Hunt Arizona 2009 Edition Survey, Harvest and Hunt Data for Big and Small Game A r i z o n a G a m e a n d F i s h D e pa r t m e n t ARIZONA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION Bob Hernbrode, Chair.......................................................Tucson Jennifer L. Martin........................................................... Phoenix Robert R. Woodhouse........................................................... Roll Norman W. Freeman............................................... Chino Valley Jack F. Husted...........................................................Springerville ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT 5000 W. Carefree Highway Phoenix, AZ 85086 (602) 942-3000 www.azgfd.gov Larry D. Voyles........................................................................... Director Gary R. Hovatter........................................................... Deputy Director Robert D. Broscheid...................................................... Deputy Director ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Mike Senn............................................................Wildlife Management Harry Seck..................................................................... Special Services Ty Gray........................................................Information and Education REGIONAL OFFICES Region I — Jon Cooley, Supervisor 2878 E. White Mountain Blvd., Pinetop, AZ 85935, (928) 367-4281 Region II — Ron Sieg, Supervisor 3500 S. Lake Mary Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (928) 774-5045 Region III — Bob Posey, Supervisor 5325 N. Stockton Hill Rd., Kingman, AZ 86409, (928) 692-7700 Region IV — Pat Barber, Supervisor 9140 E. 28th St., Yuma, AZ 85365, (928) 342-0091 Region V — Leonard Ordway, Supervisor 555 N. Greasewood Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745, (520) 628-5376 Region VI — Rod Lucas, Supervisor 7200 E. University, Mesa, AZ 85207, (480) 981-9400 Published by the Arizona Game and Fish Department Information and Education Division, Information Branch, Publications Section ©May 2009 Cover photograph: George Andrejko The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes that they have been discriminated against in any of the AGFD’s programs or activities, including employment practices, they may file a complaint with the Director’s Office, 5000 W. Carefree Highway Phoenix, AZ 85086, (602) 942-3000, or with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation or this document in an alternative format by contacting the Director’s Office as listed above. Table of Contents How to Use Survey and Harvest Data�����1-2 Bonus Points by Species����������������������������� 2-5 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������141 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������142 Deer Mule Deer Natural History�����������������������������6 Mule Deer Hunt History���������������������������������7 White-tailed Deer Natural History�����������������7 White-tailed Deer Hunt History����������������������8 Survey Data����������������������������������������������������9 Harvest Data������������������������������������������������18 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������22 Small Game Quail�����������������������������������������������������������147 Natural History����������������������������������������147 Hunt History��������������������������������������������148 White-winged Dove�����������������������������������149 Natural History����������������������������������������149 Hunt History��������������������������������������������150 Mourning Dove������������������������������������������150 Natural History����������������������������������������150 Hunt History��������������������������������������������151 Cottontail Rabbit����������������������������������������151 Natural History����������������������������������������151 Hunt History��������������������������������������������152 Tree Squirrels����������������������������������������������152 Natural History����������������������������������������152 Hunt History��������������������������������������������153 Band-tailed Pigeon�������������������������������������153 Natural History����������������������������������������153 Hunt History��������������������������������������������153 Blue Grouse������������������������������������������������153 Natural History����������������������������������������153 Hunt History��������������������������������������������154 Pheasant�����������������������������������������������������154 Natural History����������������������������������������154 Hunt History��������������������������������������������154 Small Game Harvest Data��������������������������155 Pronghorn Antelope Natural History���������������������������������������������40 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������41 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������42 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������� 46 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������49 Elk Natural History���������������������������������������������54 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������55 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������56 Harvest Data������������������������������������������������59 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������62 Turkey Natural History���������������������������������������������78 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������79 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������80 Harvest Data������������������������������������������������82 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������85 Javelina Natural History���������������������������������������������92 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������93 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������94 Harvest Data������������������������������������������������99 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������102 Bighorn Sheep Natural History������������������������������������������� 111 Hunt History����������������������������������������������� 112 Survey Data������������������������������������������������ 113 Harvest Data���������������������������������������������� 117 Hunt Data��������������������������������������������������� 118 Successful Hunter Scores���������������������������122 Measurement Data������������������������������������124 Hunt Application Data�������������������������������125 Buffalo Natural History�������������������������������������������126 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������127 Survey Data������������������������������������������������128 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������130 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������131 Black Bear Natural History�������������������������������������������133 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������134 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������135 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������136 Mountain Lion Natural History�������������������������������������������139 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������140 Predators Coyotes�������������������������������������������������������159 Natural History����������������������������������������159 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������159 Bobcats������������������������������������������������������160 Natural History����������������������������������������160 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������160 Foxes����������������������������������������������������������160 Natural History����������������������������������������161 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������161 Skunks��������������������������������������������������������161 Natural History����������������������������������������162 Trapping History��������������������������������������162 Furbearers Beaver��������������������������������������������������������163 Natural History����������������������������������������163 Trapping History��������������������������������������164 Muskrat������������������������������������������������������164 Natural History����������������������������������������164 Trapping History��������������������������������������164 Raccoon������������������������������������������������������164 Natural History����������������������������������������165 Trapping and Hunt History����������������������165 Ringtail�������������������������������������������������������165 Natural History����������������������������������������165 Trapping History��������������������������������������165 Otter�����������������������������������������������������������166 Natural History����������������������������������������166 Trapping and Hunt History����������������������166 Weasel��������������������������������������������������������166 Natural History����������������������������������������166 Trapping History��������������������������������������166 Badger��������������������������������������������������������167 Natural History����������������������������������������167 Trapping