Unit 33 deer hunting: 2026 hunts, harvest and draw

Name: Arizona Unit 33 deer hunts and harvest, 2021 to 2025
Creator: Arizona Game and Fish Department

AZGFD's 2026 regulations list 8 deer hunts open in Unit 33, with 1,515 permits in all. The largest is hunt 1121, antlered whitetail deer, November 6 to November 12, with 275 permits. On the 8 hunts held only in Unit 33 in 2025, AZGFD's harvest survey counts 1,491 hunters and 658 deer taken; AZGFD lists 84 as mule deer and 571 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 33 for deer hunters: public land by manager, the unit line, neighboring units 30B, 32, 34B, 37A, 37B and 38M and highways — National forestBLMState trust landNational park or monument (no hunting)City, county and otherUnit 33Neighboring unitsLake or riverHighway

Unit 33 deer at a glance
Unit	Unit 33
AZGFD region	Region 5, Tucson
Deer hunts, 2026	8 (1,515 permits)
Hunt types	general, youth only and muzzleloader
Earliest season	October 9 to October 15 (hunt 1169)
Deer taken on its own hunts, 2025	658 by 1,491 hunters
2025 draw, first-choice applicants	4,304 for 1,765 permits issued
Public land open to hunting	72.2%, mostly national forest

What deer hunts does Unit 33 have in 2026?

8 hunts: 5 general, 2 youth only and 1 muzzleloader. 8 are held only in Unit 33. Permits are AZGFD's numbers for the whole hunt.

Hunt	Type	Season, 2026	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
1054	General	Oct 30 to Nov 5	Antlered mule deer	150	33
1120	General	Oct 23 to Oct 29	Antlered whitetail deer	175	33
1121	General	Nov 6 to Nov 12	Antlered whitetail deer	275	33
1122	General	Nov 27 to Dec 6	Antlered whitetail deer	275	33
1123	General	Dec 11 to Dec 31	Antlered whitetail deer	65	33
1169	Youth only	Oct 9 to Oct 15	Any antlered deer	150	33
1170	Youth only	Nov 20 to Nov 26	Any antlered deer	150	33
1194	Muzzleloader	Nov 13 to Nov 19	Antlered whitetail deer	275	33

Source: AZGFD 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, PDF pages 29, 30, 31 and 32. 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 33?

Year by year, the hunts held only in Unit 33. Hunter and harvest totals are sums of AZGFD's figures for those hunts.

Year	Hunts	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer	Whitetail	Deer taken	Deer per 100 hunters
2025	8	1,491	5,576	84	571	658	44
2024	8	1,444	5,493	94	731	824	57
2023	9	1,628	5,677	65	726	791	49
2022	9	1,683	5,948	76	672	753	45
2021	9	2,037	7,611	45	708	751	37

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

Every hunt that included Unit 33, as AZGFD reported it:

2025
Hunt	Type	Area	Permits issued	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer bucks	Whitetail bucks	Harvest	Success (AZGFD)
1054	General	33	200	169	774	41	0	41	24%
1119	General	33	195	167	532	0	83	83	50%
1120	General	33	296	250	852	0	102	104	42%
1121	General	33	298	249	1,100	0	111	111	45%
1122	General	33	64	62	363	0	37	37	60%
1168	Youth only	33	200	173	514	27	86	114	66%
1169	Youth only	33	198	168	527	16	67	83	49%
1193	Muzzleloader	33	299	253	914	0	85	85	34%

2024
Hunt	Type	Area	Permits issued	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer bucks	Whitetail bucks	Harvest	Success (AZGFD)
1055	General	33	199	140	553	47	0	47	34%
1119	General	33	197	161	544	0	103	103	64%
1120	General	33	300	248	967	0	139	138	56%
1121	General	33	299	251	1,209	0	131	131	52%
1122	General	33	65	55	337	0	41	41	75%
1168	Youth only	33	199	184	517	19	113	132	72%
1169	Youth only	33	200	177	496	28	82	110	62%
1192	Muzzleloader	33	300	228	870	0	122	122	54%

