893
1236
1125
941
1935
1459
1927

Percent
Success
9.7
20.2
20.3
32.5
26.5
19.7
26.4
29.7
21.8
32.1
32.4
30.3
24.3
24.2
19.1
16.5
14.1
9.0
12.1
13.9
12.3
10.9
10.1
16.2
12.8
9.1
8.3
15.6
8.5
15.3
6.2
11.5
15.6
9.8
9.5
13.1
15.1
9.6
13.3
11.3
10.8
17.7
14.0
17.3

Historic Summary of General Fall Turkey Hunts (Youth-only listed separately)


Permits
1st Choice
Permits
Hunters
Authorized
Applicants
Issued
1946
9747

5406
1947
2147

1465
1948
2697

1990
1949
1243

945
1950
1657

1377
1951
3305

2780
1952
3454

2961
1953
4672

4096
1954
5134

4448
1955
3012

2760
1956
4800

4218
1957
2600

2138
1958
2800

2340
1959
5700

4341
1960
8150

6607
1961

7374
1962

9296
1963

17479
15847
1964

14803
13733
1965

15470
14367
1966

15681
14381
1967

17388
14626
1968

16782
15063
1969

18330
14768
1970

19222
15673
1971

17002
13176
1972

9584
1973

13142
1974

12262
1975

9542
1976

8208
1977

8652
1978

9119
1979

8775
1980

12578
1981

10640
1982

9923
1983

9286
1984

7737
9302
1985

8271
9975
1986

7510
8740
1987

8914
10912
1988

8259
10425
1989

9289
11156
1
Archery data are included in hunters, hunter days, and harvest from 1969-1990.
2
In 2008, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season.

Year1

Hunter
Days

4308

12058
18216
21543
35711
33614
34846
34353
37391
38754
37735
43147
34196
26422
36597
36634
27676
24754
28320
25395
28646
34546
36027
34692
31185
30146
32701
29245
37068
32224
32410

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Historic Summary of General Fall Turkey Hunts (Youth-only listed separately) continued
Permits
1st Choice
Permits
Hunters
Authorized
Applicants
Issued
1990

7836
9609
1991
9280
3951
6332
5076
1992
8730
5497
6731
5310
1993
8740
6123
7822
6310
1994
6965
6850
6921
5435
1995
6245
7322
6237
4857
1996
5350
7721
5350
4188
1997
4050
7766
4050
3080
1998
3700
7226
3700
2775
1999
4160
8972
4160
3283
2000
4760
9417
4760
3689
2001
4635
9451
4635
3623
2002
5085
12240
5085
3933
2003
4260
12774
4260
3199
2004
4785
14455
4785
3676
2005
4830
11563
4832
3811
2006
5310
14910
5302
3970
2007
5870
9922
5868
4664
20082
6100
7820
5883
4659
2009
6120
6649
5860
4667
2010
6820
6172
6374
5009
2011
5320
5388
4822
3734
2012
5300
5561
4836
3781
2013
5300
6265
4967
4104
2014
5475
6237
4973
3838
1
Archery data are included in hunters, hunter days, and harvest from 1969-1990.
2
In 2008, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season.
Year1

Hunter
Days
29003
14330
14563
17505
15051
13447
12203
8492
7648
8935
10660
9723
11904
8955
11390
10720
11224
14317
14096
13759
15748
11525
11599
12328
12866

Total
Harvest
982
955
1008
1048
1009
1034
486
511
508
872
793
1213
407
875
539
1117
640
1087
902
1653
676
620
889
1007
511

Percent
Success
10.2
18.8
19.0
16.6
18.6
21.3
11.6
16.6
18
27
21
33
10
27
15
29
16
23
19
35
13
17
24
25
13

Historic Summary of Youth-only Fall Turkey Hunts


Permits
1st Choice
Authorized
Applicants
1998
100
59
1999
100
105
2000
100
169
2001
125
164
2002
125
241
2003
125
240
2004
100
250
2005
100
137
2006
150
246
2007
150
179
2008
OTC

2009 to 2014
OTC
No Survey
OTC = Over the counter nonpermit-tags.
Year

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

89
100
100
125
125
125
100
100
148
150
336

76
86
81
96
91
103
72
71
100
114
317

197
236
218
264
282
231
196
191
262
304
929

8
21
13
33
6
18
4
16
19
12
37

11
24
16
34
7
17
6
23
19
11
12

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

1289
1337
1760
1808
1784
1939
1891
2133
2523
3084
3115
3117
2914
3223

1072
1245
1465
1533
1426
1479
1390
1739
2082
2539
2722
2583
2485
2630

4331
4692
6804
7258
7011
7684
7194
8435
10913
13320
13838
12627
12507
12890

20
19
55
59
26
37
44
96
103
120
190
138
71
160

1.9
1.5
3.8
3.8
1.8
2.5
3.2
5.6
4.5
4.7
7.0
5.3
2.9
6.1

Historic Summary of Archery Fall Turkey Hunts


Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

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Historic Summary of Archery Fall Turkey Hunts (continued)
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

3450
3941
4660
3844
3559
3381
3242
3432
3827
3464

2586
2820
2719
2151
1073
1711
1878
2463
2508
1524

12725
13818
14036
10468
5405
8058
9655
12249
14061
8375

174
140
221
103
81
113
111
148
133
52

6.7
5.0
8.1
4.8
7.5
6.6
6
6
5
3

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


1
2010
4/23-4/29
1
2010
4/30-5/20
1
2011
4/22-4/28
1
2011
4/29-5/19
1
2012
4/27-5/03
1
2012
5/04-5/24
1
2013
4/26-5/02
1
2013
5/03-5/23
1
2014
4/25- 5/01
1
2014
5/02- 5/22
3B
2010
4/23-4/29
3B
2010
4/30-5/20
3B
2011
4/22-4/28
3B
2011
4/29-5/19
3B
2012
4/27-5/03
3B
2012
5/04-5/24
3B
2013
4/26-5/02
3B
2013
5/03-5/23
3B
2014
4/25- 5/01
3B
2014
5/02- 5/22
3C
2010
4/23-4/29
3C
2010
4/30-5/20
3C
2011
4/22-4/28
3C
2011
4/29-5/19
3C
2012
4/27-5/03
3C
2012
5/04-5/24
3C
2013
4/26-5/02
3C
2013
5/03-5/23
3C
2014
4/25- 5/01
3C
2014
5/02- 5/22
4
2010
4/23-4/29
4
2010
4/30-5/20
4
2011
4/22-4/28
4
2011
4/29-5/19
4
2012
4/27-5/03
4
2012
5/04-5/24
4
2013
4/26-5/02
4
2013
5/03-5/23
4
2014
4/25- 5/01
4
2014
5/02- 5/22
5A
2010
4/23-4/29
5A
2010
4/30-5/20
5A
2011
4/22-4/28

Permits
Authorized
500
525
575
600
200
200
200
200
300
250
125
125
125
125
125
100
125
100
125
100
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
250
250
250
250
175
175
150
150
150
150
150
200
150

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

1574
248
1680
338
1099
137
1293
157
1496
147
186
12
193
28
220
33
235
17
223
38
723
89
861
136
641
66
554
66
517
43
585
70
577
125
549
107
568
98
550
63
537
99
591

500
525
575
600
200
200
200
200
300
250
125
125
125
125
125
100
125
100
125
100
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
175
250
250
250
250
175
175
150
150
150
150
150
200
150

Draw
Odds
30.2
51.2
32.3
65.7
17.7
43.8
14.3
35.7
18.5
38.1
47.8
100.0
46.6
100.0
34.1
93.9
39.1
94.1
40.8
89.5
24.2
49.4
19.4
40.4
25.6
56.1
28.2
71.2
29.0
76.7
35.9
72.9
39.2
76.8
28.6
54.2
23.8
43.9
22.9
55.6
26.3
56.6
22.5

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

423
416
477
472
164
159
159
157
252
196
105
100
101
99
99
71
101
75
94
73
153
142
156
146
151
151
144
144
146
145
206
194
190
215
136
124
120
124
116
124
126
159
125

1573
1544
1779
1841
632
629
554
543
933
818
520
432
496
452
410
276
471
359
418
284
1002
698
584
607
666
678
666
617
534
673
865
841
843
915
537
510
484
566
491
437
472
583
515

106
98
104
69
49
31
53
36
67
41
15
8
14
5
15
7
12
3
28
16
18
31
25
17
19
22
37
11
12
10
36
18
13
19
23
11
18
3
9
8
22
26
17

25
24
22
15
30
19
33
23
27
21
14
8
14
5
15
10
12
4
30
22
12
22
16
12
13
15
26
8
8
7
17
9
7
9
17
9
15
2
8
6
17
16
14

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


5A
2011
4/29-5/19
5A
2012
4/27-5/03
5A
2012
5/04-5/24
5A
2013
4/26-5/02
5A
2013
5/03-5/23
5A
2014
4/25- 5/01
5A
2014
5/02- 5/22
5B
2010
4/23-4/29
5B
2010
4/30-5/20
5B
2011
4/22-4/28
5B
2011
4/29-5/19
5B
2012
4/27-5/03
5B
2012
5/04-5/24
5B
2013
4/26-5/02
5B
2013
5/03-5/23
5B
2014
4/25- 5/01
5B
2014
5/02- 5/22
6A
2010
4/23-4/29
6A
2010
4/30-5/20
6A
2011
4/22-4/28
6A
2011
4/29-5/19
6A
2012
4/27-5/03
6A
2012
5/04-5/24
6A
2013
4/26-5/02
6A
2013
5/03-5/23
6A
2014
4/25- 5/01
6A
2014
5/02- 5/22
6B
2010
4/23-4/29
6B
2010
4/30-5/20
6B
2011
4/22-4/28
6B
2011
4/29-5/19
6B
2012
4/27-5/03
6B
2012
5/04-5/24
6B
2013
4/26-5/02
6B
2013
5/03-5/23
6B
2014
4/25- 5/01
6B
2014
5/02- 5/22
7
2010
4/23-4/29
7
2010
4/30-5/20
7
2011
4/22-4/28
7
2011
4/29-5/19
7
2012
4/27-5/03
7
2012
5/04-5/24
7
2013
4/26-5/02
7
2013
5/03-5/23
7
2014
4/25- 5/01
7
2014
5/02- 5/22
8
2010
4/23-4/29
8
2010
4/30-5/20
8
2011
4/22-4/28
8
2011
4/29-5/19
8
2012
4/27-5/03
8
2012
5/04-5/24
8
2013
4/26-5/02
8
2013
5/03-5/23
8/10
2014
4/25- 5/01
8/10
2014
5/02- 5/22
9
2010
4/23-4/29
9
2010
4/30-5/20
9
2011
4/22-4/28
9
2011
4/29-5/19
9
2012
4/27-5/03

100 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

200
150
200
100
150
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
300
300
250
250
250
250
250
250
60
90
60
90
60
90
60
70
60
70
175
200
150
175
100
125
100
100
100
100
250
150
250
150
200
100
200
100
200
100
60
50
50
40
50

129
466
133
465
102
431
82
374
78
446
116
334
55
325
35
309
54
1212
284
1522
303
1156
171
1280
200
1161
199
261
49
257
44
191
20
210
25
267
31
294
43
208
35
173
30
184
34
274
40
832
105
858
117
686
114
649
88
645
79
92
14
88
9
69

200
150
200
100
150
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
300
300
250
250
250
250
250
250
60
90
60
90
60
90
60
70
60
70
175
200
150
175
100
125
100
100
100
100
250
150
250
150
200
100
200
100
200
100
60
50
50
40
50

Draw
Odds
58.9
30.7
55.6
20.0
47.1
20.2
31.7
26.5
64.1
20.9
44.8
28.7
60.0
27.1
77.1
28.2
77.8
26.6
49.3
19.4
33.3
21.1
46.2
18.4
31.5
20.6
40.7
20.7
42.9
23.3
52.3
27.7
95.0
22.4
76.0
22.1
58.1
43.2
100.0
53.8
100.0
31.8
100.0
32.6
97.1
27.0
50.0
29.4
47.6
27.6
41.9
27.7
29.8
25.9
50.0
29.8
30.4
51.1
100.0
45.5
100.0
46.4

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

152
130
141
74
131
84
80
64
80
83
70
69
73
73
83
84
94
310
291
238
243
190
188
205
183
201
210
42
74
42
68
52
61
53
62
47
48
131
154
131
142
77
102
67
85
57
73
194
124
196
102
156
78
165
83
166
71
51
36
36
30
40

619
538
647
339
481
297
307
275
271
345
303
290
341
298
353
339
578
1383
1263
885
982
723
742
827
677
763
898
171
278
182
343
215
248
195
278
154
205
603
751
611
684
360
470
194
350
207
482
919
580
961
415
664
282
719
451
663
260
214
179
122
115
148

16
5
5
17
3
5
9
11
6
8
9
10
6
15
13
10
9
11
18
22
15
22
25
24
14
13
19
5
8
4
3
11
2
4
2
17
5
10
10
13
10
10
8
33
27
4
9
21
10
11
8
27
16
42
6
22
13
5
4
8
3
10

11
4
4
23
2
6
11
17
8
10
13
14
8
21
16
12
10
4
6
9
6
12
13
12
8
6
9
12
11
10
4
21
3
8
3
36
10
8
6
10
7
13
8
49
32
7
12
11
8
6
8
17
21
25
7
13
18
10
11
22
10
25

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


9
2012
5/04-5/24
9
2013
4/26-5/02
9
2013
5/03-5/23
9
2014
4/25- 5/01
9
2014
5/02- 5/22
12A
2010
4/23-4/29
12A
2010
4/30-5/20
12A
2011
4/22-4/28
12A
2011
4/29-5/19
12A
2012
4/27-5/03
12A
2012
5/04-5/24
12A
2013
4/26-5/02
12A
2013
5/03-5/23
12A
2014
4/25- 5/01
12A
2014
5/02- 5/22
13A
2010
4/23-4/29
13A
2010
4/30-5/20
13A
2011
4/22-4/28
13A
2011
4/29-5/19
13A
2012
4/27-5/03
13A
2012
5/04-5/24
13A
2013
4/26-5/02
13A
2013
5/03-5/23
13A
2014
4/25- 5/01
13A
2014
5/02- 5/22
13B North
2012
4/27-5/03
13B North
2012
5/04-5/24
13B North
2013
4/26-5/02
13B North
2013
5/03-5/23
13B North
2014
4/25- 5/01
13B North
2014
5/02- 5/22
13B
2010
4/23-4/29
13B
2010
4/30-5/20
13B
2011
4/22-4/28
13B
2011
4/29-5/19
13B
2012
4/27-5/03
13B
2012
5/04-5/24
13B
2013
4/26-5/02
13B
2013
5/03-5/23
17A/17B/18B
2010
4/23-4/29
17A/17B/18B
2010
4/30-5/20
17A/17B/18B
2011
4/22-4/28
17A/17B/18B
2011
4/29-5/19
17A/17B/18B
2012
4/27-5/03
17A/17B/18B
2012
5/04-5/24
17A/17B/18B
2013
4/26-5/02
17A/17B/18B
2013
5/03-5/23
17A/17B/18B
2014
4/25- 5/01
17A/17B/18B
2014
5/02- 5/22
20A
2010
4/23-4/29
20A
2010
4/30-5/20
20A
2011
4/22-4/28
20A
2011
4/29-5/19
20A
2012
4/27-5/03
20A
2012
5/04-5/24
20A
2013
4/26-5/02
20A
2013
5/03-5/23
20A
2014
4/25- 5/01
20A
2014
5/02- 5/22
22
2010
4/23-4/29
22
2010
4/30-5/20
22
2011
4/22-4/28

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

40
50
40
50
40
300
300
300
300
275
275
275
275
275
275
25
15
25
15
25
15
25
15
5
5
1
1
1
1
20
15
20
15
20
15
20
15
20
15
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
10
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
110
110
130

5
67
9
46
0
172
62
121
45
153
36
162
35
243
42
17
1
13
3
3
1
4
2
4
0
32
13
24
9
12
2
20
2
16
0
1
1
6
2
46
7
62
8
41
12
42
1
37
9
40
26
102
33
78
22
133
14
109
16
247
40
312

40
50
40
50
40
300
300
300
300
275
275
275
277
275
275
25
15
25
15
25
15
25
15
5
5
1
1
1
1
20
15
20
15
20
15
20
13
20
15
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
10
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
110
110
130

Draw
Odds
100.0
56.7
100.0
84.8
89.0
100.0
81.0
100.0
84.3
100.0
82.1
100
84.4
100.0
58.8
100.0
76.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
3.1
0.0
4.2
11.1
58.3
100.0
75.0
0.0
37.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
19.6
28.6
16.1
0.0
24.4
33.3
21.4
100.0
21.6
33.3
12.5
26.9
4.9
21.2
10.3
18.2
7.5
0.0
9.2
25.0
39.7
75.0
36.2

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

30
35
24
31
23
184
150
191
205
187
174
217
166
206
200
13
8
13
3
11
0
17
8
2
0
1
0
1
7
7
11
12
8
8
10
10
6
4
8
10
8
9
7
10
10
7
10
5
5
10
5
9
10
10
7
7
10
95
86
102

113
162
104
108
169
738
658
890
859
798
740
871
612
698
816
47
30
53
5
32
0
52
30
6
0
1
0
3
20
40
54
48
40
15
23
36
9
17
39
55
16
40
80
35
44
30
33
18
10
47
17
50
40
49
23
17
44
366
373
369

2
8
0
8
0
32
18
18
12
27
20
49
39
62
42
3
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
4
0
6
3
2
0
0
3
6
2
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
3
6
4
0
6
0
3
3
4
20
31
19

7
23
0
26
0
17
12
9
6
14
11
23
24
30
21
23
0
15
0
0
12
0
0
100
100
57
0
55
25
25
0
0
30
100
50
13
0
25
11
0
20
0
0
20
0
60
60
80
0
60
0
43
43
40
21
36
19

Hunt Arizona 2015 101

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


22
2011
4/29-5/19
22
2012
4/27-5/03
22
2012
5/04-5/24
22
2013
4/26-5/02
22
2013
5/03-5/23
22
2014
4/25- 5/01
22
2014
5/02- 5/22
23
2010
4/23-4/29
23
2010
4/30-5/20
23
2011
4/22-4/28
23
2011
4/29-5/19
23
2012
4/27-5/03
23
2012
5/04-5/24
23
2013
4/26-5/02
23
2013
5/03-5/23
23
2014
4/25- 5/01
23
2014
5/02- 5/22
24A
2010
4/23-4/29
24A
2010
4/30-5/20
24A
2011
4/22-4/28
24A
2011
4/29-5/19
24A
2012
4/27-5/03
24A
2012
5/04-5/24
24A
2013
4/26-5/02
24A
2013
5/03-5/23
24A
2014
4/25- 5/01
24A
2014
5/02- 5/22
27
2010
4/23-4/29
27
2010
4/30-5/20
27
2011
4/22-4/28
27
2011
4/29-5/19
27
2012
4/27-5/03
27
2012
5/04-5/24
27
2013
4/26-5/02
27
2013
5/03-5/23
27
2014
4/25- 5/01
27
2014
5/02- 5/22
29
2010
4/23-4/29
29
2010
4/30-5/20
29
2011
4/22-4/28
29
2011
4/29-5/19
29/30A
2012
4/27-5/03
29/30A
2012
5/04-5/24
29/30A
2013
4/26-5/02
29/30A
2013
5/03-5/23
29/30A
2014
4/25- 5/01
29/30A
2014
5/02- 5/22
31
2010
4/23-4/29
31
2010
4/30-5/20
31
2011
4/22-4/28
31
2011
4/29-5/19
31
2012
4/27-5/03
31
2012
5/04-5/24
31
2013
4/26-5/02
31
2013
5/03-5/23
31
2014
4/25- 5/01
31
2014
5/02- 5/22
33
2010
4/23-4/29
33
2010
4/30-5/20
33
2011
4/22-4/28
33
2011
4/29-5/19
33
2012
4/27-5/03

102 Hunt Arizona 2015

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

130
130
130
100
100
100
100
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
675
600
750
650
200
200
200
200
300
250
5
5
5
5
2
2
5
5
6
6
6
6
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3

51
249
45
238
34
216
46
1167
151
1153
165
1028
106
900
106
978
114
14
12
19
7
19
0
16
0
29
1
1044
175
944
162
502
87
761
68
728
90
142
35
291
77
82
19
191
43
162
36
119
29
152
47
121
24
77
20
74
16
53
4
113
48
163

130
130
130
100
100
100
100
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
225
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
675
600
750
650
200
200
200
200
300
250
5
5
5
5
2
2
5
5
6
6
6
6
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3

Draw
Odds
60.8
40.2
91.1
35.7
52.9
38.9
80.4
18.8
32.5
18.5
37.6
21.0
44.3
23.3
39.6
22.1
45.6
14.3
16.7
10.5
28.6
10.5
12.5
6.9
100.0
50.9
100.0
61.3
100.0
31.1
56.3
20.9
51.5
28.0
64.4
3.5
11.4
1.4
0.0
2.4
0.0
2.6
7.0
3.7
2.8
5.0
10.3
2.6
2.1
2.5
4.2
3.9
15.0
2.7
6.3
1.9
0.0
1.8
2.1
1.8

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

102
101
88
83
64
83
77
184
185
191
189
176
173
193
165
176
185
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
0
525
480
599
524
168
149
163
168
242
190
5
5
5
5
2
2
5
5
6
6
6
6
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2

347
461
390
300
297
303
268
849
796
763
789
642
675
806
702
585
727
4
30
12
17
7
2
6
19
18
0
1927
1976
2228
2189
546
522
611
632
892
810
10
15
8
8
4
6
10
10
23
21
30
6
11
20
6
15
15
14
5
12
4
2
4
7
7

9
7
4
3
6
14
0
24
25
21
23
35
28
29
22
32
17
2
0
0
2
0
2
2
1
0
0
179
116
167
84
70
47
63
49
83
52
5
3
5
5
2
2
5
5
6
6
4
6
5
2
2
2
0
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2

9
7
5
4
9
17
0
13
14
11
12
20
16
15
13
18
9
100
0
0
67
0
100
100
50
0
34
24
28
16
42
32
39
29
34
27
100
60
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
67
100
100
40
67
67
0
100
100
67
100
100
100
100
100

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


33
2012
5/04-5/24
3
56
33
2013
4/26-5/02
3
217
33
2013
5/03-5/23
3
44
33
2014
4/25- 5/01
3
239
33
2014
5/02- 5/22
3
30
34A
2010
4/23-4/29
1
21
34A
2010
4/30-5/20
1
5
34A
2011
4/22-4/28
1
33
34A
2011
4/29-5/19
1
18
34A
2012
4/27-5/03
1
32
34A
2012
5/04-5/24
1
14
34A
2013
4/26-5/02
1
60
34A
2013
5/03-5/23
1
15
34A
2014
4/25- 5/01
1
48
34A
2014
5/02- 5/22
1
17
35A
2010
4/23-4/29
4
203
35A
2010
4/30-5/20
4
63
35A
2011
4/22-4/28
4
356
35A
2011
4/29-5/19
4
90
35A
2012
4/27-5/03
5
344
35A
2012
5/04-5/24
5
66
35A
2013
4/26-5/02
5
408
35A
2013
5/03-5/23
5
78
35A
2014
4/25- 5/01
8
468
35A
2014
5/02- 5/22
8
77
35B
2014
4/25- 5/01
2
56
35B
2014
5/02- 5/22
2
19
CN
2010
4/23-5/20
15
4
CN
2010
4/23-5/20
6
9
CN
2011
4/22-4/28
15
7
CN
2011
4/22-4/28
6
4
CN
2012
4/27-5/24
15
3
CN
2012
4/27-5/24
6
9
CN
2013
4/26-5/23
15
0
CN
2013
4/26-5/23
6
5
CN
2014
4/25- 5/22
15
6
CN
2014
4/25- 5/22
6
8
FTHU
2010
4/23-5/20
3
24
FTHU
2011
4/22-4/28
3
47
FTHU
2012
4/27-5/24
2
22
FTHU
2012
5/04-5/24
2
7
FTHU
2013
4/26-5/23
2
41
FTHU
2014
4/25- 5/22
2
40
SPRING YOUTH-ONLY (OTC = TAGS ISSUED OVER-THE-COUNTER)
1
2010
4/16-5/20
1
2011
4/15-5/19
1/27
2012
4/20-4/26
100
123
1/27
2013
4/19-4/25
100
198
3C
2010
4/16-5/20
3C
2011
4/15-4/21
125
70
3C
2012
4/20-4/26
125
54
3C
2013
4/19-4/25
125
57
3C
2014
4/18- 4/24
125
72
4
2010
4/16-5/20
4
2011
4/15-5/19
4
2012
4/20-5/24
4
2013
4/19-5/23
5A
2010
4/16-5/20
5A
2011
4/15-5/19
5A
2012
4/20-5/24
5A
2013
4/19-5/23
5B
2010
4/16-5/20
-

Permits
Issued

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
8
8
2
2
10
6
9
5
10
6
9
6
10
6
3
3
2
2
3
3

0.0
1.4
2.3
.8
3.3
4.8
20.0
3.0
5.6
3.1
7.1
1.7
0.0
2.1
5.9
2.0
1.6
1.1
0.0
0.9
6.1
1.0
1.3
1.7
5.2
3.6
10.5
100.0
55.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
66.7
100.0
100.0
75.0
12.5
6.4
9.1
28.6
1
7.5

3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
8
8
2
2
8
4
6
3
5
6
5
6
8
4
2
3
2
2
7.3
3

6
6
5
8
8
14
0
1
2
1
2
1
3
5
1
7
6
4
4
10
14
10
25
22
24
8
10
16
8
17
13
23
29
14
12
30
18
2
14
5
9
3
3

1
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
4
3
4
4
5
5
5
4
6
7
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
2
2
3
2
0
9
3

33
100
100
100
67
0
100
100
100
100
0
100
0
100
100
75
100
100
100
100
100
80
75
88
100
100
25
0
0
0
40
33
0
33
0
50
100
100
100
0
3
100

100
100
102
125
125
125
-

80.5
49.0
81.4
94.4
100.0
100.0
-

205
210
86
91
131
83
83
120
94
34
102
45
107
40
87
83
77
51

575
406
281
270
524
259
295
418
292
97
298
147
315
142
319
262
200
177

51
44
22
57
28
14
16
16
10
0
7
6
23
6
15
0
8
6

25
21
26
63
21
17
19
13
11
0
7
13
21
15
17
0
10
12

CN= Camp Navajo

Hunt Arizona 2015 103

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Permits
Authorized
Spring
Shotgun-Shooting
Shot
FALL
(SHOTGUN-SHOOTING
SHOT
SEASON)
5B
2011
4/15-5/19
5B
2012
4/20-5/24
5B
2013
4/19-5/23
6A
2010
4/16-5/20
6A
2011
4/15-4/21
175
6A
2012
4/20-4/26
110
6A
2013
4/19-4/25
110
6A
2014
4/18- 4/24
110
6B
2010
4/16-5/20
6B
2011
4/15-5/19
6B
2012
4/20-5/24
6B
2013
4/19-5/23
7
2010
4/16-5/20
7
2011
4/15-5/19
7
2012
4/20-5/24
7
2013
4/19-5/23
8
2010
4/16-5/20
8
2011
4/15-5/19
8
2012
4/20-5/24
8
2013
4/19-5/23
10
2010
4/16-5/20
10
2011
4/15-5/19
10
2012
4/20-5/24
12A
2010
4/16-5/20
12A
2011
4/15-5/19
12A
2012
4/20-5/24
12A
2013
4/19-5/23
23
2010
4/16-5/20
23
2011
4/15-4/21
125
23
2012
4/20-4/26
125
23
2013
4/19-4/25
125
23
2014
4/18- 4/24
125
27
2010
4/16-5/20
27
2011
4/15-5/19
FALL (SHOTGUN-SHOOTING SHOT SEASON)
1
2010
10/01-10/07
725
1
2011
9/30-10/06
200
1
2012
10/05-10/11
200
1
2013
10/04-10/10
200
3C
2010
10/01-10/07
100
3C
2011
9/30-10/06
125
3C
2012
10/05-10/11
125
3C
2013
10/04-10/10
150
4
2010
10/01-10/07
575
4
2011
9/30-10/06
500
4
2012
10/05-10/11
500
4
2013
10/04-10/10
500
5A
2010
10/01-10/07
450
5A
2011
9/30-10/06
350
5A
2012
10/05-10/11
350
5A
2013
10/04-10/10
350
5B North
2010
10/01-10/07
35
5B North
2011
9/30-10/06
20
5B South
2010
10/01-10/07
125
5B South
2011
9/30-10/06
125
5B South
2012
10/05-10/11
150
5B South
2013
10/04-10/10
150
6A
2010
10/01-10/07
525
6A
2011
9/30-10/06
525
6A
2012
10/05-10/11
525
6A
2013
10/04-10/10
525
6B
2010
10/01-10/07
350
Unit

Year

Dates

104 Hunt Arizona 2015

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

50
69
93
94
78
94
105
127
-

147
110
110
110
125
125
125
125
-

824
480
561
779
319
329
286
406
444
418
515
530
339
314
329
344
67
48
173
180
203
234
787
850
897
915
192

725
200
200
200
100
125
125
150
575
500
500
500
450
350
350
350
35
20
125
125
150
150
525
525
525
524
350

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

80.0
92.8
96.8
100.0
78.2
95.7
96.2
96.1
-

65
70
77
290
105
85
87
94
40
87
45
69
46
29
32
23
120
73
51
77
17
29
19
17
15
6
8
211
106
90
92
102
114
181

174
236
138
1071
366
272
270
279
125
283
185
276
159
36
32
115
342
392
198
177
57
87
109
40
29
19
23
809
359
235
246
273
359
421

0
0
23
34
3
19
10
11
6
0
0
15
0
0
0
8
11
7
6
23
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
46
16
20
8
26
28
73

0
0
30
12
3
22
11
12
15
0
0
22
0
0
0
35
9
10
12
30
0
0
0
35
0
0
0
22
15
22
9
25
25
40

80.8
40.0
35.7
25.7
31.3
38.0
38.5
30.3
100.0
87.1
73.8
76.2
100.0
93.9
85.7
80.2
50.7
31.3
68.8
63.3
58.6
62.0
65.8
60.7
57.1
56.5
100.0

597
159
152
167
82
104
99
129
461
378
411
425
391
280
273
285
26
13
91
104
109
138
397
418
445
430
275

1988
502
429
493
227
314
261
402
1679
1262
1381
1328
1222
803
895
921
84
38
256
299
298
396
1157
1214
1273
1212
869

80
20
58
64
25
23
49
31
31
60
91
78
23
34
39
34
2
0
13
19
36
26
35
59
82
88
24

13
13
38
38
30
22
49
24
7
16
22
18
6
12
14
12
8
0
14
18
33
19
9
14
18
20
9

Turkey Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Dates

Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot


6B
2011
9/30-10/06
6B
2012
10/05-10/11
6B
2013
10/04-10/10
7
2010
10/01-10/07
7
2011
9/30-10/06
7
2012
10/05-10/11
7
2013
10/04-10/10
8
2010
10/01-10/07
8
2011
9/30-10/06
8
2012
10/05-10/11
8
2013
10/04-10/10
9
2010
10/01-10/07
9
2011
9/30-10/06
9
2012
10/05-10/11
9
2013
10/04-10/10
12A
2010
10/01-10/07
12A
2011
9/30-10/06
12A
2012
10/05-10/11
12A
2013
10/04-10/10
13A
2010
10/01-10/07
13A
2011
9/30-10/06
13B
2010
10/01-10/07
13B
2011
9/30-10/06
17/18B
2010
10/01-10/07
17/18B
2011
9/30-10/06
22
2010
10/01-10/07
22
2011
9/30-10/06
22
2012
10/05-10/11
22
2013
10/04-10/10
23
2010
10/01-10/07
23
2011
9/30-10/06
23
2012
10/05-10/11
23
2013
10/04-10/10
27
2010
10/01-10/07
27
2011
9/30-10/06
27
2012
10/05-10/11
27
2013
10/04-10/10

Permits
Authorized

1st Choice
Applicants

Permits
Issued

300
300
300
350
350
350
350
650
650
600
600
75
100
100
75
1000
1000
1000
1000
5
5
5
5
25
15
225
200
200
200
700
550
600
600
900
300
300
300

161
180
240
245
212
217
244
636
711
649
717
89
68
110
93
365
310
275
322
8
10
14
8
46
44
200
186
197
223
831
675
777
775
593
384
365
443

300
300
300
350
350
350
350
650
650
600
600
75
100
100
75
554
504
536
668
5
5
5
5
25
15
225
200
200
200
700
548
600
600
900
300
300
300

Draw
Odds
100.0
98.9
96.7
98.0
100.0
99.5
99.6
94.0
82.6
85.7
77.7
82.0
97.1
88.2
73.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
37.5
40.0
28.6
62.5
54.3
34.1
94.5
86.6
82.7
80.7
82.6
76.0
73.0
71.1
100.0
60.7
64.9
48.5

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

225
226
257
277
264
269
266
532
528
462
504
59
89
91
65
413
353
391
511
0
4
3
5
16
15
154
155
148
168
580
407
488
516
655
233
217
243

685
694
774
816
899
886
823
1577
1751
1463
1655
160
277
309
195
1264
1075
1115
1331
0
4
3
5
39
38
448
456
393
441
1811
1171
1572
1587
2148
732
630
770

25
61
46
29
48
36
66
92
77
66
74
26
15
11
22
103
112
145
287
0
0
0
3
0
0
13
19
29
14
62
67
109
97
118
39
77
80

11
27
18
10
18
13
25
17
15
14
15
44
17
12
34
25
32
37
56
0
0
60
0
0
8
12
20
8
11
16
22
19
18
17
35
33

Fall Archery-only Turkey 2010-2014 (2013 data is preliminary)


Unit
1
1
1
1
1
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3C
3C
3C
3C
3C
4
4
4
4
4

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Hunters
160
140
226
268
241
73
63
84
83
77
116
176
63
41
60
68
167
105
196
77

Hunter Days
665
452
934
1207
183
364
244
352
464
284
451
723
247
206
232
306
782
373
970
507

Harvest
24
0
10
21
17
10
5
10
10
0
5
5
7
0
9
5
0
0
0
0

Hunt Success
15
0
4
8
7
14
8
12
12
0
4
3
11
0
15
7
0
0
0
0

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Turkey Harvest Data


Fall Archery-only Turkey 2010-2014 (2013 data is preliminary)
Unit
5A
5A
5A
5A
5A
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
09
09
09
10
10
10
10
10
11M
11M
11M
11M
11M
12A
12A
12A
12A
12A
17
17
17
17
17
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
22
22
22
22
22
23

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

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Hunters
29
77
18
62
43
82
81
101
83
17
184
271
411
598
249
63
72
66
83
86
17
95
157
196
120
116
145
153
144
60
34
18
28
17
19
18
45
41
9
39
14
28
62
77
160
199
213
155
112
19
50
17
10
26
15
90
164
21
26
58
68
105
72
43
165

Hunter Days
107
280
537
299
189
267
330
369
279
52
796
1242
1753
2590
1006
310
321
282
433
464
650
538
787
1310
619
597
750
659
887
559
160
95
91
43
116
68
206
258
17
155
45
101
330
473
1067
1229
1631
1032
662
165
248
216
0
129
78
425
861
72
138
179
239
352
289
129
757

Harvest
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
10
10
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
10
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
10
0
5
0
0
0
0
10
18
14
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
17
0
0
10
0
0
10
0
15

Hunt Success
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
24
0
13
0
0
0
0
6
9
7
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10
0
0
17
0
0
14
0
9

Turkey Harvest Data


Fall Archery-only Turkey 2010-2014 (2013 data is preliminary)
Unit
23
23
23
23
27
27
27
27
27

Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Hunters
253
383
382
215
170
117
209
309
189

Hunter Days
1075
1512
1857
920
737
470
88
1578
860

Harvest
32
42
10
17
29
5
31
21
0

Hunt Success
13
11
3
8
17
4
15
7
0

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108 Hunt Arizona 2014

Javelina (Tayassu tajacu)

The javelina, or collared peccary, is of tropical origin


and only recently arrived in the Southwest. Peccary
bones are not found in Arizona archaeological sites,
and early settlers made infrequent references to the
occurrence of javelina. Perhaps the javelina spread
northward as scrub and cactus replaced Arizonas native
grasslands. For whatever reason, the range of javelina is
still expanding, primarily northwestward. The species
occurs in the United States only in Arizona, Texas, and
New Mexico, and currently occupies approximately 34
percent of Arizona.
Adult javelina usually weigh between 35 and 60
pounds, the males being slightly heavier than the females. Newborn javelina only weigh about one pound.