History��������������������������������������167 Trapping������������������������������������������������������167 Predator and Furbearer Harvest Data�������������������������������������������168 Waterfowl Natural History�������������������������������������������170 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������171 Survey and Harvest Data����������������������������173 Sandhill Crane Natural History�������������������������������������������175 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������176 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������177 Other Birds and Mammals Pigeon (Rock Dove)������������������������������������178 Natural History and Status����������������������178 House (English) Sparrow����������������������������178 Natural History and Status����������������������178 European Starling���������������������������������������179 Natural History and Status����������������������179 Peach-faced Lovebird���������������������������������179 Natural History and Status����������������������179 American Crow�������������������������������������������179 Natural History and Status����������������������180 Coati�����������������������������������������������������������180 Natural History and Status����������������������180 Gunnison’s Prairie Dog�������������������������������181 Natural History and Status����������������������181 Black-tailed Prairie Dog������������������������������181 Natural History and Status����������������������181 Specially Protected Mammals��������������������181 Bats������������������������������������������������������������181 Natural History and Status����������������������181 Black-footed Ferret�������������������������������������182 Natural History and Status����������������������182 Hualapai Mexican Vole������������������������������182 Natural History and Status����������������������182 Jaguar���������������������������������������������������������183 Natural History and Status����������������������183 Jaguarundi��������������������������������������������������183 Natural History and Status����������������������183 Ocelot���������������������������������������������������������183 Natural History and Status����������������������184 Otter (see Furbearers)��������������������������������184 Porcupine���������������������������������������������������184 Natural History and Status����������������������184 Gray Wolf���������������������������������������������������185 Natural History and Status����������������������185 Game Management Unit Map����������������� 191 Hunt Arizona 2009 i Arizona Game and Fish Web Site www.azgfd.gov Arizona Small and Big Game Hunt Information Now Available on the World Hunting information is available for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, javelina, turkey, quail, dove, tree squirrel, waterfowl and other small and big game species. The more than 470 written accounts provide hunt forecasts, areas to hunt, access information, and tips to improve hunt success for 80 game management units statewide. Best of all, the new, up-to-date information was written by Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Managers. These professionals are on the ground everyday and are now sharing their knowledge with you in a way that’s easy to access. Go to www.azgfd.gov and click on the Wildlife & Fish link then click on Statewide, Unit by Unit Hunting Information. It’s that easy! Wide Web Written by Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Managers Your purchase of hunting equipment supports Wildlife Restoration Hunt Arizona 2009 ii (Actual web page for Unit 22 - Bighorn Sheep showing just part of the information available.) How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Both novice and experienced hunters will find this book a valuable resource to help in making informed decisions regarding hunt selections. The book is a compendium of facts about hunting in Arizona, including up-to-date information on: • Which game management units have the most biggame permits, • The units with the narrowest male to female ratios, • Units and hunts with the highest hunt success, • Hunts that have the best drawing odds, and • Historical survey and hunt information the reader can use to compare trends for the major game species in each management unit. The information is relatively simple to use. Looking through the section on deer, for example, you will find a summary of the survey data for both mule deer and white-tailed deer in each game management unit having these species. This information will help you determine whether a unit has a high proportion of bucks and whether it is experiencing good fawn production. Bear in mind, however, that due to differences in survey methods the male to female and female to young ratios are only estimates. By checking the unit hunt information summary, you can determine the hunter success rate, how many permits were available in the past, and the drawing odds for previous hunts. Be aware that some units have several authorized hunts, each limited to a specific kind (or kinds) of weapon. Your selection of a hunt for which to apply will depend on your own preference of hunt area, weapon type, season dates, and the kind of animal you wish to harvest. Beating the Odds Permits for big-game hunts in Arizona are issued through a drawing system. Since the best predictor of the future is the past, the best estimate of your draw odds for an upcoming hunt is the draw rate for that hunt in the previous draw. Draw odds for each hunt are calculated by dividing successful first choice applicants by the total first choice applicants. Even though some permits may have been issued to second choice appli- cants, this method accurately reflects the applicant’s chances of receiving their first choice. The odds of receiving a permit for a second choice hunt instead of a first choice hunt are calculated by subtracting the draw rate for the first choice hunt from the draw rate for the second choice hunt. The odds for receiving your first or second choice would therefore be the same as your highest odds choice. For example, if your first choice selection had a 40 percent draw rate last year, and your second choice selection had a 60 percent draw rate, your odds this year are 40 percent for getting your first choice, 20 percent for getting your second choice, and 60 percent overall (assuming that the results of this year’s draw will be similar to those of the previous draw). It therefore makes little sense to apply for a second choice hunt with a lower draw rate than your first choice hunt. Only those hunts that did not fill with first or second choice applications are considered for third, fourth, or fifth choices. Therefore, only hunts with draw odds of 100 percent are good candidates for these choices. While draw rates are relatively favorable for most deer, turkey and javelina hunts, they are much more competitive for elk, antelope, buffalo, and bighorn sheep. Beginning in 1991, the Arizona Game and Fish Department began issuing bonus points to unsuccessful applicants for these species. In 1999, unsuccessful applicants for deer began to receive bonus points. In 2005, turkey, javelina, and spring bear began receiving bonus points. Each point accumulated gives the applicant an extra entry in the hunt drawing for that species. For more information about the bonus point system, please refer to R12-4-107 in the 2009-2010 Hunting Regulations. A summary of 2008 draw odds seems to indicate little advantage to having many bonus points. Further analysis, however, reveals that applicants with the largest number of bonus points are applying for hunts with the poorest draw odds, which obscures the benefits of having multiple bonus points. For example, elk applicants without any bonus points applied for hunts with draw odds that averaged 25 percent, while those with 19 bonus points applied for hunts with draw odds averaging less than 1.0 percent. This tendency held true for their second choices as well. Hunt Arizona 2009 1 How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Comparing applicants on the basis of their first choice hunts reveals a truer picture of the advantages of bonus points, particularly for those applying for hunts with high draw odds. General antelope applicants with 19 bonus points, for example, were drawn for their first choice hunt at over 83 times the rate of applicants with no bonus points (83.3 percent versus 0.2 percent). General elk applicants with 19 bonus points were drawn for their first choice hunt at over 88 times the rate of applicants with no bonus points (100 percent versus 11.9 percent). Draw odds in the tables contained in this report are computed without regard to numbers of bonus points and therefore represent your odds if you have an average number of bonus points. In the 2009 draw, the average applicant for elk tags will have about 2.9 bonus points while those applying for antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, and deer tags will have 6.0, 6.8, 6.5, and 1.9 respectively. Another point to consider when choosing hunts is the number of people on your application. This can be an important factor when applying for hunts with low numbers of permits, since no