Yuma region (AZGFD Region 4): hunting units, land and hunts
AZGFD's Region 4, run from Yuma, covers southwest Arizona: 16 game management units, 59.6% of it public land open to hunting (USGS PAD-US). AZGFD's 2026 booklets list 720 elk permits and 2,515 deer permits on hunts that include its units.
Data updated October 2026. Hunts: AZGFD's 2026 booklets. Land: USGS PAD-US 4.1. Units: AZGFD.
The Yuma region is the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona: the lower Colorado and Gila rivers, the Kofa, Cabeza Prieta and Imperial national wildlife refuges and the Barry M. Goldwater Range, which needs its own access permit.
Which units are in Region 4?
All 16 units AZGFD's boundary layer puts first in Region 4, with their public land and the number of 2026 draw hunts that include each. The most public land: Unit 45A (99.9%), Unit 45B (99.9%) and Unit 46A (99.9%). The most elk hunts: Unit 20C (6).
| Unit | Square miles | Public land | Largest manager | Elk hunts | Deer hunts | Pronghorn hunts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 16B | 129 | 74.8% | BLM | |||
| Unit 20C | 759 | 78% | State trust land | 6 | 3 | |
| Unit 39 | 1,939 | 72.6% | BLM | 2 | ||
| Unit 40A | 1,085 | 50.5% | BLM | 2 | ||
| Unit 40B | 3,445 | 11.7% | BLM | 2 | ||
| Unit 41 | 2,835 | 56% | BLM | 2 | ||
| Unit 42 | 1,488 | 66.8% | BLM | 3 | ||
| Unit 43A | 942 | 39.7% | BLM | 1 | ||
| Unit 43B | 859 | 19.9% | BLM | 1 | ||
| Unit 44A | 2,359 | 89.8% | BLM | 1 | ||
| Unit 44B | 639 | 88.9% | BLM | 1 | ||
| Unit 45A | 322 | 99.9% | National wildlife refuge | 1 | ||
| Unit 45B | 416 | 99.9% | National wildlife refuge | 1 | ||
| Unit 45C | 301 | 99.8% | National wildlife refuge | 1 | ||
| Unit 46A | 626 | 99.9% | National wildlife refuge | 1 | ||
| Unit 46B | 712 | 99.8% | National wildlife refuge | 1 |
Hunts: AZGFD's 2026 booklets; a hunt that covers several units counts in each. Land measured by FilledTag inside AZGFD's unit boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee managers).
How much public land is in Region 4?
| Manager | Acres | Share of the region |
|---|---|---|
| BLM | 4,256,145 | 35.3% |
| Military (closed or by permit) | 2,587,142 | 21.4% |
| National wildlife refuge | 1,559,515 | 12.9% |
| State trust land | 1,322,963 | 11% |
| National park or monument (no hunting) | 329,025 | 2.7% |
| Tribal land (tribal permit) | 269,827 | 2.2% |
| City, county and other | 59,058 | 0.5% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 43,930 | 0.4% |
| AZGFD land | 7,463 | 0.1% |
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.
AZGFD wildlife areas in Region 4
- Alamo Wildlife Area: 17,559 acres
- Cibola Valley Conservation and Wildlife Area: 1,300 acres
- Mittry Lake Wildlife Area: 3,875 acres
- Quigley-Achee Wildlife Area: 610 acres
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Sources: AZGFD's 2026 Pronghorn and Elk booklet and 2026-27 regulations; USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee managers); AZGFD game management unit boundaries; AZGFD wildlife areas. FilledTag is not part of the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
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