These piglets are tan or brown in color with a reddish dorsal stripe. They acquire the salt and pepper
appearance of the adults in about three months. The
whitish-banded black hairs are up to six inches long,
with the hairs on the mane being the darkest and longest. In the winter, when the javelinas coat is dense and
dark, a distinct, lighter-colored collar is visible. In
summer, when the hair is shorter and lighter, this collar is less distinct.
Javelina continue to grow until they reach adult
height in about 10 months. At this age both sexes are
mature. Peccaries breed throughout the year, which,
when combined with their early maturity and ability
to have two litters per year, gives them the greatest reproductive potential of any North American big-game
mammal. The gestation period is 145 days,
with most births occurring in June, July,
and August. A smaller birth peak occurs
in spring, corresponding with Arizonas
biseasonal rainfall seasons. Unlike other
animals, javelina do not lick their offspring
at birth, but roll or tumble their young. The
usual litter size is two, and the precocial
piglets closely follow their mothers from
shortly after birth until they are weaned at
about six weeks of age.
Although javelina have lived as long as
24 years in captivity, the average life span
in the wild is closer to seven or eight years.
Coyotes and golden eagles are effective
predators of juvenile javelina, and the adults
are preyed upon by mountain lions, bobcats,
and bears.
Javelina are opportunistic feeders, eating the flowers, fruits, nuts, and berries of
a great variety of plants. Prickly pear cactus
makes up the major portion of their diet,
however, along with agaves, yucca roots,
and other desert succulents.
Javelina are social animals with herd
sizes averaging eight to nine animals. Territories are marked by droppings and by
an oily secretion produced by the animals
Bob Miles

Natural History

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Javelina
scent gland positioned on its back. Any intruding javelina will be met by an aggressive display, which will
evolve into a fight unless the interloper withdraws. The
size of a herds territory varies with the productivity
of the habitat, but averages about 750 acres.

Hunt History

Javelina distribution

110 Hunt Arizona 2015

Javelina were not


legally designated
as big game until 1929, when a
season from November 1 through
January 31 was
authorized and a
bag limit of one javelina a year was
imposed. Hunter

interest gradually increased, particularly among nonresidents, and the javelina became an important game
animal in Arizona after World War II. By 1950, hunters were purchasing nearly 10,000 javelina tags and
taking more than 1,000 animals a year. In 1959, an archery javelina season was initiated, and by 1971 more
than 30,000 hunters were harvesting more than 6,000
javelina a year. This pressure was deemed excessive in
some game management units, and permit-only firearm hunting was instituted in 1972. To further curtail
hunt pressure and better distribute hunters, permit-only HAM (handgun, archery, and muzzleloader) hunts
were initiated in 1974, and archery hunting was limited to permit-only hunting in 1992. In 1992, juniors
only permits were authorized. Today, general firearms,
HAM, archery and juniors-only seasons are offered
in most units. In some units, there are permits that go
unissued.

Javelina Survey Data


Historic Summary of Javelina Survey Data
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

No. of Herds
Observed1
0
0
0
35
31
87
89
109
123
114
160
159
107
123
113
216
220
143
184
156
234
297
213
321
326
443
384
356
328
404
561
536
719
656
663
559
596
571
591
767
682
674
579
538
553
484
562
411
468
401
450
458
448
379
390
370
451
476
456
110

Total Javelina
Observed
511
324
447
346
272
677
700
1003
1086
768
1033
1197
639
872
932
1757
1666
1158
1683
1408
1830
2435
1664
3051
3148
3688
3503
3266
3374
4074
5431
5051
6230
5932
5662
4887
5128
5247
5016
6739
5870
5427
4684
4725
4715
3907
4920
3058
3974
3435
3525
3867
3511
3237
3455
3323
4028
3891
3881
1029

Average Herd
Size1

9.9
8.8
7.8
7.9
9.2
8.8
6.7
6.5
7.5
6.0
7.1
8.3
8.1
7.6
8.1
9.2
9.0
7.8
8.2
7.8
9.5
9.7
8.3
9.1
9.2
10.3
10.1
9.7
9.4
8.7
9.0
8.5
8.7
8.6
9.2
8.5
8.8
8.6
8.0
8.1
8.8
8.5
8.0
8.7
7.4
8.4
8.5
7.8
8.4
7.8
8.5
8.8
8.9
8.9
8.1
8.5
9.3

Adult
233
201
328
258
217
391
392
667
654
560
709
703
496
613
609
1266
1063
679
1121
1035
1418
1745
1119
2249
2385
2865
2635
2390
2502
3085
4043
3903
4923
4606
4645
3839
4008
4142
3969
5485
4763
4582
3714
3666
3831
3174
4007
2565
3128
2775
2843
3074
2913
2500
2848
2537
3212
3254
3103
858

Classification
Young
74
75
115
88
55
120
108
267
296
207
219
362
86
221
203
414
480
255
372
306
332
609
362
667
688
762
807
780
796
946
1181
1127
1205
1323
1017
1034
1058
1060
1019
1141
1106
817
967
1057
807
725
904
490
831
656
675
712
584
726
593
755
765
617
768
169

Unclassified
204
48
4
0
0
166
200
69
136
1
105
132
57
38
120
77
123
224
190
67
80
81
183
135
75
61
61
96
76
43
207
21
102
3
0
14
62
45
28
113
1
28
3
2
77
8
9
3
15
4
7
81
14
11
14
31
51
20
10
2

Young/100
Adults
32
37
35
34
25
31
28
40
45
37
31
51
17
36
33
33
45
38
33
30
23
35
32
30
29
27
31
33
32
31
29
29
24
29
22
27
26
26
26
21
23
18
26
29
21
23
23
19
27
24
24
23
20
29
21
30
24
19
25
20

Excluding single animals


Note: The year given represents the beginning of the survey period, which runs from December through March.
Thus, surveys listed for 2010 were conducted from December 2010 through March 2011.
1

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Javelina Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Javelina Survey Data
Unit
1
3A/3C
3A/3C
4
4
5
5A
5B
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
7E
7W
7W
7W
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
10
15A
15A
15A
15B
15B
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A

Year
2010
2010
2011
2013
2014
2010
2013
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2010
2011
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

112 Hunt Arizona 2015

No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd


Observed
Observed
Size
1
2
1
4
1
2
1
1
3
5
2
10
3
2
4
4
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
3
2
6
2
4
2
0
1
1
2
6
3
12
5
5
8
3
3
1
4
8
10
6
9
7
2
10
10
7
5
7
11
14
15
7
6
6
6

2
14
2
21
12
11
14
6
20
34
20
71
21
8
23
24
1
6
9
3
12
9
1
14
10
25
63
10
20
15
1
6
18
10
51
26
97
34
39
102
28
22
2
41
73
123
65
103
90
22
91
141
65
40
109
139
117
116
85
51
41
40

2.0
7.0
2.0
5.3
12.0
5.0
14.0
6.0
6.7
5.8
9.5
7.1
7.0
4.0
5.8
5.8
6.0
9.0
3.0
12.0
8.0
7.0
3.3
12.5
10.5
5.0
5.0
7.5
6.0
18.0
5.0
8.5
8.7
8.1
6.8
7.6
12.8
9.3
7.3
2.0
10.0
9.1
12.3
10.5
11.4
12.9
10.5
8.9
14.1
9.3
8.0
15.4
12.6
8.4
7.7
12.1
8.3
6.7
6.7

Classification
Adult
2
10
2
15
9
6
11
6
15
27
16
61
12
8
22
21
1
4
7
3
8
8
1
11
8
19
49
10
13
12
1
3
13
4
41
20
77
26
31
78
17
19
2
37
51
100
57
83
68
15
63
121
46
29
76
109
86
92
75
37
30
25

Young
0
4
0
6
3
5
3
0
5
7
4
10
9
0
1
3
0
2
2
0
4
1
0
3
2
6
13
0
7
3
0
3
5
6
10
6
20
8
8
24
11
3
0
4
22
23
8
20
22
7
17
20
19
11
16
30
31
24
10
14
6
3

Unclassified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
5
12

Young/100
Adults
0
40
0
40
33
83
27
0
33
72
25
16
75
0
5
14
0
50
29
0
50
13
0
27
25
32
27
0
54
25
0
100
38
150
24
30
26
31
26
31
65
16
0
11
43
23
14
24
32
47
27
17
41
38
21
28
36
26
13
38
20
12

Javelina Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Javelina Survey Data
Unit
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
25M
25M
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30B
30B

Year
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011

No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd


Observed
Observed
Size
9
3
5
6
3
12
3
6
6
4
7
2
13
23
29
21
36
37
45
34
37
9
5
11
7
8
13
9
9
7
18
6
18
10
8
7
12
17
10
11
12
8
6
2
5
3
6
6
20
19
14
19
6
8
8
9
16
18
32
19
5
15

98
16
37
62
24
129
22
51
58
16
60
16
146
233
249
183
340
414
439
374
356
129
62
113
69
50
116
87
98
51
180
63
206
67
52
45
79
149
109
115
109
70
62
18
43
24
41
51
178
149
91
133
40
62
64
67
143
130
208
124
31
100

10.9
5.3
7.2
10.2
8.0
10.8
7.3
8.5
9.7
4.0
8.6
8.0
11.2
10.1
8.6
8.7
9.4
11.2
9.8
11.0
9.6
14.3
12.4
10.3
9.9
6.3
8.9
9.7
10.9
7.3
9.9
10.3
11.4
6.6
6.4
6.3
6.6
8.8
10.9
10.5
9.0
8.6
10.3
8.5
8.6
8.0
6.8
8.2
8.9
7.8
6.4
7.0
6.7
7.5
8.0
7.3
8.8
7.2
6.5
6.5
5.8
6.6

Classification
Adult
66
12
30
34
20
104
18
44
48
16
50
14
112
196
204
146
239
323
406
311
312
101
49
97
58
42
97
59
81
40
127
47
146
52
40
38
62
122
86
101
96
55
49
15
35
20
30
46
142
134
81
102
32
52
54
57
103
103
170
105
26
73

Young
22
4
7
16
4
25
4
7
10
0
10
2
34
37
45
37
101
91
33
63
44
28
13
16
11
8
19
28
17
11
53
16
60
15
12
7
17
27
23
14
13
15
13
3
8
4
11
5
36
15
10
31
8
10
10
10
36
27
38
19
5
27

Unclassified
10
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0

Young/100
Adults
33
33
23
47
20
24
22
16
21
0
20
14
30
19
22
25
42
28
8
20
14
28
27
16
19
19
20
47
21
28
106
34
41
29
30
18
27
22
27
14
14
27
27
20
23
20
37
11
25
11
12
30
25
19
19
18
35
26
22
18
19
37

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Javelina Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Javelina Survey Data
Unit
30B
30B
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B
34B
35A
35A
35A
35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
36A
36A
36A
36A
36B
36B
36B
36B
36C
36C
36C
36C
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
37B
37B
39
39
40A
40A
40B
41
41
41
41
42
42
42

Year
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2012
2014
2013
2014
2011
2011
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012

114 Hunt Arizona 2015

No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd


Observed
Observed
Size
13
9
13
12
18
12
13
19
17
13
9
8
6
5
14
20
29
15
16
9
9
9
15
8
18
14
4
16
10
8
23
21
17
17
10
13
7
9
12
15
11
11
18
7
10
15
15
25
38
32
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
9
10
7

86
52
106
102
145
84
125
138
123
112
82
92
45
39
120
135
235
156
98
65
57
70
133
69
132
101
52
163
61
63
209
183
118
154
98
104
71
70
131
148
127
141
158
49
89
93
137
244
335
271
8
3
15
3
6
4
3
4
1
64
64
28

6.6
5.8
8.2
8.4
8.1
7.0
9.6
7.3
7.2
8.6
9.0
11.5
7.5
7.8
8.6
6.6
8.0
10.4
6.1
7.0
6.2
7.8
8.9
8.6
7.2
7.2
13.0
10.2
6.1
7.9
9.1
8.6
6.8
9.1
9.7
8.0
10.1
7.7
10.9
9.7
11.5
12.6
8.7
7.0
8.9
6.1
9.1
9.7
8.8
8.4
4.0
3.0
7.0
3.0
6.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
7.0
6.4
4.0

Classification
Adult
73
34
88
87
123
69
103
107
107
90
61
81
41
35
80
100
201
125
72
59
46
48
97
50
101
76
38
135
48
52
150
152
86
110
71
84
57
53
108
127
105
123
132
33
72
75
114
198
284
244
4
3
12
3
4
4
3
3
0
56
58
22

Young
13
18
18
15
22
15
22
31
16
22
21
11
4
4
30
20
34
31
26
6
11
22
36
19
31
25
14
28
13
11
59
28
28
44
27
20
14
17
23
21
22
18
26
12
15
18
23
46
51
27
2
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
8
6
6

Unclassified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0

Young/100
Adults
18
53
20
17
18
22
21
29
15
24
34
14
10
11
38
20
17
25
36
10
24
46
37
38
31
33
37
21
27
21
39
18
33
40
38
24
25
32
21
17
21
15
20
36
21
24
20
23
18
11
50
0
25
0
50
0
0
0
14
10
27

Javelina Survey Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Javelina Survey Data
Unit
42
42
44A
44A
44A
44A
44A

Year
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Classification

No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd


Observed
Observed
Size
11
9
3
10
9
5
6

68
55
22
77
45
35
48

Adult
57
44
19
62
41
29
41

6.0
6.1
7.3
7.6
5.0
6.8
7.8

Young
11
11
3
15
4
6
7

Unclassified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Young/100
Adults
19
25
16
24
10
21
17

Summary of Fall Youth-Only Javelina Hunts


Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Permits
Authorized
25
2630
1100
800
850
850
830
805

1st Choice
Applicants
18
607
538
470
458
552
745
672

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

20
721
721
649
610
710
800
770

18
556
576
542
471
543
588
582

25
1513
1638
1478
1291
1432
1620
1688

5
134
153
142
124
130
172
94

28
24
27
26
26
24
29
16

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

920

649

2113

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

605

447

1365

50

11

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

645

445

1443

21

Summary of Fall General Javelina Hunts


Year
2007

Permits
Authorized
920

1st Choice
Applicants
3154

Summary of Fall HAM Javelina Hunts


Year

2007

Permits
Authorized
605

1st Choice
Applicants
965

122

19

Summary of Fall Archery Javelina Hunts


Year
2007

Permits
Authorized
660

1st Choice
Applicants
458

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Javelina Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Spring General Javelina Hunts
Year
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Permits
Authorized

25350
24275
22950
22300
20725
20525
19950
18560
17460
15785
15355
15170
16120
15145
15975
15890
15885
15310
14325
13225
13800
13880
13915
13440
13360
12620
12410
12200
12195
12105
11705
11900
11300
11090
11145
11500
11721
11696
11496
11496
11571
11721
11696
11493

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1st Choice
Applicants

22855
26738
29708
30889
32657
33561
31685
28969
29690
32330
28007
21204
20052
20143
23247
21710
21737
20444
18859
16614
10394
10407
10867
11086
11151
11296
11835
12053
11603
12517
10941
11428
12879
13790
10972
9076
8106
7521
7054
6553
6983
7229
7637
9339

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

9294
9995
12581
15095
15299
16832
17644
18724
17156
14279
16070
19817
22678
24940
24653
24393
25796
28386
29793
32400
33062
31208
25350
24275
22950
22300
20725
20525
19950
18560
17460
15785
15355
15170
16120
15145
15975
15890
15885
15310
14325
13900
13255
13787
13890
13433
13307
12622
12444
11937
12194
12110
11702
11920
11292
11207
11043
11170
11138
10593
11139
11207
11342
11712
11664
11481

7788
8625
10496
13320
14829
14778
14851
16672
12344
11900
13857
17191
19138
21690
20985
20976
21838
23892
26551
28844
30603
27703
21450
20130
19222
19017
17435
17148
16075
15397
14354
12986
12627
13400
13975
13067
13725
13979
14129
13569
12565
12165
12360
11902
12382
11926
11938
11085
10493
10506
10793
10336
10256
10153
9747
8628
9538
9778
9536
9235
9621
9518
9964
9953
9914
9995

23716
23434

29735
41787
46093
46195
44818
46028
52780
62345
65775
66448
59943
44178
41189
39258
39409
35956
35890
32666
32551
33299
29477
30540
32250
35149
32970
33473
34330
35067
34861
31314
31618
32183
29035
31672
31928
31600
30147
27482
28005
27700
28124
27685
27419
26424
23772
26024
26632
26185
26543
26127
25955
28222
28424
29207
29325

1344
1851
1762
2510
2661
3142
2930
2236
2172
2725
2759
3700
3845
4417
5247
4763
4849
4804
4794
5651
6278
5890
3819
4559
5007
4587
4172
4225
3449
3717
3672
3642
3075
3269
3638
3539
3743
4220
4432
3240
3468
2856
3158
3126
3536
2781
3444
2952
2520
2784
3182
2291
2823
2348
2393
1729
2544
2587
2008
1971
2208
2343
2363
2892
2222
2220

17
22
17
19
18
21
20
13
18
23
20
22
20
20
25
23
22
20
18
20
21
21
18
23
26
24
24
25
22
24
26
28
24
24
26
27
27
30
31
24
28
24
26
26
29
23
29
27
24
26
29
22
28
23
25
20
27
26
21
21
23
25
24
29
22
22

Javelina Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Spring Youth-Only Javelina Hunts
Year
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Permits
Authorized
150
150
150
150
250
370
420
380
480
530
460
460
485
535
670
865
970
990
1020
1025
1050
1060
1120
1145

1st Choice
Applicants
75
92
88
50
131
179
244
304
353
453
942
957
609
611
682
896
866
661
779
860
816
834
972
1164

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

120
140
148
89
197
256
324
338
444
509
460
460
485
550
645
809
818
781
886
912
940
994
1098
1138

103
125
138
78
191
229
300
297
397
443
385
401
430
447
522
729
684
702
757
809
804
773
924
922

225
283
289
198
396
570
738
631
824
986
812
915
1030
983
1241
1841
1614
1865
1865
1969
2070
1706
2379
2349

20
31
49
16
65
84
74
111
159
110
149
124
117
151
172
314
273
231
285
311
325
242
249
357

19
25
36
21
34
37
25
37
40
25
39
31
27
34
33
43
40
33
38
38
40
31
27
39

Historic Summary of Spring HAM1 Javelina Hunts


Year
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
19912
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
1

Permits
Authorized
100
100
900
925
1700
1850
3000
3750
3850
5990
6375
8180
7620
8200
6500
6075
6980
7340
6740
7665
8150
8070
8210
8360
7685
7760
7260
6775
6600
7050
6550
6500
6400

1st Choice
Applicants
302
246
1046
1117
1348
1440
2108
2755
3502
3226
3517
4272
5446
5500
6208
6023
6229
6433
4050
4674
5081
5553
5888
6088
5888
6184
6321
6034
5377
5644
5779
5342
4868

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

100
100
900
925
1700
1850
3000
3750
3850
5990
6375
8116
7620
7719
6500
6075
6980
6991
5786
6839
7875
8004
8012
8155
7531
7176
7262
6738
6601
7059
6550
6537
6040

79
82
711
689
1290
1454
2250
2986
3079
4476
4436
5653
6316
6382
5655
5287
5964
6159
5191
5704
7081
7034
7033
7229
6462
6287
6360
5812
5705
5992
5637
5018
5226

166
127
1484
1385
2623
3128
5178
7545
7771
11313
11775
14835
16558
16289
15148
14271
16286
16796
14667
14961
19553
19908
20053
20571
17451
17805
17621
17175
16990
18169
16683
14657
15810

30
29
90
104
145
212
367
544
482
824
878
1109
1180
1728
1133
991
1289
929
951
973
1587
1186
1456
1387
1014
1281
1311
957
1148
860
1066
692
1141

38
35
13
15
11
15
16
18
16
18
20
20
19
27
20
19
22
15
18
17
22
17
21
19
16
20
21
16
20
14
19
14
22

Prior to 1982, hunts were for handgun, handgun/archery, and/or archery/muzzleloader.

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Historic Summary of Spring HAM1 Javelina Hunts
Permits
1st Choice
Permits Issued
Hunters
Authorized
Applicants
2007
5465
4763
5205
4510
2008
5440
4366
4838
4137
2009
5405
3937
4616
3975
2010
5510
3739
4950
4314
2011
5545
3402
4739
4116
2012
5545
3610
4873
4276
2013
5375
3584
5292
4565
2014
5405
3535
5316
4579
2015
5420
4003
5401
4656
1
Prior to 1982, hunts were for handgun, handgun/archery, and/or archery/muzzleloader.
2
Including special fall archery/shotgun hunts.
Year

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

14278
12768
12617
13563
12951
13908
15215
15417
16055

878
692
730
997
1011
847
1028
891
901

19
17
18
23
25
20
23
19
19

Historic Summary of Spring Archery Javelina Hunts


Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
1

Permits
Authorized
5465
5440
5405
5510
5545
5545
5375
9466
9413

1st Choice
Applicants
4763
4366
3937
3739
3402
3610
3584
6021
6556

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

5205
4838
4616
4950
4739
4873
5292
8724
8616

4510
4137
3975
4314
4116
4276
4565
7618
7500

14278
12768
12617
13563
12951
13908
15215
36523
34274

878
692
730
997
1011
847
1028
2111
2286

19
17
18
23
25
20
23
28
30

Prior to 1982, hunts were for handgun, handgun/archery, and/or archery/muzzleloader.

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Historis Summary of Spring Archery Javelina Hunts
Permits
1st Choice
Permits Issued
Hunters
Authorized
Applicants
1963

1125
1964

1226
1965

1438
1966

1441
1967

1283
1968

1608
1969

2295
1970

2455
1971

2918
1972

3795
1973

4286
1974
100
10

3680
1975
100
37

4804
1976
100
28

5478
1977

5472
1978

6725
1979
2400
510

4342
1980

4902
1981

6643
1982

8735
1983

8987
7722
1984

9163

1985

9599
8883
1986

11088
10379
1987

12236
11200
1988

14625
13493
1989

14785
14011
1990

15104
14161
1991

13658
12504
1992
12926
6670
9490
8735
1993
11990
7239
9697
8657
1994
10205
7424
9944
9099
1995
10555
7639
10357
9430
1996
10125
7583
9908
8978
1997
9755
7809
9703
8725
1998
9450
8270
9444
8443
1999
9220
8972
9214
8242
2000
9650
8828
9646
8604
2001
9685
9736
9683
8438
2002
9685
9013
9673
8662
2003
9635
9756
9661
8545
2004
9435
10355
9434
8324
2005
9685
10351
9771
8506
2006
10000
9861
9930
8703
2007
9220
8311
8842
7675
2008
9661
8065
8939
7757
2009
9911
6919
8064
7204
2010
9636
6341
8062
7108
2011
9391
5704
7434
6542
2012
9391
5719
7761
6900
2013
9416
5715
8462
7338
2014
9466
6021
8724
7618
2015
9413
6556
8616
7500
1
Ft. Huachuca hunt data was gathered using the hunter questionnaire program after 1995.
Year

Hunter Days
3519
3689
3574
3515
3855
5093
7720
8484
9663
12622
13613
13145
16129
18970
20475
23940
14722
19288
36568
39700
33638

32259
44358
50479
62771
62250
60256
54558
40906
38263
43001
45061
42000
40922
42692
41443
41072
41754
41735
43478
40575
42364
43174
34571
35110
33010
30403
27437
32984
31127
36523
34274

Total Harvest Percent Success


111
112
118
138
120
193
206
196
354
305
469
500
650
1044
786
824
786
1222
1527
1543
1684

1946
2232
2870
3436
3605
3723
2263
2330
2439
2564
2764
2661
2672
2163
2187
2574
1862
2790
2236
2398
2038
2452
2305
2229
1961
2382
2017
2197
2750
2111
2286

10
9
8
10
9
12
9
8
12
8
11
14
14
19
14
12
18
25
23
18
22

22
22
26
26
26
26
18
27
28
28
29
30
31
26
27
30
22
32
26
29
24
28
30
29
27
34
31
32
37
28
30

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

SPRING GENERAL
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17A/17B
17A/17B
17A/17B
17A/17B
17A/17B
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
23

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011

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Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24

150
150
150
175
175
250
250
250
200
200
350
350
350
350
350
450
500
500
500
500
450
450
450
450
450
350
350
350
350
350
250
250
250
250
250
350
350
350
350
350
625
625
625
625
625
250
250
275
300
325
550
550
550
550
500
600
550
550
550
550
325

225
258
311
320
329
95
93
122
90
139
105
128
118
116
125
196
235
289
232
303
208
251
234
294
377
127
130
157
164
172
27
27
15
29
40
168
251
219
204
276
538
536
496
663
669
264
279
300
357
363
536
641
692
680
841
555
593
598
632
781
506

150
150
150
175
175
250
250
250
200
200
349
350
350
349
350
450
500
500
500
500
450
450
450
450
450
350
350
349
350
350
221
250
249
250
247
350
350
350
350
350
625
622
624
625
625
252
250
275
300
325
550
550
550
550
500
600
550
550
550
550
325

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

63.1
53.9
46.0
53.4
51.4
92.6
98.9
97.5
100.0
97.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.5
97.5
98.6
97.0
99.7
91.4
98.0
94.4
95.9
90.5
100.0
97.7
100.0
93.9
98.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.8
98.0
100.0
99.0
97.8
98.0
99.1
99.2
86.7
81.0
92.4
88.5
89.3
81.5
83.5
94.8
80.7
75.3
75.9
57.4
94.2
79.6
77.9
73.7
59.9
62.1

102
131
118
156
162
193
217
190
165
178
289
307
275
305
301
354
433
430
399
423
370
394
376
367
374
283
311
285
329
298
215
226
218
221
220
292
319
334
297
310
534
566
527
546
563
214
226
247
250
276
463
469
458
462
433
471
468
454
454
457
255

214
333
284
451
450
460
594
519
518
560
927
1034
966
1061
865
920
1293
1488
1378
1408
1085
1142
1005
1239
1114
731
921
808
1017
905
591
572
591
716
518
689
874
913
851
990
1432
1605
1398
1556
1632
553
654
693
683
725
1247
1118
1222
1365
1384
1158
1293
1274
1274
1216
692

26
30
41
19
24
57
64
82
45
49
72
47
56
25
44
55
143
94
75
60
80
110
155
136
116
38
46
61
35
50
36
77
16
31
35
40
44
73
63
57
95
127
159
69
93
40
68
94
66
73
77
94
127
66
58
105
100
84
66
93
89

25
23
35
12
15
30
29
43
27
28
25
15
20
8
15
16
33
22
19
14
22
28
41
37
31
13
15
21
11
17
17
34
7
14
16
14
14
22
21
18
18
22
30
13
17
19
30
38
26
26
17
20
28
14
13
22
21
19
15
20
35

Javelina Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
24B
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
30B
30B
30B
30B
30B
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B

Year
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28

325
325
350
350
225
225
200
200
200
225
225
225
225
200
125
125
125
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
100
100
100
100
100
350
350
350
350
350
125
125
175
175
175
175
175
225
225
225
450
450
450
450
450
650
650
650
600
500
550
550
550
550
600
100
100
100

520
502
560
722
244
167
234
197
244
222
298
341
327
363
38
45
45
42
42
111
155
124
141
167
21
19
24
15
27
81
75
91
87
84
55
58
71
57
81
59
71
79
69
96
218
217
221
222
268
333
278
293
359
413
146
123
140
187
236
30
25
25

325
325
350
350
225
225
200
200
200
225
225
225
225
200
97
119
125
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
57
44
100
70
94
279
255
350
350
350
125
125
175
175
175
175
175
223
225
225
450
450
450
450
450
650
650
650
601
500
550
547
550
550
597
100
100
100

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

56.5
59.6
59.3
47.4
89.3
97.6
73.1
89.9
69.7
91.4
70.5
63.3
66.4
47.4
100.0
100.0
95.6
88.1
100.0
90.1
95.5
96.0
88.7
93.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.3
97.2
96.5
98.8
100.0
100.0
98.7
100.0
100.0
97.7
96.3
92.8
97.8
98.1
92.8
95.7
96.9
93.6
93.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.6
100.0
100.0
100.0

281
279
285
296
173
191
166
158
177
198
191
191
209
169
73
93
93
71
81
170
173
174
153
167
51
42
95
53
86
228
210
279
300
308
98
108
160
155
134
154
138
176
159
199
410
395
350
375
381
543
552
534
529
417
516
499
479
460
542
90
91
59

847
743
848
881
487
510
440
400
497
510
503
486
544
515
207
248
301
195
257
511
518
528
462
485
111
111
300
216
270
600
534
753
854
799
268
313
457
470
469
409
348
554
494
558
1121
1061
961
1024
1103
1420
1583
1502
1438
1305
1510
1459
1220
1313
1437
272
235
129

69
89
71
79
58
34
37
44
26
71
40
56
48
56
5
13
14
27
24
59
69
56
62
57
41
15
30
13
20
96
87
142
103
72
42
28
53
42
43
27
37
34
37
41
127
103
138
124
108
109
124
169
106
83
135
138
176
122
175
5
23
18

25
32
25
27
34
18
22
28
15
36
21
29
23
33
7
14
15
38
30
35
40
32
41
34
80
36
32
25
23
42
41
51
34
23
43
26
33
27
32
18
27
19
23
21
31
26
39
33
28
20
22
32
20
20
26
28
37
27
32
6
25
31

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

34B
2014
34B
2015
35A
2011
35A
2012
35A
2013
35A
2014
35A
2015
35B
2011
35B
2012
35B
2013
35B
2014
35B
2015
36A
2011
36A
2012
36A
2013
36A
2014
36A
2015
36B
2011
36B
2012
36B
2013
36B
2014
36B
2015
36C
2011
36C
2012
36C
2013
36C
2014
36C
2015
37A
2011
37A
2012
37A
2013
37A
2014
37A
2015
37B
2011
37B
2012
37B
2013
37B
2014
37B
2015
42/44A
2011
42/44A
2012
42/44A
2013
42/44A
2014
42/44A
2015
FTHU
2011
FTHU
2012
FTHU
2013
FTHU
2014
FTHU
2015
SPRING YOUTH ONLY
6A/6B/8
2011
6A/6B/8
2012
6A/6B/8
2013
6A/6B/8
2014
6A/6B/8
2015
10/17/18A/19/20A
2011
10/17/18A/19/20A
2012
10/17/18A/19/20A
2013
10/17/18A/19/20A
2014
10/17/18A/19/20A
2015
16A
2011
16A
2012
16A
2013
16A
2014
FTHU = Fort Huachuca

122 Hunt Arizona 2015

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/22- 2/28
2/21- 2/27
2/20- 2/26
2/18- 2/24
2/24- 3/01
2/15- 2/21
2/14- 2/20
2/13- 2/19

100
100
75
75
75
75
75
75
100
100
100
100
375
425
475
500
500
475
475
475
475
475
275
275
275
275
275
880
880
880
880
880
1000
1000
1000
1000
900
100
100
100
100
100
16
16
16
16
13

37
68
19
39
43
50
55
14
11
25
30
39
134
95
138
138
157
123
122
108
116
218
66
77
56
88
68
335
324
352
278
403
647
741
638
761
1048
75
79
103
68
104
32
22
25
27
21

100
100
75
75
75
75
75
61
78
100
100
100
375
425
475
500
500
412
475
475
475
475
237
233
275
275
275
880
880
878
880
880
998
1000
1000
1000
900
100
100
100
100
100
14
14
14
14
13

100.0
89.7
100.0
87.2
95.4
96.0
92.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
93.3
87.2
94.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
93.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
96.4
100.0
98.9
99.3
98.8
95.2
89.7
94.4
94.1
78.9
94.7
97.5
92.2
97.1
86.5
43.8
63.6
48.0
48.2
52.4

81
81
63
60
67
61
67
58
75
92
79
93
335
383
421
461
427
358
411
427
410
429
234
227
250
249
233
784
773
777
753
811
868
901
890
882
819
79
92
82
68
76
0
11
0
12
7

179
240
173
198
192
154
193
177
177
285
228
243
951
1198
1276
1416
1293
1002
1176
1308
1136
1202
674
667
732
810
730
2264
2236
2311
2246
2466
2402
2559
2537
2394
2366
187
283
248
224
221
0
25
0
53
28

28
23
20
23
17
16
24
9
27
8
31
36
85
77
143
115
107
117
102
149
124
86
83
51
83
66
59
187
142
193
155
149
244
184
221
175
186
13
19
24
14
12
0
8
0
3
2

35
28
32
38
25
26
36
16
36
9
39
39
25
20
34
25
25
33
25
35
30
20
35
22
33
27
25
24
18
25
21
18
28
20
25
20
23
16
21
29
21
16
73
25
29

1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02

75
75
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
50
50
50

68
77
68
76
76
103
84
105
84
100
20
10
8
9

75
75
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
27
20
26
36

85.3
85.7
94.1
98.7
100.0
74.8
65.5
81.9
91.7
93.0
70.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

68
63
55
76
73
91
93
81
83
76
27
14
9
36

191
144
143
188
184
232
212
169
232
194
78
37
17
76

17
28
22
21
32
36
56
31
34
35
0
3
0
12

25
44
40
28
44
40
60
38
41
46
0
21
0
33

Javelina Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
16A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
20B/21
20B/21
20B/21
20B/21
20B/21
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
22/23
22/23
22/23
22/23
22/23
24A/24B
24A/24B
24A/24B
24A/24B
24A/24B
27
27
27
27
27
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
33/37
33/37
33/37
33/37
33/37
34
34
34
34
34
35
35
35
35
35
36
36
36
36
36
SPRING HAM
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8
6A/6B/8

Year

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01
1/21- 1/31
1/27- 2/05
1/25- 2/03
1/24- 2/02
1/23- 2/01

50
100
100
100
100
100
115
115
125
125
125
100
100
100
100
125
75
75
75
75
75
50
50
50
60
60
25
25
25
25
25
75
100
100
100
100
150
150
150
150
150
40
40
40
40
40
20
20
20
20
20
50
50
50
75
75

20
46
21
23
36
49
103
114
114
148
166
82
90
81
94
112
162
174
175
193
230
67
54
54
62
65
6
7
10
4
13
66
40
48
65
98
110
125
123
161
184
8
8
6
12
14
1
2
2
6
6
18
10
17
22
31

44
59
70
79
99
100
115
115
125
125
125
100
100
100
100
125
75
75
75
75
75
50
50
50
60
60
18
25
25
25
25
73
86
95
100
100
150
150
150
150
150
27
25
39
40
40
3
6
5
13
19
40
43
50
75
75

100.0
93.5
76.2
100.0
100.0
89.8
96.1
94.7
94.7
79.1
71.7
73.2
86.7
100.0
94.7
97.3
46.3
43.1
42.9
38.9
32.6
53.7
63.0
72.2
66.1
67.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
76.9
48.5
85.0
81.3
87.7
84.7
80.9
76.0
90.2
87.0
74.5
75.0
87.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
50.0
100.0
100.0
55.6
100.0
88.2
86.4
100.0

44
48
56
57
84
79
102
96
88
114
106
95
84
95
90
94
56
58
56
66
59
47
45
41
57
53
15
25
25
5
16
68
69
63
79
83
131
135
131
131
127
25
19
23
35
37
2
6
5
10
16
34
41
44
58
59

109
98
101
108
168
149
261
263
197
304
318
215
219
223
227
219
141
140
109
138
150
139
132
77
150
139
18
83
25
20
63
156
206
167
207
193
311
358
291
363
315
71
56
31
99
114
4
26
10
23
44
54
93
139
184
158

9
27
42
0
35
36
25
19
28
22
42
46
27
32
17
49
30
30
10
24
29
16
5
14
10
11
15
8
0
0
3
24
34
27
21
41
46
48
44
27
46
10
11
23
11
6
2
2
0
0
6
17
12
11
15
12

20
56
75
0
42
46
25
20
32
19
40
48
32
34
19
52
54
52
18
36
49
34
11
34
18
21
100
32
0
0
19
35
49
43
27
49
35
36
34
21
36
40
58
100
31
16
100
33
0
0
38
50
29
25
26
20

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16

50
50
50
50
75

86
115
103
129
129

50
50
50
50
75

58.1
43.5
45.6
38.8
-

43
47
43
38
69

143
166
122
133
193

10
10
10
13
13

23
21
23
34
19

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
10/18A
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17
17
17
17
17
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
24A
24A

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011

124 Hunt Arizona 2015

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13

100
100
100
100
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
250
250
250
250
250
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
150
150
150
150
150
325
325
325
325
325
325
325
325
325
325
200
225
225
225
225
350
350
350
350
350
200
200
200
200
250
135
145

34
45
44
46
57
47
50
23
23
51
68
63
63
76
74
174
162
164
185
140
62
70
38
68
54
12
9
7
6
9
86
86
79
89
84
251
248
274
232
257
364
287
289
269
262
227
262
258
295
284
285
307
311
316
297
381
322
380
360
365
110
103

100
100
100
92
75
100
84
85
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
250
247
250
250
250
100
100
100
100
100
46
40
36
100
100
150
150
150
150
150
325
325
325
325
325
325
325
322
325
300
200
225
225
225
225
350
350
353**1
350
350
200
200
200
200
250
135
145