permits will be issued if there are not enough for everyone on the application. Applying with three other people for a 10-permit hunt, for example, cuts your odds by 30 percent. Applying with people who have fewer bonus points than you have will also decrease your odds, since the number of bonus points assigned to an application is the average accumulated by the group. One last tip to keep in mind is that new hunts, or hunts in which permits have been recently increased, generally have slightly better draw odds than other hunts. Conversely, hunts with reduced numbers of permits generally have poorer odds. Bonus Points By Species Bonus points listed below include the permanent hunter education point and the loyalty point (earn by submitting a valid application for 5 consecutive years). For all species except antelope and elk, the tables below are a summary of group bonus points resulting from the 2008 Fall Draw (Section A) and individual bonus points going into the 2009 Fall Draw (Section B). For antelope and elk, the tables are a summary of group bonus points resulting from the 2009 Antelope and Elk Draw (Section A) and individual bonus points going into the 2010 Antelope and Elk Draw (Section B). Group bonus points are the average number of bonus points per hunt application. A hunt application can be submitted with 1 to 4 applicants. The bonus points, which may differ for each individual on an application, are averaged to come up with “group bonus points.” Individual bonus points in Section B are the count of all hunters in each bonus point level. Both group and individual bonus points include the permanent hunter education point and the loyalty point. All potential hunters may not be represented in Section A if an individual with bonus points did not apply during the recent Draw. Also, keep in mind that applicants with the greatest number of bonus points often apply for hunts with poorest draw odds, which obscures the benefits of having multiple bonus points. Refer to the narrative on the previous pages about “Beating the Odds.” Remember, all potential hunters may not apply in a given year. Also, Section A does NOT reflect individuals who may have purchased a bonus point for a given species. Deer A RESULTS OF THE 2008 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2008 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2008 within a Bonus the 2008 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 Hunt Arizona 2009 12,252 24,977 17,063 6,150 2,848 1,467 888 629 494 352 511 200 56.4% 66.8% 64.8% 59.1% 54.6% 41.7% 33.3% 25.9% 15.4% 11.7% 11.2% 32.0% B GOING INTO 2009 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2009 Fall Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2009 Fall Draw Resident 106,140 29,281 9,979 4,102 1,850 1,012 578 394 267 150 118 61 Nonresident 7,768 2,844 1,941 983 1,218 858 668 602 459 375 573 171 Total 113,908 32,125 11,920 5,085 3,068 1,870 1,246 996 726 525 691 232 How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Bonus Points by Species Antelope (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2009 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2009 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2009 within a Bonus the 2009 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1,458 1,746 2,226 1,950 1,597 1,427 1,458 1,382 1,285 1,167 959 894 747 638 546 477 373 310 154 88 4 1.1% 1.7% 2.2% 2.3% 3.5% 5.1% 5.4% 5.1% 4.0% 7.4% 7.0% 5.6% 6.0% 7.8% 6.4% 8.2% 7.0% 11.3% 27.3% 65.9% 100% B GOING INTO 2010 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2010 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2010 Fall Draw Resident 86,360 9,414 5,894 3,824 2,854 2,904 2,333 2,130 1,819 1,597 1,340 1,104 939 833 730 594 433 339 175 59 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Nonresident 5,143 1,526 1,172 490 657 479 426 326 333 229 149 141 106 88 46 25 23 7 2 1 0 Total 91,503 10,940 7,066 4,314 3,511 3,383 2,759 2,456 2,152 1,826 1,489 1,245 1,045 921 776 619 456 346 177 60 8 ELK (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2009 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2009 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2009 within a Bonus the 2009 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10,445 18,505 18,160 10,853 6,599 4,658 3,048 2,173 1,358 1,000 681 505 368 225 189 154 83 37 4 2 0 20.4% 32.6% 36.4% 36.5% 37.7% 32.0% 34.7% 37.4% 36.2% 28.0% 22.0% 17.4% 20.1% 12.9% 13.8% 18.2% 27.7% 83.8% 100% 100% – B GOING INTO 2010 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2010 Fall Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2010 Fall Draw Resident 99,290 34,506 18,062 9,905 5,619 4,027 2,491 1,604 1,008 651 442 317 241 193 133 96 58 5 5 1 0 Nonresident 11,552 4,763 3,316 1,582 2,371 1,954 1,320 934 772 546 489 348 191 130 104 67 40 7 2 1 1 Total 110,842 39,269 21,378 11,487 8,530 5,981 3,811 2,538 1,780 1,197 931 665 432 323 237 163 98 12 7 2 1 Hunt Arizona 2009 3 How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Bonus Points by Species Turkey (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2008 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2008 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2008 within a Bonus the 2008 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 1,699 3,104 2,117 791 98 12 B GOING INTO 2009 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2009 Fall Draw 49.6% 71.4% 79.2% 97.9% 100% 100% No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2009 Fall Draw Resident 99,493 10,214 2,462 600 125 42 28 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nonresident 3,857 199 91 25 13 7 5 7 Total 103,350 10,413 2,553 625 138 49 33 37 Javelina (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2008 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2008 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2008 within a Bonus the 2008 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping (Juniors-only hunts) 0 159 92.5% 1 378 96.8% 2 69 92.8% 3 5 100% B GOING INTO 2009 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2009 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2009 Fall Draw Resident 99,564 6,480 192 34 5 7 8 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nonresident 4,514 321 89 31 9 3 3 1 Total 104,078 6,801 281 65 14 10 11 5 Bighorn (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2008 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2008 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2008 within a Bonus the 2008 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 4 Hunt Arizona 2009 537 594 637 588 374 510 606 657 622 488 405 410 366 363 357 334 286 259 308 316 5.96% 6.59% 7.06% 6.52% 4.15% 5.66% 6.72% 7.29% 6.90% 5.41% 4.49% 4.55% 4.06% 4.03% 3.96% 3.70% 3.17% 2.87% 3.42% 3.50% B GOING INTO 2009 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2009 Fall Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2009 Fall Draw Resident 91,417 3,461 2,179 1,600 1,035 1,002 944 808 782 569 449 426 391 387 351 314 271 267 294 304 Nonresident 5,140 1,630 1,330 600 784 688 568 507 349 293 240 240 187 170 139 127 96 68 39 13 Total 96,557 5,091 3,509 2,200 1,819 1,690 1,512 1,315 1,131 862 689 666 578 557 490 441 367 335 333 317 How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Bonus Points by Species Buffalo (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A RESULTS OF THE 2008 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2008 Fall Draw Points going into into the 2008 within a Bonus the 2008 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16 28 23 32 20 21 25 23 32 19 28 24 22 20 22 13 12 4 4 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0% 0% 0% 0% 5.0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5.3% 3.6% 0% 0% 5.0% 4.6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% – 50.0% – – B GOING INTO 2009 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2009 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2009 Fall Draw Resident 95,971 2,074 1,245 845 549 415 339 268 259 153 149 150 103 88 80 58 50 33 21 16 12 16 6 10 7 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Nonresident 3,851 321 199 113 76 42 23 24 9 5 2 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 99,822 2,395 1,444 958 625 457 362 292 268 158 151 151 107 90 83 58 50 33 21 16 13 16 6 10 7 2 2 2 2 0 1 Bear (Spring draw only) A RESULTS OF THE 2009 FALL DRAW Group Bonus No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Points going into Bonus Point going the 2009 Spring the 2009 Spring into the 2009 Draw within a Bonus Draw Spring Draw Point grouping (Spring) 0 47 61.7% 1 145 68.3% 2 83 62.6% 3 28 50.0% 4 5 100% B GOING INTO 2010 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2010 Spring Draw 1 2 3 4 5 No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2010 Spring Draw Resident 99,607 772 129 46 11 Nonresident 3,707 8 6 1 0 Total 103,314 780 135 47 11 Hunt Arizona 2009 5 Deer Two species of deer occur in Arizona, the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Natural History Mule deer are the most abundant big-game animal in Arizona, with the statewide population estimated at 120,000 post-hunt adults. They can be found in most areas of the state, from