Unit 39/40A/40B/41/42 any antlered deer, muzzleloader (Dec 11 - Dec 31)

Hunt code
1192
Unit
39/40A/40B/41/42, 39, 40A, 40B, 41, and 42 (excluding Buckeye Hills, Skyline, Estrella Mountain and White Tank Mountain Regional Parks) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Notes 6 and 7)
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
Muzzleloader, Dec 11 - Dec 31
Draw years
2022–2026

In 2026, 45 of 448 residents drew (10%). The bonus-point pool reached 9 points. 37 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 1 point.

In 2026, 5 of 94 nonresidents drew (5%). The bonus-point pool reached 13 points. 3 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 4 points.

Harvest success in 2025 was 20%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1022100%
91071 random70%
885random63%
7111random9%
6233random13%
5233random13%
4434random9%
3724random6%
215114random9%
1692random3%
03600%
All4484510%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1322100%
12100%
10100%
921random50%
8400%
731random33%
6800%
5500%
441random25%
3700%
22300%
11800%
01600%
All9455%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20265544845994513
202555563459111513
20245558745896513
20235556745886514
202255562458106518
091820222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202535720%
2024442148%
2023481838%

Reading these numbers

Arizona uses bonus points. In each draw, 20% of a hunt's permits first go to the applicants with the most bonus points who listed it as their 1st or 2nd choice. The rest are drawn at random among 1st and 2nd choices together, where each bonus point buys an extra chance, and leftovers go to 3rd-5th choices. Because 1st and 2nd choices compete in the same passes, applicant and permit counts here include both choices, which is how AZGFD prints them. Nonresidents are capped, usually at 10% of a hunt's permits. AZGFD renumbers hunts most years, so a hunt's number can differ from one year to the next.

  • 2022AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 558 in the point rows vs 562 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 110 in the point rows vs 106 in the draw report.

Sources

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Units listed next to it

In AZGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.