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Unit 19A deer hunting: 2026 hunts, harvest and draw

AZGFD's 2026 regulations list 2 deer hunts open in Unit 19A, with 750 permits in all (one of them shared with other units). The largest is hunt 1028, any antlered deer, October 23 to November 1, with 525 permits. On the one hunt held only in Unit 19A in 2025, AZGFD's harvest survey counts 436 hunters and 170 deer taken; AZGFD lists 161 as mule deer and 5 as whitetail.

Data updated October 2026. Hunts: AZGFD's 2026 2026-27 regulations. Harvest: AZGFD harvest summaries, 2021 to 2025. Draw: AZGFD's 2025 report.

Map of Arizona Unit 19A for deer hunters: public land by manager, the unit line, neighboring units 6A, 6B, 8, 19B, 20A and 21 and highways

National forestBLMState trust landAZGFD landNational park or monument (no hunting)Tribal land (tribal permit)City, county and otherUnit 19ANeighboring unitsLake or riverHighway

Unit 19A deer at a glance
UnitUnit 19A
AZGFD regionRegion 3, Kingman
Deer hunts, 20262 (750 permits)
Hunt typesgeneral and youth only
Earliest seasonOctober 9 to October 18 (hunt 1155)
Deer taken on its own hunts, 2025170 by 436 hunters
2025 draw, first-choice applicants2,070 for 775 permits issued
Public land open to hunting69.2%, mostly national forest

What deer hunts does Unit 19A have in 2026?

2 hunts: 1 general and 1 youth only. 1 is held only in Unit 19A. Permits are AZGFD's numbers for the whole hunt.

HuntTypeSeason, 2026Legal animalPermitsOpen area
1028GeneralOct 23 to Nov 1Any antlered deer52519A
1155Youth onlyOct 9 to Oct 18Any antlered deer22517B, 19A, 19B, and 20A

Source: AZGFD 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, PDF pages 29 and 31. Note numbers refer to AZGFD's printed notes, which set boundaries and restrictions; read them before you apply.

How many deer are harvested in Unit 19A?

Year by year, the hunts held only in Unit 19A. Hunter and harvest totals are sums of AZGFD's figures for those hunts.

YearHuntsHuntersHunter daysMule deerWhitetailDeer takenDeer per 100 hunters
202514361,965161517039
202414301,9221802420347
202314611,922196620244
202215042,3741562317635
202115872,824119912621

Deer per 100 hunters is worked out from AZGFD's own hunter and harvest figures for the same hunts.

Every hunt that included Unit 19A, as AZGFD reported it:

2025
HuntTypeAreaPermits issuedHuntersHunter daysMule deer bucksMule deer antlerlessWhitetail bucksWhitetail antlerlessHarvestSuccess (AZGFD)
1029General19A5174361,96516105017039%
1154Youth only17B, 19A, 19B, and 20A24822475315202015871%
2024
HuntTypeAreaPermits issuedHuntersHunter daysMule deer bucksMule deer antlerlessWhitetail bucksWhitetail antlerlessHarvestSuccess (AZGFD)
1028General19A5194301,922180024020347%
1154Youth only17B, 19A, 19B & 20A24522677817008017778%

Source: AZGFD 2025 Deer Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2024 Deer Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2023 Deer Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2022 Deer Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2021 Deer Harvest Summary. Success is AZGFD's printed figure, and AZGFD's parts (bulls, cows, species) do not always add up to its harvest total; both are shown as printed. Hunt numbers change from year to year; the area column says where each hunt was. Rows AZGFD printed with a blank middle cell are left out rather than guessed.

How many hunters applied in the 2025 draw?

AZGFD's 2025 draw report lists 2 deer hunts that included Unit 19A: 2,070 first-choice applications for 775 permits issued. These are 2025 counts, not a forecast.

Hunt, 2025AreaHunt typeSeasonFirst-choice applicantsSecond-choice applicantsPermits issued
102919AAny antlered deer10/24 to 11/21,3921,331525
115417B/19A/19B/20AAny antlered deer10/3 to 10/12678436250

Source: AZGFD 2025 Deer draw report. AZGFD's report also prints a percentage column whose basis it does not state, so it is not copied here.

How much public land is in Unit 19A?

69.2% of Unit 19A is public land open to hunting: 335,100 of 484,006 acres, the largest share national forest (243,677 acres). The Unit 19A page has the full land table, towns and roads.

Measured by FilledTag inside AZGFD's unit boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee managers). Public land open to hunting here means national forest, BLM, state trust land, AZGFD land, national wildlife refuges, national recreation areas and Bureau of Reclamation land. Tribal land, military land and national parks are counted on their own rows and left out of that figure.

Questions hunters ask

How many deer permits does Unit 19A have in 2026?

750 permits across 2 hunts in AZGFD's 2026 regulations. The largest is hunt 1028 (any antlered deer). One of these hunts also covers Unit 17B, Unit 19B and Unit 20A.

When is deer season in Unit 19A in 2026?

The first deer hunt open here starts October 9 (hunt 1155, youth only) and the last ends November 1. Each hunt's dates are in the table on this page.

How many deer were harvested in Unit 19A in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 harvest survey counts 170 deer taken by 436 hunters on the one hunt held only in Unit 19A, against 203 in 2024. Hunts shared with other units are counted in AZGFD's table for each hunt, not added here.

How many hunters applied for Unit 19A deer in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 draw report counts 2,070 first-choice applications for the 2 deer hunts that included Unit 19A, and 775 permits issued. AZGFD publishes no forecast for 2026; these are 2025 counts.

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Where these numbers come from

FilledTag is not part of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Numbers are copied from AZGFD's published reports or measured from AZGFD and USGS maps; nothing here is estimated by FilledTag. AZGFD's regulations are the final word on every rule.