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

100.0
86.7
79.6
100.0
95.7
82.0
100.0
91.3
91.2
96.8
93.7
81.6
89.1
80.9
91.5
82.7
88.7
97.1
94.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
94.4
95.2
93.2
97.8
99.6
88.2
95.5
96.9
95.2
80.6
79.0
82.6
71.5
91.2
98.1
88.4
86.1
50.4
54.4
49.2
53.6
92.7
99.0

60
87
88
81
64
87
74
80
82
90
74
77
83
83
81
214
227
211
220
221
91
93
96
94
80
46
37
36
80
85
139
142
135
130
117
296
288
290
301
292
285
272
279
283
254
178
188
204
190
183
299
288
297
291
311
176
179
172
173
215
118
123

172
226
300
327
249
277
245
280
341
337
226
223
230
367
269
722
646
705
825
738
286
253
269
390
309
153
166
76
240
241
455
407
530
383
379
871
861
946
1044
935
900
845
877
996
843
534
576
660
651
637
940
927
944
959
967
512
513
551
545
717
357
406

Harvest
20
24
33
32
13
15
16
8
6
6
26
8
26
21
19
54
75
49
60
52
18
12
19
20
16
8
9
24
20
11
44
31
15
28
31
47
65
38
36
35
73
93
48
72
57
26
31
36
24
28
46
54
40
40
41
36
62
44
25
38
39
31

Hunt
Success
33
28
38
40
20
17
22
10
7
7
35
10
31
25
23
25
33
23
27
24
20
13
20
21
20
17
24
67
25
13
32
22
11
22
27
16
23
13
12
12
26
34
17
25
22
15
16
18
13
15
15
19
13
14
13
20
35
26
14
18
33
25

Javelina Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
24B
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
30B
30B
30B
30B
30B
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B
34B
34B
35A
35A
35A
35A

Year
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17

145
125
135
100
100
100
100
100
50
50
50
50
50
85
85
85
85
85
40
40
40
40
40
100
100
100
100
100
125
125
125
75
75
130
130
130
80
80
250
250
250
250
250
380
380
380
380
350
285
285
285
285
285
30
30
30
30
30
80
80
80
80

110
104
86
123
112
144
151
120
14
33
21
11
8
55
61
66
54
57
8
7
3
8
4
43
26
29
28
36
11
25
27
30
26
62
30
32
26
23
175
129
165
136
144
206
161
165
150
159
108
68
63
77
83
10
5
2
9
4
28
36
11
19

145
125
135
101 **1
100
100
100
100
44
34
33
50
40
84
85
85
85
85
21
16
17
23
14
72
59
73
79
97
46
52
68
75
75
97
91
90
80
80
247
209
250
250
250
369
292
305
380
350
206
165
155
285
285
30
30
16
30
30
39
61
50
80

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

90.0
96.2
69.9
88.4
68.8
62.3
100.0
81.8
100.0
100.0
98.2
100.0
90.9
98.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
50.0
95.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.4
100.0
100.0
84.6
94.3
94.6
97.6
97.1
98.5
96.3
95.8
94.0
91.7
100.0
100.0
94.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
92.9
94.4
100.0
100.0

130
97
125
90
87
90
76
76
31
27
19
38
35
74
72
73
85
74
13
16
17
23
14
59
44
59
69
82
42
42
54
56
73
89
82
78
75
63
214
177
215
210
218
297
251
263
300
292
199
143
145
247
238
28
25
16
30
28
37
47
50
60

433
310
385
309
261
295
190
229
75
73
50
124
108
229
270
275
307
234
32
27
51
84
31
118
93
157
212
263
163
153
197
181
267
281
241
260
295
205
664
573
736
656
819
819
715
731
915
1081
594
445
465
727
748
83
80
26
68
55
154
240
174
190

Harvest
17
28
46
21
26
13
18
12
9
7
8
6
15
20
28
23
26
27
4
5
2
15
3
26
17
25
15
23
4
10
20
25
23
37
18
16
15
8
46
60
39
80
42
47
56
58
75
70
62
36
48
43
30
8
0
13
15
18
10
14
16
10

Hunt
Success
13
29
37
23
30
14
24
16
29
26
42
16
43
27
39
32
31
36
31
31
12
65
21
44
39
42
22
28
10
24
37
45
32
42
22
21
20
13
22
34
18
38
19
16
22
22
25
24
31
25
33
17
13
29
0
81
50
64
27
30
32
17

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued

Unit

Year

35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
35B
36A
36A
36A
36A
36A
36B
36B
36B
36B
36B
36C
36C
36C
36C
36C
37A
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
SPRING ARCHERY
Regions 3 & 4 Units
Regions 3 & 4 Units
Regions 3 & 4 Units
Regions 3 & 4 Units
Regions 3 & 4 Units
6A/6B
6A/6B
6A/6B
6A/6B
6A/6B
17/18B/19/20A
17/18B/19/20A
17/18B/19/20A
17/18B/19/20A
17/18B/19/20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
21

2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16
2/05-2/14
2/04-2/13
2/10-2/19
2/08-2/17
2/07-2/16

80
80
80
80
80
80
165
165
165
115
115
150
150
150
150
150
115
115
115
115
115
360
360
360
360
360
500
500
500
500
500

41
15
13
29
18
17
43
28
33
37
51
62
44
33
46
52
29
24
21
10
13
169
142
163
150
170
391
329
460
426
378

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22

1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
500
500
500
525
525
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
475
475
475
475
475
275
275
300
300
325
400
400
400
400
350

451
426
376
369
361
305
342
332
400
437
905
937
988
936
1081
341
335
389
404
404
239
282
291
346
388
493
474
468
454
453

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Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

78
35
34
48
65
80
108
74
122
115
115
97
96
92
150
150
63
40
68
93
92
360
360
360
360
360
500
500
500
500
500

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
91.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
96.5
98.6
95.1
92.7
94.4
93.9
96.7
94.4
-

66
33
32
44
52
65
96
62
110
109
106
80
64
87
139
122
63
35
56
87
81
308
330
315
324
304
455
458
441
442
455

177
103
100
135
165
247
336
201
352
326
336
250
177
274
428
406
231
101
206
244
240
1025
1089
1024
1120
1108
1549
1652
1577
1472
1664

17
14
9
11
13
26
36
23
29
38
21
36
13
12
26
21
12
3
5
6
7
81
80
47
89
56
62
85
55
88
66

26
42
28
25
25
40
38
37
26
35
20
45
20
14
19
17
19
9
9
7
9
26
24
15
27
18
14
19
12
20
15

653
700
816
944
847
471
490
500
525
525
1210
1352
1500
1500
1500
475
475
475
475
475
275
275
300
300
325
400
400
400
400
350

98.7
99.3
99.7
100.0
100.0
95.7
96.5
95.5
95.8
95.9
96.5
93.4
93.1
91.4
92.5
97.4
99.7
100.0
98.5
97.8
86.6
89.7
90.4
86.1
83.3
78.9
80.6
81.6
83.5
74.4

568
604
675
821
737
414
454
434
488
436
1066
1210
1293
1286
1289
426
437
416
418
418
250
247
265
273
277
344
325
346
338
286

2362
2757
2857
3899
3139
1663
2356
1790
2193
1840
4626
5772
5560
6287
5856
1947
2125
1745
1783
1783
895
1058
967
1126
1201
1174
1324
1269
1450
1186

191
207
289
179
215
101
140
166
88
152
421
477
536
419
394
100
105
89
91
77
95
101
134
112
96
79
75
84
79
73

34
34
43
22
29
24
31
38
18
35
39
39
41
33
31
23
24
21
22
18
38
41
51
41
35
23
23
24
23
26

Harvest

Hunt
Success

Javelina Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued

Unit

Year

22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
24B
24B
27
27
27
27
27
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
33/37B
33/37B
33/37B
33/37B
33/37B
34A/37A
34A/37A
34A/37A
34A/37A
34A/37A
34B/35
34B/35
34B/35
34B/35
34B/35
36
36
36
36
36
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FTHU
FALL YOUTH ONLY
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
17A/17B

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/24
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22
1/01- 1/20
1/01- 1/26
1/01- 1/31
1/01- 1/23
1/01- 1/22

450
450
450
450
450
200
200
200
250
250
125
125
125
100
100
175
175
175
175
150
75
75
75
75
75
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
700
700
700
700
700
300
300
300
300
300
800
800
800
800
800
16
16
16
16
13

439
478
425
510
512
496
498
478
515
571
194
179
215
228
207
187
195
198
242
302
33
23
19
15
41
534
444
429
400
401
611
635
590
690
746
255
245
262
268
328
85
80
107
84
106
115
131
133
137
191
21
15
15
23
27

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011

10/08-10/17
10/07-10/16
10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
11/21-11/30
10/07-10/16

50
50
50
30
30
100

8
11
9
13
18
73

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

Harvest

Hunt
Success

450
450
450
450
450
200
200
200
250
250
125
125
125
100
100
175
175
175
175
150
71
66
74
75
75
912
810
897
868
925
1039
1190
1202
1199
1200
503
537
697
700
700
151
158
202
202
189
310
344
435
547
542
14
14
14
14
13

82.9
78.2
80.7
73.5
72.5
40.1
40.0
41.8
48.2
42.6
60.3
57.0
50.7
43.4
45.9
78.6
77.4
68.7
61.6
47.7
90.9
100.0
89.5
100.0
97.6
98.7
96.0
99.3
99.0
100.0
94.4
94.7
95.6
92.6
97.3
96.9
98.8
96.6
97.4
97.6
100.0
97.5
91.6
98.8
95.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
66.7
86.7
86.7
60.9
48.2

382
382
391
393
379
165
173
167
207
192
116
112
115
90
88
154
162
164
156
129
57
63
61
65
71
813
707
762
744
837
931
1063
1062
1027
1072
452
496
607
645
623
135
138
186
181
168
255
316
394
472
498
14
11
0
14
0

1401
1726
1518
1755
1566
622
690
662
860
841
564
548
428
347
391
605
824
627
719
667
241
291
229
416
308
3626
3490
3237
3773
3916
3796
4940
4545
5223
4724
2039
2427
2729
3252
2994
514
818
777
765
815
1286
1778
2187
2561
3047
76
60
0
114
0

82
68
149
114
86
57
47
80
52
65
44
51
60
27
36
50
57
71
46
46
20
30
20
3
26
260
281
343
298
299
272
249
317
225
295
122
171
216
166
194
37
55
89
56
72
80
77
107
150
160
6
6
0
6
0

21
18
38
29
23
35
27
48
25
34
38
46
52
30
41
32
35
43
29
36
35
48
33
5
37
32
40
45
40
36
29
23
30
22
28
27
34
36
26
31
27
40
48
31
43
31
24
27
32
32
43
55
43
-

16
27
27
30
26
85

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
77.8
94.5

12
25
22
15
22
66

36
103
62
45
78
210

0
6
5
0
4
28

0
24
23
0
18
42

FTHU = Fort Huachuca

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit
17A/17B
17A/17B
17B
17B/19A/19B/20A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
20A
20A
20A
20A
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
28/29/30/31/32
33
33
33
33
33
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
34/35
36
36
36
36
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37A/37B
37A/37B
39
39/40
39/41
39/41
39/41
39
39
39
39/41
39/41
39/41

Year

Dates
Permits 1st Choice Permits
Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued

Draw
Odds

Hunters

Hunter
Days

2012
2013
2010
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2014
2011
2012
2013
2009
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
10/08-10/17
10/03-10/12
11/19-11/28
11/18-11/27
11/23-12/02
11/22-12/01
11/21-11/30
10/08-10/17
10/07-10/16
10/12-10/21
10/04-10/13
11/19-11/25
11/18-11/24
11/23-12/02
11/22-11/28
11/21-11/27
11/19-11/25
11/18-11/24
11/23-12/02
11/22-11/28
11/21-11/27
10/08-10/14
11/19-11/25
10/07-10/13
11/18-11/24
10/12-10/21
11/23-12/02
10/11-10/17
11/22-11/28
10/10-10/16
11/21-11/27
10/08-10/14
10/07-10/13
10/12-10/21
10/11-10/17
10/08-10/14
11/19-11/25
10/07-10/13
11/18-11/24
10/12-10/21
11/23-12/02
10/11-10/17
11/22-11/28
10/10-10/16
11/21-11/27
11/19-11/28
11/07-11/16
11/11-11/20
11/09-11/18
11/08-11/17
11/06-11/15
11/20-11/29
11/19-11/28
11/11-11/20
11/09-11/18
11/08-11/17

97.5
89.3
89.7
91.6
85.2
87.2
75.0
75.3
75.0
98.2
92.3
94.3
72.8
92.8
94.8
92.9
96.1
97.7
96.5
83.0
98.0
84.1
89.6
100.0
100.0
75.0
83.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
89.5
87.1
92.0
90.6
92.5
93.1
93.9
97.3
100.0
96.8
96.6
96.8
100.0
95.1
92.6
87.5
100.0
92.3
93.8
100.0
100.0
87.5
92.3
93.8
100.0

71
89
37
162
57
61
51
55
56
49
56
71
55
80
44
71
73
57
69
60
48
61
56
15
20
10
11
21
7
13
18
40
18
32
29
39
34
55
92
41
54
51
70
68
88
82
71
24
18
14
21
19
0
0
24
14
21
19

250
250
130
536
165
164
97
164
139
153
153
229
162
187
97
188
209
168
183
159
111
188
164
34
56
40
22
47
7
53
28
98
58
123
64
107
103
143
215
115
144
132
170
164
196
188
200
53
59
20
32
58
0
0
53
20
32
58

128 Hunt Arizona 2015

100
100
50
200
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
100
100
100
100
100
75
75
75
75
75
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
25
25
25
25
25
15
10
25
25
25
25

81
112
39
191
88
86
100
89
100
56
52
70
103
83
58
84
103
86
57
47
49
88
77
9
5
8
6
9
13
15
17
26
19
31
25
32
40
29
49
37
42
31
58
62
84
61
81
16
13
13
16
19
0
3
16
13
16
19

100
100
50
200
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
100
81
100
100
100
75
66
71
75
75
15
20
15
11
21
13
40
32
45
31
35
32
50
49
64
100
52
74
65
92
100
100
100
100
24
18
17
21
24
4
5
24
17
21
24

Harvest
12
18
10
9
33
39
36
32
19
8
0
4
4
30
13
32
30
11
9
6
9
7
9
0
0
5
6
2
3
7
0
11
9
3
0
4
15
17
27
8
7
7
11
23
31
18
4
5
0
6
5
5
0
0
5
6
5
5

Hunt
Success
17
20
27
6
58
64
71
58
34
16
0
6
7
38
30
45
41
19
13
10
19
11
16
0
0
50
55
10
43
54
0
28
50
9
0
10
44
31
29
20
13
14
16
34
35
22
6
21
0
43
24
26
21
43
24
26

BighornSheep (Ovis canadensis)

Natural History

Bob Miles

Bob Miles

Arizonas bighorn sheep population, consisting of both


Rocky Mountain and desert subspecies, is currently
estimated at about 5,000 animalsa severe reduction from the numbers thought to once be present. The
causes for this decline, which occurred primarily between 1860 and 1920, were exposure to livestock-borne

parasites and diseases. Now, thanks to livestock-free


refuges and an aggressive translocation program, bighorn sheep numbers are gradually edging upward.
Desert bighorn sheep weights vary considerably
between the sexes. Adult rams weigh 160 and 200
pounds, with a maximum weight of 225 pounds. Adult
ewes range from 75 to 130 pounds and average 110
pounds. The biggest visual difference between the
two sexes is the horns. Ewe
horns are generally 10 to 13
inches long with a circumference of three to six inches. An
adult rams horns may measure up to 40 inches along the
outside curl with a basal circumference between 13 and
16 inches. The horn core is
honeycombed with chambers,
or sinuses, which reduce the
weight of the skull.
Newborn bighorn lambs
weigh from 8 to 10 pounds,
have dark eyes and fuzzy,
dark-gray hair, and are active within minutes of birth.
As the lambs mature, their
eyes take on the characteristic amber color of the adults
eyes. After several months,
they also take on the adults pale
buff to dark, chocolate-brown
coloration. This overall coat
color is accentuated by a white
muzzle, a white rump patch,
light-colored eye rings, and a
white edging on the rear legs.
The tail is black, bordered in
white.
Bighorn sheep have a life expectancy of 10 to 12 years, but
may attain an age of 17 years or
older. Usually one, rarely two,
lambs are born. The youngsters
typically stay with their mothers
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until two years of age. The young rams then leave the
nursery herds of ewes and lambs and join a bachelor herd.
The adults usually remain segregated according to sex except during the summer breeding season, and sometimes
during the spring with the sprouting of early vegetation.
Sexual maturity varies, both physiologically and behaviorally. Although rams as young as 6 months of age may
be capable of breeding, they refrain due to the dominance
of older rams. Ewes do not breed until they are about
two-years old, and
rams usually not
until at least three
years of age. The
breeding season
extends from early
June through October, but the peak
rutting activity
takes place in August. The gestation
period is about six
months, and most
lambs are born
in late winter or
early spring.
Bighorn distribution

130 Hunt Arizona 2015

Bighorn sheep are diurnal animals and are usually found in small groups, although herds of 50 or more
are sometimes seen. Native grasses are important in the
bighorns diet, although the animals also feed heavily
on jojoba and other woody plants. Pincushion, barrel,
and saguaro cactuses provide needed moisture. Preferred plants vary with habitat quality, locality, and
species availability. Mountain lions are the principal
predator although golden eagles and bobcats have been
observed taking lambs.

Hunt History

Totally protected by the territorial legislature in 1893,


bighorn sheep were not legal game in Arizona until
1953, when it was determined that the limited hunting of trophy rams might be the only way to save these
animals. Two limited hunts of 20 permits each were
authorized, and 20 bighorn were taken. Since then,
permit numbers, the number of units open to hunting,
the number of rams taken, and hunt success have gradually increased. Between 80-100 rams, mostly desert
bighorn, are now being taken each year. This number
will only increase, however, when the disease problem
and other limiting factors are brought under control.

Bighorn Survey Data


Historic Summary of Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data
Year

Ram

Ewe

Lamb

Yearling

1951
1952
1953
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

56
48
59
159
95
43
43
15
26
47
59
47
57
75
111
109
143
142
142
131
132
95
119
213
261
304
343
310
443
374
478
554
527
590
652
648
711
571
655
562
696
686
789
624
474
742
325
344
404
366
249
288
197
213
381
396
433
516
414
493
701
472
1004

46
36
48
129
129
48
77
46
57
106
104
109
181
134
228
341
382
407
464
264
275
214
288
418
542
567
604
713
1073
775
892
934
819
1026
1137
1102
1306
1095
980
1008
1124
1051
1502
1224
870
1375
733
660
803
812
443
739
443
388
635
690
764
980
773
954
1301
935
1667

30
15
24
29
29
0
34
10
29
46
43
48
90
69
89
145
207
152
182
138
107
76
137
170
240
269
284
306
459
272
301
278
212
308
383
450
470
291
303
301
283
264
298
299
134
402
152
132
197
322
103
224
179
110
154
215
260
323
195
312
358
246
490

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
13
1
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
173
164
220
257
259
183
187
190
209
167
241
107
96
134
97
102
109
90
73
84
43
54
71
93
99
115
154
97
176
67
263

Unclassified
9
8
17
41
4
0
3
5
0
0
8
8
18
41
13
46
0
2
9
20
26
7
10
12
4
30
29
39
3
1
9
4
0
3
2
0
0
0
4
9
7
5
8
6
4
1
3
2
5
5
5
3
1
11
8
9
7
1
1
3
7
2
32

Total
141
107
148
358
257
91
157
102
125
200
221
218
346
319
441
641
732
703
797
553
540
392
554
813
1047
1170
1260
1368
1978
1422
1680
1770
1731
2091
2394
2457
2746
2140
2129
2070
2319
2173
2838
2260
1578
2654
1310
1240
1518
1595
874
1338
863
776
1249
1403
1563
1935
1537
1859
2543
1722
3456

Rams
122
133
123
123
74
90
56
33
46
44
57
43
31
56
49
32
37
35
31
50
48
44
41
51
48
54
57
43
41
48
54
59
64
58
57
59
54
52
67
56
62
65
53
51
54
54
44
52
50
45
56
39
44
55
60
57
57
53
54
52
54
50
60

Number Per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
65
0
42
0
50
0
22
0
22
0
0
0
44
0
22
57
51
23
43
1
41
7
44
6
50
0
51
0
39
0
43
0
54
0
37
0
39
0
52
0
39
0
36
0
48
0
41
0
44
0
47
0
47
0
43
0
43
0
35
0
34
0
30
0
26
21
30
16
34
19
41
23
36
20
27
17
19
31
30
19
25
19
25
16
20
16
24
9
15
11
29
10
21
13
20
15
25
14
40
11
23
16
30
11
40
10
28
14
24
11
31
13
34
13
33
12
25
20
33
10
28
14
26
7
29
16

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Bighorn Survey Data


Historic Summary of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data
Year

Ram

Ewe

Lamb

Yearling

Unclassified

Total

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

20
16
56
54
40
50
62
43
65
75
101
68
72
71
102
65
70
75
84
11
45
89
83
59
117
52
48
97
157
43
130

26
22
65
54
66
69
109
68
129
157
186
171
201
150
162
188
202
190
184
25
84
155
172
115
296
95
126
255
240
47
300

25
9
36
14
35
41
34
27
72
82
77
82
45
69
72
71
61
60
60
5
32
49
65
62
119
46
44
97
88
12
112

13
3
42
40
40
50
23
18
36
18
19
24
31
20
30
25
17
11
29
2
8
17
9
17
44
7
22
21
34
0
50

0
0
0
76
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
38
2
0
1
9
0
0
3
0
4

84
50
199
238
181
210
228
156
302
332
383
345
349
322
369
349
352
336
359
43
169
348
331
253
577
209
240
470
522
102
596

Rams
77
73
86
100
61
72
57
63
50
48
54
40
36
47
63
35
35
39
46
44
54
57
48
51
40
55
38
38
65
91
43

Number Per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
96
50
41
14
55
65
26
74
53
61
59
72
31
21
40
26
56
28
52
11
41
10
48
14
22
15
46
13
44
19
38
13
30
8
32
6
33
16
20
8
38
10
32
11
38
5
54
15
40
15
48
7
35
17
38
8
37
14
26
0
37
17

Rams
65
58
59
61
55
53
66
56
61
63
53
50
51
53
48
48
47
44
53
39
46
56
58
57
52
53
51

Number Per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
28
22
30
16
35
22
40
26
37
22
29
20
31
19
30
19
28
20
29
15
22
15
27
9
17
12
31
10
25
14
24
15
26
13
38
10
26
16
30
11
40
10
29
13
27
10
34
14
36
13
34
11
27
20

Historic Summary of Combined Bighorn Sheep Survey Data


Year

Ram

Ewe

Lamb

Yearling

Unclassified

Total

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

547
606
708
702
751
621
717
605
761
761
890
692
546
813
427
409
474
441
333
299
242
302
464
455
550
568
462

845
1048
1202
1156
1372
1164
1089
1076
1253
1208
1688
1395
1071
1525
895
848
1005
1002
627
764
527
543
807
805
1060
1075
899

237
317
419
464
505
332
337
328
355
346
375
381
179
471
224
203
258
382
163
229
211
159
219
277
379
369
238

186
167
262
297
299
233
210
208
245
185
260
131
127
154
127
127
126
101
102
86
51
71
80
110
143
122
176

0
3
2
76
0
0
4
9
7
5
8
6
4
13
6
2
7
5
8
3
1
49
10
9
8
10
1

1815
2141
2593
2695
2927
2350
2357
2226
2621
2505
3221
2605
1927
2976
1679
1589
1870
1931
1233
1381
1032
1124
1580
1656
2140
2144
1777

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Bighorn Survey Data


Historic Summary of Combined Bighorn Sheep Survey Data (continued)
Year

Ram

Ewe

Lamb

Yearling

Unclassified

Total

2011
2012
2013
2014

590
858
515
1134

1209
1541
982
1967

409
446
258
602

118
210
67
313

1
10
2
36

2329
3065
1824
4052

Rams
49
56
52
58

Number Per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
34
10
29
14
26
7
31
16

Rams
71
95
62
52
40
24
46
100
39
35
27
21
63
36
52
69
64
48
45
82
71
60
42
95
119
69
48
44
52
50
39
59
54
73
0
33
45
33
95
57
20
41
52
62
46
75
64
43
68
63
50
63
44
34

Number per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
0
0
32
5
23
23
42
24
48
1
28
0
50
4
42
50
21
11
11
9
33
20
21
8
32
0
27
0
42
15
35
0
47
15
29
10
31
6
29
24
56
5
30
7
25
11
42
21
62
8
18
3
41
4
24
16
38
4
28
0
25
0
25
7
20
8
35
5
0
20
0
33
15
0
0
33
10
10
71
14
8
36
17
0
43
5
22
16
21
0
36
21
29
17
43
7
36
18
42
16
41
24
23
23
56
13
56
34

5-Year: 2010-2014 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data


Unit

Year

Ram

Ewe

12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12B East
12B East
13A
13A
13A
13B North
13B North
13B South
13B South
15A/15B East
15A/15B East
15B West
15B West
15B West
15B West
15B West
15C North
15C North
15C North
15C North
15C South
15C South
15C South
15C South
15D
15D
15D
15D
15D
15D North
15D South
16A
16A
16A
16A South
16B
16B
18B
18B
18B
18B
18B
22
24B
28 South
28 South
31/32
31/32
31/32
37A
37A

2011
2013
2014
2011
2014
2011
2013
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2014
2011
2013
2014
2014
2011
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2012
2010
2013
2012
2013
2014
2011
2014

5
21
8
17
29
6
12
12
26
20
4
5
12
4
48
37
68
50
39
79
53
62
38
18
31
27
13
71
117
137
124
116
72
45
0
1
9
1
20
8
5
17
11
23
22
57
44
6
15
12
17
19
7
20

7
22
13
33
73
25
26
12
66
57
15
24
19
11
93
54
107
105
86
96
75
103
91
19
26
39
27
160
227
273
322
195
134
62
5
3
20
3
21
14
25
41
21
37
48
76
69
14
22
19
34
30
16
59

Lamb
0
7
3
14
35
7
13
5
14
6
5
5
6
3
39
19
50
30
27
28
42
31
23
8
16
7
11
38
87
77
80
49
27
22
0
0
3
0
2
10
2
7
9
8
10
27
20
6
8
8
14
7
9
33

Yearling Unclassified
0
1
3
8
1
0
1
6
7
5
3
2
0
0
14
0
16
11
5
23
4
7
10
4
2
1
1
26
8
0
0
14
11
3
1
1
0
1
2
2
9
0
1
6
0
16
12
1
4
3
8
7
2
20

0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

Total
12
51
27
74
138
38
52
35
113
88
27
36
37
19
194
110
241
196
163
227
174
203
162
49
75
74
52
295
439
487
526
374
244
132
6
5
32
5
46
34
41
65
42
74
81
179
145
27
49
42
73
63
34
133

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data (continued)
Unit
37B
37B
37B
37B
39
39 East
39 West
40A
40A
40A North
40A North
40A South
40A South
40B East
40B West
41 North Gila Mtns
41 East
41 West
42
42
42
42
43A
43A
43B
43B
43B Laguna Mtns
44A East
44A East
44A West
44A West
44B North
44B North
44B South
44B South
45A
45A
45A
45B
45B
45B
45C
45C
45C
46AE
46AE
46AW
46AW
46BE
46BE
46BW
46BW

Year

Ram

Ewe

2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014
2012
2012
2014
2012
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2013
2010
2013
2014
2010
2013
2010
2013
2011
2014
2011
2014
2010
2012
2014
2010
2012
2014
2010
2012
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014
2011
2014

4
14
19
8
9
14
21
14
14
7
5
7
9
9
57
2
18
13
11
5
7
16
10
17
74
68
5
22
24
10
5
21
41
8
24
12
24
48
19
16
28
29
25
28
14
21
12
22
26
38
51
40

9
24
28
16
11
21
33
25
25
9
6
16
19
13
88
12
42
29
13
15
28
25
19
24
146
127
8
36
25
13
6
69
73
37
30
51
60
85
34
28
37
54
64
47
20
20
22
35
42
44
54
57

Lamb
2
10
8
5
2
5
11
8
3
3
0
5
3
3
18
3
9
8
3
2
6
5
3
4
25
24
3
7
8
3
1
21
16
7
11
10
19
16
12
5
8
11
10
9
4
10
10
10
6
16
14
20

Yearling Unclassified
0
4
3
0
1
7
5
4
5
0
0
4
5
1
21
3
6
4
2
4
3
4
2
3
33
9
1
8
4
2
0
17
13
6
11
5
13
18
14
6
7
11
13
6
3
5
4
5
3
14
15
14

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0

Total
15
52
58
29
23
47
70
51
47
19
11
32
36
26
186
20
75
55
29
26
44
50
34
49
278
229
17
73
61
28
12
128
144
58
76
78
116
169
79
56
82
105
112
93
41
58
48
72
77
115
134
131

Rams
44
58
68
50
82
67
64
56
56
78
83
44
47
69
65
17
43
45
85
33
25
64
53
71
51
54
63
61
96
77
83
30
56
22
80
24
40
56
56
57
76
54
39
60
70
105
55
63
62
86
94
70

Number per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
22
0
42
17
29
11
31
0
18
9
24
33
33
15
32
16
12
20
33
0
0
0
31
25
16
26
23
8
20
24
25
25
21
14
28
14
23
15
13
27
21
11
20
16
16
11
17
13
17
23
19
7
38
13
19
22
32
16
23
15
17
0
30
25
22
18
19
16
37
37
20
10
32
22
19
21
35
41
18
21
22
19
20
20
16
20
19
13
20
15
50
25
45
18
29
14
14
7
36
32
26
28
35
25

5-Year: 2010-2014 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data


Unit
1/27 North
1/27 North
1/27 North
1/27 North
1/27 North

Year

Ram

Ewe

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

12
6
15
11
8

28
33
40
7
56

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Lamb
11
14
20
2
20

Yearling Unclassified
6
0
6
0
8

0
0
0
0
2

Total
57
53
81
20
94

Rams
43
18
38
157
14

Number per 100 Ewes


Lambs
Yearlings
39
21
42
0
50
15
29
0
36
14

Bighorn Hunt Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data (continued)
6A
6A/22 North
23
27
27
27
27 North
27 North
27 North
27 North
27 North
27 South
27 South
27 South
27 South/28 North
27 South/28 North

2012
2014
2011
2010
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2012
2013
2011
2014

26
23
2
12
5
17
17
28
20
18
53
7
22
14
73
46

59
34
6
9
11
12
69
51
44
22
76
20
9
18
160
134

18
20
2
5
0
7
21
16
14
5
20
7
2
5
67
52

0
2
0
3
0
3
11
2
5
0
8
2
4
0
19
32

0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

103
81
10
29
16
39
118
97
83
45
157
36
37
37
319
264

44
68
33
133
45
142
25
55
45
82
70
35
244
78
46
34

31
59
33
56
0
58
30
31
32
23
26
35
22
28
42
39

0
6
0
33
0
25
16
4
11
0
11
10
44
0
12
24

Historic Summary of Bighorn Sheep Hunts


Year
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993

Permits
Authorized
37
20
20
20
20
40
65
80
85
90
81
78
90
84
84
81
86
79
82
71
65
57
54
55
51
52
52
50
45
42
48
55
56
65
72
78
82
78
85
82
99

1st Choice
Applicants

573
601
888
1170
1376
1540
1658
1454
1397
1361
1203
1461
1630
1842
1937
2230
2635
2585
2159
2259
2461
2699
3065
3281
3693
3734
4174
4407
4946

Permits Issued
37
20
20
20
20
40
65
80
85
90
81
78
90
84
84
81
86
79
82
71
65
57
54
55
51
52
52
50
45
42
48
55
56
65
72
78
82
78
85
83
99

Hunters
37
19
20
19
20
37
62
80
84
89
79
76
83
84
83
77
84
76
79
71
62
55
51
55
51
48
52
50
43
42
47
55
56
64
72
78
81
77
84
83
99

Hunter Days
218
103
132
112
130

391
344
331
235
341
343
293
224
233
349
306
358
370
361
442
425
497
441
501

Total Harvest
20
12
5
6
6
18
19
24
26
27
32
25
42
35
31
47
42
39
29
34
37
36
30
40
44
39
41
39
34
36
44
51
52
56
68
75
74
68
78
74
92

Percent Success
54.1
63.2
25.0
31.6
30.0
48.6
30.6
30.0
31.0
30.3
40.5
32.9
50.6
41.7
37.3
61.0
50.0
51.3
36.7
47.9
59.7
65.5
58.8
72.7
86.3
81.3
78.8
78.0
79.1
85.7
93.6
92.7
92.9
87.5
94.4
96.2
91.4
88.3
92.9
89.2
92.9

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Historic Summary of Bighorn Sheep Hunts (continued)
Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Permits
Authorized
112
113
108
99
109
111
105
105
104
99
84
82
96
99
93
90
100
99
98
109
107

1st Choice
Applicants
5673
6256
6843
7077
7790
8408
8471
8767
13013
16049
18927
11266
16332
10930
9017
8500
8206
8315
12233
13488
14236

Permits Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

Total Harvest

Percent Success

112
114
108
99
109
111
106
105
105
99
84
82
96
99
94
90
100
99
96
109
104

109
114
108
99
109
110
106
104
101
95
84
81
95
97
94
89
100
99
96
107
103

580
622
754
721
907
745
691
748
674
764
663
681
673
698
702
533
589
589
556
652
640

100
109
100
92
98
104
101
96
92
87
68
73
87
92
86
87
92
96
96
103
102

91.7
95.6
92.6
92.9
89.9
94.5
95.3
92.3
91.1
91.6
80.9
90.1
91.6
94.8
91.5
97.8
92.0
97.0
100.0
96.0
99.0

Excluding Indian Reservation hunts; including raffle and auction tags.