Earlier years: 2023, 2022, 2021

2023
Hunt	Type	Area	Permits issued	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer bucks	Whitetail bucks	Harvest	Success (AZGFD)
1055	General	33	200	153	589	47	0	47	31%
1119	General	33	150	124	411	0	69	69	56%
1120	General	33	200	175	534	0	105	105	60%
1121	General	33	300	253	918	0	107	107	42%
1122	General	33	300	251	1,046	0	127	127	51%
1123	General	33	65	54	287	0	34	34	63%
1165	Youth only	33	200	176	392	8	107	115	65%
1166	Youth only	33	200	187	595	10	88	98	52%
1190	Muzzleloader	33	300	255	905	0	89	89	35%

2022
Hunt	Type	Area	Permits issued	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer bucks	Whitetail bucks	Harvest	Success (AZGFD)
1054	General	33	198	169	677	38	0	38	22%
1119	General	33	147	131	434	0	70	70	53%
1120	General	33	200	186	621	0	110	110	59%
1121	General	33	299	268	931	0	108	108	40%
1122	General	33	297	259	1,032	0	111	113	44%
1123	General	33	64	62	284	0	41	41	66%
1165	Youth only	33	200	178	482	8	104	115	65%
1166	Youth only	33	199	180	534	30	57	87	48%
1190	Muzzleloader	33	297	250	953	0	71	71	28%

2021
Hunt	Type	Area	Permits issued	Hunters	Hunter days	Mule deer bucks	Whitetail bucks	Harvest	Success (AZGFD)
1055	General	33	272	212	742	20	0	20	9%
1120	General	33	198	168	608	0	62	64	38%
1121	General	33	249	228	724	0	104	104	45%
1122	General	33	349	313	1,173	0	126	124	40%
1123	General	33	348	292	1,284	0	122	122	42%
1124	General	33	98	87	566	0	45	45	52%
1166	Youth only	33	250	233	806	17	113	129	55%
1167	Youth only	33	247	220	679	8	66	73	33%
1192	Muzzleloader	33	348	284	1,029	0	70	70	25%

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 8 deer hunts that included Unit 33: 4,304 first-choice applications for 1,765 permits issued. These are 2025 counts, not a forecast.

Hunt, 2025	Area	Hunt type	Season	First-choice applicants	Second-choice applicants	Permits issued
1054	33	Antlered mule deer	10/31 to 11/6	567	328	200
1119	33	Antlered whitetail	10/24 to 10/30	749	640	200
1120	33	Antlered whitetail	11/7 to 11/13	547	881	300
1121	33	Antlered whitetail	11/28 to 12/7	660	789	300
1122	33	Antlered whitetail	12/12 to 12/31	1,121	733	65
1168	33	Any antlered deer	10/10 to 10/16	335	261	200
1169	33	Any antlered deer	11/21 to 11/27	281	296	200
1193	33	Antlered whitetail	11/14 to 11/20	44	57	300

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.

What did AZGFD's 2025 survey count?

In Unit 33, AZGFD's 2025 mule deer survey classified 24 animals in 4 groups: 11 bucks and 22 young per 100 does. In Unit 33, AZGFD's 2025 white-tailed deer survey classified 361 animals in 107 groups: 18 bucks and 21 young per 100 does.

Source: AZGFD 2025 Mule Deer Survey Summary, AZGFD 2025 White-tailed Deer Survey Summary.

How much public land is in Unit 33?

72.2% of Unit 33 is public land open to hunting: 478,885 of 663,689 acres, the largest share national forest (260,643 acres). The Unit 33 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 33 have in 2026?

1,515 permits across 8 hunts in AZGFD's 2026 regulations. The largest is hunt 1121 (antlered whitetail deer).

When is deer season in Unit 33 in 2026?

The first deer hunt open here starts October 9 (hunt 1169, youth only) and the last ends December 31. Each hunt's dates are in the table on this page.

How many deer were harvested in Unit 33 in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 harvest survey counts 658 deer taken by 1,491 hunters on the 8 hunts held only in Unit 33, against 824 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 33 deer in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 draw report counts 4,304 first-choice applications for the 8 deer hunts that included Unit 33, and 1,765 permits issued. AZGFD publishes no forecast for 2026; these are 2025 counts.

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Where these numbers come from

Hunts, seasons, legal animals and permits: AZGFD 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations.
Harvest, hunters and days: 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.
Draw applicants and permits: AZGFD 2025 Deer draw report.
Unit boundaries: AZGFD game management unit boundaries. Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee managers).

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.

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