sparsely vegetated deserts upward into high, forested mountains. Rocky Mountain mule deer occur primarily in northern Arizona above the Mogollon Rim in game management units 1 through 13, while the so-called desert mule deer is found in all of the more southern units (15 through 46). The mule deer gets its name from its large ears. Its coat is reddish-brown in summer, turning to a blue-gray or a chocolate brown in winter. The forehead is much darker than the face, while the animal’s throat, belly, and inner leg surfaces are white. One of the mule deer’s most distinguishing characteristics is a white rump patch and a narrow, black-tipped white tail. The mule deer is the larger of Arizona’s deer species. Adult bucks may weigh more than 200 pounds and stand up to 42 inches tall at the shoulder. Does average about 125 pounds. Mule deer antlers typically branch into two main beams, each of which may fork into 6 Hunt Arizona 2009 two or more tines. The size and number of points is dependent on a combination of the buck’s age, nutrition, and genetic background. The antlers develop under a layer of soft skin, called velvet, which supplies them with nutrients. When fully grown, the antlers harden and the now dry velvet is rubbed off. The bony antlers are retained until spring, after the breeding season has passed. Buck deer are polygamous and use their antlers to intimidate other males and drive them away from the does during the winter breeding season. After a gestation period of about 190 days, the does give birth to one or two spotted fawns. Fawns in northern Ari- Bob Miles Mule Deer zona are born in late spring, while those in southern Arizona usually arrive in midsummer. A fawn’s spots disappear in about two months. The young remain with their mother until the following spring. Both sexes attain maturity in about one year and have a life span of Mule deer distribution about 10 years. Research has shown that mule deer population levels are largely determined by the number of fawns that survive to be yearlings. Fawn survival, in turn, is largely determined by climatic events, with wet, mild winters contributing to high fawn survival rates. Dry winters and springs usually result in poor fawn survival, and heavy snows and freezing temperatures occasionally reduce the population levels of both fawn and adult Rocky Mountain mule deer. Another limiting factor for mule deer is predation. In Arizona, the mountain lion is the principal mule deer predator. Mule deer are primarily browsers, although they feed largely on forbs and new grass growth in the spring and summer. Other major diet items are twigs, bark, buds, leaves, and nuts. Important browse plants include mountain mahogany, cliff rose, sagebrush, and oak in northern Arizona, with jojoba, buck brush, and mountain mahogany being favored in southern Arizona. Most feeding is done at dawn and dusk, although human activity and a full moon may cause a shift to more feeding at night. Hunt History As befits Arizona’s principal game animal, deer received some protection as early as 1887 when a four-month season of October 1 through January 31 was established by the territorial legislature. Buck-only hunting was instituted in 1893, and the season was gradually reduced until 1913 when the new state legislature authorized a two-month season and a two-buck bag limit. Even this was deemed excessive by the state’s sportsmen, and a public initiative in 1916 reduced the limit to one buck deer to be taken during the month of October. Despite a serious overpopulation of deer on the North Kaibab in the 1920s, deer numbers appeared to decline in the rest of the state. In 1929, the mule deer season was closed south of the Gila River, and even as recently as 1946, fewer than 5,000 mule deer (more than 80 percent of all deer killed) were harvested in Arizona. Then, for reasons that are still unclear, deer populations began to increase. As the populations rose, doe and “any-deer” hunts were authorized. In 1961, an all-time high of 91,120 deer hunters took 35,897 deer. More than 86 percent of these were mule deer and nearly 10,000 were antlerless animals. Archery deer hunting was also now beginning to provide a significant hunting opportunity. A series of years of poor fawn survival followed. By 1970 fewer than 16,000 deer were taken, and hunt success had fallen to 16 percent. With the institution of permit-only deer hunting the following year, hunter numbers dropped from more than 97,000 to fewer than 68,000. Only about 9,500 mule deer were reported harvested. Deer permit numbers gradually increased after 1972, leveling off at around 70,000 per year between 1976 and 1982, when hunters took more than 12,000 mule deer, approximately 75 percent of the total deer harvest. Then, a series of wet winters resulted in an increase in fawn survival rates, and hunter numbers and the numbers of deer bagged increased accordingly until 1986, when nearly 86,000 hunters took 25,566 deer, of which 77 percent were mule deer. Since then, another series of droughts has occurred, and deer hunting opportunity is again being curtailed. In 1998, 44,524 hunters reported taking fewer than 10,500 deer. Of the total deer harvested that year only 60 percent were mule deer. Prospects in the near future are even more discouraging, but mule deer are “boom and bust” animals. With the advent of better than average winter rains, mule deer populations will once again improve. The only question is when. White-tailed Deer Natural History Arizona’s other deer is a small subspecies of the whitetailed deer. These Coues (pronounced Cows) deer are most common in the state’s southeastern mountains, but range northward to the edge of the Mogollon Rim, up into the White Mountains, and as far west as Sycamore Canyon in Unit 8. The statewide population is estimated at 82,000 post-hunt adults. Coues whitetails require areas of predictable summer precipitation and are most common in oak woodlands and on chaparral covered hillsides with oaks and pines. This species, while more resilient than mule deer to hunt pressure, is less tolerant of droughts and appears to be more affected by livestock grazing. In contrast to the mule deer’s branching antlers, the tines or points of a whitetail’s antlers originate from a forward-curving main beam. Mature bucks generally have three to four tines per side. The coat color is grayish-brown salt-and-pepper with white underparts; the face is marked with white halos around the eyes and a Hunt Arizona 2009 7 Deer Bob Miles White-tailed deer distribution white band across the muzzle. The most distinguishing characteristic of the whitetail, however, is a long, fluffy tail that is all white on the underside, gray to reddishblack on top, and often lifted upward as an alarm signal. The Coues deer is much smaller than most of its eastern cousins. Bucks stand just over 30 inches at the shoulder and rarely weigh more than 100 pounds. Does average 65 pounds. The rutting season usually runs from December through February, and the fawn drop coincides with the new growth of forbs that results from the summer rains. A doe’s first pregnancy usually results in a single fawn; thereafter she may bear twins. White-tailed deer fawns may stay with their mothers for more than a year, 8 Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunt History and seeing two generations running together is not uncommon. Unlike mule deer, white-tailed deer rarely form herds, and most observations are of fewer than six animals. When seen at a distance, white-tailed deer can often be distinguished from mule deer by their cautious, running gait and flagging white tail. Whitetails never use the stiff legged, bounding gait sometimes employed by mule deer. Habitat preferences also differ. In Arizona’s southern mountain ranges, whitetails are generally found at higher elevations and in rougher country than are mule deer. The Coues white-tailed deer is perhaps Arizona’s finest game animal. Wary, and expert at using cover, whitetails rarely offer the hunter a standing shot once jumped. Perhaps for this reason, the species has become increasingly important in the harvest. Although the statewide take has varied from 1,500 to more than 7,000 whitetails a year, depending on the vagaries of drought and fawn survival, the recent trend has been for this species to constitute an ever greater proportion of the statewide harvest. For example, whitetails comprised less than 15 percent of Arizona’s deer harvest in 1961 but nearly 40 percent in 1998. Deer Survey Data Historic Summary of Mule Deer Survey Data Year 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Bucks 95 149 373 432 804 636 616 1052 352 735 552 1049 1125 1162 1213 1185 1118 1260 1299 1341 1029 1173 1306 1551 1262 1089 1009 1126 1029 1022 1329 1119 1255 1367 1299 1360 1401 2102 2148 2227 2157 1976 1778 1798 1689 1910 2103 1820 1590 1351 1404 1705 1732 1502 1321 1268 1134 1054 1146 1180 1132 Does 293 387 1326 1553 2398 2101 2373 2276 1184 2079 1810 2748 2890 2806 3072 3186 3269 3460 4370 4715 3708 4494 5218 6018 4385 4363 4184 4275 4320 4402 5719 4824 5815 6315 5992 6540 6259 9093 10521 10193 11383 10272 10361 10532 9500 10177 11504 11082 9954 8756 8041 8559 8416 7408 7069 6190 5148 4738 5143 