5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest


Unit
1/27 North Black River
6A
6A
6A
6A (early)
6A (late)
6A/22 North (early)
6A/22 North (late)
9/10
9/10
9/10
9/10
9/10
12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12A/12B West
12B East
12B East
12B East
12B East
12B East
13A
13A
13A
13A
13A
13B North
13B North
13B North
13B North
13B North

Year

Dates

2010
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

11/01-11/30
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
10/01-12/31
10/01-12/31
10/01-12/31
10/01-12/31
10/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31

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Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
3

175
212
429
650
694
196
932
269
32
29
67
65
64
29
14
52
43
52
202
134
347
261
203
80
49
43
61
61
255
244
430
448
403

112
99
153
299
323
620
374
766
13
20
47
46
57
138
21
57
49
49
204
170
324
233
202
77
87
58
62
55
178
174
358
269
295

1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
3

Draw
Odds
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.0
3.1
0.0
1.5
0.0
1.6
0.0
7.1
1.9
2.3
1.9
1.5
2.2
0.6
1.1
0.5
2.5
2.0
0.0
1.6
1.6
1.2
1.6
0.5
0.7
0.7

Hunters
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
4
4
3
3
2

Hunter
Hunt
Harvest
Days
Success
1
14
5
3
6
2
13
3
7
2
4
5
4
27
20
1
6
3
31
23
16
12
26
14
28
1
12
13
25
12
5
38
6

1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
3
4
3
3
2
2
0
1
0
1
3
4
3
2
2

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
0
100
100
100
75
100
100
100
100
100
0
100
0
100
75
100
100
67
100

Bighorn Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest (continued)
Unit
13B South
13B South
13B South
13B South
13B South
15A/15B East
15A/15B East
15A/15B East
15B West
15B West
15B West
15B West
15B West
15C North
15C North
15C North
15C North
15C North
15C South
15C South
15C South
15C South
15C South
15D
15D
15D
15D North
15D North
15D South
15D North
15D South
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
16B
16B
16B
16B
16B
18B
18B
22
22
22
22
22
24B Superstition Wild.
24B Superstition Wild.
24B North
24B North
24B North
24B North
24B North
24B South
24B South
24B South
24B South
24B South
27 Bear Canyon
27 Bear Canyon
27 Bear Canyon
27 Upper Blue River

Year

Dates

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2011

11/16-12/31
11/16-12/31
11/16-12/31
11/16-12/31
11/16-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
11/22-12/11
12/12-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31

Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
4
3
4
6
6
6
3
1
1
2
2
2
9
7
9
5
6
4
8
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1

24
19
28
32
25
14
15
28
139
67
95
279
184
268
354
445
989
328
16
19
126
104
192
807
877
1311
807
637
166
2023
308
127
164
185
190
315
62
67
68
149
131
55
59
967
853
1642
1775
1761
142
140
85
105
223
183
167
487
545
232
376
745
62
66
90
53

78
79
52
68
39
21
7
47
236
111
179
347
245
462
559
807
763
281
60
36
319
172
335
486
530
867
622
899
253
1066
839
162
145
128
118
268
78
109
145
247
142
20
40
317
333
457
467
471
144
129
156
146
253
274
275
413
371
242
505
617
99
95
125
70

2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
4
3
4
6
6
6
3
1
1
2
2
2
9
7
9
5
6
4
8
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1

Draw
Odds
8.3
5.3
3.6
3.1
0.0
7.1
6.7
0.0
1.4
3.0
1.1
0.4
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.7
0.5
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
1.8
0.3
0.3
0.8
0.6
0.0
0.5
0.0
3.2
1.5
1.5
0.7
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.7
0.0
1.2
1.0
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
1.1
0.0

Hunters
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
4
3
4
6
6
5
3
1
1
2
2
2
9
7
9
5
6
4
8
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1

Hunter
Hunt
Harvest
Days
Success
12
2
8
14
8
7
2
9
24
8
23
24
11
12
10
14
26
21
1
8
3
2
13
72
25
46
10
19
19
39
33
24
35
10
6
5
10
12
6
18
6
2
7
5
16
5
27
11
21
12
6
6
16
20
9
3
7
19
7
16
10
1
5
9

1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
4
2
2
4
3
3
6
6
5
3
1
1
2
2
2
9
7
8
5
6
4
8
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1

50
100
100
100
0
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
75
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
89
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

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Unit

Year

Dates

27 Upper Blue River


27 Upper Blue River
27 Lower Blue River
27 Lower Blue River
27 Lower Blue River
27N Foote Creek
27N Foote Creek
27N Foote Creek
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
28 Peloncillo Mtns
28 Peloncillo Mtns
28 Peloncillo Mtns
28 Peloncillo Mtns
28 Peloncillo Mtns
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
31/32
37A
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
39 West
39 West
39 West
39 East
39 West
39 East
39 West
40A
40BW Gila Mtns
40BW Gila Mtns
40BW Gila Mtns
40BW Gila Mtns
40BW Gila Mtns
40BW Mohawk/Copper
40BW Mohawk/Copper
40BW Mohawk/Copper
40BW Mohawk/Copper
40BW Mohawk/Copper
40BW Tinajas Atlas
40BW Tinajas Atlas
40BW Tinajas Atlas
40BW Tinajas Atlas
40BW Tinajas Atlas
41E
41E
41E
41E
41E
41W

2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

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12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/15
12/16-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
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Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued
2
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2

296
363
59
288
316
432
368
492
482
223
449
222
649
323
761
225
645
187
95
61
78
123
137
463
419
1172
890
609
263
309
322
399
280
170
119
133
159
214
44
248
42
212
60
51
61
92
89
143
98
64
99
204
174
48
54
217
46
46
144
151
198
66
95
163

267
418
102
351
410
278
216
333
381
713
385
685
526
898
576
618
439
618
91
56
91
95
104
312
307
922
486
401
232
225
154
285
119
132
141
98
184
149
51
207
55
252
32
112
164
155
238
206
110
106
211
352
354
92
117
192
66
60
151
126
168
75
90
167

2
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2

Draw
Odds
0.7
0.6
1.7
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.6
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.6
1.6
1.1
1.6
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.8
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.6
0.8
1.5
0.6
0.9
0.0
0.4
2.4
0.9
1.7
3.9
1.6
1.1
1.1
0.0
2.0
3.1
1.0
1.0
0.6
4.2
1.9
0.5
2.2
2.2
0.0
0.7
1.0
1.5
1.1
0.6

Hunters
2
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2

Hunter
Hunt
Harvest
Days
Success
5
46
1
5
14
6
13
13
13
9
12
11
11
27
17
8
11
8
4
8
2
2
3
27
17
7
14
12
5
14
3
18
8
4
1
4
10
8
9
17
15
21
26
7
19
8
43
10
5
13
22
26
10
10
19
11
3
2
21
8
32
4
9
19

2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1

100
67
100
100
100
100
100
67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
2
2
2
1
2
1
100
100
100
100
100
50
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
100
100
100
100
50

Bighorn Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest (continued)
Unit

Year

Dates

41W
41W
41W
41W
42
42/44A South
43A
43A
43A
43A
43A
43B
43B
43B
43B
43B
44A East
44A West
44A East
44A West
44A East
44A West
44A East
44A West
44A East
44A West
44B North
44B North
44B North
44B North
44B North
44B South
44B South
44B South
44B South
44B South
45A
45A
45A
45A
45A
45B
45B
45B
45B
45B
45C
45C
45C
45C
45C
46A
46A
46A
46A
46A
46B
46B
46B
46B
46B

2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

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12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31
12/01-12/31

Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits


Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
6
6
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
5
5
7
7
7

67
44
34
32
71
233
28
30
44
39
75
292
507
662
715
743
36
49
58
39
77
86
68
47
40
74
652
567
586
466
603
67
52
53
43
53
53
26
47
47
37
14
14
23
26
32
177
149
168
79
92
30
38
145
93
111
170
348
321
259
321

87
136
60
62
61
172
34
29
55
39
56
289
347
565
580
698
35
38
54
48
61
74
64
77
37
51
472
427
338
306
578
80
96
87
84
81
39
31
48
42
46
65
49
71
52
50
139
95
159
55
52
24
32
198
139
177
192
394
493
349
535

2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
6
6
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
5
5
7
7
7

Draw
Odds
3.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
1.4
0.4
3.6
3.3
0.0
2.6
0.0
1.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.7
2.8
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.5
2.1
2.5
1.4
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.0
1.5
0.0
1.9
2.3
1.9
1.9
3.8
2.1
2.1
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.1
0.0
2.6
1.4
0.0
0.0
1.8
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.9

Hunters
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
6
6
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
5
5
7
7
7

Hunter
Hunt
Harvest
Days
Success
31
5
3
5
1
6
1
2
6
7
2
10
26
40
34
53
1
6
23
2
2
3
21
2
2
1
5
12
2
6
7
1
4
1
5
1
17
6
11
4
6
6
4
15
20
2
10
32
14
1
28
3
7
20
27
6
49
33
44
42
58

2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
6
6
5
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
5
7
7
7

100
100
100
100
100
200
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
83
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
50
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

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Bighorn Harvest Data


Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2014 Season
Hunt
Name
spec tag
spec tag
spec tag
6001
6002
6003
6003
6004
6005
6005
6005
6006
6007
6007
6007
6008
6008
6008
6009
6009
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
6010
6011
6011
6011
6011
6012
6012
6012
6013
6013
6014
6015
6015
6015
6016
6017
6018
6018
6019
6020
6020
6021
6022
6023
6024
6024
6025
6026
6026
6027
6027
6027
6028
6029

Curl (Inches)
Unit

6A
15DN
22
10
12BW
12BE
12BE
13A
13BN
13BN
13BN
13BS
15BW
15BW
15BW
15CN
15CN
15CN
15CS
15CS
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DN
15DS
15DS
15DS
15DS
16A
16A
16A
16B
16B
18B
22
22
22
24B
24BN
24BS
24BS
28S
31/32
31/32
37A
37B
39E
39W
39W
40A
40BWG
40BWG
40BWM
40BWM
40BWM
40BWT
41E

Left

Right

36 7/8
32 2/8
36 4/8
32
25 4/8
30 2/8
33 4/8
35 1/8
34 4/8
31 2/8
28 3/8
31 2/8
31 4/8
33 6/8
28 6/8
26 4/8
32 5/8
33 4/8
30 6/8
32 2/8
31
38 5/8
34
36
34 3/8
33
30
34 1/8
32 2/8
34 4/8
34 4/8
33 6/8
32 1/8
34 5/8
25
33 4/8
35 2/8
33 7/8
37
35 2/8
32 6/8
37
33 7/8
35
31 3/8
34
36
33 6/8
33 3/8
34 4/8
34 3/8
36 4/8
29 3/8
32 4/8
28 2/8
32 1/8
36 6/8
31 2/8
29

38 5/8
36 4/8
36 2/8
31 7/8
27
31 2/8
35
30 4/8
34 3/8
28 7/8
28 2/8
31 2/8
30 4/8
32 1/8
28 3/8
27 3/8
31 5/8
31 6/8
29 5/8
33 2/8
32 2/8
38 2/8
35
34 1/8
35 4/8
32 4/8
30 4/8
33 4/8
26 4/8
34 5/8
32 3/8
36
30 7/8
36 2/8
25 2/8
29 2/8
32 4/8
37 4/8
37 2/8
36 5/8
35 7/8
36 3/8
37 4/8
36 4/8
34 1/8
34 1/8
36
34 2/8
32 2/8
32 5/8
35
35 3/8
30 4/8
34 4/8
28 5/8
32 4/8
36 4/8
31 7/8
31 4/8

140 Hunt Arizona 2015

Base (Inches)
Left
16 5/8
15 4/8
14 6/8
14 6/8
14
14 2/8
14 3/8
15 2/8
14 6/8
15 1/8
13 2/8
15
14 2/8
12 7/8
13 5/8
12 5/8
15 6/8
14 1/8
13 2/8
15
15 1/8
15
14 6/8
15
14 1/8
14 4/8
14 4/8
15 4/8
14 7/8
15 4/8
14 2/8
14 7/8
15 2/8
13
11 7/8
14 6/8
15 5/8
15
16 3/8
15 5/8
15
16 6/8
16 2/8
14 7/8
14 2/8
14 1/8
15 4/8
15 5/8
14 3/8
14 7/8
14 1/8
15
15 1/8
15 4/8
13 6/8
13 4/8
14 7/8
14 4/8
14 1/8

Right
16 6/8
15 3/8
14 4/8
14 6/8
14 2/8
14 2/8
14 4/8
15 1/8
14 7/8
15
13 1/8
15
14 2/8
12 7/8
13 5/8
13
15 4/8
14 2/8
13 1/8
14 7/8
15 1/8
15
14 3/8
14 4/8
14 1/8
14 6/8
14
15 5/8
14 6/8
15 5/8
14 3/8
14 6/8
15 2/8
12 7/8
12
14 6/8
15 4/8
15
16 4/8
15 6/8
14 7/8
16 4/8
16 2/8
15
14 3/8
14
15 3/8
15 7/8
14 6/8
15
14 1/8
15 1/8
15
15 5/8
13 6/8
13 5/8
15
14 3/8
14

Maximum
Spread
23 4/8
28
21 5/8
20 7/8
22
21 1/8
27
24 3/8
20 3/8
25 3/8
18 3/8
22
19 5/8
25 1/8
20 6/8
17 6/8
23 4/8
22
24
24 6/8
23 4/8
30 5/8
24
25 7/8
26 4/8
22 6/8
6
7
6
6
8
9
7
11
3
6
8
8
7
8
6
8
9
7
8
7
8
7
8
8
8
8
18 6/8
18 5/8
19 4/8
24 2/8
21 6/8
21 4/8
22 5/8

Tip to Tip

Age

Arizona
Score

Green
Score

21 2/8
28
19 6/8
20 2/8
21 6/8
21 1/8
27
24 3/8
19 4/8
25 3/8
18 3/8
20 7/8
17 3/8
25 1/8
20 6/8
16
23 4/8
22
24
24 6/8
23 4/8
30 5/8
24
25 7/8
26 4/8
22 6/8
21 2/8
25 7/8
20 4/8
24 2/8
21 7/8
22 6/8
19
19 5/8
21
23 5/8
21
19 5/8
24
18
22 4/8
20 2/8
27
21 6/8
21 1/8
19 4/8
20 6/8
21
21 4/8
21 2/8
19 2/8
20 6/8
16 6/8
16 4/8
17 6/8
21 2/8
17 2/8
16 6/8
22 4/8

8
9
9
6
5
11
8
8
8
6
5
8
7
10
4
6
6
7
12
6
7
7
8
8
9
5
21 2/8
25 7/8
20 4/8
24 2/8
19 1/8
22 6/8
17 5/8
19 5/8
21
23 5/8
23 2/8
17 4/8
21 3/8
21 7/8
20 6/8
21 2/8
27
19 2/8
20 4/8
19 1/8
15 4/8
17 5/8
15 3/8
21 2/8
19 2/8
17
9
8
9
9
7
8
8

108 7/8
99 5/8
102
93 3/8
80 6/8
90
97 3/8
96
98 4/8
90 2/8
83
92 4/8
90 4/8
91 5/8
84 3/8
79 4/8
95 4/8
93 5/8
86 6/8
95 3/8
93 4/8
106 7/8
98 1/8
99 5/8
98 1/8
94 6/8
89
98 6/8
88 3/8
100 2/8
95 4/8
99 3/8
93 4/8
96 6/8
74 1/8
92 2/8
98 7/8
101 3/8
107 1/8
103 2/8
98 4/8
106 5/8
103 7/8
101 3/8
94 1/8
96 2/8
102 7/8
99 4/8
94 6/8
97
97 5/8
102
90
98 1/8
84 3/8
91 6/8
103 1/8
92
88 5/8

182 6/8
170 4/8
173 4/8
160 5/8
128 2/8
159 6/8
162 6/8
165 3/8
172 7/8
151 1/8
140 7/8
161
154 2/8
154 5/8
133 3/8
132 1/8
166 6/8
160
149 3/8
160 6/8
158 4/8
172 7/8
169 2/8
163 5/8
167 1/8
158 4/8
148 6/8
169 7/8
153 6/8
164 1/8
156 7/8
171 2/8
159 6/8
163 1/8
115 6/8
148 2/8
171 6/8
175 7/8
184 2/8
173 7/8
170 1/8
185 5/8
174 3/8
173 4/8
157 2/8
158 7/8
174 6/8
171 6/8
159 3/8
164 1/8
165 3/8
170 1/8
157 3/8
158 4/8
146 7/8
155 5/8
172
159 1/8
155 6/8

Bighorn Hunt Data


Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2014 Season (continued)
Hunt
Name
6030
6031
6031
6032
6033
6033
6033
6033
6033
6033
6033
6034
6035
6036
6036
6037
6038
6039
6040
6041
6041
6042
6042
6042
6042
6042
6042
6042
6051
6051
6052
6052
6053
6053
6053
6054
6054
6054
6055
6055
6055
6055
6056
6056
6056

Curl (Inches)
Unit

41W
42
42
43A
43B
43B
43B
43B
43B
43B
43B
44AE
44AW
44BN
44BN
44BS
45A
45B
45C
46A
46A
46B
46B
46B
46B
46B
46B
46B
6A
6A
6A
6A/22N
27S
27S
27S
27N
27N
27N
27S/28N
27S/28N
27S/28N
27S/28N
27S/28N
27S/28N
27S/28N
Average
Maximum
Minimum

Base (Inches)

Left

Right

Left

28 6/8
33 7/8
34
34 1/8
33 1/8
31 6/8
34 1/8
30 4/8
29 3/8
36 1/8
33 3/8
33 6/8
35 6/8
36 5/8
33 5/8
36 7/8
34 7/8
27 1/8
31 6/8
37 4/8
27 5/8
26
34 3/8
34 6/8
31 7/8
35 7/8
31
32 4/8
34 7/8
32 4/8
37 6/8
38
32 6/8
31 3/8
33 4/8
35
32 5/8
32
36 5/8
33
34 7/8
36 1/8
30 7/8
39 7/8
33 1/8
39 7/8
25

28 6/8
34 4/8
34 2/8
34 5/8
34 6/8
32
33 3/8
30 1/8
30 4/8
35 6/8
33 3/8
32 5/8
37
37 7/8
35 2/8
37 1/8
32 6/8
28 3/8
30 5/8
34 2/8
27 3/8
27 2/8
33 7/8
35 6/8
31 7/8
34
29 2/8
31 4/8
35 3/8
31 6/8
37 2/8
36 5/8
32 4/8
30 7/8
33 7/8
34 7/8
33 1/8
32 1/8
26 3/8
31 7/8
35 5/8
35 6/8
32 4/8
37 4/8
33
38 5/8
25 2/8

14 5/8
15 1/8
15 1/8
14 3/8
12 4/8
15 1/8
13 6/8
15
13 3/8
14 2/8
14 2/8
14 3/8
14 5/8
15
15
14 5/8
14 4/8
13 2/8
13 7/8
15 6/8
15
14 5/8
15 2/8
16 4/8
15 4/8
14 5/8
13 4/8
14
15 1/8
15
16
15 5/8
15 1/8
14 5/8
15 7/8
15 2/8
16
14 2/8
14 7/8
15 4/8
13 7/8
15
14 2/8
15 2/8
14 7/8
16 6/8
11 7/8

Right
14 5/8
15 2/8
15 3/8
14 4/8
12 5/8
15
13 6/8
15
13 4/8
14 2/8
14
14 3/8
15
15 1/8
15 2/8
14 2/8
14 4/8
13
13 6/8
15 3/8
15
14 6/8
15
15 6/8
15 1/8
14 6/8
13 1/8
14
15 4/8
15 4/8
15 7/8
15 7/8
15 1/8
14 4/8
16 1/8
15 3/8
15 6/8
14 4/8
14 6/8
15 3/8
14 1/8
15 1/8
14 4/8
15
14 7/8
16 6/8
12

Maximum
Spread
19 3/8
22 4/8
21 5/8
23 4/8
17 7/8
20 5/8
20 6/8
19 7/8
18 5/8
20 4/8
18 6/8
22 6/8
23 4/8
21 4/8
21 3/8
20 5/8
20 6/8
17 5/8
21 4/8
21 3/8
19
16 3/8
20 5/8
21 4/8
22 2/8
21 6/8
21 4/8
20 1/8
23 4/8
20 5/8
20 2/8
21 6/8
24 4/8
21 6/8
23 4/8
22 4/8
21 3/8
22 2/8
22 7/8
23
20 4/8
21 2/8
21 1/8
21 4/8
21 6/8
30 5/8
16 3/8

Tip to Tip

Age

Arizona
Score

Green
Score

18
19 5/8
18 4/8
23 4/8
17 7/8
19 3/8
17 2/8
19 7/8
13 2/8
20 2/8
17 4/8
22 6/8
22 3/8
20 4/8
20 2/8
20 5/8
15 4/8
17 5/8
18 4/8
21 3/8
18 5/8
16 1/8
16 2/8
14 1/8
18 5/8
21 6/8
21 4/8
15
21
15 7/8
19 4/8
20 4/8
23 4/8
21 2/8
19 4/8
19 4/8
17 1/8
19 4/8
22 7/8
20 2/8
18 1/8
18 7/8
20 5/8
19 6/8
20 3/8
30 5/8
13 2/8

6
8
8
8
13
7
10
8
9
10
7
7
9
10
7
8
8
7
8
8
4
7
7
8
8
8
6
9
7
7
7
8
9
6
7
8
7
8
9
7
9
9
7
10
8
13
3

86 6/8
98 6/8
98 6/8
97 5/8
93
93 7/8
95
90 5/8
86 6/8
100 3/8
95
95 1/8
102 3/8
104 5/8
99 1/8
102 7/8
96 5/8
81 6/8
90
102 7/8
85
82 5/8
98 4/8
102 6/8
94 3/8
99 2/8
86 7/8
92
100 7/8
94 6/8
106 7/8
106 1/8
95 4/8
91 3/8
99 3/8
100 4/8
97 4/8
92 7/8
92 5/8
95 6/8
98 4/8
102
92 1/8
107 5/8
97 3/8
108 7/8
74 1/8

148 4/8
173 5/8
172
165
159 7/8
159 4/8
161 4/8
160 7/8
153 3/8
164 3/8
162 4/8
156 1/8
172 6/8
180 2/8
164 3/8
175 4/8
163 5/8
138 6/8
157 3/8
171
140 2/8
146 4/8
166 6/8
176
161 6/8
166 3/8
138 2/8
157 6/8
168 2/8
161 4/8
181 2/8
179 1/8
165 6/8
148
169 1/8
169 5/8
170 4/8
165 5/8
140 4/8
167 3/8
164 6/8
172 1/8
153 1/8
178 1/8
164
185 5/8
115 6/8

Hunt Arizona 2015 141

Measurement Data
Bighorn Sheep Horn Measurements
Arizona Score
Largest Head
Smallest Head
1953
1021/8
562/8
1954
97
655/8
1955
936/8
66
1956
934/8
652/8
1957
82
602/8
1958
1026/8
74
1959
1002/8
634/8
1960
1002/8
684/8
1961
1105/8
632/8
1962
1012/8
636/8
1963
1054/8
60
1964
1022/8
724/8
1965
1131/8
714/8
1966
1086/8
74
1967
1045/8
762/8
1968
1035/8
682/8
1969
1062/8
71
1970
1046/8
762/8
1971
1036/8
702/8
1972
1062/8
721/8
1973
1035/8
727/8
1974
1112/8
683/8
1975
1066/8
744/8
1976
1044/8
747/8
1977
1041/8
75
1978
108
743/8
1979
1084/8
713/8
1980
105
821/8
1981
1103/8
826/8
1982
1144/8
814/8
1983
1123/8
715/8
1984
1115/8
793/8
1985
1076/8
744/8
1986
1102/8
807/8
1987
110
77
1988
1172/8
512/8
1989
1034/8
786/8
1990
1132/8
584/8
1991
1072/8
671/8
1992
1086/8
65
1993
1123/8
692/8
1994
1102/8
773/8
1995
1103/8
772/8
1996
114-4/8
66-6/8
1997
108-3/8
69-2/8
1998
112
61-1/8
1999
109
63-6/8
2000
110-4/8
65-6/8
2001
107-6/8
73-6/8
2002
107-7/8
53-3/8
2003
108-6/8
66-7/8
2004
106-5/8
73-2/8
2005
104-3/8
69-2/8
2006
109-4/8
63
2007
113-5/8
74-3/8
2008
109-4/8
58-5/8
2009
116-2/8
64-1/8
2010
114-3/8
75-7/8
2011
106-2/8
58-5/8
2012
111-5/8
57-5/8
2013
112-3/8
73-7/8
2014
108-7/8
74-1/8
Arizona score = sums of the 2 bases and the 2 curls.
Year

142 Hunt Arizona 2015

Average Head
852/8
835/8
846/8
80
735/8
863/8
84
866/8
841/8
837/8
822/8
883/8
89
912/8
914/8
891/8
892/8
895/8
873/8
89
895/8
91
89
916/8
915/8
923/8
913/8
924/8
943/8
924/8
933/8
94
926/8
944/8
943/8
931/8
926/8
935/8
927/8
924/8
924/8
942/8
925/8
93
92-1/8
91-4/8
91-6/8
92-6/8
91-6/8
90-4/8
89-3/8
91-5/8
90-6/8
92-1/8
93
92-7/8
92-3/8
96
93-4/8
94
95-7/8
97-3/8

Outside Curl
291/8
284/8
282/8
273/8
246/8
293/8
284/8
294/8
285/8
283/8
276/8
301/8
301/8
31
31
30
302/8
304/8
293/8
30
305/8
311/8
304/8
312/8
313/8
314/8
312/8
315/8
322/8
316/8
32
323/8
317/8
324/8
325/8
32
317/8
321/8
316/8
317/8
317/8
325/8
317/8
32-1/8
31-6/8
31-4/8
31-5/8
31-7/8
31-5/8
31-1/8
30-5/8
31-4/8
31
31-5/8
32-1/8
32
31-5/8
33-5/8
33-5/8
32-3/8
33-2/8
33-1/8

Average Basal
Circumference
134/8
132/8
14
125/8
121/8
137/8
134/8
137/8
133/8
134/8
133/8
141/8
143/8
145/8
146/8
144/8
143/8
142/8
142/8
144/8
142/8
143/8
14
145/8
143/8
145/8
144/8
144/8
15
144/8
145/8
145/8
144/8
146/8
145/8
144/8
143/8
145/8
145/8
143/8
143/8
144/8
143/8
14-4/8
14-4/8
14-4/8
14-4/8
14-4/8
14-3/8
14-2/8
14-2/8
14-3/8
14-2/8
14-4/8
14-3/8
14-4/8
14-5/8
14-6/8
32-4/8
14-5/8
14-6/8
14-7/8

Average B&C
Green Score

1474/8
1503/8
1522/8
1487/8
1546/8
1536/8
1557/8
1531/8
1533/8
1602/8
1545/8
1567/8
1591/8
1562/8
1602/8
1594/8
1572/8
1574/8
1577/8
1575/8
1553/8
1563/8
1596/8
1563/8
156-6/8
156-5/8
155-7/8
156-7/8
157-1/8
155
153-3/8
151-6/8
155-7/8
152-3/8
156-1/8
156-5/8
155-6/8
156-7/8
162-4/8
158
159-4/8
163-2/8
164

Hunt Application Data


2014 Bighorn Sheep Hunt Applications
Hunt No.
6001
6002
6003
6004
6005
6006
6007
6008
6009
6010
6011
6012
6013
6014
6015
6016
6017
6018
6019
6020
6021
6022
6023
6024
6025
6026
6027
6028
6029
6030
6031
6032
6033
6034
6035
6036
6051
6052
6053
6054
6055
6056
6997
6998
6999
Total

Unit
9/10
12A/12B West
12B East
13A
13B North
13B South
15A/15B East
15B West
15C North
15C South
15D
16A
16B
22
24B North
24B South
28
31/32
37A
39
40B West Gila Mtn
40B West Mohawk/Copper
40B West Tinajas Atlas Mtns
41E
41W
43A
43B
44A East
44A West
44B North
44B South
45A
45B
45C
46A
46B
1/27 North B
6A
27 Bear Canyon
27S/28N (early)
27S/28N (late)
27N Foote Creek
Auction (Rocky Mtn)
Auction (Desert Mexicana)
Raffle (Desert nelsoni)

Permits
Authorized
1
2
4
2
4
2
1
4
4
1
9
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
5
1
1
3
1
1
1
3
1
5
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
97

First Choice
Applicants
32
29
202
80
255
24
14
139
268
16
807
127
62
967
85
487
95
463
263
133
51
98
48
144
163
28
292
36
49
652
67
53
14
177
30
170
175
212
62
482
223
432
0
0
0
8206

Second Choice

% Drawn

Applicants

% Drawn

3.1
.0
1.5
2.5
1.2
8.3
7.1
1.4
1.1
.0
.7
.8
3.2
.3
1.2
.2
1.1
.2
.8
1.5
3.9
2.0
4.2
.0
.6
3.6
1.7
2.8
2.0
.5
1.5
1.9
.0
1.1
.0
1.8
.6
.5
.0
.6
.0
.7
.9

13
138
204
77
178
78
21
236
462
60
486
162
78
317
156
413
91
312
232
98
112
110
92
151
167
34
289
35
38
472
80
39
65
139
24
192
112
99
99
381
713
278
0
0
0
7533

.0
1.4
.5
.0
.6
.0
.0
.8
.2
1.7
.6
.6
.0
.0
.0
.2
.0
.6
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
1.3
.6
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
1.5
.7
4.2
1.0
.0
.0
1.0
.0
.4
.0
.4

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Buffalo (Bison bison)

Natural History

george andrejko

Although these animals are not native to Arizona,


American bison, more commonly known as buffalo, are
found at two wildlife areas managed by the Arizona
Game and Fish Department: Raymond Ranch Wildlife Area located east of Flagstaff, and House Rock
Wildlife Area in House Rock Valley east of the North
Kaibab National Forest. Approximately 250-350 buffalo inhabit the two areas, which are managed to provide
both viewing and sport-hunting opportunities.
Buffalo are the largest living member of the cow
family. Live adult weights range from 1,400 to 2,500

pounds for bulls and from 750 to 1,600 pounds for


cows. Bulls have massive front quarters with a large
hump above the shoulders covered with woolly hair up
to 1.5 inches long that also covers the head and forelegs. This hair turns tan with age and is two to five
times thicker than the hair on the hindquarters. The
bulls head has a broad triangular appearance and
possesses a beard or bell. Both bulls and cows possess horns, but the males are much larger, attaining
a length of up to 20 inches. Calves are reddish-tan at
birth and change to brown or black in three months.
The senses of smell and hearing are acute, while the
buffalos eyesight is poor. Adult buffalo can run sprints

144 Hunt Arizona 2015

of 35 mph for up to one-quarter mile and are capable of


jumping over 6-foot-high fences. Buffalo are gregarious and often form large herds. Although the group
composition of these herds changes constantly, the
dominant animal is almost always a matriarchal cow.
Adult buffalo eat approximately 35 pounds of forage
per day, in general concentrating on the most abundant
palatable forage, be it grasses, forbs, or browse. Buffalo
may live as long as 28 years.
Breeding typically takes place from mid-July to early
September. The bulls are polygamous, but do not maintain harems in the usual sense. Most of the breeding is
done by mature bulls of five to eight years old. A bull
can lose up to 300 pounds during the rut. Gestation
ranges from 270 to 285 days, and typically a single calf
is born in the spring from late April through May.
Numerous state and federal agencies, as well as
private ranchers, have been trying to develop representative herds of free-ranging buffalo. Their goal is to
maintain buffalo populations that provide recreational hunting, scientific research, and aesthetic uses with
minimal management efforts. In these areas, hunting
and live-animal sales are necessary to remove excess
animals and keep the habitat within carrying capacity.

Hunt History

Public buffalo hunts have been held at House Rock


Ranch since the 1920s. These buffalo, which were originally brought to Arizona by Charles Jesse Buffalo
Jones, were sold to the state by Uncle Jimmie Owens
after their cattalo experiment proved unsuccessful.
When the number of buffalo was judged excessive for
their Forest Service grazing lands in the mid-1940s, the

Arizona Game and


Fish Department
moved some of
them to the agencys newly acquired
Raymond Ranch.
Other buffalo were
moved to Fort
Huachuca, which
the Department
acquired after
World War II. The
tenure of these latter animals was
Buffalo distribution
short, however, as
they had to be disposed of when the Fort was reactivated in the 1950s. Some were sold and sent to the state of
Chihuahua, Mexico, and the remainder were removed
through a public hunt.
The herds at House Rock and Raymond Ranch
wildlife areas remained, however, and the Department
set out to manage these herds on a sustained basis. A
economic profit proved elusive, however, as it was impossible to sustain sufficient breeding stock without
damaging the range. Moreover, the shooting of buffalo
being driven out of a corral, while making economic sense, became increasingly difficult to justify from a
sociological perspective. As a result, both herds were
drastically reduced in the early 1970s by hunters who
had to take their animals in the field. The management
of the buffalo herds is now more in line with the
carrying capacity of their respective ranges, with
between 20 and 40 buffalo being harvested each year.

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Buffalo Survey Data


Historic Summary of Buffalo Survey Data
Unit
Statewide

Year
19532
19542
19552
1956
19573
19583
19593
19603
1961
19623
19633
19643
19653
19663
19673
19683
19693
19703
19713
1972
19733
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Adults
66
156

37
12
38
20
36
75
41
52
49
51
37
43
31
36
24
37
47
44
81
92
94
72
57
40

Bulls
Yearlings
111
100

86
21
28
69
18
24
29
25
31
32
28
22
22
27
30
21
30
55
54
53
20
26
23
24

Calves

53
29
25
33
25
30
28
28
35
35
25
28
26
30
32
22
30
57
40
18
23
23
17
22

Adults
168
161

103
60
69
77
85
131
104
107
99
115
89
97
86
91
91
80
108
167
129
97
89
63
73
39

Cows
Yearlings

38
27
74
19
25
23
25
23
31
19
22
23
27
30
21
30
52
54
53
20
31
23
10

Calves

29
25
32
25
30
28
28
35
35
25
26
26
30
32
22
30
57
52
18
19
23
16
21

Unclassified
Calves

Total

35
31
29
29
34
39
37
34
37
40
42
43
43
41
39
40
43
41
43
41
37
39
40
38
32
27
24
27
19
18

10
10
12
7
10
10
12
15
13
17
21
17
15
16
17
18
0
3
12
14
14
8
9
11
9

7
4
6

10
12
7
9
10
12
15
13
17
21
17
15
16
17
14
18
13
12
12
14
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
21
24
14
14
14
14
12
13

97
103
91
89
93
107
107
109
113
116
113
111
114
119
116
113
85
71
92
103
92
90
100
104
75
50
51
56
39
43

345
417

279
189
212
305
208
315
253
265
272
299
223
238
214
241
239
203
275
432
410
331
265
238
209
156

Bulls/
Calves/
100 Cows 100 Cows
39

97

34
51
20
97
55
85
26
94
42
59
57
46
39
54
49
52
49
71
44
61
42
56
44
56
36
60
40
66
26
70
46
55
44
56
26
68
63
71
95
37
106
47
114
73
78
45
103
110

From 1980 to present, data split by Wildlife Area


5B
Raymond
Wildlife Area

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

18
24
20
26
16
15
12
16
16
15
10
10
14
14
12
10
11
4
3
7
5
13
18
20
10
6
5
4
4
3

11
13
13
10
8
14
16
15
16
14
9
14
12
14
17
15
0
0
8
13
14
10
12
11
10
3
8
4
0
3

13
13
10
8
15
17
15
16
14
9
14
12
14
17
17
12
18
11
14
14
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1 Based on adult animals only, yearlings excluded.


2 Both sexes combined for yearlings and calves.
3 Calf numbers are estimates.
4
Surveys based on bison herds photographed and classified from the ground.

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51
77
69
90
47
38
32
47
43
38
24
23
33
34
31
25
26
10
7
17
14
33
45
53
31
22
21
24
21
17

66
81
59
59
74
74
81
85
84
75
74
63
70
83
79
75
72
56
60
68
59
51
53
63
44
52
58
41
63
72

Buffalo Survey Data


Historic Summary of Buffalo Survey Data
Unit
5B
Raymond
Wildlife Area

12
House Rock
Wildlife Area

Year
2010
20114
20124
20134
2014 4

Adults
7
38
37
18
6

Bulls
Yearlings
6
14
9
7
7

Calves
0
0
0
0
0

Adults
25
45
78
35
30

1980
14
11
10
45
1981
18
10
10
34
1982
17
10
13
40
1983
19
13
11
49
1984
25
13
9
42
1985
18
9
0
46
1986
22
13
0
34
1987
41
10
0
40
1988
53
15
0
44
1989
40
12
0
53
1990
23
14
0
56
1991
14
11
0
53
1992
21
12
0
50
1993
23
13
0
44
1994
33
10
15
41
1995
34
15
14
40
1996
31
14
14
47
1997
31
12
0
47
1998
25
9
0
33
1999
29
9
9
38
2000
32
9
14
42
2001 No Survey Conducted
2002
50
15
0
65
2003
45
15
0
80
2004
43
9
0
51
2005
41
21
0
70
2006 No Survey Conducted
2007 No Survey Conducted
2008 No Survey Conducted
2009
24
7
0
36
2010
29
10
0
43
20114
38
14
0
45
20124
37
9
0
78
20134
18
7
0
35
2014 4
28
15
0
51
1 Based on adult animals only, yearlings excluded.
2 Both sexes combined for yearlings and calves.
3 Calf numbers are estimates.
4
Surveys based on bison herds photographed and classified from the ground.

Cows
Yearlings
9
13
11
6
5

Calves
0
0
0
0
0

Unclassified
Calves
8
22
29
22
11

Total

11
15
10
9
10
9
13
10
14
23
18
10
11
9
8
17
12
12
10
9
9

15
10
9
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
14
14
0
0
9
14

0
0
0
0
0
26
16
27
31
30
23
30
26
21
0
0
0
21
19
0
0

106
97
99
114
99
108
98
128
157
158
134
118
120
110
124
134
132
123
96
103
120

31
53
43
39
60
39
65
103
120
75
41
26
42
52
80
85
66
66
76
76
76

56
59
55
49
21
57
47
68
70
57
41
57
52
48
78
70
60
45
58
47
67

15
15
7
11

0
0
0
0

30
40
22
43

175
195
132
185

77
56
84
57

45
50
43
61

7
10
13
11
6
15

0
0
0
0
0
0

14
14
22
29
22
23

88
106
132
164
88
132

67
67
84
47
51
55

39
33
49
37
63
45

55
132
164
88
59

Bulls/
Calves/
100 Cows 100 Cows
28
32
84
49
47
37
51
63
20
37

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147

Buffalo Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Buffalo Hunts1
Year

1st Choice
Applicants2

1950
1951
1953
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

545
329
198
202
209
238
225
217
366
449
417
414
551
680
742
1075
1175
1193
1431
1380
1325
1360
3316
5154
7788
3043
2640
1232
868
545
640
978
1320
2048
2539

Permits
Issued

57
46
38
43
40
59
47
41
61
85
91
50
65
65
64
95
71
61
64
49
54
72
50
53
97
26
21
28
29
20
23
26
27
25
87

Hunters

57
46
38
43
40
54
43
39
58
82
89
50
64
65
60
90
71
61
64
45
52
70
48
52
84
24
21
28
27
20
23
26
27
25
84

Hunter
Days

51
97
76
119
108
69
154
251
369
127
210
233
176
352
273
152
216
131
164
432
198
203
380
37
70
151
93
144
226
176
211
177
598

Harvest
Bulls
Cows
Adults
Yearlings
Adults
Yearlings

28
19
18
20
7
69
0
74
26
8
18
8
65
20
50
20
29
20
32
15
42
20
38
20
39
28
42
21
41
32
49
28
28
28
30
14
34
21
30
20
21
20
14
20
25
25
25
25
12
25
18
25
24
20
16
20
32
30
33
30
15
7
52
22
9
35
52
34
10
40
37
32
7
18
34
16
15
17
12
12
26
18
5
9
14
13
12
0
23
6
21
5
17
10
19
0
28
0
9
0
17
7
14
2
24
5
9
2
5
15
22
6
18
5
12
4
2
17
3
13
11
19
15
5
25
20
8
15
13
11
14
17
5
13
17
12
9
9
15
16
10
12
8
16
8
16
7
16
10
20
8
23
14
10
8
13
11
12
20
15
11
9
8
15
3
15
6
12
3
12
7
10
4
8
11
6
20
14
1
3
10
1
27
1
9
20
7
5
4
4
12
2
3
1
9
5
5
10
8
0
11
10
2
4
10
4
4
1
6
6
2
1
11
5
4
3
11
4
3
1
13
2
6
1
27
7
32
4

Calves

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1

Total

Percent
Success

92
92
25
35
30
150
85
150
60
155
96
120
130
150
100
105
75
100
80
80
125
126
130
119
75
56
58
39
55
46
37
40
40
48
39
35
50
68
55
47
49
46
47
61
45
58
41
36
33
29
38
39
41
22
18
23
26
19
15
23
19
23
71

96.5
100.0
97.4
93.0
100.0
88.9
90.7
89.7
86.2
82.9
61.8
94.0
76.6
70.8
78.3
67.8
63.4
95.1
64.1
80.0
63.5
41.4
79.2
75.0
48.8
91.7
85.7
82.1
96.2
95.0
65.2
88.5
70.3
92.0
85.0

1 Data from 1958 through 1979 are proposed harvest. Actual harvest may have varied slightly. Prior to 1980, hunters and hunter days are unknown but
should have approximated harvest, with hunt success at or near 100%.
2 Beginning in 1995, 1st Choice Applicants includes the spring and fall draws.

