This is a fascinating unit. Unit 28 is actually enormous — it spans from the New Mexico border westward across the Gila River country, including the Peloncillo, Whitlock, and Gila Mountains, and it is primarily known as a bighorn sheep unit rather than a Coues deer unit. The Coues deer presence is real but limited.Continue reading “Hunting Coues Deer and Mule Deer in Arizona GMU 28: Complete Guide to the Gila and Peloncillo Country 2026”
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Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 21: Complete Guide to the Verde Rim Country 2026
Unit 21 stretches from the northern outskirts of the Phoenix metro area north to Camp Verde — a geographic position that makes it one of the most accessible quality deer hunting units in central Arizona for hunters based in the valley. It is also one of those units where proximity to population creates a predictableContinue reading “Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 21: Complete Guide to the Verde Rim Country 2026”
Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 22: Complete Guide to the Tonto Basin and Mogollon Rim Country 2026
Got everything I need. Here is the full article: Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 22: Complete Guide to the Tonto Basin and Mogollon Rim Country 2026 Unit 22 is one of those Arizona hunting units that rewards hunters who understand its character and punishes hunters who underestimate it. The terrain hereContinue reading “Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 22: Complete Guide to the Tonto Basin and Mogollon Rim Country 2026”
Arizona Deer Draw 2026: The Deadline Is June 2nd and Here Is How to Use Every Day Until Then
Published April 2026 | Arizona Deer Draw The Arizona deer draw deadline is June 2nd, 2026. If you have already submitted your application, this guide is your gear prep checklist and your planning resource while you wait on results. If you have not submitted yet, you have about five weeks and you need to getContinue reading “Arizona Deer Draw 2026: The Deadline Is June 2nd and Here Is How to Use Every Day Until Then”
Hunting Mule Deer in Arizona GMU 6A: Complete Guide to the Mormon Lake Country 2026
Unit 6A sits in a category that does not get enough attention in Arizona mule deer conversation. It is not a trophy unit and nobody is going to pretend it is. But it occupies a genuinely valuable position in the Arizona draw landscape as one of the most realistic options for hunters who want toContinue reading “Hunting Mule Deer in Arizona GMU 6A: Complete Guide to the Mormon Lake Country 2026”
Hunting Mule Deer in Arizona GMU 10: Complete Guide to the Aubrey Cliffs and Kingman Country 2026
Unit 10 does not carry the name recognition of the Strip or the Kaibab. It does not appear on lists of Arizona’s top trophy units and it does not draw the kind of application pressure that makes hunters wait a decade for a tag. What it does offer is something genuinely valuable and increasingly rareContinue reading “Hunting Mule Deer in Arizona GMU 10: Complete Guide to the Aubrey Cliffs and Kingman Country 2026”
Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 27: Complete Guide to the Eagle Creek Country 2026
Unit 27 occupies a corner of Arizona that most hunters from the Phoenix metro area have never seen and that most out of state hunters do not know exists. Tucked into the eastern edge of the state between New Mexico’s famous Gila country to the east and the San Carlos Indian Reservation to the west,Continue reading “Hunting Mule Deer and Coues Deer in Arizona GMU 27: Complete Guide to the Eagle Creek Country 2026”
Hunting Mule Deer on the Kaibab Plateau: Arizona GMU 12A and 12B Complete Guide 2026
If the Arizona Strip is the most famous mule deer address in the world then the Kaibab Plateau runs a very close second. Units 12A and 12B sit on the North Kaibab Plateau north of the Grand Canyon and have produced more Boone and Crockett mule deer than almost any other unit in the AmericanContinue reading “Hunting Mule Deer on the Kaibab Plateau: Arizona GMU 12A and 12B Complete Guide 2026”