4931 4164 Fawns 143 189 690 887 1551 1512 1020 841 539 886 1057 1388 1179 1212 1205 1189 1467 1775 2240 2462 1620 2324 2669 2649 2093 2514 1999 1911 1820 1696 2573 2249 2428 2694 3033 3361 3411 4312 4989 4139 4577 3465 4024 4444 4332 4190 3833 3668 3001 3168 3919 3786 2794 3051 1838 2524 2309 2333 2150 2071 1965 Unclassified 77 73 103 424 747 559 553 594 279 540 350 698 409 522 478 350 353 377 486 320 324 392 383 597 346 286 319 439 263 467 472 288 311 254 249 361 407 345 210 175 145 214 203 220 100 167 159 265 124 100 53 44 80 45 142 36 59 69 89 59 106 Total 608 798 2492 3296 5500 4808 4562 4763 2354 4240 3769 5883 5603 5702 5968 5910 6207 6872 8395 8838 6681 8383 9576 10815 8086 8252 7511 7751 7432 7587 10093 8480 9809 10630 10573 11622 11478 15852 17868 16734 18262 15927 16366 16994 15621 16444 17599 16835 14669 13375 13417 14094 13022 12006 10370 10018 8650 8194 8528 8241 7367 Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 32 49 39 49 28 52 28 57 34 65 30 72 26 43 46 37 30 46 35 43 31 58 38 51 39 41 41 43 39 39 37 37 34 45 36 51 30 51 28 52 28 44 26 52 25 51 26 44 29 48 25 58 24 48 26 45 24 42 23 39 23 45 23 47 22 42 22 43 22 51 21 51 22 55 23 47 20 47 22 41 19 40 19 34 17 39 17 42 18 46 19 41 18 33 16 33 16 30 15 36 17 49 20 44 21 33 20 41 19 26 20 41 22 45 22 49 22 42 24 42 27 47 Hunt Arizona 2009 9 Deer Survey Data Historic Summary of White-tailed Deer Survey Data Year 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Bucks 35 58 32 49 136 25 145 151 367 227 247 266 221 177 159 266 263 291 291 211 222 164 152 131 149 170 145 113 101 147 171 165 202 226 306 329 315 296 283 424 439 444 425 461 568 483 466 479 541 538 620 484 475 422 405 451 475 550 636 544 581 684 658 10 Hunt Arizona 2009 Does 53 72 96 95 223 68 272 336 828 497 533 455 420 453 440 484 586 630 581 502 484 391 382 350 373 398 312 316 244 448 577 577 644 752 766 1069 1020 978 1016 1388 1403 1648 1584 1749 1970 1814 1859 1764 2000 2227 2697 2380 1967 1885 1734 1925 2023 2165 2423 2031 2055 2319 2164 Fawns 28 11 61 37 109 22 139 387 309 217 167 147 148 137 164 174 193 212 243 224 222 164 144 152 138 150 133 149 95 195 183 178 336 312 267 404 471 528 538 690 544 493 551 567 742 671 634 528 518 588 729 569 679 679 499 711 558 761 777 738 738 800 799 Unclassified 18 26 54 67 108 23 146 181 204 120 219 170 88 93 124 113 135 152 143 124 100 80 105 71 49 94 70 54 54 65 73 76 84 54 62 48 59 50 56 42 112 34 29 87 53 107 58 62 192 102 91 45 52 32 57 132 44 45 45 41 38 56 33 Total 134 167 243 248 576 138 702 1055 1708 1061 1166 1038 877 860 887 1037 1177 1285 1258 1061 1028 799 783 704 709 812 660 632 494 855 1004 996 1266 1344 1401 1850 1865 1852 1893 2544 2498 2619 2589 2864 3333 3075 3017 2833 3251 3455 4137 3478 3173 3018 2695 3219 3100 3521 3881 3354 3412 3859 3654 Bucks/100 Does 66 81 33 52 61 37 53 45 44 46 46 58 53 39 36 55 45 46 50 42 46 42 40 37 40 43 46 36 41 33 30 29 31 30 40 31 31 30 28 31 31 27 27 26 29 27 25 27 27 24 23 20 24 22 23 23 23 25 26 27 28 30 30 Fawns/100 Does 53 15 64 39 49 32 51 115 37 44 31 32 35 30 37 36 33 34 42 45 46 42 38 43 37 38 43 47 39 44 32 31 52 41 35 38 46 54 53 50 39 30 35 32 38 37 34 30 26 26 27 24 35 36 29 37 28 35 32 36 36 35 37 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Mule Deer 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12AE 12AE 12AE 12AE 12AE 12AW Year Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 11 11 7 8 9 7 6 5 12 5 14 14 9 16 16 8 12 15 17 8 15 10 8 41 26 15 14 18 28 23 26 28 25 6 18 24 15 8 17 23 17 18 30 15 16 21 16 30 18 7 34 38 8 27 22 7 13 11 4 8 46 5 44 71 66 91 39 35 41 43 41 44 75 38 75 38 41 44 56 10 38 43 37 27 34 20 19 177 74 112 103 59 125 140 106 122 109 40 66 79 60 40 102 106 77 101 105 82 117 109 99 78 130 103 206 217 45 129 107 22 41 42 36 30 172 23 197 237 36 32 16 20 18 25 15 15 9 15 35 18 31 18 1 6 6 18 16 16 10 10 8 61 39 26 37 20 50 52 46 50 43 25 37 37 28 17 53 60 34 28 47 40 53 50 29 36 51 39 72 89 26 50 72 2 12 19 28 25 118 17 142 244 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 2 0 0 5 113 135 62 64 71 75 62 64 96 58 124 70 81 78 73 24 56 76 70 51 59 40 35 279 139 153 154 97 203 215 178 200 177 75 122 141 107 65 173 189 129 147 182 137 187 180 144 145 199 149 312 344 79 206 201 31 66 99 68 63 338 45 383 557 Bucks/100 Does 17 12 18 23 22 16 15 11 16 13 19 37 22 36 29 80 32 35 46 30 44 50 42 23 35 13 14 31 22 16 25 23 23 15 27 30 25 20 17 22 22 18 29 18 14 19 16 38 14 7 17 18 18 21 21 32 32 26 11 27 27 22 22 30 Fawns/100 Does 55 35 41 57 44 58 37 34 12 39 47 47 76 41 2 60 16 42 43 59 29 50 42 34 53 23 36 34 40 37 43 41 39 63 56 47 47 43 52 57 44 28 45 49 45 46 29 46 39 38 35 41 58 39 67 9 29 45 78 83 69 74 72 103 Hunt Arizona 2009 11 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 12AW 2005 12AW 2006 12AW 2007 12AW 2008 12B 2004 12B 2005 12B 2006 12B 2008 12BW 2007 12BW 2008 13A 2004 13A 2005 13A 2006 13A 2007 13A 2008 13B 2004 13B 2005 13B 2006 13B 2007 13B 2008 15A/15B 2006 15A/15B 2008 16A 2004 16A 2005 16A 2006 16A 2007 16A 2008 17 2004 17A 2005 17A 2006 17A 2007 17A 2008 17B 2005 17B 2006 17B 2007 17B 2008 18A 2004 18A 2005 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 18B 2004 18B 2005 18B 2006 18B 2007 18B 2008 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2008 19B 2004 19B 2005 19B 2006 19B 2007 19B 2008 20A 2004 20A 2005 20A 2006 20A 2007 20A 2008 20B 2004 20B 2005 20B 2006 12 Hunt Arizona 2009 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total 84 92 99 67 78 19 62 2 86 57 25 21 46 40 25 18 35 40 48 34 11 5 17 19 9 14 12 30 2 8 5 15 16 6 18 17 30 32 6 12 20 19 11 28 25 22 4 18 19 9 16 30 22 19 20 18 9 9 8 16 2 17 31 34 362 336 314 210 253 108 183 1 277 161 63 56 107 74 50 53 54 59 61 76 22 18 41 41 27 34 37 86 9 30 27 51 41 69 80 51 124 71 24 62 71 86 60 161 76 41 35 65 87 49 56 88 90 54 44 43 70 39 34 47 18 43 66 85 313 265 304 161 173 82 133 0 140 114 47 47 65 28 21 30 39 38 25 48 1 7 21 10 7 8 15 44 2 9 4 14 26 26 15 19 58 55 2 16 36 43 31 42 22 23 12 43 21 17 29 24 26 9 20 19 20 14 6 14 10 15 24 28 14 0 5 15 0 14 5 0 6 6 5 12 12 3 1 1 0 6 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 773 693 722 453 504 223 383 3 509 338 140 136 230 145 97 102 128 143 152 158 35 30 79 70 43 56 64 163 13 47 36 80 83 101 113 87 212 158 32 90 127 148 102 244 123 95 53 126 127 76 101 142 138 95 84 82 103 62 48 77 30 75 121 147 Bucks/100 Does 23 27 32 32 31 18 34 200 31 35 40 38 43 54 50 34 65 68 79 45 50 28 41 46 33 41 32 35 22 27 19 29 39 9 23 33 24 45 25 19 28 22 18 17 33 54 11 28 22 18 29 34 24 35 45 42 13 23 24 34 11 40 47 40 Fawns/100 Does 86 79 97 77 68 76 73 0 51 71 75 84 61 38 42 57 72 64 41 63 5 39 51 24 26 24 41 51 22 30 15 27 63 38 19 37 47 77 8 26 51 50 52 26 29 56 34 66 24 35 52 27 29 17 45 44 29 36 18 30 56 35 36 33 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 20B 2007 20B 2008 20C 2004 20C 2005 20C 2006 20C 2007 20C 2008 21 2004 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 24A 2004 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24B 2004 24B 2005 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 25M 2006 26M 2006 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 28 2004 28 2005 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 29 2004 29 2005 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 30A 2004 30A 2005 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30B 2004 30B 2005 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 31 2004 31 2005 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total 25 19 23 30 43 23 29 9 15 14 18 21 52 32 42 31 27 22 40 30 30 30 25 17 7 6 22 20 17 5 24 22 1 4 52 38 51 77 42 32 22 19 26 25 16 21 19 27 30 20 42 21 32 31 31 15 10 25 8 35 10 20 24 23 71 36 109 63 142 75 66 34 51 48 68 77 138 81 119 113 138 107 110 122 123 101 121 92 53 60 60 87 113 43 90 82 8 5 231 222 239 294 190 170 161 157 184 123 148 175 161 171 150 240 205 217 186 155 172 154 100 123 49 144 91 127 143 135 19 15 35 36 52 28 28 14 23 25 19 37 61 39 69 56 60 45 70 62 52 46 48 44 17 33 42 62 37 42 47 43 2 2 68 35 57 108 72 70 56 59 72 50 28 43 37 24 28 63 66 67 66 68 93 80 37 79 29 45 27 35 42 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 115 71 167 130 237 126 123 57 89 87 105 135 252 152 230 200 225 174 220 214 205 177 196 153 82 101 124 169 167 90 161 147 11 11 351 295 347 479 304 273 239 236 282 198 192 239 217 222 208 323 314 305 284 255 296 251 147 228 89 224 128 185 210 200 Bucks/100 Does 35 53 21 48 30 31 44 26 29 29 26 27 38 40 35 27 20 21 36 25 24 30 21 18 13 10 37 23 15 12 27 27 13 80 23 17 21 26 22 19 14 12 14 20 11 12 12 16 20 8 20 10 17 20 18 10 10 20 16 24 11 16 17 17 Fawns/100 Does 27 42 32 57 37 37 42 41 45 52 28 48 44 48 58 50 43 42 64 51 42 46 40 48 32 55 70 71 33 98 52 52 25 40 29 16 24 37 38 41 35 38 39 41 19 25 23 14 19 26 32 31 35 44 54 52 37 64 59 31 30 28 29 31 Hunt Arizona 2009 13 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 32 2004 32 2005 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 33 2004 33 2005 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 34A 2004 34A 2005 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 35A 2004 35A 2005 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35B 2004 35B 2005 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 36A 2004 36A 2005 36A 2006 36A 2007 