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Buffalo Hunt Data


Population Management Season Results - Unit 12A
Year

Season1

Permits
Issued

Hunter
Days

Hunters

Harvest
Bulls
Cows
Adults
Yearlings
Adults
Yearlings
3
0
1
0
5
5
0
2
7
0
0
0
4
1
1
3
5
2
1
0
0
0
3
1
7
1
3
0
0
3
7
0
0
0
6
5
1
2
10
1
1
1
7
1

Calves

Percent
Success

Total

2005
Companion
106
106
-0
4
3.8
2005
Standard
20
19
39
0
12
63.2
2006
Companion
28
28
-0
7
25.0
2006
Standard
25
24
52
0
9
37.5
2007
Companion
59
59
20
0
8
13.6
2007
Standard
8
7
10
0
4
57.1
2008
Companion
97
97
32
0
12
12.4
2008
Standard
16
12
16
0
10
83.3
2009
Companion
70
11
52
0
11
15.7
2009
Standard
14
14
16
0
14
100.0
2010
Companion
100
10
44
0
10
10.0
2010
Standard
No hunts offered
2011
Companion
66
12
44
1
3
6
2
0
12
18.2
2011
Standard
No hunts offered
2012
Companion
93
4
22
1
0
2
0
0
4
NA
2012
Standard
6
6
4
0
0
0
0
4
66.7
2013
Companion
106
12
45
9
0
3
0
0
12
NA
2013
Standard
10
10
25
9
0
0
0
0
9
90.0
2014
No Hunts Offered
1 Designates the type of Population Management Season offered. Companion denotes tags issued to hunters with corresponding Kaibab
deer hunts. Standard denotes seasons authorized through the typical Population Management Season process.

5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest


Unit

Year

Season

Dates

5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
12A
12A
12A
12A
12A
12A
12A

2010
2013
2014
2014
2011
2011
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014

Bull
Bull
Bull
Bull
Cow
Cow
Cow
Cow
Cow
Cow
Cow
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
Yrl
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY

1/15- 1/17
10/04-10/06
9/26- 9/28
2/10- 2/12
1/13 1/15
9/06 - 9/08
11/08- 11/10
9/26- 9/28
11/07-11/09
9/24- 9/26
10/08-10/10
2/05- 2/07
2/19- 2/21
10/05 -10/07
11/09- 11/11
2/03 2/05
3/02 - 3/04
2/08 - 2/10
3/08 - 3/10
2/07- 2/09
3/07- 3/09
9/12- 9/25
9/26-10/09
10/10-10/23
10/24-11/06
11/07-11/20
11/21-12/04
8/15- 8/28

Permits
1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits
Hunter
Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days

1
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

107
0
792
400
84
49
0
0
0
188
156
146
102
73
24
114
69
176
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
160
92
69
18
19
8
20
31
34

31
0
67
110
32
75
0
0
0
375
225
75
121
37
75
515
108
68
194
0
0
0
0
0
0
162
196
31
60
25
21
30
22
13

.9
.1
.5
2.4
4.1
.
.
.
.0
.0
1.4
1.0
1.4
4.2
1.8
2.9
1.1
.0
1.3
1.1
7.3
11.1
31.6
.0
.0
12.9
14.7

1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
7
7
7
6
7
5
7

1
2
1
2
1
2
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
6
4
2
2
2
2
2
38
57
26
19
54
19
60

Bull
Harvest

1
2
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
4
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
0

Cow
Total
Harvest Harvest

0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
4
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
6
2
5
5
3
3
2

Hunt
Success

1
2
1
2
2
2
6
2
6
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
4
4
4
6
3
7
6
3
3
2

100
100
100
100
100
100
300
100
300
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
0
50
50
100
100
200
200
200
86
43
100
100
43
60
29

Yrl = Yearling, CY = Cow or Yearling, Any = Any Buffalo, SP = Special raffle/auction permit.

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Harvest
Unit

Year

Season

Dates

Permits
1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits
Hunter
Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days

Bull
Harvest

Cow
Total
Harvest Harvest

12A
2014 CY
8/29- 9/11
7
10
33
.0
7
7
34
1
5
12A
2010 Any
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12A
2010 Any
0
0
0
- 100
10
44
2
8
12A
2010 Any
1/01- 6/13
14
188
22
6.4
14
14
217
5
1
12A
2011 Any
0
0
0
66
12
56
4
8
12A
2011 Any
14
396
2
3.5
14
14
11
11
0
12A
2012 Any
1-01 0
0
0
66
12
56
4
8
12A
2013 Any
1/01 - 6/14
0
0
0
14
14
151
10
2
12A
2014 Any
1/01- 6/14
20
542
122
3.5
20
20
280
20
0
12A
2010 SP
3
0
0
0
2
12
1
0
12A
2011 SP
3
0
0
0
3
23
3
0
5B
2010
9
452
339
1.3
9
9
9
7
2
5B
2011
12
582
992
1.7
12
12
8
5
7
5B
2012
0
0
0
10
10
16
6
4
5B
2013
0
0
0
10
10
12
6
8
12A
2010
17
188
22
6.4 114
26
273
8
9
12A
2011
17
396
2
3.5
80
29
90
18
8
12A
2012
0
0
0
14
14
195
10
1
12A
2013
0
0
0
14
14
151
10
2
TOTAL SUMMARY FOR RAYMOND WILDLIFE AREA
5B
2009
6
317
280
1.6
6
6
8
4
2
5B
2010
9
452
339
1.3
9
9
9
7
2
5B
2011
12
582
992
1.7
12
12
8
5
7
5B
2012
10
1008
825
0.9
10
10
16
6
4
5B
2013
10
1498
1012
0.5
10
10
12
6
8
5B
2014
11
1788
1135
.3
11
11
11
10
5
TOTAL SUMMARY FOR HOUSE ROCK WILDLIFE AREA (includes Population Management Season and Special Tag season data)
12A
2009
17
228
1
6.1
98
39
204
13
25
12A
2010
17
188
22
6.4 114
26
273
8
9
12A
2011
17
396
2
3.5
80
29
90
18
8
12A
2012
14
312
14
4.5
14
14
195
11
1
12A
2013
14
550
48
2.4
14
14
151
10
2
12A
2014
76
751
357
6.9
76
73
587
24
31

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Hunt
Success

6
0
10
6
12
11
12
12
20
1
3
9
12
10
16
17
26
11
12

86
100
43
100
79
100
86
100
50
100
100
100
100
160
65
90
79
86

7
9
12
10
16
15

117
100
100
100
160
136

38
17
26
12
12
56

97
65
90
86
86
77

BlackBear (Ursus americanus)

Black bears in Arizona are found in a variety of habitats, including subalpine and montane conifer forests,
riparian forests, evergreen woodlands, and chaparral.
An interesting footnote to black bear distribution in the
state is the absence of any sizeable population of black
bears north of the Colorado River.

Cubs are born in winter dens during January, usually in pairs, but larger litters are not uncommon. Cubs
weigh only six to 12 ounces at birth and are helpless,
but they grow and develop rapidly, emerging from the
den with their mother in April. The mother stays with
her cubs through the first summer and fall, and dens
with them again the following winter. Female black
bears in Arizona usually reach reproductive age in their
fourth year, and generally breed every other year.
Normal reproductive cycles
in Arizona black bears may
be adversely affected by
drought, and/or poor physiological condition. Adult
males weigh up to 350
pounds and adult females
up to 250 pounds. Black
bears are relatively longlived animals, with some
individuals exceeding 20
years of age.
Black bears are normally shy, secretive animals
displaying high levels of intelligence and exploratory
behavior. Although bears
are generally most active
in the early morning and
late evening; they may alter their activity pattern to
exploit sources of artificial
food, becoming nocturnal
at campgrounds and dumpsites. Nuisance activities
are nearly always associated
with artificial food sources (beehives, campgrounds,
and livestock).
Bears are usually solitary
animals; the exceptions are
family groups (mother and
cubs), breeding pairs, and
congregations at feeding
Bob Miles

Natural History

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Black Bear
sites. Both adults and sub-adults are known to move
long distances (100 miles) to exploit isolated pockets of
food. The mobility of black bears sometimes leads them
to appear in uncharacteristic habitats and to return
from long distances after being moved. Most Arizona
black bears hibernate from November through March,
during which time they reduce their body temperature,
heart rate, and metabolic function, while still remaining somewhat conscious in the den.

Hunt History

Bear hunting has a long history in Arizona. As late as


1928, bears were classified as predatory animals and
could be shot or trapped at any time. In 1929, however, a new game code classified bears of all kinds as big
game, provided a month-long open season, and prescribed a bag limit of one. Bears could not be trapped,
but they could be taken with dogs. Later years were
even more restrictive; cubs were protected in 1934,
and in 1936, the bear season was closed south of the
Gila River.
The status of bears deteriorated drastically during
World War II. In 1942 all of the states refuges were
open to bear hunting and the season was reopened in
Cochise and Graham counties at the request of stockmen. In 1944, month-long fall and spring hunts were
authorized. The following year, bears lost their designation as game animals, and in 1949 a year-long season
was authorized for Apache, Greenlee, Graham, and
eastern Coconino counties, except during the seasons
for other big-game species. After reinstating spring and
fall bear seasons in 1950, the Arizona Game and Fish

152 Hunt Arizona 2015

Commission again opted for year-long seasons from


1951 to 1953.
After 1954, bear regulations became more restrictive, tags were required to take one, and in 1968 the
black bear was again classified as big game. This designation was appropriate as hunter interest in the species
was increasing. Hunt success varied with weather
conditions and population vagaries, but annual bear
harvests ranged from 131 to 313 for the years 1964
through 1980. Relatively few bears were taken under the stock-taking clause, most of them being taken
by sport hunters. Concern about the bears relatively
low reproductive
rate caused the
Department to
monitor the bear
harvest more closely. Accordingly,
mandatory checkout procedures
were initiated in
1980. Other recent
changes in regulations have included
the authorization
of a permit-only spring season
in select units,
Black bear distribution
the elimination of
bear-baiting as a method of take, and unit harvest limits in which the season is closed after a certain number
of female bears are taken.

Black Bear Harvest Data


Historic Summary of Black Bear Harvest1
Year
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

TagsIssued
6638
5974
5798
6344
8264
8978
8454
8042
6009
7162
6839
6746
7055
8707
8985
8833
7820
8494
7178
6183
5258
4917
4816
5117
4272
4714
3711
2843
3217
3329
4376
4586
4462
4093
4461
4163
4413
4293
4535
4525
4521
4850
4840
6110
5925
5371
5266
2099
5347
54634
53714

Hunter2
178
131
134
219
242
268
236
241
187
225
202
224
265
309
264
251
255
287
260
273
246
251
182
302
146
271
149
96
121
117
236
197
254
224
142
181
320
178
230
214
160
158
197
217
179
239
235
291
303
239
220

Harvest
Depredation
Other3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
17
0
2
0
12
0
9
0
10
0
4
0
6
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
8
0
1
0
5
0
6
0
7
0
9
0
7
2
18
3
11
1
4
1
1
0
1
3
2
14
1
0
5
19
2
6
0
13
0
5
2
46
6
6
1
16
5
34
5
11
0
2
1
40
2
19
1
13
1
26
2
17
4
27
4
37
3
4
2
25

Total Harvest
178
131
134
219
242
268
236
274
204
227
214
233
275
313
270
253
257
292
268
274
251
257
189
311
155
292
161
101
122
121
252
198
278
232
155
186
368
184
252
249
176
160
238
238
193
266
254
322
344
246
247

Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter.
Estimated from a mail questionnaire from 1964-1987 and from mandatory check-outs from 1988-present.
3
Includes known kills other than sport or depredation (e.g., highway mortality, capture mortality, and illegal
take).
4
2014 tags issued is preliminary pending a final audit.
1
2

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Black Bear Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Black Bear Harvest Data1
Harvest

Unit
1
1
1
1
2C
3B
3B
3B
3B
3B
3C
3C
3C
3C
3C
4A
4A
4A
4A
4A
4B
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A
5A
5A
5A
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
6A
6A
6A
6A
6A
6B
6B
6B
6B
6B
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
1
2

Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2014

Hunter Harv.
Hunter Depredation Other Using Dogs
38
26
19
20
0
12
7
10
1
5
4
3
6
4
3
9
1
0
5
3
7
1
4
2
1
2
6
11
10
2
4
3
8
3
8
13
18
15
11
17
5
7
5
8
5
2
7
5
8
7
8
9
11
14
12
1
1
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

4
1
4
0
1
2
2
5
2
3
3
1
4
2
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

31
19
11
16
4
6
4
1
5
0
1
2
0
1
7
1
5
2
4
1
3
1
1
1
4
9
9
0
2
2
4
2
7
2
7
5
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
3
4
2
0
3
1
2
6
0
1
0

Sex of Hunter Harv.


Male
29
22
12
11
6
5
8
0
3
1
1
3
2
0
6
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
0
0
5
9
7
1
3
2
5
0
6
10
16
9
4
12
3
4
2
5
3
1
2
2
6
4
5
4
8
12
9
1
0
0

Month of Hunter Harvest

Female Spring2
9
4
7
9
6
2
2
1
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
0
2
2
4
0
2
0
1
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
3
2
3
2
6
7
5
2
3
3
3
2
1
5
3
2
3
3
5
3
2
3
0
1
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

26
11
14
13
5
6
3
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
7
7
7
4
7
5
8
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2
4
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

10
9
3
4
2
0
4
0
3
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
7
3
5
7
7
8
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
5
6
5
7
7
11
14
9
1
1
0

0
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
1
5
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
6
10
10
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

Excluding data from Indian Reservations.


For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the
appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column.

154 Hunt Arizona 2015

Fem.
Med.
Unk. Age
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

4
4
4
9
5
14
4
4
6
10
3
5
3
7
1
5
2.5
12
6
13
5
3
2
6
9
5
6
3
9
2.5
10.5
4
5
6.5
5
2
5
8
11.5
5
3
5
4
3
11
15
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Black Bear Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Black Bear Harvest Data1
Harvest

Unit
11M
11M
11M
11M
16A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
19A
19A
19A
19A
19A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20C
21
21
21
21
21
22N
22N
22N
22N
22N
22S
22S
22S
22S
22S
23N
23N
23N
23N
23N
23S
23S
23S
23S
23S
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
1
2

Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2010
2011
2012
2011
2013
2014
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2011
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010

Hunter Harv.
Hunter Depredation Other Using Dogs
0
1
1
1
0
1
3
1
1
1
2
0
1
3
4
0
5
6
3
4
4
2
2
2
1
0
0
4
8
6
4
4
8
10
15
7
10
8
6
14
4
6
12
20
15
16
24
20
24
24
20
20
14
17
17
7
10
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0

2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
0

1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
9
9
11
2
4
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0

Sex of Hunter Harv.


Male
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
13
5
7
6
3
9
0
4
8
16
6
10
16
13
19
12
14
9
11
14
10
7
4
1

Month of Hunter Harvest

Female Spring2
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
4
3
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
4
2
1
2
6
7
2
2
3
2
3
5
4
2
4
4
9
6
8
7
5
12
6
11
3
3
7
0
5
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
1
5
5
9
3
3
0
5
3
3
7
15
9
24
11
20
8
9
11
1
7
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
4
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
6
0
1
2
0
2
0
0

0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
2
2
5
1
2
3
2
1
2
1
4
6
6
3
3
3
8
6
6
4
2
1
3
0
2
7
10
11
10
11
4
12
0
2
0
3
6
4
2
2
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0

Fem.
Med.
Unk. Age
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2
4
7
5
4
1
11.5
5
5
3
7
7
8
11
4
8
14
13.5
8
8
10
3.5
7
13.5
5.5
4.5
9
8
7
10
3.5
11
3.5
7
4
4
-

Excluding data from Indian Reservations.


For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the
appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column.

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Black Bear Harvest Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Black Bear Harvest Data1
Harvest

Unit
24B
24B
24B
24B
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
35A
35A
35A
35A
35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
36C
35B
36C
1
2

Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012

Hunter Harv.
Hunter Depredation Other Using Dogs
4
2
0
1
29
33
45
21
19
5
4
3
1
7
14
6
18
6
1
3
5
1
1
8
11
7
7
8
11
7
11
7
8
1
1
1
1
6
7
11
7
7
5
6
5
5
4
2
2
1
2
1
2
1

0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
7
7
5
5
5
0
1
0
0
2
4
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1

Sex of Hunter Harv.


Male

Month of Hunter Harvest

Female Spring2

2
1
0
17
13
26
14
11
4
3
3
0
0
5
3
7
2
0
2
2
0
0
2
7
4
3
4
8
6
8
5
6
0
1
1
1
4
3
9
6
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0

2
1
1
12
20
19
7
8
1
1
0
1
7
9
3
11
4
1
1
3
1
1
6
4
3
4
4
3
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
4
2
1
3
1
3
4
4
3
1
1
0
1
1
1
1

0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
4
2
4
2
6
5
6
5
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0

Aug.
4
2
1
4
1
4
5
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
5
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

0
0
0
1
6
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0

0
0
0
18
26
30
9
9
5
4
2
1
7
11
6
16
5
1
1
5
0
1
7
6
7
7
8
10
4
9
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
4
0
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1

0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Excluding data from Indian Reservations.


For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the
appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column.

SPRING BEAR HUNT DATA Spring bear harvest is reflected in the above table.

156 Hunt Arizona 2015

Fem.
Med.
Unk. Age
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

2.5
4
6
6
6.5
6
10
7
3
6
5
7
14.5
1
6
4
16
4
12
5
3
16
19
4
13
10
15
5.5
3
14
2
12
6
9
13
2
11
11
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Hunt Arizona 2015 157

MountainLion (Felis concolor)

Natural History

George Andrejko

In Arizona, mountain lions are absent only from the extremely arid southwest and those areas heavily impacted
by human development. In general, the distribution of
mountain lions in the state corresponds with the distribution of the animals major prey speciesmule and
white-tailed deer.
Mountain lions may breed at any time of the year,
and consequently litters may be born in any month.
Summer is the peak period of kitten births, however,
with litter sizes of two, three, and four being common. The kittens remain with their mother for 15 to 22
months learning the skills necessary for survival. Juvenile males tend to disperse long distances compared to

the relatively short distances for young females. Mountain lions are essentially solitary animals. Adult females
may be accompanied by kittens, but are normally not
associated with other adult animals except for mating
purposes. Mature males weigh up to 150 pounds and
females 100 pounds.
While deer are the principal mountain lion prey species in Arizona, javelina, elk, and/or livestock can be
major components of the diet. Mountain lions will almost
always attempt to cover the uneaten portion of a kill with
leaves or other debris. An entire deer can be consumed
in two nights. An experienced observer is usually able to
detect the presence of a mountain lion in an area through
the presence of tracks, scrapes, kills, or other sign.
Mountain lions are specialized predators and con-

158 Hunt Arizona 2015

Mountain Lion
sequently do not normally exist in high concentrations.
They maintain spatial separation between each other,
thereby assuring that each individual has the resources
necessary to survive. If these separations are not maintained, mountain lions will kill each other, which is the
normal method of
population regulation in undisturbed
mountain lion populations. The cryptic
system of boundary
marking employed
by resident mountain lions serves to
provide for mutual
avoidance and survival. Mountain
lions in Arizona
feed almost exclusively on large prey,
Mountain lion distribution
usually killing one

deer-sized animal every six to 12 days. Considerable


skill in executing stalks and more importantly
in consummating the kill is required to avoid
debilitating injury.

Hunt History

Lions were classified as a predatory animal by the


territorial legislature and were subject to a statewide
bounty of $50 dollars in 1919. This status continued
until 1970 when the mountain lion was classified as a
big-game animal and a tag was required to take one,
even though ranchers and their agents could still take
a depredating lion. A mandatory checkout procedure
and other reporting requirements were instituted in
1982. Reporting information indicates that lion harvests have gradually increased over time. Recently, the
annual kill has ranged between 250 and 350 animals,
of which about 10-12 percent are taken by predator
control agents.

Hunt Arizona 2015 159

Mountain Lion Harvest Data


Historic Summary of Mountain Lion Harvest1
Year

Tags Issued

1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

3835
4214
4917
4896
5460
6261
7498
7964
7938
7799
7871
8069
7004
6876
7523
7936
8304
8495
3656
3046
3038
3177
3407
4156
4859
5552
5657
6590
6885
7478
8109

Harvest
Hunter2 Depredation3 Other4

172
120
190
172
219
238
248
229
283
204
191
316
221
184
246
191
205
183
130
188
179
201
188
215
234
225
269
289
247
276
326

181
198
200
201
230
189
266
264
243
215
242
231
197
267
286
257
257
226
217
278
0
48
15
22
19
14
4
12
7
2
9
8
7
9
19
25
31
24
65
40
25
28
38
35
31
38
48
52
49
53
58

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
7
0
5
1
1
1
1
5
12
6
1
2
3
1
2
0
0

Total
181
198
200
201
230
189
266
264
243
215
242
231
197
267
286
257
257
226
217
278
172
168
205
194
239
252
252
241
290
206
201
325
229
193
272
216
241
208
196
229
205
234
238
256
266
265
320
342
298
329
384

Hunter Harvest
Using Dogs

127
104
85
125
115
147
117
128
150
131
182
192
161
193
214

Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter.
Estimated from a mail questionnaire from 1971-1987 and from mandatory check-outs from 1988-present.
As reported by Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board through June 30, 1970, and reported stock-killers since 1971.
4
Includes known kills other than sport or depredation (e.g., highway mortality, capture mortality, and illegal take).
1
2
3

160 Hunt Arizona 2015

Male

109
82
77
108
107
113
106
120
126
119
134
150
126
133
176

Sex of Hunter Harvest


Female
Unclassified

89
99
51
74
71
83
81
93
103
106
134
136
120
141
144

7
2
2
6
1
5
1
2
5
0
1
3
1
2
6

Mountain Lion Hunt Data


Historic Summary of Mountain Lion Harvest1
Year

Tags Issued

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

8274
8089
8964
10117
10931
10995
10713
10467
10358
10292
10942
10951
11128

Harvest
Hunter2 Depredation3 Other4
264
218
247
204
221
256
265
246
247
287
235
302
233

50
66
31
41
36
28
42
29
31
38
37
41
33

Total

5
12
1
0
5
5
5
7
7
4
4
1
2

Hunter Harvest
Using Dogs

319
296
279
245
262
289
311
282
285
329
276
344
268

Male

175
164
167
120
136
170
168
166
165
199
155
219
164

Sex of Hunter Harvest


Female
Unclassified

144
107
123
103
108
146
142
149
147
159
128
162
112

116
111
122
101
113
109
121
97
99
125
107
136
119

4
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1

Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter.
Estimated from a mail questionnaire from 1971-1987 and from mandatory check-outs from 1988-present.
As reported by Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board through June 30, 1970, and reported stock-killers since 1971.
4
Includes known kills other than sport or depredation (e.g., highway mortality, capture mortality, and illegal take).
1
2
3

5-Year: 2010-2014 Mountain Lion Hunt Data


Harvest
Unit

Year
Hunter Depredation

1
1
1
1
1
2A
2A
2B
2N
3B
3B
3B
3C
3C
3C
3C
3C
4A
4A
4A
4B
4B
4B
4B
5A
5A
5A
5A
5A
5B
5B
5B
5B
5B
6A
6A
6A
6A

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2014
2013
2011
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

3
9
5
2
5
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
3
3
6
2
1
3
6
1
1
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
7
2
4
4
3
4
14

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunter
Harvest
Using
Dogs
3
4
3
1
5
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
5
0
0
3
6
1
0
2
3
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
5
2
2
3
1
3
8

Sex of Hunter
Harvest
Male
3
7
5
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
3
5
2
2
3
1
2
6

Female

Adult
Females
>=3

0
2
0
1
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
4
2
0
1
4
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
2
2
7

0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3

Month of Hunter Harvest


Jan. to
March
0
4
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
2
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
5
0
2
3
1
0
10

Apr. to
June
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

July to
Sept.
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0

Oct to
Dec.
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
5
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
4

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5-Year: 2010-2014 Mountain Lion Hunt Data
Harvest
Unit

Year
Hunter Depredation

6A
6AS
6AS
6AS
6B
6B
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
11M
11M
12A
12A
12A
12A
12A
12B
13A
13A
13A
13A
13A
13B
13B
13BS
15A
15A
15A
15B
15B
15BE
15BW
15BW
15D
15D
16A
16A
16A
16A
16A
16AS
16AS
16AS
16AS

2014
2010
2011
2012
2011
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2014
2013
2010
2013
2014
2011
2014
2013
2010
2013
2010
2012
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

8
7
8
5
2
1
7
8
3
2
1
2
6
4
7
5
2
9
8
9
1
7
8
11
8
8
0
1
9
21
4
12
16
2
3
1
1
8
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
5
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2

162 Hunt Arizona 2015

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunter
Harvest
Using
Dogs
6
4
8
4
2
0
6
7
2
2
1
2
5
2
4
4
2
9
6
6
1
3
5
7
6
4
1
4
19
4
11
15
2
3
1
1
8
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
5
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
2

Sex of Hunter
Harvest
Male
4
4
3
2
1
1
5
3
2
2
1
1
5
2
5
2
1
6
5
4
1
3
5
7
4
3
1
3
9
2
7
6
2
1
0
1
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2

Female

Adult
Females
>=3

4
3
5
3
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
1
3
3
5
0
4
3
4
4
5
0
6
12
2
5
10
0
2
1
0
5
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
0

1
0
2
2
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
3
1
2
0
1
0
4
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0

Month of Hunter Harvest


Jan. to
March
3
3
4
5
1
0
5
4
2
1
1
0
2
1
3
3
0
5
4
6
0
3
5
6
6
4
0
0
5
0
6
5
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
4
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1

Apr. to
June
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1

July to
Sept.
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

Oct to
Dec.
2
3
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
2
4
3
4
0
2
3
4
3
1
3
3
2
1
2
1
7
13
4
5
9
2
3
0
1
4
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0

Mountain Lion Hunt Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Mountain Lion Hunt Data
Harvest
Unit

Year
Hunter Depredation

17A
17A
17A
17A
17A
17B
17B
17B
17B
17B
18A
18A
18A
18A
18A
18B
18B
18B
18B
18BS
18BS
18BS
18BS
19A
19A
19A
19A
19B
19B
19B
19B
19B
20A
20A
20A
20A
20A
20B
20B
20B
20B
20B
20C
20C
20C
20C
20C
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22S
22S
22S
22S

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2014
2010
2011
2012
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

3
6
3
4
3
13
3
5
10
5
1
4
2
2
4
2
1
3
3
2
3
1
2
5
5
1
5
5
1
1
3
1
8
13
4
4
5
3
3
3
5
1
7
1
5
5
2
3
3
10
4
6
6
6
7
6
3
3
4
3
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

Hunter
Harvest
Using
Dogs
2
6
1
3
1
12
1
5
9
5
1
2
0
2
2
2
0
1
3
0
0
1
2
5
4
0
4
2
0
0
2
1
5
11
3
3
5
2
2
2
4
1
5
0
3
3
2
3
1
6
3
1
6
5
5
2
2
2
4
1
2

Sex of Hunter
Harvest
Male
1
4
1
3
1
6
2
2
7
3
1
4
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
1
3
4
1
0
2
1
5
6
1
1
3
1
1
2
3
0
5
0
1
3
2
2
0
4
3
2
5
3
5
1
2
2
3
1
1

Female

Adult
Females
>=3

2
2
2
1
2
7
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
3
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
3
7
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
4
2
0
1
3
6
1
4
1
3
2
5
1
1
1
2
2

0
2
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1

Month of Hunter Harvest


Jan. to
March
2
4
2
2
1
5
2
4
4
2
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
0
2
1
5
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
3
2
0
2
0
6
2
1
3
5
2
3
3
1
3
1
2

Apr. to
June
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0

July to
Sept.
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0

Oct to
Dec.
1
1
1
0
1
6
1
1
6
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
7
0
0
1
1
2
2
4
0
2
1
1
3
1
1
3
3
2
4
3
1
3
3
0
1
1
1
1

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Harvest
Unit

Year
Hunter Depredation

23
23
23
23
23
24A
24A
24A
24A
24A
24B
24B
24B
26M
27
27
27
27
27
27L
27L
27P
27U
28
28
28
28
28
28L
29
29
29
29
29
30A
30A
30A
30A
30A
30B
30B
30B
30B
31
31
31
31
31
31AG
31AG
32
32
32
32
32
32AG
32AG
33
33
33
33

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
2013
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013

13
23
18
16
7
5
7
5
9
8
2
9
2
1
6
11
13
7
13
5
2
1
5
5
2
3
1
3
2
5
1
2
2
4
3
2
4
6
4
2
3
1
6
3
6
5
3
3
4
1
12
15
10
9
9
14
8
20
18
22
20

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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
8
16
9
13
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
5
13
14
8
0
0
11
8
9
11
9
0
0
0
0
0
0

Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunter
Harvest
Using
Dogs
12
23
14
14
4
3
3
2
9
4
1
8
1
0
5
8
9
5
10
2
2
0
4
3
1
3
0
3
0
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
5
4
0
0
0
2
1
4
4
1
2
2
1
5
8
6
8
7
14
6
15
6
15
12

Sex of Hunter
Harvest
Male
10
17
12
9
4
5
4
2
7
5
1
5
2
0
4
7
6
6
5
3
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
4
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
3
1
2
3
0
2
2
1
8
10
5
5
7
8
5
14
8
13
10

Female

Adult
Females
>=3

3
5
6
7
3
0
3
3
2
3
1
4
0
1
1
4
7
1
8
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
3
1
0
1
4
2
1
1
1
3
2
4
2
3
1
2
0
4
5
5
4
2
6
3
6
10
9
10

2
3
5
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
4
2
4
8
2
6

Month of Hunter Harvest


Jan. to
March
5
12
7
7
2
3
1
1
6
2
1
5
0
0
2
6
3
5
6
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
2
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
3
1
1
5
0
2
3
1
2
5
3
5
1
9
5
10
5
11
4

Apr. to
June
1
2
4
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4
3
4
1
2
3

July to
Sept.
2
1
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
2

Oct to
Dec.
5
8
3
4
3
1
6
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
4
3
6
0
6
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
2
1
1
3
0
1
0
3
1
1
2
5
0
3
0
0
0
9
7
4
3
7
1
0
4
10
8
11

Mountain Lion Hunt Data


5-Year: 2010-2014 Mountain Lion Hunt Data
Harvest
Unit

Year
Hunter Depredation

33
34A
34A
34A
34A
34A
34B
34B
34B
34B
34B
35A
35A
35A
35A
35A
35B
35B
35B
35B
35B
36A
36A
36A
36A
36A
36B
36B
36B
36B
36C
36C
36C
36C
36C
37A
37A
37A
37A
37B
37B
37B
37B
37B
37BN
37BN
37BN
38M
39
39
39
41
42
42
44A
44A
44A
44AE
44AE
44AE

2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2010
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2011
2012
2013
2010
2011
2012
2014
2014
2012
2014
2012
2013
2014
2010
2011
2012

13
8
11
5
13
7
6
6
3
2
4
10
4
7
7
3
4
5
2
6
2
4
6
3
8
9
4
3
6
7
3
9
5
7
1
1
1
1
1
5
2
3
6
5
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
3
2
1

1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Other
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Hunter
Harvest
Using
Dogs
7
5
4
4
9
7
5
5
3
2
4
4
3
4
6
3
2
4
2
6
2
2
5
1
7
7
0
0
0
4
2
3
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
6
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
1

Sex of Hunter
Harvest
Male
8
3
6
3
7
4
4
3
2
2
2
5
2
2
5
1
2
3
2
3
0
4
3
0
4
5
0
1
3
2
2
2
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
0

Female

Adult
Females
>=3

5
5
5
2
5
3
2
3
1
0
2
5
2
5
2
2
2
2
0
3
2
0
3
3
4
3
4
2
3
4
1
7
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
4
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1

1
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
0
0
3
0
4
1
2
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
4
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1

Month of Hunter Harvest


Jan. to
March
6
3
2
0
8
4
1
2
0
1
3
5
2
4
3
1
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
1

Apr. to
June
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0

July to
Sept.
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0

Oct to
Dec.
4
3
7
3
2
1
5
3
1
0
1
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
3
3
2
6
4
1
5
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0

Hunt Arizona 2015 165

SmallGame

Quail

Arizonans have the privilege of hunting three species of


quailfour, if the few California quail found along the
Little Colorado River drainage in Apache County are
included. These are the Gambels quail, scaled quail,
and Mearns or Montezuma quail. Another quail, formerly found in Arizona, the masked bobwhite, is listed
federally as an endangered species.
Of the above species, the Gambels or desert quail
is by far the best known. Found in most of the states
counties, these birds are often hunted in open desert
country where they are more apt to run or flush than
hold for a dog. The Gambels jaunty, plumed topknot,
carried by both sexes, makes for ready identification, along with the males bright russet cap, black face
and bib, and cream-colored belly marked with a black
horseshoe. As with all species of quail, the young of the
year can be distinguished through their first winter by
their spotted secondary wing coverts. Adult males average only about 6 ounces; the slightly smaller females
between 5.7 and 5.9 ounces.
The handsomerather than gaudyscaled quail is

the second most commonly encountered quail in Arizona. A bird of the open country of eastern Arizona,
this quail too is more likely to run than hold. Both sexes of this species display white, conical crests, hence the
common name of cottontop. The scaled appellation is
appropriate, however, as the birds possess a distinctive
scalloping on the breast, nape and belly. Otherwise,
their overall color is tan above with a mixture of beige,
grays, and whites below. A generally bigger bird than
the Gambels quail, adult male scalies average about
7.3 ounces, females 6.7 ounces.
Mearns quail are the largest and most striking,
yet also the most secretive of Arizonas quails. Male
Mearns quail have white and black harlequin-marked
heads, capped by a russet shock of feathers that form
an ill-fitting crest. These cock quail also possess handsome brown and black checkered backs interlaced with
white darts, and white-spotted black flanks similar
to a guinea fowls. Their breasts and underparts are a
rich mahogany that turns to black at the rump, which
terminates in a stubby, almost non-existent tail. The
hens are cinnamon colored with brown, black and buff
markings. In winter, the males average about 6.9 ounces, the females about
6.2 ounces. Long,
scythe-shaped claws
that are used for digging show that these
birds are grounddwellers, and they
hold so well to a dog
that this species has
come to be known
as Arizonas greatest
game bird.

