Arizona

Want to see more? The database contains the rankings of the primary general rifle bull season in late November, ranked best to worst by a combination of trophy potential, hunter success, hunter pressure, elk density and bulls per hunter. Orders are processed through PayPal to ensure secure transactions.

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Arizona Elk Rankings

Includes the 17 primary elk units: 1, 2B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7E, 7W, 8, 9, 10, 22N, 23, and 27.
Exclusive data the Arizona Game and Fish does not publish includes: elk density, % bulls harvested yearly, hunter density, elk per hunter, bulls per hunter, 5 year average success rate, average deviation of success, and sq. miles of public land.
Also includes the draw odds to help you determine the most undervalued units
You could be wasting your time hunting unit 8, when for similar draw odds you could find a much higher quality hunt!
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The ranking system is for the late November general season, none of these hunts have drawing odds worse than 12% and some have odds over 40%. In a handful of these units, an early rifle season is offered in late September or mid October. These hunts have much higher success rates and much more difficult draw odds. Because the seasons weren't the same and not offered for all of those units, we chose to level the playing field by focusing solely on the late November rifle hunt. Bowhunters can use this data as well to determine the units with the highest elk densities and best trophy potential. Cow hunters may also be interested the elk densities, as some units rival Colorado's famed Flat Tops in terms of elk per square mile. The elk densities were calculated by reconstructing the populations utilizing a combination of harvest and survey data to determine the elk population, then divided by the area of each unit.

THE ARIZONA DRAW PROCESS

Arizona elk applications are due February 9, 2010. The purchase of a $151($32 resident) non resident hunting license is required to be eligible for the draw. Also included with the application must be an additional $595 ($121 resident) for the elk tag. Arizona does not work on a preference system, so the even a first year applicant has a chance of drawing a tag. There is a bonus point system for unsuccessful applicants, which gives future applications an additional opportunity to draw. It increases your draw odds, but does not gaurantee a successful draw. One other thing to mention is that for the first time applicant, your odds of drawing a high quality tag are much better in this state than most others, as the purchase of the hunting license reduces the nonresident applicant pool significantly. If you don't draw, consider using that nonresident hunting license for some very unusual upland bird hunting opportunities, including Gambel's, Scaled and Mearns' Quail, wild chukars and blue grouse.