36A 2008 36B 2004 36B 2005 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 36C 2004 36C 2005 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 37A 2004 37A 2005 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37B 2004 37B 2005 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 39 2004 39 2005 39 2006 39 2007 39 2008 39M 2005 40 2004 40 2005 40 2006 14 Hunt Arizona 2009 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total 23 25 28 34 33 10 5 7 5 8 3 1 0 10 1 14 4 1 5 1 9 8 8 12 3 17 9 1 6 5 29 29 22 13 7 18 13 12 11 11 17 5 10 2 5 7 4 5 17 16 5 9 8 5 17 6 8 8 11 11 1 8 4 9 298 289 231 340 272 42 25 52 22 47 16 20 4 35 5 20 14 20 16 8 85 52 27 46 27 56 44 12 16 22 152 160 183 182 71 137 105 105 77 137 109 43 56 40 30 15 10 6 21 15 20 12 24 25 36 37 29 46 50 25 0 10 7 20 105 116 59 112 94 26 13 15 10 17 3 10 1 17 5 9 9 10 9 5 48 23 17 18 11 24 18 6 11 13 73 82 56 76 46 85 60 51 33 80 54 16 11 19 20 1 6 3 10 6 6 6 11 18 28 14 15 26 9 10 0 5 1 10 17 0 0 6 19 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 443 430 318 492 418 78 43 74 37 75 22 31 5 62 11 53 27 31 30 14 142 84 52 76 41 97 71 19 33 40 254 274 278 273 127 240 178 171 122 228 180 72 77 61 59 23 20 14 48 37 31 31 44 50 81 57 52 80 70 50 1 24 12 39 Bucks/100 Does 8 9 12 10 12 24 20 13 23 17 19 5 0 29 20 70 29 5 31 13 11 15 30 26 11 30 20 8 38 23 19 18 12 7 10 13 12 11 14 8 16 12 18 5 17 47 40 83 81 107 25 75 33 20 47 16 28 17 22 44 – 80 57 45 Fawns/100 Does 35 40 26 33 35 62 52 29 45 36 19 50 25 49 100 45 64 50 56 63 56 44 63 39 41 43 41 50 69 59 48 51 31 42 65 62 57 49 43 58 50 37 20 48 67 7 60 50 48 40 30 50 46 72 78 38 52 57 18 40 – 50 14 50 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 40 2007 40 2008 41 2004 41 2005 41 2006 41 2007 41 2008 42 2004 42 2005 42 2006 42 2007 42 2008 43A 2004 43A 2005 43A 2006 43A 2007 43A 2008 43B 2004 43B 2005 43B 2006 43B 2007 43B 2008 44A 2004 44A 2005 44A 2006 44A 2007 44A 2008 45 2004 45 2005 45 2006 45 2007 45 2008 White-tailed Deer 1 2004 1 2005 1 2007 1 2008 4 2005 4 2007 4 2008 5 2004 5 2005 6A 2004 6A 2005 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 8 2004 8 2005 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 19A 2005 19A 2006 21 2004 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 3 2 20 21 23 20 26 29 28 32 16 47 2 2 2 3 6 3 4 1 3 8 22 39 24 24 29 21 26 27 26 19 7 8 70 53 152 52 55 62 114 137 43 104 7 10 8 17 12 13 17 12 11 24 69 88 102 76 73 76 77 54 60 56 3 3 24 27 76 24 21 19 72 64 17 43 1 6 3 4 3 5 10 5 3 13 20 41 41 18 37 16 43 20 18 15 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 13 114 103 255 96 105 111 214 233 76 195 10 18 13 29 21 21 31 18 17 45 112 172 167 118 139 113 146 102 105 90 43 25 29 40 15 38 47 47 25 23 37 45 29 20 25 18 50 23 24 8 27 33 32 44 24 32 40 28 34 50 43 34 43 38 34 51 50 46 38 31 63 47 40 41 14 60 38 24 25 38 59 42 27 54 29 47 40 24 51 21 56 37 30 27 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 26 21 17 26 22 1 2 4 4 2 0 1 2 2 13 0 2 9 16 25 17 4 1 10 1 1 2 5 0 3 58 66 47 53 51 13 6 10 13 9 0 7 0 6 24 2 6 39 52 51 63 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 25 30 19 10 19 3 3 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 18 20 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 16 3 2 2 12 1 6 112 117 83 90 92 19 11 15 18 15 1 9 2 8 46 4 8 66 88 95 92 25 0 0 200 100 0 80 – 33 45 32 36 49 43 8 33 40 31 22 – 14 – 33 54 0 33 23 31 49 27 25 0 60 0 0 0 60 – 67 43 45 40 19 37 23 50 10 8 44 – 14 – 0 25 100 0 46 38 29 19 Hunt Arizona 2009 15 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Bucks White-tailed Deer (continued) 21 2008 20 22 2004 29 22 2005 38 22 2006 29 22 2007 78 22 2008 38 23 2004 36 23 2005 17 23 2006 29 23 2007 19 23 2008 28 24A 2004 19 24A 2005 30 24A 2006 25 24A 2007 29 24A 2008 37 24B 2004 28 24B 2005 24 24B 2006 45 24B 2007 46 24B 2008 34 27 2004 10 27 2005 16 27 2006 15 27 2007 19 27 2008 18 28 2004 1 28 2006 0 28 2008 1 29 2004 35 29 2005 22 29 2006 20 29 2007 23 29 2008 22 30A 2004 28 30A 2005 20 30A 2006 17 30A 2007 17 30A 2008 31 30B 2004 30 30B 2005 18 30B 2006 20 30B 2007 43 30B 2008 36 31 2004 28 31 2005 23 31 2006 33 31 2007 20 31 2008 18 32 2004 47 32 2005 33 32 2006 25 32 2007 49 32 2008 32 33 2004 59 33 2005 48 33 2006 53 33 2007 96 33 2008 83 34A 2004 29 34A 2005 41 34A 2006 30 34A 2007 39 34A 2008 38 16 Hunt Arizona 2009 Does Fawns Unclassified Total 66 93 92 112 173 108 66 54 73 54 95 103 64 77 73 75 78 88 110 107 69 38 67 49 55 43 2 1 2 162 106 121 120 104 112 83 106 70 68 93 90 93 112 116 104 73 82 79 81 181 123 89 189 133 270 154 208 368 408 189 211 170 211 138 17 11 23 17 62 43 31 22 34 20 52 43 18 28 26 36 28 28 46 29 39 6 8 15 21 20 1 2 0 13 30 39 17 14 19 30 29 17 19 50 62 30 77 39 37 21 22 17 15 52 38 16 43 30 107 37 64 155 140 35 80 81 71 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 5 2 4 3 4 0 1 1 1 5 3 1 8 5 3 0 8 18 2 3 1 8 5 7 103 134 153 158 313 189 134 94 136 94 175 168 112 130 129 148 134 140 203 182 142 54 91 79 95 81 4 3 3 211 163 181 163 140 159 134 152 105 120 175 175 145 236 194 173 117 138 117 115 285 197 131 289 200 439 239 333 637 633 256 333 289 326 233 Bucks/100 Does 30 31 41 26 45 35 55 31 40 35 29 18 47 32 40 49 36 27 41 43 49 26 24 31 35 42 50 0 50 22 21 17 19 21 25 24 16 24 46 32 20 22 38 31 27 32 40 25 22 26 27 28 26 24 22 31 25 26 20 15 19 18 18 28 Fawns/100 Does 26 12 25 15 36 40 47 41 47 37 55 42 28 36 36 48 36 32 42 27 57 16 12 31 38 47 50 200 0 8 28 32 14 13 17 36 27 24 28 54 69 32 69 34 36 29 27 22 19 29 31 18 23 23 40 24 31 42 34 19 38 48 34 36 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Bucks White-tailed Deer (continued) 34B 2004 16 34B 2005 19 34B 2006 30 34B 2007 25 34B 2008 20 35A 2004 31 35A 2005 16 35A 2006 29 35A 2007 22 35A 2008 31 35B 2004 27 35B 2005 28 35B 2006 34 35B 2007 33 35B 2008 32 36A 2004 42 36A 2005 37 36A 2006 25 36A 2007 31 36A 2008 24 36B 2004 62 36B 2005 47 36B 2006 28 36B 2007 24 36B 2008 37 36C 2004 41 36C 2005 23 36C 2006 42 36C 2007 20 36C 2008 32 37A 2005 2 37A 2006 2 37A 2007 1 37A 2008 3 37B 2004 0 37B 2006 0 37B 2007 1 Does Fawns Unclassified Total 50 113 101 102 80 102 58 52 72 76 101 82 102 88 75 171 182 106 133 103 278 173 143 77 154 116 80 143 86 78 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 15 25 47 41 16 31 23 28 28 38 39 29 57 38 28 61 87 44 54 54 115 86 57 31 78 35 33 46 24 39 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 2 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 5 2 5 2 2 1 4 1 1 8 1 0 3 3 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 161 180 173 116 166 97 109 124 145 170 140 198 161 140 276 308 176 222 182 456 314 229 132 272 195 146 233 130 150 2 4 2 5 1 2 3 Bucks/100 Does 32 17 30 25 25 30 28 56 31 41 27 34 33 38 43 25 20 24 23 23 22 27 20 31 24 35 29 29 23 41 – 200 100 150 – 0 50 Fawns/100 Does 30 22 47 40 20 30 40 54 39 50 39 35 56 43 37 36 48 42 41 52 41 50 40 40 51 30 41 32 28 50 – 100 0 0 – 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2009 17 Deer Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1 1 2 Year2 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 66905 83334 79664 80929 86829 83593 84017 85072 94285 92679 91673 71826 72989 80014 82982 84145 85084 84485 82911 79466 85343 87558 92904 92139 88529 89627 88329 92104 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 77437 74096 75200 82650 79750 83125 84265 81675 78215 79409 77755 83045 94285 92545 92345 94871 87340 79135 75925 76620 68304 68910 70348 68849 63708 57570 51222 46694 47065 – – – – – – – – – 53791 64123 56499 76358 78102 87986 91120 93337 92594 86867 87548 88230 90361 88253 91575 97113 67263 63269 64120 72352 69262 72049 72472 69709 66451 66909 66308 71123 77106 82618 84079 84687 79557 72796 69974 70901 63109 64143 65151 63330 58649 52679 47210 42753 42970 – – – – – – – – – – – – 259876 290686 318806 350200 373035 371619 335508 316911 354586 365358 359684 358833 395038 256100 241882 243322 255592 253721 228763 255850 264624 270068 278520 274028 296368 309699 328231 333156 331015 304440 290084 277264 284643 256780 256592 260399 256856 242281 212116 195719 173577 175908 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 4733 – 6420 – 7358 – 7465 386 9009 798 9618 658 10575 2707 12590 3948 11662 6425 15220 5483 16175 8943 15307 4859 17994 9840 16329 7769 19291 8380 22459 8307 16658 7579 14082 6262 12613 2362 11357 2002 12158 2040 12350 1388 12298 741 12203 567 13167 420 9129 334 9137 338 11114 402 11715 533 12576 408 10578 261 9871 6 9075 38 10347 0 11111 0 10825 0 12187 0 12767 0 17102 0 16292 273 16493 2961 15081 2191 13744 1781 13516 694 11278 2809 12101 0 11997 0 11879 0 10867 0 8824 0 7229 0 6065 0 5877 0 5924 310 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 991 – 1152 – 1347 – 1203 – 1175 – 1234 – 1490 – 1791 – 1500 – 1489 300 2066 357 1808 593 3394 1702 3105 1687 3871 1111 3891 843 3211 983 2859 1463 3207 1116 2871 741 2390 597 2404 258 2722 205 2124 78 2197 35 1517 18 1653 17 2080 22 3221 0 2870 0 2656 0 2295 24 2247 40 3207 54 3480 46 3466 38 3965 34 4173 51 7030 75 6782 110 5829 86 4777 92 4505 75 4293 84 4368 62 5268 76 5639 75 5489 58 5336 0 4876 0 4091 0 4154 33 4095 7 3264 8 Total Percent Success 5724 7572 8705 9054 10982 11510 14772 18329 19587 22492 27541 22567 32930 28890 32653 35500 28431 24666 19298 16971 17185 16400 15966 14972 15819 10998 11145 13618 15469 15854 13495 12196 11400 13608 14637 14329 16186 16991 24207 23457 25369 22141 20105 18587 18517 17445 17711 17426 16203 13700 11320 10252 9979 9506 – – – – – – – – – 42 43 40 43 37 37 39 31 27 22 19 20 18 18 16 16 16 18 21 21 23 19 17 16 21 22 22 23 22 29 28 30 28 28 27 26 28 28 27 26 23 22 22 24 22 Muzzleloader hunt data included up until 1984. Juniors-0nly hunt data not included in this table. 