Bob Miles

Natural History

Gambels quail
166 Hunt Arizona 2015

The sexes of all Arizona quails show


some differences in
plumage, and all
of the species form
seasonal pair bonds

Bob Miles

Scaled quail
that last through incubation and brood-raising. Clutch
and brood sizes are often large, ranging up to a dozen
or more chicks, and both the cock and the hen care for
the young. Individual birds have short life spans, however, and population sizes tend to fluctuate widely from
year to year. All Arizona species form fall and winter
coveys that are likely to remain in the same general area
where they were raised.
Each species has its own habitat preferences. The
Gambels quail is found throughout the Sonoran and
Mojave deserts upward in elevation
through semi-desert grassland and
chaparral to the
edges of pinyonjuniper woodland
and pine forestwherever
mesquites and
other brushy cover
occur. The scaled
quail is a bird of
semidesert grasslands and the
Gambels quail distribution

Chihuahuan desert, preferring open plains and foothills;


the Mearns quail prefers oak woodlands and oak savannas in the southeastern portions of the state where grass
cover is abundant enough to conceal its presence.
Although all three major species of Arizona quail have
formed pair bonds by March, they each have different
breeding seasons. Gambels quail breed only in spring and
early summer, and breeding intensity and success are directly related to the amount of rainfall received during the
previous October through March. The breeding season of
scaled quail is more complex. They breed in spring after
wet winters, but also during the summer months after the
monsoons have started. Mearns quail nest only after the
summer monsoon season, and often postpone breeding
until after the summer solstice when the days are getting shorter. The factors determining the population levels
of the various species also differ. The numbers of Gambels quail are related more to the success of the hatch
than to carry-over from the previous year. Scaled quail
numbers are determined by both the success of the hatch
and the number of birds surviving from the year before.
Mearns quail generally have good hatching success, and
their highly fluctuating numbers are determined largely by how many birds survive the winter. All of the birds
experience relatively high winter mortality. The scaled
and Mearns quail are more dependent on grass cover for
over-winter survival than is the Gambels quail, and hence
are more sensitive to livestock grazing pressures than the
Gambels.

Hunt History

By the turn of the century, quail hunting had become


a popular pastime in Arizona, and a generous season
and lack of a bag limit gave the state a reputation for
harboring game-hogs. Then, in 1909, the territorial
legislature limited quail hunting to an open season of
October 16 through January 31, an arrangement that
was retained in the state game code of 1912 along with
a bag limit of 25 quail. In 1929 quail numbers must
have been thought to be in need of improvement, as the
season was shortened to November 1
through December
31, and the following year the newly
appointed Arizona Game and Fish
Commission reduced the bag limit
to 15 quail per day.
There was no season
on Mearns or fool
quail as this species was commonly
known.
Scaled quail distribution
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Small Game
have often entertained proposals to lower the 15-bird bag
limit to a lesser number in an attempt to spread out the
harvest.
Quail hunting in Arizona has always had its ups and
downs. The top year in recent times was in 1979 when
nearly 100,000 hunters reported harvesting more than 2.5
million quail. Since then, quail numbers and hunter interest have fallen off, with hunter numbers ranging from
27,000 to 60,000.

White-winged Dove

This birds hefty size and rounded off tail give the whitewing the appearance of being half dove and half pigeon,
hence the older name of Sonora pigeon. Whitewings differ from the more widespread mourning dove in having an
overall grayer plumage, a white-tipped tail, and the white
wing epaulets that give the bird its name. Unless pressed
by gunners, the whitewings flight also appears slower,
less purposeful, and more pigeonlike than the mourning doves. Adults can be distinguished by an unfeathered
bright blue eye patch, red feet, and eyes that range from
yellow-orange to orange-red. By way of contrast, birds
of the year have dull purplish-brown feet and are marked
mostly in grays, whites, and browns. Adult males are especially handsome birds, their brownish heads crowned in
reddish purple with areas on the neck flecked with gold,
green, and purple iridescence. The average weight of an
adult male is about 5.5 ounces, although birds weighing up
to 8 ounces have been recorded.

Natural History

There are two types of white-winged dove populations


in Arizona, a thinly scattered population found throughout the Sonoran Desert and the surrounding countryside
(including towns and residential neighborhoods), and colonial
populations that nest collectively along river bottoms adjacent
to agricultural areas. Most of the
desert and residential area whitewings nest only once and migrate
out of the state prior to the
opening of the dove season on
September 1. The colonial whitewings, however, usually nest
twice before departing for their
wintering areas in southwestern
Mexico. These are the whitewings that are most often present
after September 1, and which
contribute most to the harvest.
Males of both populations begin courtship as soon as they arrive
Bob Miles

During the years


that followed, quail
seasons and bag limits varied in response
to quail numbers and
the success of the
hatch, which in some
years, such as 194648, was so poor that
no season was authorized. It was believed
that unless the ratio of young to adult
quail observed on
Mearns quail distribution
summer surveys was
less than 2.1:1 a hunt could not be justified, and even
when there was a season, it might be only two days
long with a five-bird bag limit. Then, in the 1950s and
early 1960s, research showed that hunting mortality
was compensatory to natural mortality, and a standardized season from mid-October through the end of
the month, followed by another season from November 1 through the end of January, gradually became the
norm, along with a 15-bird bag limit. Later, the month
of November was also opened to quail hunting and the
closing date delayed until mid-February. This season,
which applies to both Gambels and scaled quail, has
continued to the present day.
In 1960 a two-day season on Mearns quail was authorized for a limited area in the Santa Rita Mountains.
Hunting was shown to have a negligible effect on this
species also, and this season too was gradually expanded.
Today, the season opens in mid-November in deference
to the birds late nesting habits, and continues to midFebruary. This bird and season has become so popular
with bird dog hunters that recent Commission meetings

Mearns quail
168 Hunt Arizona 2015

in Arizona in late April and early May. By late May, nesting is at its peak, both sexes sharing in the incubation of the
eggs and the feeding and brooding of the two young squabs,
most of which hatch toward the end of June. Fed a highly nutritious pigeon-milk by their parents, the squabs are
usually fledged by late June or July. Should grains or other
high-energy foods be available, the colonial-nesting birds
will now attempt another nesting, while the desert birds
begin migrating south. As the second nesting comes to a
close in late July and August, both the juvenile birds and
their parents form
gregarious flocks
in selected roost
sites adjacent to favored feeding fields,
which unlike those
selected by mourning doves, are often
composed of standing crops of barley,
maize, and safflower. The stimuli for
the mass migration
from cultivated valWhite-winged dove distribution leys that takes place
about September 1
are not completely understood. Summer storms, a drop in
nighttime temperatures, food shortages, and harassment by
hunters have all been suggested as reasons for the movement. Nonetheless, there have been years when all of these
events occurred with little or no influence on the onset of
migration. Once migration is underway, the departure is often rapid, the adults usually leaving before the juveniles.

Hunt History

A favorable combination of nesting cover and grain crops


resulted in two great heydays of white-winged dove hunting in Arizona. The first of these was in the years prior
to World War I, and the second was during the years after World War II. So plentiful were these birds that the
bag limit was 25 per day and 50 in possession. Numbers
peaked in the 1960s when, in 1968, an all-time record
harvest of more than 3/4 million was reached. Since then,
declining nesting habitat and the virtual replacement of
grain farming by cotton and alfalfa have greatly reduced
whitewing hunting opportunities. But after reaching a low
of 86,000 birds in 1980, whitewing harvests have again
gradually increased. Today, hunter numbers range between 15,000 and 30,000, bagging 80,000 to 125,000
whitewings a year.

Mourning Dove

This is the most common and widely occurring game bird


in Arizona, and the doves trim, streamlined body, accentuated by its tiny head and sharply tapered tail is familiar
to even the most casual observer of birds. This dove can
also be differentiated from its white-winged cousin by its
overall brown color, a lack of white on all but the outer
tail feathers, the presence of black spots on the upper wing
surfaces, and the distinctive rattling whistle that is emitted
by the birds wing feathers when it takes flight. The more
richly colored adult males can usually be distinguished at all
times of the year from the browner females by their pinkish
rose breasts, flecks of metallic green and other iridescence
on the napes of their necks, and their slate blue crowns.
Adult males weigh about 4.3 ounces, females about 4
ounces, with an occasional male weighing up
to 6 ounces. Juvenile birds can be identified up
to 4 or 5 months of age by the white tipping
on the margins of their wing feathers.

Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Natural History

White-winged dove

Mourning doves occur from the lowest elevations along the Colorado River upward
through forests of ponderosa pines to 8,500
feet. Their staple foods throughout the year
are primarily small seeds and cultivated grains.
Although some doves can be found nesting on
the ground in open prairies, the best nesting
habitats are brushlands and woodlands within
the Sonoran Desert. Here, the woeful call of
breeding males can be heard as early as February, and pairs have been known to attempt as
many as seven nestings in a single season. Productivity may therefore be high even though
the usual clutch size is only two eggs. IncubaHunt Arizona 2015 169

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tion takes only about 15 days, and is accomplished by both
parents, as is the brooding and feeding of the nearly naked squabs. The young doves are fed regurgitated pigeon
milk by both parents, and they grow and develop rapidly.
Fledglings leave the
nest only 12 to 14
days after hatching.
Even in southern
Arizona, nesting
is essentially over
by mid-August,
and some of the
early-hatched juveniles have already
migrated by late
July. By the first
week of September, the migration
of most nesting
Mourning dove distribution
populations is usually underway, the juveniles typically leaving before the
adults.

Natural History

Despite, or perhaps because of, their relative abundance,


little is known about the life histories of Arizona cottontails. Only one study has been conducted on desert

Prior to statehood this species was hunted primarily in


conjunction with white-winged dove, and spring and summer shooting over grain fields was a common occurrence.
In 1929, however, state and federal regulations curtailed
the mourning dove season in Arizona to between September 1 and December 15, and established a 20-bird
bag limit. As with the white-winged dove, the glory days
of mourning dove shooting were in the 1960s and 1970s,
when more than 100,000 hunters reported harvesting
up to 2.5 million mourning doves a year. Although still
ranked as one of Arizonas two most important game birds,
mourning dove hunting has since fallen off due to urban
expansion, changing farm practices, and more restrictive season arrangements. HIP surveys indicate 30,000 to
45,000 hunters bag from 80,000 to 1 million doves each
year.

Cottontail Rabbit

Three species of cottontail occur in Arizona: the mountain cottontail, eastern cottontail, and desert cottontail.
The smallest of these (22-30 ounces) is the relatively
short-eared mountain cottontail, which is largely restricted to elevations above 7,500 feet from the Mogollon Rim
northward. The generally larger eastern cottontail (28-52
ounces) is found in the mountains of southeastern and
central Arizona where it occupies many of the same habitats as the Coues white-tailed deer. The most abundant
and important rabbit by far, however, is the desert cottontail (26.5-44 ounces), which is found in every county
in the state up to elevations exceeding 7,000 feet.
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Mary Ireland

Hunt History

Cottontail rabbit
cottontails, and none on eastern and mountain cottontails. Although we know that cottontail rabbits may vary
from amazing abundance in one year to relative scarcity
the next, we have little insight as to what factors other
than winter rainfall control their numbers. Promiscuous and prolific, cottontails feeding on green growth may
have up to five litters of two to four young a year. But, although the desert cottontail is able to breed throughout
the year, most young rabbits are produced in spring when
the new growth of plants is most available. At other times
of the year, selected foods include twigs, newly emerging
grasses, weeds, and even cacti. Cottontails rarely drink,
and free water does
not appear to be a
requirement for either their survival
or reproduction.

Hunt History

Cottontail rabbit distribution

The cottontail
hunting season has
always been yearlong in Arizona,
and the bag limit
has been 10 rabbits
per day for many

years. Although some hunters consider cottontail hunting with a .22 rifle as their primary sport, cottontails
traditionally have been taken in Arizona in conjunction
with dove and quail hunting. As a consequence of the
wide fluctuations in both cottontail and quail numbers,
the annual take of cottontails is highly erratic, ranging
from a reported high of about 850,000 rabbits in 1979
to less than 56,000 in 1998. Today, there are 10,000 to
15,000 hunters taking 45,000 to 120,000 rabbits per
year.

Tree Squirrels

No fewer than four species and eight subspecies of tree


squirrels can be found in Arizonas forests. Of these, the
Aberts or tassel-eared squirrel is the most widespread
and contributes most to the annual squirrel harvest. This
squirrel, with its easily discernible ear tufts, along with its
close relatives, the black-bellied and white-tailed Kaibab squirrels, are exclusively inhabitants of ponderosa
pine forests and the life cycles of the squirrels and the
tree are remarkably intertwined. Less well known is the
also white-bellied Arizona gray squirrel and its close relative, the rust-colored Chiricahua fox squirrel, both of
which inhabit riparian deciduous forests and oak woodlands south of the Mogollon Rim. Another species is the
chicaree or red squirrel (actually more olive or gray than
red in Arizona), which is restricted to the higher for-

ests of spruce and


fir above 8,500 feet
elevation. Both the
tassel-eared and
gray squirrels average a little under 1.5
pounds in weight,
while the diminutive red squirrel
averages just over
0.5 pounds.
Tree squirrel distribution

Natural History

Tassel-eared squirrels have but one breeding season a year, which is


closely correlated with the production of the staminate
flowers of ponderosa pine in late April, May, or early
June. After a lengthy chase, the female comes into estrus for only one day. She will later give birth to a single
litter of from two to four young in a nest made of pine
boughs. Throughout the summer, the squirrels feed
on the seeds of developing cones as well as on underground fungi or truffles that grow under mature pine
trees. These foods are the most nutritious for the squirrel, and only when they are exhausted does the animal
resort to feeding on the inner bark of pine twigsthe
discarded terminals of which are often seen littering
the forest floor. These clippings of inner bark are only
an emergency food, however, and if deep snow-cover
or other factors force the squirrel to rely entirely on this
food source, the animal will eventually go into shock
and die. Only after years of research was it learned that
the periods of tassel-eared squirrel scarcity and abundance were related to the amount of snow-cover and
the availability of underground fungi. Most squirrel
mortality is during the late winter, and when snow covers the ground for 80 or more days, the mortality rate
exceeds the squirrels rather modest recruitment rate.
Hunting apparently has little effect on the animals
numbers as other research shows the lowest monthly
mortality is during the October and November hunting season.

Bob Miles

Hunt History

Aberts Squirrels

Tree squirrels have an uneven history as game in Arizona. Having gone from being totally ignored at the time of
statehood, to having a limited season in conjunction with
the deer and turkey seasons in the 1920s, the season was
closed in 1935 due to a perceived lack of squirrels. Too
many squirrels in the 1940s resulted in a re-opening of
the season, and squirrel hunt regulations have since been
liberalized gradually until every species and most subspecies are now subjected to limited hunting. Even the once
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Small Game
sacrosanct Kaibab squirrel is now hunted, and the only totally protected squirrel is the federally endangered Graham
Mountain spruce squirrel.
The tassel-eared or Aberts squirrel is the major game
species, however, and the numbers of tree squirrel hunters
and harvest depends largely on the vagaries of tassel-eared
squirrel numbers. Questionnaire data collected since the
early 1960s show that the peak number of hunters was in
1986 when 21,402 squirrel hunters took to the field and
bagged nearly 165,000 squirrels for a hunter success of 2.5
squirrels per day. In the 1990s, the number of hunters
generally ranged between 12,000 and 18,000 a year with
the annual harvest between 50,000 and 100,000 tree squirrels. Today, there are 6,000 to 11,000 hunters taking
25,000 to 55,000 tree squirrels a year.

Band-tailed Pigeon

About the size of a domestic pigeon, adult bandtails average


just a little less than 8 ounces in weight, the females weighing about 0.8 ounces less than the males. Both sexes have
an overall blue-gray appearance, and it is only after close inspection that one notices the males rosier breast and more
iridescence on the nape of the neck; otherwise, the sexes are
similar. In autumn, adults can be differentiated from their
young by the adults chrome-yellow bills and feet, white
crescent at the nape of the neck, and the dark gray band
across the top of the tail that gives the bird its name.

Natural History

Bandtails are birds of the mountains and usually nest in


mixed conifer forests, ponderosa pine forests, or in dense
stands of evergreen oaks and pines between 4,500 and
9,100 feet elevation. As migratory birds, bandtails are usually only present in Arizona from late March thorough
mid-October. Breeding generally takes place sometime
in May and may continue through the summer, with
some birds nesting twice and even three times in some
years. The normal
clutch is one glossy
white egg, or occasionally two, so that
the species reproductive potential is
low. After feeding
on acorns and other
fall mast crops, most
Arizona bandtails
migrate southward
to the Sierra Madre
Occidental in Mexico to spend the
winter months.
Band-tailed pigeon
distribution
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Hunt History

Bandtail hunting has an erratic history in Arizona. After the season was closed in 1951 for a perceived lack
of birds, interest in band-tailed pigeons waned until a
study was initiated in the four-corner states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah in the 1960s.
These studies included an experimental season, which
opened in 1968, and continued through 1972. Hunt
information showed a limited but dedicated interest in
the band-tailed pigeon as a game bird with the maximum number of hunters and birds harvested being
1,067 hunters and 3,545 pigeons in 1970. The numbers
of both pigeons and pigeon hunters has since fallen off
with only 146 bandtails reportedly taken in 1996. Now
it appears that band-tailed pigeon numbers may again
be inching upward.

Blue Grouse

Blue grouse are bluish-gray, chickenlike


birds restricted in
Arizona to elevations above 8,500
feet in mixed conifer
and aspen forests.
As a consequence,
these birds are only
found in the White,
Blue, Escudilla,
Chuska, and Buckskin (North Kaibab)
mountains, and on
the San Francisco
Blue grouse distribution
Peaks where they
were introduced in the mid-1970s. Males are measurably larger than females, 2-year-old cocks weighing
up to 3 pounds as opposed to the adult females average
weight of between 1.75 to 2 pounds. In comparison,
first-year birds or poults typically weigh only 16 to 28
ounces during the early days of the September hunting
season.

Natural History

Blue grouse in Arizona do not migrate downhill during the winter months as they do in the more northern
states. Instead, they spend the winter roosting in
Douglas-fir trees, subsisting on needles until spring
when the males form small leks or strutting grounds,
which they occupy from April through June. Oftentimes these leks are located on a fallen log or in a small
clearing in the forest, where the cock attempts to engage any hen that comes his way with soft hooting

displays and flutter flights. The peak of mating activity usually takes place during the last part of May
or the first week of June, after which the male goes
off to leave the hen to nest and raise the chicks on her
own. Most broods are hatched between mid-June and
mid-July during which time the hen and poults feed
primarily on forbs and insects. Four to six is an average
brood size, the young staying with the hen through the
fall months. Fall usually finds the hens and poults at
the edge of mountain meadows and in old burns feeding on forbs, while the now solitary males tend to favor
aspen thickets and other dense cover.

Hunt History

The first legal season on blue grouse in Arizona did not


take place until 1964 when 33 hunters spent 49 days to
harvest 44 grouse. Since that time, a variety of grouse
season dates have been authorized, but the number of
grouse hunters has remained low due to the birds general scarcity and the steep terrain and high elevations
of their habitat. Hunter numbers have never reached
800 in any given year, and the annual harvest since
1973 has been only 300 to 700 grouse.

Pheasant

Several attempts have been made to establish these natives of Asia as resident game birds in Arizona, the
most recent being in the late 1960s and early 1970s
when the small white-winged race of the ring-necked
pheasant found in Afghanistan was released in farmlands along the Gila, San Pedro, and other river
valleys. A handsome, unmistakable bird, both sexes
of this pheasant have long pointed tails, but it is the
cocks or roosters that are unrivaled in their plumage.
Possessing iridescent green heads offset by ear-tufts
and a crimson-wattled cheek patch, the rooster also
has a purplish chest, a soot-colored belly, distinctively
dotted golden flanks, white wing epaulets, and a handsomely barred
tail. Cocks usually
weigh more than
2.5 pounds, while
the beige- and
sand-colored hens
average between
1.5 and 2 pounds.
Both sexes, but especially the males,
typically give a
cackle on being
flushed that once
heard is always
remembered.
Ring-necked pheasant
distribution

Natural History

Pheasant populations persisting in Arizona are largely


confined to agricultural areas having a relatively high
humidity (e.g., citrus orchards in the Yuma and Mesa
areas) or high enough in elevation to escape the desiccating heat of Sonoran Desert summers (e.g., the
Virgin River and Verde River valleys). In such locations, a rooster will acquire a harem of from one to
three hens, with mating commencing in early April. By
mid-May most of the hens are nesting and of no further interest to him, and he will abandon his territorial
patrols by the end of the month. The peak of hatching is during the last week of May, the most arid time
in Arizona, which is one of the reasons why pheasants
have not become established here. The youngsters are
covered with yellow and brown down, striped in brown
and black, and are remarkably self-sufficient. After
only about two weeks, they are capable of flight and
remain with the hen for only another two months or
so before making their own way in the world. Pheasants roost on the ground or the low branches of trees,
and the typical hiding cover is a patch of rank weeds,
a stand of cattails, or a dense jungle of salt-cedars. Primary foods are cultivated greens and grainsalfalfa,
barley sprouts, and kernels of maize, barley, and corn.

Hunt History

Pheasants have always been a specialty game bird in


Arizona, and are only taken by a small cadre of hunters, who either obtain one of the limited hunt permits
periodically available, hunt with falcons, or hunt with
a bow and arrows. With the cessation of the Departments experimental pheasant program in 1973, hunter
numbers have never exceeded 100 in any given year
and the annual harvest excluding birds taken in game
farms has been less than 50 birds.

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Small Game Harvest Data


Summary of Small Game Harvest Information
Year
Hunters1
MOURNING DOVE

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Junior Harvest

Total Harvest

Harvest/Day2

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the
historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

2004
2005
2006

36,926
33,244
71,497

137,049
131,795
273,665

3.7
4.0
3.8

835,763
825,550
1,803,250

52,051
75,464
61,324

887,814
901,014
1,864,574

6.1
6.3
6.8

Dove were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007.
The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data.

2007
2008

36,506
36,818

153,124
153,971

4.2
4.2

978,577
932,360

38,980
36,719

1,017,557
969,079

6.6
6.3

Mourning dove data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from Arizonas
questionnaire.

20093
37,200
130,600
3.5
784,400
--20103
40,500
145,300
3.6
941,800
--20113
35,400
123,300
3.6
784,600
--20123
32,100
110,800
3.5
601,200
--20133
36,300
134,300
3.7
774,800
--1
Includes early and late hunters.
2
Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest.
3
Confidence intervals on harvest from the Harvest Information Program: 2009 +/-12%; 2012 +/-15%.
Year
Hunters
WHITE-WINGED DOVE

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Junior Harvest

784,400
941,800
784,600
601,200
774,800

6.0
6.5
6.4
5.4
5.8

Total Harvest

Harvest/Day1

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005,
the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

2004
2005
2006

13,656
12,636
30,017

39,865
36,196
86,255

2.9
2.9
2.9

68,647
64,717
216,138

4,103
7,322
20,346

72,750
72,039
236,484

1.7
1.8
2.5

Dove were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007.
The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data.

2007
2008

14,959
14,067

49,893
47,263

3.3
3.4

85,868
83,635

4,994
7,369

90,862
91,004

1.8
1.9

White-winged dove data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from
Arizonas questionnaire.

20092
20,400
68,200
3.3
124,500
20102
17,400
52,400
3.0
84,900
2011
18,100
57,200
3.0
118,900
2012
14,600
47,400
3.0
86,000
2013
18,400
60,500
3.3
100,000
1
Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest.
2
Confidence intervals on harvest from the Harvest Information Program: 2009 +/-19%; +/-24%.

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124,500
84,900
118,900
86,000
100,000

1.8
1.6
2.7
1.8
1.7

Small Game Harvest Data


Summary of Small Game Harvest Information (continued)
Year

Hunters

Hunter Days Days/Hunter

Gambels

Licensed Harvest
Scaled
Mearns

Junior
Harvest

Total
Harvest

Harvest/
Day1

QUAIL
The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data.
In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

Gambels
2006
55,736
220,938
4.0
2007
37,623
239,350
6.4
2008
27,462
125,349
4.6
2009
31,877
179,244
5.6
2010
27,199
140,758
5.2
2011
46,594
285,509
6.1
2012
51,315
231,914
4.5
2013
44,190
210,927
4.8
Scaled
2006
4,012
13,110
3.3
2007
6,302
41,404
6.6
2008
2,443
12,720
5.2
2009
2,747
12,705
4.6
2010
2,654
9,433
3.7
2011
4,881
30,050
8.0
2012
5,052
28,848
5.7
2013
5,289
22,269
4.2
Mearns
2006
6,734
36,393
5.4
2007
6,743
34,850
5.2
2008
3,580
13,605
3.8
2009
4,121
10,874
2.6
2010
3,297
12,546
3.8
2011
5,059
26,004
5.1
2012
5,251
25,392
4.8
2013
6,194
19,833
3.2
1
Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest.

Year
Hunters
COTTONTAIL RABBIT

Hunter Days

670,407
481,410
304,738
411,198
483,909
533,210
393,901
377,387
15,259
47,265
9,940
7,669
10,623
16,419
32,238
18,024
78,374
80,918
32,938
16,024
10,257
22,454
30,044
36,465

Days/Hunter

14,328
7,562
14,658
7,211
8,242
9,940
7,445
12,039

684,735
488,972
316,396
418,409
492,151
543,150
401,346
389,426

3.1
2.0
2.5
2.3
3.5
1.9
1.7
1.8

0
567
1,179
57
2,106
1,331
997
0

15,259
47,832
11,119
7,726
12,729
17,750
33,235
18,024

1.2
1.2
0.9
0.6
1.3
0.5
1.2
0.8

430
1,260
1,853
0
183
888
665
209

78,804
82,178
34,791
16,024
10,440
23,342
30,709
36,674

2.2
2.4
2.6
1.5
0.8
0.9
1.2
1.8

Licensed Harvest Junior Harvest

Total Harvest

Harvest/Day1

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data.
In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1

12,895
7,015
12,341
15,166
10,532
20,413
25,932
22,478

78,804
163,222
89,716
112,743
67,220
176,790
193,893
138,484

6.1
9.6
7.3
7.4
6.4
8.7
7.5
6.2

80,308
109,781
56,736
68,275
43,684
105,169
105,488
92,624

3,224
10,398
6,613
3,834
2,381
4,970
3,722
13,709

83,352
120,179
63,349
72,109
46,065
110,139
109,210
106,333

1.1
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.7

Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest.

Year
Hunters
TREE SQUIRREL

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Junior Harvest

Total Harvest

Harvest/Day1

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005,
the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

2006
5,946
14,543
2.4
2007
9,138
29,430
3.2
2008
8,929
32,938
3.7
2009
10,988
35,597
3.2
2010
6,227
25,734
4.1
2011
7,988
36,920
4.6
2012
11,965
41,211
3.4
2013
10,439
32,568
3.1
1
Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest.

18,985
40,018
43,215
52,251
25,093
38,518
47,194
32,359

3,654
2,458
6,908
3,982
2,381
2,219
1,662
3,688

22,639
42,476
50,123
56,233
27,474
40,737
48,856
36,047

1.6
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.1

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Summary of Small Game Harvest Information (continued)
Year
Hunters
BLUE GROUSE

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Harvest/Day1

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. The data is not comparable to historic data.

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

860
945
1,306
744
366
621
665
835

Year
Hunters
CHUKAR PARTRIDGE

1,934
2,899
3,327
3,720
916
2041
1662
3688

2.2
3.1
2.5
5.0
2.5
3.3
2.5
4.4

287
630
379
858
92
0
199
1044

0.15
0.22
0.11
0.23
0.10
0.00
0.12
0.28

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Harvest/Day1

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. The data is not comparable to historic data.

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

252
819
379
758
286
454
no questionnaire responses
266
355
66
133
278
1879

Year
Hunters
BAND-TAILED PIGEON
2004
612
2005
590
2006
501

3.3
2.0
1.6

189
84
57

0.23
0.11
0.13

1.3
2.0
6.8

1065
0
209

3.00
0.00
0.11

Hunter Days

Days/Hunter

Licensed Harvest

Junior Harvest

1,531
886
1,791

2.5
1.5
3.6

919
1,122
2,006

Total Harvest

Kill/Day1

919
1,122
2,006

0.6
1.3
1.1

0
0
0

Band-tailed pigeons were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007.
The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data.

2007
2008

647
819

1,595
1,563

2.5
1.9

1,757
1,191

324
124

2,081
1,315

1.3
0.8

Band-tailed pigeon data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from Arizonas
questionnaire. Data for 2009 and 2010 is being compiled.

20091
1,300
4,100
3.2
2,300
--2,300
0.6
20101
1,800
5,800
3.2
700
--700
0.1
20111
500
900
1.8
1,000
--1,000
1.1
20121
900
3,100
3.4
1,300
--1,300
4.2
20131
400
800
2.0
900
--900
1.1
1
Confidence intervals on harvest from the Harvest Information Program: 2009 +/-76%; 2010 +/-110%; 2011 +/- 93%; 2012 +/- 76%; 2013 +/- 125%.

Summary of Willow Springs Quail Check Station Data


No. of Hunter Days
No. of Quail Bagged
No. of Gambels
No. of Scaled
Quail Per Day

2009-10
102
212
188
5
1.8
Gambels

2010-11
135
371
364
3
2.7
Scaled

Gambels

2013-14*
229
434
434
0
1.9
Gambels

Scaled

Gambels

17

24

44

130

22

32

11

63

56

--

57

--

20

78

No. of Young Quail


Classified

59

Percent Young in the


Bag

50

Willow Springs and Freeman Ranch Quail Check Station data were combined for 2013-2014 a nd 2014-2015.

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2014-15*
142
103
102
1
0.9

Scaled

59

Scaled

2012-13
105
163
159
9
1.5

Gambels

No. of Adult Quail


Classified

2011-12
81
122
122
0
1.5

Scaled

Small Game Harvest Data


Summary of Freeman Road Quail Check Station Data
No. of Hunter Days
No. of Quail Bagged
No. of Gambels
No. of Scaled
Quail Per Day

2009-10
149
266
266
0
1.8

2010-11
95
380
380
0
4.0

2011-12
100
83
83
0
0.8

2012-13
124
162
162
0
1.3

No. of Adult Quail Classified


No. of Young Quail Classified
Percent Young in the Bag

Gambels
30
40
57

Gambels
28
67
71

Gambels
12
4
25

Gambels
10
20
67

Summary of Punkin Center Quail Check Station Data


No. of Hunter Days
No. of Gambels
Quail Per Day

2008-09
102
285
2.8

No. of Adult Quail Classified


No. of Young Quail Classified
Percent Young in the Bag

2009-10
74
217
2.9

Gambels
30
116
79

2010-11
na
na
na

Gambels
58
136
70

2011-12
-1
--

Gambels
na
na
na

Gambels
----

2013-14
27
31
1.1
Gambels
7
12
0.63

2014-15
13
28
2.2
Gambels
16
12
43

Mearns Quail Wing Barrel Data - Reported Data


Year
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Mean

# of Birds Harvested

142
101
90
1047
1068
509
332
644
244
421
750
703
275
202
115
153
166
236
642
1312
888
361
606
399
591
778
2295
1198
499
35
67
386
616
542

# of Hunter Days

Birds/Day

34
135

1.1

113
44
144
277
367
181
188
305
213
195
319
256
172
133
150
142
128
132
226
414
297
133
218
142
186
217
539
386
223
56
51
141
173
201

0.9
2.0
0.0
3.8
2.9
2.8
1.8
2.1
1.1
2.2
2.4
2.7
1.6
1.5
0.8
1.1
1.3
1.8
2.8
3.2
3.0
2.7
2.8
2.8
3.2
3.6
4.3
3.1
2.2
0.6
1.3
2.7
3.6
2.7

Hours Hunted

% Juvenile

Birds/Hour

192
526

77.2
59.5

0.27

488

84.9
76.7
83.7
80.9
68.4
69.4
71.5
83.4
55.9
79.7
75.6
78.4
72.9
45.6
75.3
75.2
71.1
72.7
75.5
73.8
79.7
74.1
77.6
73.5
69.4
81.9
72.7
76
54.5
63.6
63.5
70.8
68.7
72

546
1173.5
1513.5
764.5
1521.5
810
943
1437.3
1199
814.5
590
606.5
697
494.5
539
1015
1710.25
1199.5
608
937
486
735
766
2044
1460.5
906.75
144
152.5
522.75
753.3
857

0.21

0.89
0.71
0.43
0.42
0.30
0.45
0.52
0.59
0.34
0.34
0.19
0.22
0.34
0.44
0.63
0.77
0.74
0.59
0.65
0.82
0.80
1.02
1.12
0.82
0.55
0.24
0.44
0.74
0.82
0.63

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Predators

Predatory mammals as defined by A.R.S. 17-101 are


coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and skunks. Bobcats are the
only predator also classified as a furbearer with an export tag required to ship a bobcat pelt out of state.
There are no closed seasons or bag limits on any
predator.
A word of caution: because of small sample sizes
and vagaries in the sample frame of the hunt questionnaires, caution should be used in interpreting the
annual hunt harvest of both predators and furbearers.
Most of these data are insufficient for making year-toyear comparisons, and are useful only in determining
long-term harvest trends.

Coyotes

Arizonas premier predator is also an important fur


resource. Found throughout Arizona, the coyote is
probably the states most familiar animal. Even where
coyotes are not often seen, campers can hear their choruses of howls, yelps, and barks on almost any night.
The animals pointed ears, narrow nose, generally
brown coat color, and black-tipped tail, which is usually held downward, help differentiate
coyotes from dogs and wolves. The
head and body length of coyotes is
about 2 to 3 feet with the tail adding another foot or so. Adult males
are larger than females, the two sexes
averaging about 21 and 17 pounds,
respectively. A very large male may
attain a weight of 35 pounds. Contrary to popular belief, coyotes do not
readily interbreed with either dogs or
wolves.

such items are available. In urban areas, garbage, domestic cats, and small dogs are sometimes taken.
Coyotes form strong pair bonds, usually breeding
between mid-January and March 15. After a twomonth gestation period, from one to several young are
born in a den or burrow; the average litter size being
about five pups. The pups are fed regurgitated food by
both parents. They leave the den when about 8 to 10
weeks old.
A coyotes home range may encompass up to 12
square miles during the spring and summer, with individual animals roaming up to 100 miles or more.
Besides the ever-present threat of starvation, coyotes are also susceptible to diseases such as rabies and
mange and human-caused mortality.

Hunting and Trapping History

The hunter harvest of coyotes has been relatively stable


during the past 10 years, about 13,000 hunters taking an average of 40,000-50,000 coyotes a year. Most
of these animals are taken by varmint calling,
while hunting other game, or simply as opportunities

Coyotes are opportunists, feeding


mainly on small mammals, but also
on carrion, bird eggs, and vegetable
matter such as manzanita and juniper
berries. They also prey on pronghorn
fawns, dead fish, and insects when
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Natural History

Coyote

arise. Formerly,
trappers rivaledhunters in the
number of coyotes taken, but
the reported take
of trapped coyotes during the
past 10 years has
averaged only a
little less than
1,000 a yeara
far cry from the
yearly harvests of
Coyote and bobcat distribution
10,000 or more
coyotes reported
in the late 1970s. Although some of this decline may be
due to coyote population vagaries, the principal reason
for this reduced take is undoubtedly a decline in trapping effort.

Bobcats

Found throughout the state in broken and brushy country, the bobcat, sometimes called wildcat, while rarely
seen, is Arizonas most common wild feline. Usually
an overall orange to gray in color with black markings, these medium-sized cats have a length of from 2
to 2 1/2 feet and weigh between 12 and 30 pounds. The

underparts are whitish, and small ear tufts are usually


present. The bobcats most distinguishing characteristic, however, is its short, 5 inch tail, which is always less
than 1/4 of the length of its head and body. This feature,
coupled with the animals black spotting, can be used
to distinguish bobcats from any other feline in Arizona,
wild or domestic.

Natural History

Little is known about Arizonas bobcats. Their principal


prey are cottontail rabbits and jackrabbits, but they also
take both smaller mammals such as pack rats and larger
mammals including the young of some big game species. Snakes and lizards are also part of the bobcats diet.
Bobcats require two years to mature and attain
breeding age. The breeding season in Arizona is poorly
documented, but appears to be mostly in late winter
or early spring. The gestation period is from 50 to 60
days so that the one to three young are usually born
in spring or early summer. As in most cats, the female
raises the kittens alone, nursing them for two months
before teaching them to hunt on their own.

Hunting and Trapping History

Hunters report taking between 2000-3000 bobcats a


year. Most of these animals are taken while pursuing
other game or by predator calling. This harvest appears relatively stable when compared to the
numbers of bobcats trapped and tagged for
export. Ten years ago the numbers of bobcats
reportedly harvested and trapped were about
equal, and 20 years ago the number of bobcats trapped was approximately seven times
that taken by hunters. As recently as 1987,
the number of bobcats trapped was reported
to exceed 6,500, and more than 5,000 export
tags were issued to trappers and fur dealers
wanting to ship bobcat pelts out of state (Table 3). However, recent fluctuations in the fur
market have increased the number of bobcats
trapped from approximately 1500 in 2011 to
2200 in 2013. Between 5001,000 bobcats
are typically trapped each year (since 1994).

