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Unit 6B pronghorn hunting: 2026 hunts, harvest and draw

AZGFD's 2026 Pronghorn and Elk booklet lists 3 pronghorn hunts open in Unit 6B, with 7 permits in all. The largest is hunt 2046, buck pronghorn, August 21 to September 3, with 5 permits. On the 4 hunts held only in Unit 6B in 2025, AZGFD's harvest survey counts 9 hunters and 5 pronghorn taken.

Data updated October 2026. Hunts: AZGFD's 2026 Pronghorn and Elk booklet. Harvest: AZGFD harvest summaries, 2021 to 2025. Draw: AZGFD's 2025 report.

Map of Arizona Unit 6B for pronghorn hunters: public land by manager, the unit line, neighboring units 6A, 7, 8, 11M and 19A and highways

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Unit 6B pronghorn at a glance
UnitUnit 6B
AZGFD regionRegion 2, Flagstaff
Pronghorn hunts, 20263 (7 permits)
Hunt typesgeneral and archery only
Earliest seasonAugust 21 to September 3 (hunt 2046)
Pronghorn taken on its own hunts, 20255 by 9 hunters
2025 draw, first-choice applicants373 for 7 permits issued
Public land open to hunting84.1%, mostly national forest

What pronghorn hunts does Unit 6B have in 2026?

3 hunts: 2 general and 1 archery only. 3 are held only in Unit 6B. Permits are AZGFD's numbers for the whole hunt.

HuntTypeSeason, 2026Legal animalPermitsOpen area
2011GeneralSep 4 to Sep 13Buck pronghorn16B North (excluding Camp Navajo)
2012GeneralSep 4 to Sep 13Buck pronghorn16B South
2046Archery onlyAug 21 to Sep 3Buck pronghorn56B North (excluding Camp Navajo)

Source: AZGFD 2026 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information, PDF pages 12 and 13. Note numbers refer to AZGFD's printed notes, which set boundaries and restrictions; read them before you apply.

How many pronghorn are harvested in Unit 6B?

Year by year, the hunts held only in Unit 6B. Hunter and harvest totals are sums of AZGFD's figures for those hunts.

YearHuntsHuntersHunter daysPronghorn takenPronghorn per 100 hunters
20254955556
202431510417
202331167327
202231613200
202131410617

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

Every hunt that included Unit 6B, as AZGFD reported it:

2025
HuntTypeAreaPermits issuedHuntersHunter daysHarvestSuccess (AZGFD)
2011General6B North1141100%
2012General6B South1111100%
2046Archery only6B North5538120%
2901Archery onlyCamp Navajo52122100%
2024
HuntTypeAreaPermits issuedHuntersHunter daysHarvestSuccess (AZGFD)
2011General6B South10000%
2044Archery only6B North101061110%
2901Archery onlyCamp Navajo554300%

Source: AZGFD 2025 Pronghorn Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2024 Pronghorn Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Summary, AZGFD 2021 Pronghorn 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 3 pronghorn hunts that included Unit 6B: 373 first-choice applications for 7 permits issued. These are 2025 counts, not a forecast.

Hunt, 2025AreaHunt typeSeasonFirst-choice applicantsSecond-choice applicantsPermits issued
201106BNBuck pronghorn9/5 to 9/141261241
201206BSBuck pronghorn9/5 to 9/141521601
204606BNBuck pronghorn8/22 to 9/495745

Source: AZGFD 2025 Pronghorn 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 6B, AZGFD's 2025 pronghorn survey classified 68 animals in 13 groups: 28 bucks and 23 young per 100 does.

Source: AZGFD 2025 Pronghorn Survey Summary.

How much public land is in Unit 6B?

84.1% of Unit 6B is public land open to hunting: 217,340 of 258,473 acres, the largest share national forest (195,464 acres). The Unit 6B 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 pronghorn permits does Unit 6B have in 2026?

7 permits across 3 hunts in AZGFD's 2026 booklet. The largest is hunt 2046 (buck pronghorn).

When is pronghorn season in Unit 6B in 2026?

The first pronghorn hunt open here starts August 21 (hunt 2046, archery only) and the last ends September 13. Each hunt's dates are in the table on this page.

How many pronghorn were harvested in Unit 6B in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 harvest survey counts 5 pronghorn taken by 9 hunters on the 4 hunts held only in Unit 6B, against 1 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 6B pronghorn in 2025?

AZGFD's 2025 draw report counts 373 first-choice applications for the 3 pronghorn hunts that included Unit 6B, and 7 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.