1994 and 1995 data does not include results of hunts at Ft. Huachuca. Beginning with 1996, Ft. Huachuca data is based on questionnaire returns, not data gathered by the Fort. 18 Hunt Arizona 2009 Deer Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1 1 2 Year2 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 85091 83808 84384 86546 90057 83264 85534 68625 62236 46072 44978 42020 37260 36665 37918 38138 39834 41958 41677 41110 38368 33905 33395 34883 35016 37002 38770 166780 170820 163098 144027 136377 144949 147433 158215 157646 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 5025 188 5226 623 4540 0 3753 0 4037 0 4357 0 4811 0 5388 0 5215 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 4121 0 3369 0 3595 0 3937 0 4515 0 4214 0 4158 0 4362 0 5094 0 Total Percent Success 9334 9218 8135 7690 8552 8571 8969 9750 10309 22 22 21 23 26 25 26 26 27 Muzzleloader hunt data included up until 1984. Juniors-0nly hunt data not included in this table. 1994 and 1995 data does not include results of hunts at Ft. Huachuca. Beginning with 1996, Ft. Huachuca data is based on questionnaire returns, not data gathered by the Fort. Historic Summary of Juniors-Only Deer Hunts Year 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 299 403 608 837 1076 1155 1497 1897 2427 2571 2863 2855 2815 2634 2581 2520 2668 350 150 275 339 706 603 808 1224 1250 1625 1510 980 1030 1280 1332 1769 2109 336 148 264 331 649 543 763 1100 1134 1449 1394 904 923 1143 1219 1633 1941 1386 569 1073 1450 2262 2083 2502 2719 2959 3858 4117 2704 2711 3258 4469 5601 6032 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 147 0 88 0 158 0 177 0 178 0 159 0 263 0 280 360 167 395 166 591 141 462 114 301 149 225 140 269 291 64 342 269 367 364 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 2 0 7 0 14 0 18 0 21 0 35 0 42 0 41 0 57 0 47 0 37 0 44 0 54 0 34 0 148 0 223 0 195 0 Total Percent Success 149 95 172 195 199 194 305 681 619 804 640 459 428 443 503 834 926 44 64 65 59 31 36 40 61 55 55 46 51 46 39 41 51 48 Hunt Arizona 2009 19 Deer Harvest Data Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Deer Hunts Year 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 424 263 337 402 556 877 713 772 964 970 1070 1213 1267 1540 1621 1541 1489 1456 1775 1585 1896 1498 1724 1506 1756 950 950 950 750 1000 1250 1139 1181 1300 1625 1821 1626 1479 1335 1120 1055 915 869 995 745 783 859 924 940 1015 664 739 840 664 821 1110 996 1074 1189 1437 1667 1456 1309 1179 1008 949 822 782 874 675 679 768 807 873 940 3035 3154 3947 2651 3545 5660 4822 5424 5808 6950 7875 7135 6323 5605 4372 4063 3812 3775 4020 3189 2988 3189 3726 4350 4456 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 200 0 201 0 178 0 134 0 171 0 259 0 130 0 205 0 216 0 285 0 303 0 278 0 189 0 184 0 164 0 157 0 111 0 170 0 143 0 150 0 119 0 193 0 190 0 233 0 217 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 11 0 10 0 19 0 26 0 20 0 10 0 19 0 31 0 21 0 2 0 13 0 5 0 14 0 7 0 16 0 26 0 26 0 24 0 18 0 32 0 33 0 23 0 29 0 13 0 40 0 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 225 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 0 0 Total Percent Success 211 211 197 160 191 269 149 236 237 287 316 283 203 191 180 183 137 194 161 182 152 216 219 246 257 32 29 23 24 23 24 15 22 20 20 19 19 16 16 18 19 17 25 18 27 22 28 27 28 27 Total Percent Success 225 14 Summary Of Archery Deer Hunts (Draw Hunts) 20 Year 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 2008 1167 1912 1607 10373 Hunt Arizona 2009 Deer Harvest Data Summary of Archery Deer Hunts (OTC Hunts) Year Tags Sold – 1952 1954 – 1955 – 1956 – 1957 – 1958 2736 1959 3451 1960 2349 1961 1695 1962 4625 1963 4567 1964 3596 1965 3835 1966 3596 1967 4679 1968 4510 1969 5107 1970 5855 1971 7261 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979 – 1980 – 1981 19814 1982 15109 1983 11934 1984 12628 1985 14249 1986 16554 1987 18666 1988 20883 1989 22399 1990 22398 1991 20324 1992 18883 1993 21580 1994 23445 1995 23329 1996 23568 1997 23166 1998 23022 1999 24293 2000 25338 2001 23783 2002 23082 2003 22447 2004 22675 2005 22949 2006 24538 2007 23907 20081 19653 1 2008 data is preliminary. Hunters Hunter Days 104 156 98 670 – 2181 3165 2245 1384 4319 4225 3246 3798 3387 4390 4216 4664 5275 6412 6832 7000 7420 7163 7517 9038 7313 8425 7157 12862 10212 9689 10619 12302 14397 16163 17909 19423 19325 18051 17505 19559 20646 20383 20698 19939 19375 20738 21148 20408 19595 18512 18305 18824 20352 19265 15737 – – – – – 11736 16292 9517 5518 19768 16922 12809 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 77011 63099 63071 70553 85328 104288 111826 119793 125848 125940 126545 120123 133174 144881 149129 143789 148077 146101 158187 155575 148346 151816 139107 138856 14847 153887 157895 116631 Mule Deer Buck A-less 21 0 5 0 12 0 49 0 33 0 175 226 143 224 82 93 15 20 141 172 88 91 50 63 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 327 40 287 51 248 61 417 35 534 71 742 130 748 58 704 223 598 201 674 35 773 0 691 0 1084 63 942 105 916 97 996 83 691 30 1050 63 1032 27 1209 55 827 12 929 7 621 5 779 0 803 0 939 0 870 0 549 0 DEER HARVEST Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 6 5 2 47 44 18 17 13 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 88 16 60 0 71 0 65 0 138 0 94 0 115 0 108 0 189 0 100 0 129 0 100 0 136 27 212 39 166 64 145 36 138 18 166 38 227 28 177 37 194 25 247 37 291 20 262 0 377 0 410 0 393 0 421 0 Total Percent Success 21 5 12 49 33 403 375 183 42 404 214 141 122 150 206 176 208 228 285 315 310 419 346 373 416 381 620 237 471 398 380 517 743 966 921 1035 988 809 902 791 1310 1298 1243 1260 877 1317 1314 1478 1058 1220 937 1041 1180 1349 1263 970 20 3 12 7 – 19 12 8 3 9 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 4 5 5 5 7 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 5 7 6 6 6 4 7 6 7 5 6 5 6 6 7 7 6 Hunt Arizona 2009 21 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A E 6A E 6A E 6A M 6A M 6A L 6A L 6A L 6A L 6A L 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B E 6B E 6B E 6B/8 6B/8 6B/8 L 6B/8 L 6B/8 L 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 22 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 175 1428 175 11.4 161 695 34 0 2 0 36 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 200 1317 200 13.7 171 826 38 0 0 0 38 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 200 1435 200 12.2 185 830 33 0 5 0 38 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 200 817 200 21.8 181 831 17 0 0 0 17 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 260 628 260 33.3 227 964 59 0 2 0 61 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 80 531 80 13.6 80 331 49 0 0 0 49 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 90 587 90 12.6 84 523 17 0 0 0 17 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 90 551 90 14.0 86 464 14 0 0 0 14 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 80 355 80 19.4 77 387 37 0 0 0 37 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 80 354 80 17.8 67 341 27 0 0 0 27 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 125 584 125 19.0 109 550 18 0 0 0 18 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 125 704 125 15.8 112 487 34 0 0 0 34 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 150 971 148 13.4 138 743 46 0 0 0 46 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 200 964 200 17.3 191 883 68 0 0 0 68 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 300 1001 300 25.5 296 1331 123 0 0 0 123 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 150 946 150 13.5 143 739 17 0 2 0 19 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 150 760 150 15.5 140 695 14 0 0 0 14 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 150 775 150 16.6 134 756 16 0 0 0 16 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 150 414 150 20.8 139 739 18 0 2 0 20 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 150 386 150 29.5 139 823 24 0 0 0 24 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 350 2619 350 12.1 322 1549 70 0 0 0 70 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 350 2282 350 14.1 342 1521 72 0 6 0 78 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 450 2816 450 13.0 419 1885 93 0 12 0 105 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 450 1866 450 20.8 432 2080 69 0 10 0 79 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 400 1553 400 23.2 376 1912 59 0 0 0 59 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 275 2556 275 10.1 260 1096 65 0 0 0 65 2005 MD 10/28/-11/06 275 2270 275 10.8 259 1165 71 0 0 0 71 2006 MD 10/27/-11/05 275 2419 275 10.7 259 1162 88 0 0 0 88 2007 MD 10/26/-11/04 325 1992 325 14.8 311 1506 74 0 0 0 74 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 400 1846 400 20.7 366 1495 76 0 0 0 76 