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Foxes

Bobcat

There are three species of foxes in Arizona


the red fox, kit fox, and gray fox. Of these,
the 5- to 9-pound gray fox with its rust,
black, and grizzled coloring and black longitudinally striped tail is by far the most
common, occurring wherever there are
mountains, wooded country, and broken terrain. The yellowish and paler red fox is of
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similar size (2-foot head and


body with a 12 to 16 inch
tail) but is uncommon in
Arizona, occurring only in
the northeast portions of the
state and mostly on the Navajo Reservation. It can be
differentiated from other foxes by its white-tipped tail and
black ears. The 15 to 20 inch
long kit fox has large, outsized ears, a 9- to 12-inch
tail, and weighs less than 4
pounds. This diminutive fox
is pale gray or buff in color,
with a black-tipped tail. It is
most often seen at night in
valleys and on sandy plains in
the southwestern deserts. For
all three species, the sexes
are similar in size and pelage.

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Predators

Gray fox

Natural History

Gray foxes are the most often seen fox in that they are
the most numerous species and are often active during
daylight hours. Although they favor brushy habitats,
rock piles, and desert washes, they also climb trees and
can be found in wooded areas. On the other hand, kit
foxes prefer sandy areas, are almost exclusively nocturnal, and spend much of the day underground.

Hunting and Trapping History

More than 95 percent of the foxes taken and trapped


in Arizona are undoubtedly the widely spread gray fox.
Although kit foxes are remarkably easy to trap, their fur
is of little value. Whatever the species, the annual take
of about 7,000 foxes by predator callers and incidental
hunters has been relatively stable in recent years despite
any population
changes due to
rabies and other
debilitating factors. Although
the take by trappers once greatly
exceeded the
total taken by
hunters, the average number
of foxes trapped
during the past
10 years was far
less than the
harvest.
Kit fox distribution
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Skunks

At least four species of skunks are found in Arizona.


All of the species have scent glands on either side of
their anal sphincter which secrete a musk that gives
them their malodorous reputation. This defensive reaction and their striking white on black color patterns
are usually enough to deter all but the most determined
predator. Omnivorous, mostly nocturnal foragers,
skunks are highly susceptible to the rabies virus. Indeed, early Arizonans so associated rabies with skunks
that some species were termed hydrophobia cats.
The most common of the species by far is the catsized striped skunk that occurs throughout Arizona
and constitutes the vast majority of the road-killed
mammals seen on the states highways. The striped
skunk is not only Arizonas most frequently seen skunk,
it is also the largest. Weights range from about 2
pounds for an adult female to an occasional 10 pounds
or more for an obese male. The species always displays
a thin white stripe on its face, even though the striping
pattern may vary between individuals and populations. The usual markings, however, are two lateral
stripes that form a chevron, merging toward the back
of the head. The tail, which usually shows some white,
is always shorter in length than the approximately footlong body. Although stripees live almost everywhere
but in the most extreme deserts, they are most often
found near water. These skunks are active throughout
the year and do not hibernate even in northern Arizona; the males instead form communal dens with several
females.
The closely related hooded skunk is the striped

skunks Mexican counterpart.


It is generally confined to
southeastern Arizona, although
specimens
have reportedly been taken
as far north as
Flagstaff and
the Mogollon
Rim. Somewhat
leaner than the
Gray fox, striped skunk, and
striped skunk,
spotted skunk distribution
hooded skunks
weigh from 1 to
2 pounds and have a 12 to 16 inch long body. As for all
species of skunks found in Arizona, the males are larger than the females. The white stripes on this animal
are often solidly joined to form one large white streak
down the center of the back, or in some individuals, are
so totally separated that the skunk appears nearly solid
black. The hooded skunk also differs from the striped
skunk in that its foot-long tail is longer than its body.
Both animals have the thin white stripe on the face and
have the same general preferences for riparian habitats.
There is no problem distinguishing the western
spotted skunk, also known as the civet. The average
length of this diminutive fellow, including the tail,
is only about 15 inches. Females average less than a
pound; males are about a pound and a half. This skunk
is also faster and more agile than its larger cousins. The
spotted skunks overall color is black with a white triangular patch on the forehead and a white spot under
each ear. Five or six broken white stripes run down the
neck, back, and sides, giving the impression of blotches or spots, and the animal its name. The animals hair
is finer than that of the other species, and the tail is
tipped in white. Although reported from every county in Arizona,
the spotted skunk
appears to favor
rocky, mountainous areas.
The large, 2- to
six-pound hognosed skunk is
also easily identified by its entirely
white back and
tail and lack of any
stripe on the forehead. Moreover,
the elongated and
Hooded skunk distribution
slightly up-turned

snout is largely naked, and the long claws on the feet


are almost bear-like in appearance. This species occurs
primarily in southeastern Arizona although specimens
have been obtained from as far north as Flagstaff and
the Hualapai Mountains.

Natural History

All of the skunks are more or less omnivores, feeding


on grasshoppers and other insects, grubs, worms, mice,
lizards, bulbs, carrion, and garbage. Some individuals even take to raiding hen houses, taking not only the
eggs, but chickens as well. Even the hog-nosed skunk,
which digs for most of its food, will eat fruits and carrion on occasion.
The striped, hooded, and hog-nosed skunks all mate
in late winter and early spring, and produce from two to
four young in April or May. The spotted skunk breeds
in late September
and early October,
but the fertilized
egg remains in a
state of arrested
development until March or April
when implantation occurs with
the two to four
young being born
about a month
later. The young
of all the skunk
species are raised
and on their own
Hog-nosed skunk distribution
by early fall. Few
skunks live more than a year or two.

Trapping History

Formerly a major furbearer, striped skunks in Arizona dropped in average take to fewer than 100 per
year since 1995, but have increased in take since 2005.
Current average take is 215. This is in some ways unfortunate, as uncontrolled populations of these animals
are prone to rabies and constitute a health hazard to
other carnivores, as well as to humans. Although the
amount is undoubtedly small, it would be interesting
to know what percent of the number of skunks trapped
constitutes spotted and hog-nosed skunks.

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Furbearers

Coati
Furbearing mammals are defined as muskrats, raccoons, otters, weasels, bobcats, beavers, badgers, and
ringtails. Of these, only the bobcat is also considered
a predator. All mammals not classified as game mammals, predators, or furbearers are considered nongame
mammals. These include opossums, coatis, blackfooted ferrets, Gunnisons prairie dogs, black-tailed
prairie dogs, wolves, jaguars, ocelots, and porcupines.
Of these, only Gunnisons prairie dogs and coatis may
be taken during an open season, with the bag limit on
coatis being one per calendar year. No season for the
taking of jaguars, ocelots, wolves, or porcupines exists.

Beaver

There is no mistaking a beaverno other Arizona rodent even comes close to weighing between 30 and 60
pounds and exceeding two feet in length. Moreover,
the beaver is uniquely adapted to an aquatic existence
with a flattened, naked, nine to 10 inch long, oar-like
tail, webbed hind feet, dense fur, and eyes positioned
high on the head. Both sexes are similar in size and
possess pungent scent glands called castors on either
side of their anus. Arizona specimens are typical182 Hunt Arizona 2015

ly a light yellowish cinnamon color in contrast to the


browner animals found in other states.
Beavers were at one time found nearly everywhere
in Arizona that there was permanent water. With
settlement, and the desiccation of the states streams,
beaver populations declined. This habitat loss, and in
some cases, heavy trapping pressure, caused beavers to
disappear from such former strongholds as the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers. Introductions and natural
colonizations have since enabled the beaver to recover much of its former distribution, if not numbers, and
these animals can now be found along several permanent streams, some of the larger river stretches, certain
shallow lakes, and even a few dirt-lined canals.

Natural History

The beavers diet is almost exclusively plant material


with the bark of cottonwoods, aspen, and willow trees
being especially important. Other reported foods include tamarisk or salt-cedar, mesquite, and the roots
of such tuberous aquatic plants as cattail and bulrush.
Even in those places where beavers are rarely seen,
their activities are conspicuouschiseled and felled
trees, brush dams along small streams and backwaters, and stick houses or lodges constructed either as
a separate residence or within the beaver dam itself.
Even more common are bank houses, dens excavated
in river or canal
banks. Whatever
its construction,
the den will be
located above the
water line, lined
with cattails and
grasses, and will
provide a nursery area for the
two to four kits
or young beavers
born in the spring.
Beaver distribution

Trapping History

The average annual number of beavers trapped greatly


declined since 1991 and is now virtually insignificant.
Even if the fur market recovers, this species will probably never again be an important furbearer in Arizona
due to the limitations on trapping and the limited areas
of quality beaver habitat remaining.

Muskrat

A large water vole, this rodent is about a foot long with


thick, silky fur and a naked, eight to 11 inch tail flattened on the side. The sexes are similar in size and
weigh from 2 to 4 pounds. Most muskrats in Arizona are rusty reddish brown in color; young animals are
darker than the adults, some being nearly black. Although the muskrat is highly adapted to an aquatic
existence, its hind feet, while comparatively large, are
not webbed like those of a beavers.
Muskrats can
be found along
most of Arizonas perennial
rivers and permanent marshes.
Although they
forsake most
small streams,
they can also
be found along
dirt-lined canals.
Never particularly abundant
other than locally (e.g.,
Muskrat distribution
Montezuma
Well and Pecks Lake off of the Verde River), muskrats
have disappeared from some areas (e.g., the San Pedro
River) and invaded others.

between March and October. The usual litter size is


five or six.

Trapping History

Muskrats were never an important fur animal in Arizona, and the number trapped has been virtually nil since
the late 1980s. Given the low state of the fur market
and the limited distribution of this aquatic mammal,
this status is likely to continue.

Raccoon

This medium sized carnivore is readily identified by its


heavy-set body, grizzled brownish-gray appearance,
black facial mask, and banded tail. The sexes are similar and measure from about 1 feet to 2 1/3 feet in length
with an eight to 12 inch tail that is alternately ringed
in light and dark. Weights range from about 12 to 35
pounds.
A relatively common animal along Arizonas perennial streams, lakes, and reservoirs, raccoons can also be
found near some of the larger stock tanks and in rural
areas where permanent water is available. Although not
often seen in the wild because of its nocturnal habits,
the raccoons distinctive five-toed tracks are commonly observed in mud around stock tanks and along river
courses. These animals are adept climbers as well as
swimmers.
Raccoons are omnivores, eating whatever food is
availableaquatic insect larvae, beetle grubs, fish, frogs,

Primarily a vegetarian, the muskrat feeds on aquatic


grasses, pondweed, cattail roots, and the leaves of seep
willows. Although many muskrats live in bank burrows, these animals also construct distinctive conical
houses of shredded cattails and other marsh vegetation
in quiet waters. These dens, which may serve as feeding areas, shelter areas, or nursery sites are all entered
through submerged passageways. The nursery dens
are the most elaborate, typically consisting of several
chambers some of which are lined with grass and soft
vegetation.
Muskrats in Arizona are reported to breed during
every month of the year, but most of the young are born

Pat OBrien

Natural History

Raccoon
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Furbearers
crayfish, wild
fruits, and even
carrion. In certain areas, these
animals can be
a nuisance, not
only raiding garbage cans, but also
committing depredations on poultry
houses, corn fields,
and fruit trees.
Nonetheless, raccoon meat is
considered edible
by some people,
Raccoon and ringtail
and the animal is
distribution
considered more a
game species than a furbearer.

and eyes appear oversized, and the latter are outlined


in white making them seem even larger. The legs are
short, and the hind feet can be rotated 180 degrees like
those of a tree squirrel, enabling the animal to descend
vertical surfaces. Weights vary from 2 to 3 pounds, the
males being slightly larger than the females. Primarily a night-time animal, ringtails can be extremely bold
and unconcerned about the presence of humans. Calls
consist of a repertoire of barks, chirps, growls, howls,
and yips.
Ringtails are most common in the rocky regions of
southern and western Arizona with the Grand Canyon
being especially favored with the presence of these animals. About the only areas devoid of ringtails are flat,
alluvial valleys in that the animal prefers rocky hillsides, canyons, rock-walled houses, and mine shafts.

Natural History

Natural History

Raccoons have been little studied in Arizona, and their


life history here is not well documented. The two to five
young are presumably born in spring in a den that may
be located in a rocky crevice, brush-pile, or hollow tree.
The young remain with the female until the fall when
they are left to find their own way in the world.

Trapping and Hunt History

Both pursued with dogs as game and trapped as a


fur-bearer, the raccoon is one of only a few species in
Arizona that can be legally taken with a firearm at
night. Because of their limited distribution near water,
coons have never been important fur-bearers, and annual harvests from trapping have rarely exceeded 1,000
pelts. With the decline in trapping activity over the
past 10 years, this take has been reduced
to only a few dozen raccoons a year. Although its nocturnal habits make for few
incidental takings, the raccoons status
as a game animal appears more stable.
Hunt questionnaire data from general license buyers indicate an annual harvest
of another 1,200 animals a year. Most
of this harvest is undoubtedly by hunters
with hounds.

The ringtails diet varies with the seasons but usually


consists of small mammals, birds, lizards, and insects,
as well as plant fruits, e.g., tomatillo berries. In farm
areas, the ringtail may be an important predator on
chickens and other poultry. Generally, four young are
born in the spring.

Trapping History

Not having a particularly valuable pelt, the relatively easily trapped ringtail is most often trapped during
times when fur prices and trapping activity are high.
These animals can also be quite common, and in past
years ringtails contributed substantially to the states
fur harvest. The take in ringtails has dropped off significantly in recent years, however, and now consists of
only a couple of dozen animals.

Ringtails have long, slender bodies from


14 to 16 inches in length with bushy,
equally long black and white banded tails. The fur is a soft grayish brown
with black-tipped hairs. Both the ears
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Ringtail

Ringtail

Otter

in natural shelters under rocks, logs, flood debris, or in


river banks. Litter sizes vary, but usually consist of two
or three pups. Weaning requires approximately three
months, after which the young disperse.

Wonderfully adapted to an aquatic existence, the otters elongated body terminates in a streamlined tail
that tapers from a thick base to a pointed tip. Also
contributing to the otters fusiform shape is its flat-

Trapping and Hunt History

Otters were never numerous enough in Arizona to provide an important fur resource, although old photos
show these animals being trapped and otherwise taken
for their pelts prior to 1930. Secondhand reports indicate that some otters may also have been killed as fish
predators. Whatever its past status, this species is now
completely protected in Arizona and has been for many
years.

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Weasel

Otter
tened head and small ears, the openings of which can
be closed at will. The legs too are short, and the hind
feet are webbed to the toes. The color of the densely
furred coat is a rich chocolate brown with whitish underparts. Adults generally weigh from 12 to 20 pounds
with lengths ranging from about 3 feet to just over 4
feet. The otters webbed, rhomboid tracks are easily distinguishable from the also webbed, but elongated hind
tracks of the beaver.
Once found throughout the Salt, Verde, Little Colorado, and probably also the Gila, and Colorado river
systems, this species is now confined to the Verde River and its major tributaries where it was reintroduced
in the early 1980s.

Natural History

Although most otter activity is at night, hunting is by


sight as well as touch, and clear streams appear to be
favorite haunts. The otters usual fare is fish, waterbirds, turtles, eggs, and crawfish, the latter now being
the most conspicuous food item in their droppings.
The breeding season in Arizona is uncertain, but
otters elsewhere usually breed in late winter or early
spring. Mating usually occurs in the water. Pregnancy
lasts about two months, but because of delayed implantation gestation may take up to a year. Dens are located

Only one species of weasel occurs in Arizonathe longtailed weasel, which is readily identified by its dark
brown coat and orangish underparts. Some white is often present on the head, and some animals may turn
all white in winter. Male weasels are larger than the
females, the animals ranging in length from 8 to 10
inches with the black-tipped tail adding another 4 to
6 inches. Weights range from 7 to 12 ounces for males
and from 3 to 7 ounces for females. Voice is a highpitched shriek.
Weasels in Arizona are largely restricted to high
elevation wooded areas such as the Kaibab Plateau,
Mogollon Rim, Chuska-Lukachukai mountains, and
southern Arizonas sky-islands.

Natural History

Weasels are voracious predators, taking cottontail rabbits, hares, and rodents much larger than themselves.
They also take birds, snakes, and lizards.
Weasels breed in midsummer, but, because of delayed implantation, the four to eight young are not born
until the following spring.
Usually nests in
old burrows or
under rock piles
and other debris.

Trapping
History

Otter distribution

The number of
weasels trapped
in Arizona is
very low, however, due to the
animals limited
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Furbearers
distribution and
numbers, small
pelt, and the current low number
of trappers.

Badger

Natural History

Badgers feed primarily on burrowing rodents such


as prairie dogs and ground squirrels but also take
snakes, lizards, and insects on occasion. Mating in
these usually solitary animals takes place in the summer, the young being born the following spring due to
delayed implantation. Primarily a nocturnal animal,
badgers are sometimes encountered during the early
morning hours.

Trapping History

Although the take of badger pelts averaged more than


a 1,000 a year in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the
number of these animals recently trapped in Arizona is
virtually insignificant. A few
badgers are undoubtedly also
taken incidental to pursuing
other game, but
these numbers
too must be very
small. Probably
less than 50 badgers a year are
taken in the state.
Badger distribution
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Bob Miles

A short, squat,
medium-sized
member of the
weasel family, the
badger is readily recognized by
its grizzled gray,
Long-tailed weasel distribution
white, and black
fur, cheek stripes, short legs, long claws, and the white
stripe down its head and back. Adults may weigh from
about 10 to 20 pounds and are approximately 20 inches long, with the tail adding another 4 to 6 inches in
length. Widely distributed, the badger occurs almost
anywhere in Arizona having ground suitable to dig in
and excavate burrows.
Juvenile badger

Trapping
Trapping has had a long and interesting history in Arizona. Indeed, the first Anglo-American explorers to
Arizona were trappers who worked the states waterways for beaver in the 1820s and 1830s. Since that
time, the popularity of trapping has fluctuated widely
with the vagaries of the fur trade, the numbers of trappers and animals trapped increasing when fur prices
were high, and decreasing when numbers were low. The
popularity of beaver skin hats prior to 1850 fueled the
early interest in trapping beaver in the Gila and Colorado river systems. Raccoon coats were popular in the
1920s as were a number of other furs. The most recent
surge in trapping activity in Arizona was generated by
prohibitions in the trade of spotted Neotropical cats
during the 1970s. Spotted cat fur was then being highly
used by foreign fashion houses as trim on ladies coats.
This ban increased the demand and price for legal spotted cats, and the prices paid for bobcat pelts soared
through the mid-1980s when they plummeted due to
changes in fashion decorum.
Depredation activities have also greatly influenced
the amount of trapping activity. Trapping was widely practiced around the turn of the 19th century due
to generous bounties being paid on everything from
coyotes to wolves. In addition to commercial trapping
for furs and bounties, many ranchers and homesteaders also trapped, both to protect their livelihood and

to help make ends meet. Nor was all of the trapping


carried out in the private sector; both the federal Predatory and Rodent Control branch of the U. S. Biological
Survey and the state Arizona Game and Fish Commission employed professional trappers after 1915, and
the federal government continues to do so. One of the
oddest situations occurred in the late 1940s and early 1950s when the price of pelts was low. Plagued by
complaints of beaver damaging irrigation canals, the
Arizona Game and Fish Department hired crews of
beaver trappers to reduce the number of depredation
complaints.
Generally speaking, fur prices and trapping activity were high during the 1890s, and again during and
shortly after World War I. After declining in the early
1920s, prices again rose in the mid-1920s before again

falling in the 1930s. Prices picked up again during


World War II, but collapsed shortly afterward before
reaching another bottom in the 1950s. Prices gradually improved through the 1960s, and then accelerated
in the early 1970s until the price of coyote and bobcat pelts peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Since that time, competition from highly realistic faux
fur and the declining use of fur in the highly volatile
fashion industry have lowered fur prices even further.
Another severe blow to the trapping industry was received in 1994 when a public initiative was passed in
Arizona banning the use of leg-hold steel traps on public lands. Although trapping is still legal on private
lands, all of these events served to depress the trapping
industry until there are now fewer than 250 licensed
trappers in the state of Arizona.

Summary of Predator and Furbearer Harvest


Year

Hunters

Hunter Days

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

13,004
11,130
11,342
12,395
13,835
15,710
11,442
10,595
10,558
9,521
10,128
9,028
13,083
10,125
13,910
13,997
12,279
11,134
14,535
15,385
13,570
10,489
12,365
13,346
19,263

96,598
75,258
71,954
78,797
85,793
114,411
82,558
58,855
99,284
83,913
76,131
81,931
86,968
93,425q
93,425
119,052
106,681
68,727
100,626
101,679
132,768
68,404
93,589
104,243
120,712

Bobcats
1,212
958
817
1,012
655
911
1,011
408
676
317
1,274
1,262
907
880
791
547
3,235
630
1,463
1,539
1,538
1,484
3,257
4,076
1,769

Harvest
Coyotes
Foxes
24,877
3,231
25,062
3,980
19,780
1,361
19,478
1,391
26,933
1,555
36,771
2,960
24,527
1,896
28,234
1,281
27,876
1,664
17,075
952
23,275
1,140
18,299
1,796
30,455
3,156
22,378
1,395
30,350
2,337
37,929
3,516
33,469
8,134
19,231
2,306
45,781
4,934
42,526
7,028
33,589
5,587
22,054
2,239
46,253
5,566
35,354
4,272
46,716
5,014

Raccoons
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,079
805
534
1,101
240
2,215
2,977
382
948
2,382
932
1,164
123
248
114
592

The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data
is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format
were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used.

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

12,615
12,695
13,970
18,969
15,669
18,141
12,730
20,768
23,331
50,662

114,146
220,426
182,180
279,935
197,922
252,213
109,805
272,019
414,374
343,427

2,388
2,775
2,006
2,332
2,359
2,919
1,099
2,485
4,520
3,132

22,107
35,960
45,133
54,701
31,295
40,919
20,880
55,469
51,647
52,888

3,368
4,429
2,426
2,962
3,749
6,410
3,388
9,585
8,973
7,377

245
118
215
3,781
590
801
549
1,331
2,991
209

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Summary of Trapping Numbers and Harvest Data For Predators and Furbearers 1
Trapping No. of Licensed No. of
Year
Trappers
Trappers
1976-77
1,820
1,732
1977-78
1,621
1,070
1978-79
1,233
1,281
1979-80
2,098
1,888
1980-81
2,008
1,834
1981-82
2,219
1,964
1982-83
1,746
1,609
1983-84
1,129
1,006
1984-85
1,127
1,038
1985-86
1,129
1,022
1986-87
1,163
1,029
1987-88
1,315
1,165
1988-89
852
695
1989-90
444
348
1990-91
222
161
1991-92
265
189
1992-93
234
202
1993-94
194
181
1994-95
109
85
1995-96
34
24
1996-97
84
57
1997-98
86
46
1998-99
81
57
1999-00
75
58
2000-01
64
32
2001-02
66
29
2002-03
65
13
2003-04
122
58
2004-05
140
82
2005-06
122
76
2006-07
140
83
2007-08
133
94
2008-09
192
113
2009-10
154
77
2010-11
214
161
2011-12
251
149
2012-13
392
267
2013-14
522
343
1
2

Not including Indian Reservations.


Data is preliminary.

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Coyote
17,963
13,732
17,882
16,605
14,858
25,379
17,436
11,763
13,188
11,263
14,198
13,335
6,397
3,140
1,135
2,214
2,372
2,683
654
178
1,307
1,437
1,213
1,096
182
305
274
635
710
820
670
806
707
345
593
667
905
1278

Bobcat
7,272
4,695
6,754
6,648
9,537
8,036
5,928
4,827
5,399
4,942
6,421
6,609
3,174
1,253
322
878
723
1,362
181
55
251
286
312
144
109
97
37
267
432
742
957
944
1,124
438
1183
1366
2045
2250

Skunk
3,187
554
1,052
4,119
4,119
4,115
4,164
3,275
2,478
3,082
2,400
2,537
1,255
590
154
336
300
271
170
46
89
61
114
144
83
25
35
97
72
119
188
123
268
142
187
357
310
390

Trapping Harvest
Muskrat Ringtail Badger
793
642
1,609
301
356
595
76
1,098
1,316
593
2,055
1,065
2,949
3,222
1,124
14
4,027
1,384
42
2,964
1,105
0
2,371
874
235
3,096
705
111
2,649
697
18
3,851
780
23
4,475
748
25
1,968
281
0
1,091
89
0
174
33
0
403
151
0
258
69
12
372
44
0
157
24
0
12
8
41
30
11
3
15
21
0
8
27
0
29
17
0
19
10
0
3
7
0
8
2
0
31
25
0
12
70
0
17
33
1
35
26
0
49
41
0
33
35
0
30
14
0
22
39
0
31
38
0
51
57
29
52
75

Raccoon
5,230
520
891
894
823
1,127
690
518
951
735
876
834
241
190
67
84
49
74
24
0
57
49
114
37
35
7
8
23
21
25
19
169
14
36
46
60
120
118

Beaver
65
57
8
268
83
117
21
0
52
40
87
127
80
202
28
52
9
0
0
0
19
52
16
0
3
9
10
3
9
13
10
22
5
10
9
2
5
9

Fox
14,334
12,648
17,585
21,780
28,059
29,124
20,856
15,857
20,776
18,065
21,000
22,009
14,516
5,210
1,807
2,864
3,445
5,312
1,647
144
648
685
798
470
240
143
54
312
423
484
751
1,008
1,173
576
673
875
1932
2151

Waterfowl

Bob Miles

produce a few broods of


Mexican ducks and blackbellied whistling ducks
each year.
The principal duck species nesting in Arizona
are mallards (especially in
the White Mountains),
pintails, cinnamon teal,
redheads, and ruddy ducks.
In addition to these big
five, smaller numbers of
gadwall, green-winged
teal, blue-winged teal,
and ring-necked ducks are
produced in northern Arizona marshes. Even less
common are the occasional pair of canvasbacks,
shovelers, and American
widgeon. Most of the ducks that migrate through or
winter in Arizona are from the Great Basin or intermountain states, with significant numbers of pintails
and green-winged teal coming from the prairie states
and provinces.
Arizona also hosts a few nesting Canada geese or
honkers. These birds, which were introduced by the
Arizona Game and Fish Department, are found primarily on shallow lakes east of the White Mountains
between 6,000 and 7,500 feet elevation. Far more important to hunters are the more than 15,000 Canada
geese that make their winter home in Arizona. The
great majority of these birds are referred to as the Rocky
Mountain Population of Canada goose, which nest in
the intermountain states. A large goose, the males or
ganders typically weigh about 9.75 pounds, the females
about 8.25 pounds. The vast majority of these geese,
along with several hundred snow geese, winter along
the lower Colorado River on Cibola, Havasu, and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges, and in a few central
Arizona locations such as Roosevelt Lake. A few whitefronted geese also pass through the state in September
on their way to unknown wintering locales in Mexico.
The numbers of both nesting and wintering water-

Drakes

Natural History
Arizonas waterfowl can be grouped into two general
classesducks, geese, and coots that nest in the state,
and those that merely winter here or migrate through.
The number of waterfowl raised in Arizona each summer, although few, is of great importance because these
birds represent our states breeding stock. The much
more abundant migrants, though present only for
limited periods of time between August and March,
constitute most of Arizonas waterfowl harvest. Hunt
regulations have been designed to accommodate both
groups.
Arizonas principal waterfowl nesting grounds are
the natural and modified marshes found above the
Mogollon Rim and in the White Mountains. Most
of these marshlands depend on winter precipitation
and snow-melt rather than groundwater, are more or
less seasonal, and are mostly located above 7,000 feet
elevation. Examples include Mormon Lake and Marshall Lake on the Coconino Plateau, and Basin Lake
and Nelson Reservoir in the White Mountains. Farm
ponds and other small wetlands in the southeastern
and southern parts of the state can also be expected to

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Waterfowl
fowl in Arizona
vary sporadically
from year to year
depending on the
vagaries of winter precipitation
in the Great Basin
region. Wet years
generally see an increase in waterfowl
production, while
drought years result in fewer ducks
Watershed
being produced.
A serious problem facing both nesting and migrating waterfowl is that
our wetlands are increasingly difficult to manage for
ducks and geese because of the limited occurrence of
these habitats and the competing uses resulting from
Arizonas human population boom. Nesting waterfowl require protection from disturbance, and many
former nesting sites are no longer productive due to
the introduction of predatory game fish and summerlong recreational use. One bright note of late has been
the creation of wetlands using treated sewage effluent.
These municipal marshlands are primarily managed
as waterfowl nesting and resting areas. Working in conjunction with the Arizona Game and Fish Department
and U.S. Forest Service, cities such as Pinetop-Lakeside, Show Low, and Sedona have developed a number
of these nutrient-rich and highly productive wetlands
that are heavily used by waterfowl, as well as a variety
of other wetland dependent species.

Hunt History

When Anglo-Americans first arrived in Arizona, they


found migrating and wintering waterfowl concentrated
along the states few major rivers. The lower Colorado
and Gila rivers were especially noted as havens for waterfowl, with great clouds of the birds seen along the
muddy banks by explorers, fur trappers, and steamboat
passengers. Nor were nesting waterfowl in short supply;
travelers across northern Arizona reported that they
flushed a myriad of ducks in the shallow marshes on
the San Francisco Plateau.
Unlike other states, early Arizona never experienced
market hunting for waterfowl as a major enterprise.
Prior to statehood, most duck shooting, when not for
sport, was for personal subsistence. Settlers not only
hunted waterfowl during spring, fall, and winter, they
also gathered the ducks eggs in spring. Gradually, with
the development of the states economies, this subsistence hunting gave way to sport-hunting, and irrigation
ponds, canals and stock tanks became increasingly important waterfowl hunting locales. By the time that
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America entered World War I, waterfowling was one


of the states most popular outdoor pastimesone that
even attracted the attention of Arizonas often elected
Governor George P. Hunt.
Being migratory birds, ducks and geese came under
the protection of the federal government with the passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Arizona,
unlike a number of other states, did not challenge the
federal jurisdiction over migratory birds, and, prior to
the Treatys enactment, had even passed a number of
protective measures for waterfowl. These included closing the hunting season during the spring months and
prohibiting the gathering of eggs from nesting birds.
All through the 1920s, and even into the drought years
of the 1930s, waterfowl hunting was as popular a sport
in Arizona as quail or dove hunting, if for no other
reason than one got so much more game meat for the
number of shells expended.
The drought years of the 1930s were hard on Americas waterfowl populations, and it soon became apparent
that nesting and other wetland habitats would have to
be purchased and preserved if the public was to continue hunting ducks and geese. In 1934, a federal law
was passed requiring persons 16 years of age and older
to purchase a duck stamp if they wanted to hunt waterfowl. Soon after, a program was initiated to create a
series of national wildlife refuges, many of which were
primarily for waterfowl. From the 1940s through the
1950s Arizona saw the creation of two national waterfowl refuges on the Colorado RiverImperial and
Havasuas well as the acquisition of state wildlife areas such as Mittry Lake on the Colorado River, and
Arlington and Robbins Butte on the middle Gila River.
A number of waterfowl studies also started at this time,
and banding investigations showed the value of managing waterfowl by flyways, a concept that was formalized
in the hunt regulations in 1948. As a result, Arizona
is included in the Pacific Flyway, which includes the
Great Basin states as well as those on the Pacific Coast.
Major hunting restrictions incurred during the past
50 years have included limiting the take of such species
as canvasbacks and redheads, closing certain portions
of refuges and management areas to provide undisturbed resting and feeding places, and imposing the use
of nontoxic steel shot rather than lead shot for the taking of waterfowl. Recently, favorable habitat conditions
and resulting waterfowl production throughout the
United States and Canadian breeding grounds has led
to liberal season lengths and bag limits; although, long
term declines of pintail and scaup have resulted in those
species having bag limit restrictions.
The federal government, in conjunction with participating states, coordinates three major waterfowl surveys
each year. The first of these, which does not include
Arizona, is the Breeding Ground Survey, which attempts to measure the coming years productivity by

estimating the number of nesting ducks present on the


continents major nesting grounds in Alaska, Canada, and in the prairie states. The results of this survey
are strongly linked to fall forecast flights of ducks and
corresponding harvest frameworks. The Winter Area
Survey, which does include Arizona, is also conducted each year, and tallies the number of waterfowl using
major wintering areas in the southern United States
and Mexico. The number of birds counted on these surveys in Arizona has generally declined from the 1960s,
when up to 42,000 ducks were observed in a given year,
until the 1980s and 90s when counts often tallied less
than 10,000. Conversely, the total number of Canada
geese observed has increased from around 7,500 birds
in 1960 to an average of 20,000 geese throughout the
1980s and 90s. The 1999 and 2000 survey revealed an
increase in total ducks observed at about 35,000 with
geese decreasing down to around 15,000 birds. The increase in ducks corresponds with the recent increase in
the breeding ground surveys and the fall flight forecast.
The third survey is the annual hunt questionnaires
sent to duck stamp purchasers requesting information
on the number of ducks and geese bagged. Since 1979,
to better evaluate the data obtained from this survey,
Arizona has tried to maintain a standardized waterfowl
season of approximately 100 days with a seven-bird bag
limit (certain species excepted). As a result, Arizonas
waterfowl regulations do not greatly vary from year-toyear, and bag-limit regulations do not provide for bonus

(or penalty) points for taking certain species of waterfowl. The sample size of the states hunt questionnaire
survey greatly improved in 1988 when waterfowl hunters were required to purchase an Arizona waterfowl
stamp in addition to a federal stamp.
The number of waterfowl hunters has fluctuated over
the years, as much in response to duck stamp price increases as to any change in waterfowl numbers. Hunter
numbers have been in a general downward trend since
the mid-1980s, when more than 12,500 hunters took
to the field, to the late 1990s when only about half
that number participated. Recent estimates indicate
that hunter numbers are again headed upward, and
the long-term average of between 10,000 and 12,000
duck hunters a year may again be realized. Waterfowl
hunting is nonetheless a resource-regulated sport, and
Arizonas limited wetland areas will never accommodate high densities of hunters.
Annual waterfowl harvest figures are also sporadic.
Estimates range from more than 150,000 ducks being
harvested during the fall and winter of 1979-80, to less
than 18,000 ducks being taken in 1990-91. The average
annual take during the past three years has been about
45,000 birds. Goose harvests tend to be more predictable, with hunters usually claiming between 2,000 and
4,000 Canada geese and a few snows each year.

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Waterfowl Survey and Harvest Data


Summary of January Waterfowl Survey1
Year
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
19993
2000
2001

Ducks
27,455
10,965
33,320
25,050
19,665
27,115
24,950
44,455
20,565
34,700
42,220
27,100
24,465
22,260
21,370
21,304
32,342
19,425
40,091
11,020
17,880
19,212
23,123
19,684
19,785
9,828
2,280
4,680
3,451
18,326
29,240
10,550
4,043
5,176
9,450
7,306
12,189
9,623
3,330
6,317
4,617
7,114
4,724
7,961
7,605
11,933
10,019
9,776
35,0812
29,979
29,376
36,191

Mergansers
No survey
1,350
1,545
1,335
1,810
965
995
610
1,985
1,795
2,775
4,395
4,185
4,145
4,967
3,298
12,963
3,980
4,127
4,854
7,301
3,552
2,584
4,682
2,661
1,775
1,000
700
32
220
2,110
281
71
202
581
830
3,204
2,321
1,108
298
1,061
1,894
1,108
826
364
881
330
220
1,749
995
450
713

Coots
19,255
4,780
12,155
22,060
41,725
8,570
25,480
31,840
20,385
24,055
17,615
19,055
19,065
40,625
27,752
15,900
53,962
12,278
27,706
9,839
16,674
15,649
17,194
12,935
24,305
17,831
2,800
1,900
1,850
3,160
4,265
3,033
1,781
1,026
816
162
510
1,337
797
1,409
1,117
1,135
808
143
603
1,051
1,209
2,356
757
12,036
12,924
17,802

Canada Geese
7,375
5,155
4,210
3,050
3,515
2,860
2,860
3,640
3,770
5,865
6,046
5,526
5,940
6,650
7,142
4,431
5,744
3,602
4,370
3,052
3,135
3,502
4,241
4,745
5,357
2,534
3,545
3,511
4,339
4,962
13,992
9,170
10,835
13,373
16,831
17,619
23,042
14,131
23,930
22,594
26,974
31,897
18,733
22,596
22,607
21,078
15,326
18,598
14,164
21,040
9,169
14,670

In 2001, this summary was revised to include Waterfowl from Cibola, Havasu and
Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.Refuge data was collected by Refuge personnel.
2
Resulting from excellent habitat condition.
3
In 1999, the biologists conducting the survey changed; therefore, the observation
rate may have changed.
4
Resulting from poor habitat conditions (drought).
5
Good late winter precipitation. Several lakes that had been nearly dry for years
(specifically, San Carlos Reservoir) had water.
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Snow Geese
1,200
1,150
1,395
1,400
1,970
900
330
215
255
335
471
583
520
805
551
229
213
192
259
500
262
221
706
503
502
228
0
4
0
7
6
2,500
34
2,527
865
1,443
2,621
1,103
2,229
1,303
2,830
4,434
1,207
1,265
1,653
2,941
1,927
1,325
2,965
2,352
446
976

Waterfowl Survey and Harvest Data


Summary of January Waterfowl Survey1 (continued)
Year
2002
2003
2004
20055
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

Ducks
20,498 4
22,489
25,895
48,186
16,974
16,626
18,360
13,865
20,276
20,694
10,319
11,101
4015

Mergansers
53
220
219
443
633
329
292
339
109
210
332
209
404

Coots
22,053
9,517
not counted
43,185
12,727
16,680
30,973
9,338
25,516
6,514
4,009
780
764

Canada Geese
11,250
13,351
7,777
14,921
13,849
17,578
7,695
10,619
7,936
5,949
3,059
1,031
817

Snow Geese
983
261
349
1,250
911
603
750
726
1,409
1,470
1,219
0
0

In 2001, this summary was revised to include Waterfowl from Cibola, Havasu and
Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.Refuge data was collected by Refuge personnel.
2
Resulting from excellent habitat condition.
3
In 1999, the biologists conducting the survey changed; therefore, the observation
rate may have changed.
4
Resulting from poor habitat conditions (drought).
5
Good late winter precipitation. Several lakes that had been nearly dry for years
(specifically, San Carlos Reservoir) had water.
1

Summary of Arizona Waterfowl Harvest


Harvest
Ducks
Geese
1981-82
10,904
57,184
81,091
5,169
1982-83
10,995
46,356
61,733
3,714
1983-84
8,438
39,470
46,820
3,357
1984-85
11,636
63,366
109,279
4,300
1985-86
12,508
64,508
79,653
4,994
1986-87
12,750
76,502
114,753
6,261
8,299
7,139
53,425
87,400
5,243
1987-881
1988-89
7,104
5,101
33,683
34,662
4,054
1989-90
6,750
3,455
20,606
23,576
2,273
1990-91
6,292
2,513
16,324
17,683
2,219
1991-92
5,264
3,062
19,885
19,703
1,936
1992-93
5,383
3,389
22,464
23,241
3,631
1993-94
5,371
3,701
23,286
22,907
2,723
1994-95
5,107
4,138
30,041
35,971
3,009
1995-96
6,598
5,228
34,187
41,390
3,184
1996-97
6,908
5,513
35,784
41,603
3,247
1997-98
6,957
5,387
36,433
47,363
2,796
1998-99
7,951
5,964
42,853
61,685
2,911
1999-00
8,521
6,455
39,861
51,028
6,275
2000-01
9,019
5,677
44,431
48,788
4,504
2001-02
7,733
3,821
28,534
33,950
4,183
2002-03
6,775
4,885
35,146
35,128
2,859
2003-04
6,733
4,804
32,810
37,211
2,969
2004-05
6,334
4,459
31,373
35,421
3,051
2005-06
6,519
4,658
30,736
42,450
2,625
2006-07
6,776
4,001
28,107
42,771
1,996
2007-08
7,071
4,630
33,020
49,782
2,431
2008-09
5,580
3,775
30,305
37,494
1,666
Waterfowl data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable to that obtained from Arizonas questionnaire.
2009-10
5,682
3,400
18,800
37,1002
5,3003
2010-11
6,000
3,400
18,200
38,5002
1,8003
2011-12
6,733
4,400
29,600
38,3002
3,7003
2012-13
6,623
3,100
18,200
51,0002
1,6003
2013-14 4
4,700
23,200
68,2002
2,7003
1
State waterfowl stamp implemented.
2
Confidence intervals on duck harvest from the Harvest Information Program: 2009-10 +/-19%; 2010-11 +/-20%.
3
Confidence intervals on goose harvest from the Harvest Information Program: 2009-10 +/-46%; 2010-11 +/-13%.
Year

Stamps Issued

Hunters

Hunter Days

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SandhillCrane (Grus canadensis)

Natural History

Bob Miles

Portions of three distinct populations of sandhill cranes


winter in Arizona. Cranes from both the Rocky Mountain (RM) and Mid-Continent (M-C) populations
winter in the Sulphur Springs and Gila River valleys in southeastern Arizona. Other sandhills from the

Lower Colorado River Valley (LCRV) population winter along the lower Colorado River, primarily on the
Colorado River Indian Reservation, Cibola National
Wildlife Refuge, and below Gillespie Dam on the Gila
River. RM cranes nest primarily in Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming, and Utah, while cranes from the LCRV
population mostly nest in northeastern Nevada. The

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nesting range of the M-C population includes much of


Canada and Alaska. Birds from this latter population
pass through the central plains before staging on the
Platte River where they continue on to their wintering
grounds in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona,
and Mexico.
Wintering areas selected by sandhill cranes feature shallow-water roosting sites with low or sparse
vegetation including playa lakes and sandbars along
shallow, braided river channels. Another requirement
is the close proximity of harvested fields of grain, such
as corn and milo. High-energy grains are needed to
maintain the birds in sufficient condition to make their
return migration in mid-to-late February.
Cranes leave their roosting areas in early morning,
usually about sunrise, to fly to feeding areas where they
typically spend from three to four hours eating. During midday the cranes return to the roost, or go to a
nearby loafing area, which is commonly a grassland or
wetland. In the late afternoon, cranes sometimes revisit
their feeding area before returning to their nighttime
roosts.
Sandhill cranes in the western United States nest
in high elevation shallow marshes and wet meadows.
Adult pairs do not nest until they are at least four or
five years old, and typically have very poor success the
first year or two. Cranes commonly lay two eggs, but
only about one-third of the successful nesters are able
to raise two young or colts. In dry years, when wetlands shrink, predators, especially coyotes, take a heavy
toll on the flightless young. During recent dry years
the proportion of young-of-the-year birds in the fall
population has been around four percent. Even in good
production years, young-of-the-year birds rarely comprise more than 12 percent of the fall population.
Depending on habitat conditions, sandhills begin
congregating in local agricultural areas, called pre-mi-

gration staging
sites, in late August. Migration to
wintering areas begins in September,
the birds typically migrating in a
few, high-altitude
flights to traditional stopover areas.
For cranes of the
three populations
that winter in AriSandhill crane distribution
zona, the major
stopovers are the
Platte River in Nebraska for the M-C, San Luis
Valley in Colorado for the RM, and wetlands near
Lund, Nevada, for the LCRV. Cranes begin arriving
on their wintering areas between late September and
mid-October.

Hunt History

A generally uncommon species in Arizona, sandhill cranes are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act of 1918. In the early 1970s, however, counts of
around 1,000 cranes wintering in Sulphur Springs Valley prompted concern that these birds might eventually
cause crop damage. By 1980 more than 4,000 cranes
were being tallied, and a limited hunt of 100 permits
was authorized in 1981. This hunt was gradually expanded as crane numbers continued to increase and
fears that the birds would winter elsewhere subsided.
As of 2009, more than 390 permits were being authorized and census figures showed a wintering population
between 30,000-40,000 sandhill cranes in Sulphur
Springs Valley.

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Sandhill Crane Harvest Data


Summary of Sandhill Crane Harvest
Mid-Winter Permits
Total
Survey1
Authorized Applicants
1981
4,350
100
234
1982
5,640
100
279
1983
8,550
100
356
1984
8,350
100
239
1985
11,500
150
436
1986
11,450
150
239
1987
11,070
300
378
1988
6,670
300
505
1989
11,730
300
451
1990
11,990
165
512
1991
10,000
300
326
1992
2,4704
300
342
1993
12,740
300
381
1994
9,210
300
390
1995
24,190
270
390
1996
12,500
315
443
1997
21,050
315
389
19985
24,616
310
440
1999
21,650
310
456
2000
21,131
310
383
2001
22,928
310
356
2002
21,327
310
349
2003
31,443
310
397
2004
29,208
325
367
2005
30,570
365
333
2006
28,156
365
353
2007
36,823
365
295
2008
29,103
375
368
2009
41,149
390
356
2010
30,415
399
370
2011
35,530
390
392
2012
29,633
410
352
2013
28,777
340
402
2014
20,832
340
359
Year

Permits
Issued2
100
100
100
104
150
150
300
300
300
165
296
300
300
300
270
315
315
321
309
305
310
310
306
311
333
353
309
318
217
373
357
399
316
306

Hunters
Afield
55
55
77
72
121
124
212
228
219
139
255
258
217
227
211
256
235
232
242
218
235
253
248
263
261
222
254
261
299
312
312
343
269
266

Hunter
Days
119
95
152
110
234
217
406
446
473
275
517
532
401
464
423
521
430
450
518
389
468
489
497
319
548
559
442
485
628
690
664
734
560
519

Percent
Harvest
42
73
55
69
92
138
193
207
158
123
216
176
174
113
157
141
193
151
113
203
180
239
189
192
277
180
311
162
387
309
185
366
176
223

Hunter
Success
49
78
55
74
46
69
57
58
47
53
54
48
50
32
48
38
47
40
33
57
52
58
48
59
66
55
72
48
61
48
42
55
42
48

Draw
Odds3
42.7
35.8
28.1
41.8
34.4
62.8
79.7
59.4
66.5
32.3
92.0
87.7
78.7
76.9
69.2
71.1
81.0
72.9
68.0
80.9
87.1
88.8
77.1
84.7
95.8
97.4
99.3
84.5
84.5
95.4
90.3
100.1
78.6
85.2

The Mid-Winter Survey occurs in December and January. The survey conducted in December 2011 and January 2012 is labeled 2011. The
data listed is only for the Willcox Playa and surrounding areas.
2
Permits Issued includes any tags via the draw and first-come, first-serve.
3
Draw Odds is the number of permits issued through the draw divided by total applicants in the draw.
4
Poor survey conditions.
5
As of 1998, Sandhill crane check stations will be conducted every 3rd year (2014 then 2017). Data will be based on the hunter
questionnaire results unless a check station is conducted; then, harvest numbers will be taken from the check station results. Reminder
questionnaires were sent if necessary.
1

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OtherBirdsandMammals

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects all birds except


rock doves, European starlings, house sparrows, and
all other non-native species. However, the federal government permits the states to open a season on certain
birds and waterfowl. Mammals that are not classified as
big or small game, predators, or furbearers are considered nongame and are managed by the Arizona Game
and Fish Commission as other mammals. Many of
these mammals can be hunted by licensed individuals
throughout the calendar year, with notable exceptions
presented below. While there are no bag limits on most
of these species, most nongame mammals are not hunted. As a result, harvest data for these species are not
available.

are soon eating the adult diet of grains and sometimes


greens and insects. During the nonbreeding season, pigeons form large roosting and feeding flocks. Pigeons
were introduced from Eurasia in the late 1800s and

Pigeon (Rock Dove)

Pigeons are closely associated with human developments including towns, parks, and agricultural
landscapes. In their native settings, they nest along the
seashore on airy cliffs and in rocky crevices or caves. In
urban areas, they commonly nest on high-rise buildings, billboards, bridges and other structures. They
average 12.5 inches in length. The coloration is highly
variable, the most common being a dark gray head and
neck with green and purplish iridescence on the neck,
a back of lighter gray, and a whitish rump. The tail has
a black band and the wings two black bars. The call is a
soft coo familiar to most homeowners.

Natural History and Status

Pigeons nest year round in Arizona, building messy


nests of sticks and roots. Nests are often placed under
an overhang of some sort such as under eaves or bridges. The eggs are white. The species can raise four or five
broods of one or two young in a single year. As with
other pigeons, both sexes feed the young regurgitated
crop milk exclusively for the first few days. After approximately five days, the young begin eating seeds and

George Andrejko

Birds
House (English) Sparrow
have become established throughout the United States.

House (English) Sparrow

House sparrows are common residents of cities and


farms statewide. These brownish, conical-billed sparrows are approximately 5 inches in length. The males
sport black bibs and beaks, white cheeks, blue-gray
caps, chestnut napes, and black-streaked backs. Females are slightly smaller and less distinctive, with
grayish, pale underparts, light-buff eye streaks, and
striped backs. The house sparrows lively calls and songs
consist of chirps and cheeps that are familiar to almost
every homeowner.

Natural History and Status

House sparrows nest from February through early summer, often having three broods per year. The nests,
which may contain four to seven white to bluish colored
eggs with gray or brown markings, are messy, woven
affairs that may be located in eaves, palm fronds, bird
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Other Birds and Mammals


houses, or most any other suitable site. House sparrows
will nest in cavities and aggressively compete with native species for nest sites. When they are not nesting,
house sparrows commonly form flocks of up to a dozen
or more birds. Highly adaptable, they feed on a wide
variety of seeds, fruits, and insects. This resourceful
bird greedily accepts almost any human handout and
are commonly encountered foraging for morsels at fastfood restaurants.
House sparrows were introduced to Arizona from
Europe via railroad cars from the East, and have been
breeding residents since at least the early 1900s. They
arrived in Tucson in 1903-04, had reached Winslow,
Holbrook, and other railroad towns by 1909, and were
widespread throughout the state by 1915. Despite its
lack of protection, the species remains widely distributed, wherever humans and agricultural fields are found.

ties such as woodpecker holes in saguaros or trees. Like


the house sparrow, starlings are considered a pest species because they compete for nest sites with native
species such as purple martins, woodpeckers and bluebirds. European Starlings will even evict nesting birds
and destroy their eggs. Starlings typically lay four to six
blue eggs and can raise two or three broods each year.
When the species is not nesting, they form large communal roosts, which may contain hundreds of birds A
more recent arrival than the house sparrow, European
starlings were first recorded in Arizona in 1946 near
Lupton, with the first nest reported near Glendale in
1954. The species is now both a breeding resident and a
migrant in the vicinities of Phoenix, Tucson, Kingman,
Yuma, and other Arizona cities and towns.

European Starling (Starling)

In Africa peach-faced lovebirds prefer dry, open country including wooded savannas, palm groves, and arid
mountain slopes. In Arizona they are primarily found
among the ornamental plantings in desert urban and
residential settings. Although locally established in and
around the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, they do
not venture into the surrounding desert lands. They
are small, bright green, parrot-like birds with a pinkish face and light-colored bill. Regular visitors to many
backyard water and feeding stations, they have also
been observed feeding on cactus fruit, apples, palm
fruit, and seed pods.

Peach-faced Lovebird

European Starlings are found in a wide variety of


habitats, but are most numerous in or near human settlements that provide open, grassy areas for foraging
and trees or structures for nesting. This dark, 8-inch,
meadowlark-sized bird is a common resident of city
parks, residential areas and agricultural lands below
7,500 feet elevation. Although usually found in urban,
suburban and agricultural settings, starlings are also
found in the desert, usually near small towns or dwellings. Starlings can be differentiated from other black
birds by their short tails, robust build, narrow and
light-colored bills, and short, pointed, brown wings.
Both sexes are iridescent black in summer, and heavily
speckled in winter. Starlings eat a varied diet including insects, fruits and seeds. When feeding, they walk,
rather than hop, from site to site. Their principal call
is a guttural squeak, although they also mimic other
birdcalls.

Natural History and Status

Like many other parrots, peach-faced lovebirds are cavity nesters and will take up residence in woodpecker
holes in saguaros, under tile roof openings, and in untrimmed palm fronds. Lovebirds nest in groups and
thus far there has been no evidence that they compete
with native birds for nest sites. In Arizona, most nesting occurs from April through May. They will lay from
three to eight eggs per clutch, possibly rearing two
broods per year. The first free-ranging flock of peachfaced lovebirds in the Phoenix area was reported in
1987 near the border of Mesa and Apache Junction,
and by the mid-1990s local flocks and colonies of lovebirds were discovered throughout the eastern half of the
greater Phoenix metropolitan area.

Natural History
and Status

American Crow (Crow)


george Andrejko

European starlings
reside in Arizona year-round and
can initiate breeding activities as early
as mid-January in
warm areas of the
state. Most breeding activity occurs
from April to July,
but nesting has been
reported into early
fall. Starlings take
up residence in cavi-

European starling

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In Arizona, American crows are far outnumbered by


their larger and more heat-tolerant relative: the common raven. Crows occur as local breeding residents in
the more open areas of the Mogollon Rim, along the
South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in the higher portions of the Navajo Indian Reservation, and along the

San Francisco River. This shiny, all black 1.5-foot-long


bird can be differentiated from the larger raven by its
smaller beak and tail, smoother plumage, and distinctive caw call. Also unlike ravens, crows rarely soar,
but instead flap their wings when flying directly from
point to point. Because of crop depredations, an open
season on this species is authorized from September 1
through December 31.

Natural History and Status

American crows are native to North America and


reach their highest densities in the northeastern United
States. They form large communal roosts during much
of the year, sometimes in groups large enough to be
problematic in towns or industrial areas. During the
breeding season, however, the species is most often observed in smaller family units. They typically place their
nests in well-hidden areas of their nest trees, generally close to the trunk. Nests are made of dead sticks,
bark, corn stalks, twine, and cow dung, and lined with
soft materials. Crows lay from three to nine bluishgreen eggs marked with brown speckles. They feed on a
variety of foods including insects, carrion, small mam-

mals and birds, bird eggs and grains, including some


agricultural crops. Numbers have probably increased
significantly since European settlement because of agricultural developments and timber clearing. Human
developments have also enabled breeding range expansions into portions of the West and Midwest.

Mammals
Coati

This relative of the raccoon is usually seen individually or in small bands called troops. The lone males or
solos may weigh up to 12 pounds, and greatly exceed
the smaller 5.5- to 7-pound females in size. From 2.5
to just over 4 feet in length, coatis are approximately
the size of a small dog. They range in color from ochre
to cinnamon brown to nearly chocolate. Their most
distinctive characteristics, however, are their clownmarked faces and faintly banded, tapered tails that
commonly exceed 2 feet in length, giving coatis the superficial appearance of monkeys.

Bob Miles

Natural History and Status

Black-tailed prairie dog

Also known as chulos, coatis are


semi-arboreal animals rarely found far
from trees. Like tree squirrels, coatis
have jointed hind feet, allowing the
animals to descend the trunks of trees
headfirst. These largely diurnal mammals are found primarily in mountains
and canyons in the southeastern
quarter of the state. Their principal
habitats are Madrean oak-pine woodland and riparian deciduous forest.
Highly omnivorous, their principal
foods are lizards, insect larvae, bird
eggs, acorns, fruits, and other mast.
Troops of coatis, which may range
in size from one or two to up to 40
animals, are typically composed of females, sub-adults, and weaned young
of the year. Males leave the troop
when about 2 years old, after which
they associate with the females only
during the spring breeding season.
Nursing females leave the troop for
four to six weeks after giving birth.
From one to six young are born in
June or July. Born helpless in a den
or hollow tree, the youngsters remain
with their mother until old enough to
forage with the troop in the fall.
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Other Birds and Mammals


Coati numbers fluctuate markedly, and at least two
major population declines have been reported for Arizona. Recently, however, they appear to be expanding
their range northward and are now common in such
places as Aravaipa Canyon and the Sierra Ancha,
where they were unheard of prior to 1970. Current hunt
management authorizes a seven-month season, and a
bag limit of one coati per calendar year.

Gunnisons Prairie Dog

Prairie dogs are robust, diurnal ground squirrels that


live in underground colonies called dogtowns. Their
tails are relatively short, less than 25 percent of the
body length. The animals get their name from their
doglike barks, which warn the colony of intruders.
Male Gunnisons prairie dogs are just over a foot long,
with 2-inch, grayish to white-tipped tails. Adult males
weigh about 1.75 pounds and females less than 1.5
pounds. Male and female are similar in appearance,
both a pale buff in color. The species is now largely restricted to Great Basin grasslands above the Mogollon
Rim, although colonies formerly extended south and
east of Prescott to the Dewey and Dugas areas, as well
as to the San Carlos Indian Reservation.

Natural History and Status

Gunnisons prairie dog colonies tend to be small, and


usually contain fewer than 50 animals. Their burrow
entrances are not typically built up into craters, unlike
those of black-tailed prairie dogs. Gunnisons prairie
dogs enter torpor below ground during winter months,
and breed in February-March. The three to four pups
typically appear in June. Grasses, forbs, and sedges are
the usual dietary items.

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Slightly larger than the Gunnisons prairie dog, this


15-inch-long rodent is yellowish tan in color with a
usually dusky-tipped 3-inch tail. Male black-tailed
prairie dogs average about 2 pounds; the females about
1.9 pounds. Unlike those of Gunnisons, the entrances
to the burrows of black-tailed prairie dogs often have
cratered mounds that can reach up to 3 feet in height.
The underground burrow network may be extensive,
and black-tailed prairie dog colonies were often large,
especially those in the San Pedro and Sulphur Springs
valleys

Natural History and Status

Black-tailed prairie dogs are active all year, and will


come out on sunny days even in midwinter. The species
breeds in late February; the young are born in March
200 Hunt Arizona 2015

and appear in May. Dietary items include grass stems,


grass roots, and shrubs.
Black-tailed prairie dogs formerly occurred in the
semidesert grasslands of southeastern Arizona south of
the Gila River, westward to the vicinity of Fort Huachuca. They have been extirpated in Arizona since 1959,
although a small colony on the Day Ranch 15 miles
southeast of Duncan on the Arizona-New Mexico border persisted until 1974. An attempt to reintroduce this
animal to the Appleton Research Ranch (near Sonoita)
in the summer of 1974 failed. The species has recently
been protected in Arizona, in the hope that individuals
from three colonies in Sonora within five miles of the
United States-Mexico border might recolonize our state.

Specially Protected
Mammals

The following mammals are protected at all times because they are endangered species, resemble endangered
species, or are otherwise deemed in need of protection
due to low numbers or vulnerability.

Bats

Arizona, with 28 species of bats belonging to four families (ghost-faced, leaf-nosed, vesper, and free-tailed),
has one of the most diverse bat faunas of any state.
Ranging in abundance from the American free-tailed
bat, which numbers in the millions, to the seldom-seen
ghost-faced bat, Arizonas bats are highly beneficial.
They feed on insects and find their prey by emitting
and receiving sonic wavesa process similar to sonar
and known as echolocation. Each species has its own
high-pitched call, some of which can be heard by human ears. Our largest bat species, the western mastiff
bat, is about 7 inches long and has a wingspan of up to
18 inches. The western pipestrelle, at only 2.5-3 inches
long is Arizonas smallest bat. Some species, such as the
spotted bat with its deaths-head markings and huge
ears, are bizarre in appearance.

Natural History and Status

Although nearly all of Arizonas bats are insectivores,


two, the lesser long-nosed bat and the Mexican longtongued, feed on nectar and pollen. Some species, such
as the red bat, are generally solitary, but most roost in
colonies, selecting as their daytime retreat a particular cavern, rock fissure, or mine tunnel. Most bats are
migratory, although a few over-winter by hibernating.
To reduce competition, the various species use different
habitats and feeding strategies. Pallid bats, for example,
typically feed low to the ground; the western mastiff

bat tends to hunt high over water or in the tree canopy.


It is also an unfortunate fact that bats transmit rabies,
with the result that they expose dozens of people a year
to this potentially deadly virus.
All bats are protected in Arizona due to their generally beneficial nature and the rarity of certain species.
Colonial roost sites may also be protected, and certain
caves have been declared off-limits because of their
value to these intriguing flying mammals.

Black-footed Ferret

This uniquely North American mammal has always


been extremely rare in Arizona, with only four specimens ever collected in the state. Until a reintroduction
program began in 1996, the last ferret reported in Arizona was in 1931 when bubonic plague and rodent
control programs killed off the ferrets prairie dog prey.
The black-footed ferret is a low slung, weasel-like animal less than 2 feet in length, with sooty black feet.
The overall color is a yellow-buff, the face has a distinctive black mask, and the approximately 5-inch tail is
tipped in black. Males are significantly larger than females, weighing about 2.25 pounds to the females 1.5
pounds.

Natural History and Status

Ferrets are almost exclusively restricted to prairie dog


colonies, which provide most of the animals food. The

ferret is primarily a nocturnal species. It breeds during mid-March or April, and after a gestation of 45 or
so days give birth to from two to five young. The kits
remain in a nest underground with their mother for 40
days or more and do not disperse to forage on their own
until September, attaining breeding maturity at one
year of age. The presence of ferrets can be detected by
their tracks and diggings, which consist of 4-inch-deep
trenches and lengthy piles of soil adjacent to prairie dog
holes. Federally designated an endangered species in
1967, black-footed ferrets are the focus of an Arizona
Game and Fish Department program to reintroduce
captive-reared animals in Aubrey Valley. Although the
project is still relatively young, some animals have already reproduced in the wild.

Hualapai Mexican Vole

Voles or meadow mice are dark brown, short-tailed


(<1.5) terrestrial rodents with short fur and small,
rounded ears. The sexes are nearly identical in pelage
and size. The Mexican vole, to which this race belongs,
is widely distributed at higher elevations, with populations found in the White Mountains, the San Francisco
Peaks, along the Mogollon Rim, and in such isolated
ranges as the Sierra Ancha, Bradshaw Mountains, Navajo Mountain, and Hualapai Mountains. The latter
population, and possibly those on the Hualapai Indian Reservation to the north, has been described as a
separate subspecies due to its isolation. The identifying
characters of this socalled Hualapai vole are
not well defined, but
are based on its having
a smaller relative size,
longer hind feet, and
more cinnamon underparts than its closest
neighbors.

George Andrejko

Natural History
and Status

Townsends big-eared bat

This 1.25-inch-long rodent prefers dry, grassy


meadows and canyons
in proximity to ponderosa pines, Gambels
oaks, pinyon-juniper
woodlands, and chaparral. As with most
rodents, numbers may
fluctuate from rare
to abundant. Not as
prolific as some other rodents, their litter
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sizes vary from one to four and average about 2.5. This
isolated population of Mexican voles is protected as a
Federally endangered species

Jaguar

More than 50 of these large, spotted cats have been


documented from Arizona since 1900. Although there
are some early records of what appear to be young jaguars, almost all of the animals taken or photographed
after 1950 have been wandering males from Sonora,
Mexico. The last recorded female in Arizona was taken
in 1962.
Borderland jaguars tend to be small when compared
to those in South America. The males average from
about 125 to 160 pounds; the females are smaller, averaging about 110 poundsapproximately the same as
mountain lions. Adult jaguars stand about 2.25 feet to
2.5 feet tall at the shoulder. The males average about 7
feet in length and the females about 6 feet. The tail is
relatively short, about 17 to 30 inches and less than half
of the length of the head and body. Dorsal colors range
from a pale yellow-buff to a golden orange. The black
spots on the head and shoulders are relatively small,
transforming to a complicated series of bars, splotches and broken rings or rosettes on the back, flanks, feet
and tail. Underneath, the jaguar varies from a very pale
gray to snow white with black markings. Although
appearing garish in the open, jaguars are in fact wonderfully concealed in the dappled shadows of their
wooded and scrubland habitats.
The only New World roaring cat, jaguars call
to each other by emitting a series of hoarse, rasping
grunts.

Natural History and Status

Although jaguars have been recorded as far north


as the Grand Canyon, most have been recovered or
photographed in the borderland mountains in the
southeastern quarter of the state. Found primarily
in tropical thornscrub and deciduous forest in Mexico, most Arizona jaguars have been encountered in
Madrean evergreen woodlands and scrub-invaded
semidesert grassland. Several jaguars have been taken
in proximity to water, and several have been taken in
montane conifer forests, at least one above 9,000 feet
elevation.
Jaguars hunt mostly at twilight and at night, seeking a wide variety of prey. Prey items in Arizona have
ranged from frogs to elk, but white-tailed deer, javelina,
and coatis appear to be the most important natural prey.
Livestock is taken when available, especially calves.
Female jaguars reach sexual maturity at about 2.5
years. For biological and social reasons, most males do
not breed until age 3 to 4. The breeding season in
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the Southwest borderlands appears to be in January or


February, the young being born in spring after a 100day gestation period. The one or two cubs are weaned
at about 22 weeks, but female offspring may remain
with the mother for more than a year. The average life
span of Sonoran jaguars is thought to be less than 10
years due to the scarcity of game and their persecution
as stock-killers. Jaguars have been protected in Arizona by state law since 1969, and U.S. populations were
declared an endangered species in 1997. Prior to this
time, jaguars have at various times been considered as
furbearers, predators, or nongame mammals. The Department is engaged in a Conservation Team working
to conserve jaguars of the Arizona-New Mexico-Mexico borderlands.

Jaguarundi

These low slung, 10- to 20-pound felines require dense


tropical vegetation and are usually found near water. The animals head and ears appear small for a cat,
and the 1- to 2-foot tail is less than the body length.
Two color phases of these uniformly colored cats occurcinnamon and charcoal gray. Largely terrestrial,
jaguarundis take to trees only when pursued by dogs,
at which time they can display much arboreal agility.
More diurnal than other wild felids, jaguarundis usually occur alone or in pairs. The species also emits a
whistlelike call on occasion.

Natural History and Status

Jaguarundis feed on small mammals, such as cotton


rats, as well as a variety of birds, lizards, and snakes.
The breeding season varies with locality, but the gestation period is from 60 to 70 days after which from one
to four kittens are born.
This species has never been documented as occurring in our state, or even southward in Sonora, Mexico.
Jaguarundis have been protected here since 1972, on
the basis of visual reports and the possibility that this
animal might occur in Arizona. The species is included
here only because it remains federally listed in Arizona.

Ocelot

These 18 to 22-pound felines are residents of southeastern Arizona, mainly in the Sky Islands of the
Coronado National Forest. Their background color is
a grayish or brownish orange color with black stripes
and dots. Solitary and terrestrial, the gato galavis, as
the species is known in Sonora, is largely nocturnal in
its habits. Averaging about 22 pounds, male ocelots are
slightly larger than the 19.5 pounds for the average female. The head and body length is approximately 3 to
3.5 feet, with the tail providing another 13 to 14 inches.

Natural History and Status

Multiple observations of male ocelots dispersing


from Sonora, Mexico have occurred since the turn of
the century. In Arizona, they have been documented as
far north as Globe, Arizona and west to the mountains
near Interstate 19. The life history of the gato galavis
in Sonora remains largely uninvestigated, but the litter
size in other ocelot populations is one or two. The kittens eyes are shut for 2.5 weeks and they remain with
their mother for 18 to 20 months. Most ocelots do not
reach breeding maturity until 2 years old or more.
Ocelots feed mostly on terrestrial mammals, such
as cottontails, but reptiles are also taken. Adults may
have a home range of 3,000 acres or more. Ocelots have
been protected in Arizona since 1969. Any change in
the species status is therefore difficult to ascertain, as
any ocelots taken by trappers and/or predator c ontrol
agents are unlikely to be reported.

Otter (see Furbearers)


Porcupine

Natural History and Status

Possessed of poor vision but with a good sense of smell,


porcupines are active mainly at night. Habitats occupied include forested mountains, riparian forests,
meadows, semidesert grasslands and even deserts. During the winter months, porcupines may feed almost
exclusively on the inner bark of pine trees, although the
bark of cottonwoods, mesquites, and ocotillos is also
taken. Porcupines lose weight when feeding only on inner-bark, however, and also eat mistletoe, acorns, fungi,
cactus fruit, and other mast when available. During the
summer months, the species feeds on the ground and is
frequently seen in mountain meadows feeding on grasses and sedges. Porcupines are fond of salt and will gnaw
ax handles and other objects having this mineral.
Solitary animals, porcupines den in hollow trees and
burrows as well as in rocky outcrops and mine shafts,
often using the same den site year after year.
Females mature in one year, males in 2.5. Mating
takes place in September and October, often in a tree,
and is usually accompanied by highly vocal grunts,
squeals, and shrieks. The males are very aggressive
at this time and will fight any other males they happen to come upon. Gestation is seven months and the
single offspring is born in late April or early May. The
youngster, weighing about
a pound, is highly developed and well able to care
for itself, staying with the
mother only through its
first summer. Probably because of their slow-paced
life style, porcupines can
live up to 9 years of age
a relatively long time for a
rodent.
Although totally
protected in Arizona, porcupines were unprotected
for many years due to the
damage inflicted on both
mature ponderosa pines
and pine seedlings, as evidenced by the trees girdled
trunks and white areas of
peeled bark. As recently as the 1950s, hunters
were encouraged to kill any
porcupines encountered.
Densities of porcupines apGeorge Andrejko

These large, bulky rodents are unmistakable. The large


head, long spines intermixed with equally long or longer blackish, brownish, and yellowish hair, and heavy
claws make for instant identification. The males are
bigger than the females, but the females have longer

tails. Overall, the animals total length is about 2.5 feet,


of which approximately 8 inches constitutes the tail.
Weights range from 7.75 to 40 pounds depending on
the porcupines age and condition.

Porcupine

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Bob Miles

larger nose pads, and a thicker neck


that shows a ruff or mane when the
animals hackles are raised. Wolves
also have long, slender forelegs and a
dark-tipped tail. Coat color varies with
season and individuals, some animals
being so light as to be nearly white
and others so dark as to appear almost
black. The usual pelage, however, is
a grizzled mixture of grays, browns,
blacks, and whites on backs and flanks.
Adults are about 4.5 to 5.5 feet long,
with 14 to 17 inch tails. The males are
about 10 pounds heavier than the females, weighing between 65 and 85
pounds, versus the females 55 to 80
pounds.
Perhaps the wolf s most distinctive
trademark is its mournful howl, which
is usually given in late fall and early
winter, and which once heard, is never
forgotten.

Mexican gray wolf


pear to vary with time, however, and the species now
appears much reduced in comparison to numbers reported earlier. Nonetheless, porcupines may still cause
problems locally and require relocation to other areas.

Gray Wolf

The Mexican wolf is the rarest, southern-most occurring, and most genetically distinct subspecies of all the
North American gray wolves, which was listed under
the Endangered Species Act as an endangered subspecies (Canis lupus baileyi) in 1976. Mexican wolves
historically inhabited montane woodlands and adjacent grasslands in northern Mexico, New Mexico,
Arizona, and the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas
at elevations of 4,000-5,000 ft. where native ungulate prey species were numerous. By the early 1970s,
the Mexican wolf was considered extirpated from its
historical range in the southwestern United States and
no Mexican wolves were known to exist in the wild in
the United States or Mexico from 1980 until the beginning of the Mexican wolf Reintroduction Project
in 1998. Southwestern wolves stand about 30 inches
high at the shoulder, and differ from the much smaller
(less than 35 pounds) coyotes by having heavier, deeper
chests, larger broader heads, shorter, thicker muzzles,
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Natural History and Status

Wolves are mostly active at night and


hunt by trailing and running their prey
to ground. Their preferred habitats are
rolling woodlands, level forests, open
meadows, and grasslands. Wolves historically fed on
deer, elk, pronghorn, cottontails, and mice but readily
adapted to taking sheep and cattle when livestock were
introduced to Arizona.
For behavioral as well as biological reasons, wolves
do not usually reach sexual maturity until they are
about 2.5 years old. The breeding season in Arizona is
between November and mid February, and the gestation period is 63 days. Den sites are selected by the
female, and may consist of an enlarged burrow, hollow log, or a natural crevice. Four to eight sooty-brown
pups are born in the spring and nursed for six to eight
weeks. They are cared for by both parents. Although
they are weaned in late fall, when they are 2.5 to 3
months old, the young wolves, especially the females,
may remain with the parents for another year or so before dispersing.
Wolves are social animals, but packs in Arizona
have historically been small, usually consisting of from
one or two to seven animals. Wolves can have very
large home ranges and travel long distances in search of
food and mates.
Mexican wolves were reintroduced to the wild in 1998
in Arizona and New Mexico as a nonessential experimental population pursuant to section 10(j) of the
Endangered Species Act. A binational captive-breed-

Other Birds and Mammals


ing program between the United States and Mexico
was initiated in the late 1970s with the capture of the
last remaining Mexican wolves in the wild. The establishment and success of the captive breeding program
prevented absolute extinction of the Mexican wolf
and, by producing surplus animals, provided a source
of Mexican wolves for reintroduction in the wild. All
Mexican wolves alive today originated from three lineages (Ghost Ranch, 24 Aragon and McBride) and
the breeding of these founding Mexican wolves and
generations of their offspring has produced a captive
population approaching 250 wolves in 52 facilities in
the United States and Mexico.
A total of 13 captive-bred Mexican wolves were initially released in 1998 into a portion of the Blue Range
Wolf Recovery Area (BRWRA), which is part of a
larger Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area
(MWEPA) that has been established as the footprint for the Mexican wolf reintroduction project. The
BRWRA serves as the primary Mexican wolf occupancy area and is comprised of the Apache and Gila
National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico, and is
surrounded by the larger MWEPA that extends across
Arizona and New Mexico between Interstate Highway
10 to the south and Interstate Highway 40 to the north.
Under the 1998 nonessential experimental population rule, wolves are allowed to be released and disperse
within the BRWRA. Mexican wolves entering the
MWEPA (leaving the BRWRA) are subject to capture
and relocation into the BRWRA. In the seven years
from 1998 through 2004 a total of 87 Mexican wolves
were initially-released from captivity into the wild, with
the number of initial releases declining in subsequent
years (2007-2013) due, in part, to the wild population demonstrating natural growth through wild-born
wolves. The 2013 year-end population count reflected a
minimum estimated population of 83 Mexican wolves
in Arizona and New Mexico with the population being
entirely comprised of wild-born wolves.

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