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 175 200 175 48.0 145 498 0 0 9 0 9 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 400 317 400 56.5 362 1612 0 0 60 0 60 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 250 170 250 74.7 233 907 0 0 31 0 31 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 200 135 200 59.3 187 789 0 0 49 0 49 2007 WT 11/02/-11/11 200 76 200 82.9 181 821 0 0 36 0 36 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 200 168 200 56.0 198 819 0 0 34 0 34 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 250 783 250 23.6 233 1174 0 0 66 0 66 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 150 565 150 15.9 145 876 0 0 37 0 37 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 465 50 8.6 44 286 0 0 16 0 16 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 344 50 10.2 44 262 0 0 21 0 21 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 75 482 75 12.9 69 444 0 0 42 0 42 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 150 395 150 22.5 132 506 29 0 7 0 36 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 150 379 150 25.6 136 652 8 0 0 0 8 2006 MD 11/10/-11/19 190 274 190 33.2 180 823 48 0 0 0 48 2007 MD 11/09/-11/18 250 387 250 40.3 240 1185 36 0 0 0 36 2008 MD 11/07/-11/13 275 332 275 48.5 250 1091 25 0 0 0 25 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 20 12 20 75.0 20 90 0 0 0 0 0 2007 WT 10/26/-11/04 20 22 20 54.5 20 87 0 0 3 0 3 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 55 21 55 81.0 49 206 0 0 8 0 8 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 86 50 34.9 48 302 0 0 13 0 13 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 78 51 35.9 51 299 0 0 15 0 15 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 112 50 21.4 46 254 0 0 21 0 21 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 166 50 15.7 50 352 0 0 21 0 21 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 25 125 25 10.4 23 102 0 0 12 0 12 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 700 2380 700 22.1 646 2771 70 0 0 0 70 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 700 1792 700 27.1 652 2593 155 0 2 0 157 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 800 2562 798 23.0 723 3093 131 0 2 0 133 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 800 1644 800 35.2 759 3338 187 0 11 0 198 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 800 1492 800 40.8 743 3571 138 0 0 0 138 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 500 2231 500 19.4 453 2018 91 0 2 0 93 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 500 2165 500 20.2 464 1996 96 0 9 0 105 2006 MD 10/27/-11/05 500 2114 500 20.3 466 2034 169 0 0 0 169 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 22 22 21 9 27 61 20 16 48 40 17 30 33 36 42 13 10 12 14 17 22 23 25 18 16 25 27 34 24 21 6 17 13 26 20 17 28 26 36 48 61 27 6 27 15 10 0 15 16 27 29 46 42 52 11 24 18 26 19 21 23 36 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 8 2007 MD 10/26/-11/04 600 1861 600 29.5 588 2943 135 0 0 0 135 23 8 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 600 1421 599 36.4 552 2450 78 0 0 0 78 14 8E 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 50 34 50 70.6 46 209 0 0 2 0 2 4 8E 2007 WT 10/26/-11/04 50 46 50 60.9 44 179 0 0 4 0 4 9 8E 2008 WT 10/24/-11/02 75 35 75 91.4 68 345 0 0 15 0 15 22 9E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 650 843 650 43.7 598 2774 137 0 2 0 139 23 9E 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 650 1148 650 37.2 615 2986 132 0 4 0 136 22 9E 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 400 979 400 29.0 372 1751 144 0 2 0 146 39 9E 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 400 986 400 30.3 378 1844 119 0 0 0 119 31 9E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 400 737 400 42.3 367 1669 109 0 0 0 109 30 10 2004 AA 10/29/-11/14 700 2286 700 22.3 647 3691 53 0 0 0 53 8 10 2005 AA 10/28/-11/13 700 1563 700 29.9 651 3644 92 0 2 0 94 14 10 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 725 1756 721 29.3 678 3315 134 0 4 0 138 20 10 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 725 1128 725 42.6 691 3694 105 0 0 0 105 15 10 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 725 927 725 56.4 683 3472 91 0 0 0 91 13 12A Champ 2008 AA 10/10/-10/16 10 31 10 29.0 7 24 7 0 0 0 7 100 12AE E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/01 200 1539 204 10.1 190 958 83 0 0 0 83 44 12AE E 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 200 1207 200 10.4 194 1017 79 0 0 0 79 41 12AE E 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 150 1139 150 8.8 146 785 85 0 0 0 85 58 12AE E 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 175 882 175 13.3 171 870 76 0 0 0 76 44 12AE E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 150 630 150 15.4 134 650 76 0 0 0 76 57 12AE L 2004 AA 11/19/-11/28 50 2545 62 2.2 57 347 30 0 0 0 30 53 12AE L 2005 AA 11/18/-11/27 50 1845 50 2.2 49 304 28 0 0 0 28 57 12AE L 2006 AA 11/24/-12/03 50 2068 50 2.3 50 292 40 0 0 0 40 80 12AE L 2007 AA 11/23/-12/02 50 1764 50 2.8 50 224 42 0 0 0 42 84 12AE L 2008 AA 11/21/-11/30 50 1319 50 3.3 46 217 37 0 0 0 37 80 12AW E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 500 4803 500 8.6 449 1981 214 0 0 0 214 48 12AW E 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 1000 5898 1000 13.2 948 4685 428 0 0 0 428 45 12AW E 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 500 4716 500 7.9 470 2254 241 0 0 0 241 51 12AW E 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 650 3707 646 12.8 614 2930 339 0 0 0 339 55 12AW E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 850 3258 850 18.9 796 3846 427 0 0 0 427 54 12AW L 2004 AA 11/19/-11/28 125 3552 154 3.3 144 723 89 0 0 0 89 62 12AW L 2005 AA 11/18/-11/27 175 2852 175 4.0 170 1073 105 0 0 0 105 62 12AW L 2006 AA 11/24/-12/03 175 4125 175 3.4 169 1003 118 0 0 0 118 70 12AW L 2007 AA 11/23/-12/02 175 3924 175 3.5 173 919 125 0 0 0 125 72 12AW L 2008 AA 11/21/-11/30 175 2980 177 4.6 170 1094 98 0 0 0 98 58 12B E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 25 357 25 4.5 25 87 20 0 0 0 20 80 12B E 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 25 332 25 4.2 24 106 16 0 0 0 16 67 12B E 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 25 384 25 3.9 22 118 12 0 0 0 12 55 12B E 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 25 184 25 10.9 24 119 18 0 0 0 18 75 12B E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 25 212 25 8.5 24 143 14 0 0 0 14 58 12B L 2004 AA 11/19/-11/28 10 1037 12 1.1 12 66 9 0 0 0 9 75 12B L 2005 AA 11/18/-11/27 65 1961 65 2.8 62 314 46 0 0 0 46 74 12B L 2006 AA 11/24/-12/03 75 1991 75 2.7 75 375 51 0 0 0 51 68 12B L 2007 AA 11/23/-12/02 75 1584 75 4.2 75 380 62 0 0 0 62 83 12B L 2008 AA 11/21/-11/30 75 1390 75 4.7 73 389 51 0 0 0 51 70 12BW 2004 AA 11/19/-11/28 65 1493 87 4.2 84 460 55 0 0 0 55 65 12BW E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 100 395 114 16.5 106 476 58 0 0 0 58 55 12BW E 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 125 300 125 14.3 120 658 81 0 0 0 81 68 12BW E 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 185 468 185 16.5 179 815 120 0 0 0 120 67 12BW E 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 175 350 175 24.9 169 750 120 0 0 0 120 71 12BW E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 175 466 175 17.6 166 811 122 0 0 0 122 73 13A 2004 AA 11/12/-11/21 40 1217 53 3.0 53 322 27 0 0 0 27 51 13A 2005 AA 11/11/-11/20 30 953 30 1.0 29 170 21 0 0 0 21 72 13A 2006 AA 11/17/-11/26 40 1263 40 2.7 40 189 36 0 0 0 36 90 13A 2007 AA 11/16/-11/25 55 1253 55 3.4 52 387 37 0 0 0 37 71 13A 2008 AA 11/14/-11/23 45 977 45 3.0 43 223 36 0 0 0 36 84 13B 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 55 6997 72 1.0 68 432 41 0 0 0 41 60 13B 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 60 5068 60 1.2 60 434 39 0 0 0 39 65 13B 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 75 5591 75 1.3 70 454 50 0 0 0 50 71 13B 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 85 3280 85 2.6 85 649 40 0 0 0 40 47 13B 2008 AA 11/07/-11/16 45 2987 45 1.5 45 244 32 0 0 0 32 71 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 23 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C E 20C E 20C E 20C L 20C L 20C L 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 600 712 600 58.1 540 2474 89 0 0 0 89 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 600 789 600 57.0 535 2488 98 0 0 0 98 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 600 757 598 59.6 561 2674 127 0 0 0 127 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 650 558 650 88.0 597 2845 127 0 0 0 127 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 650 485 650 100.0 576 2699 105 0 0 0 105 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 375 687 375 42.4 339 1484 44 0 0 0 44 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 375 687 375 44.0 337 1628 42 0 0 0 42 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 375 675 375 40.0 343 1635 80 0 0 0 80 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 375 634 371 42.9 341 1697 61 0 0 0 61 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 350 585 350 49.4 326 1424 74 0 0 0 74 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 400 803 400 35.1 364 1526 60 0 0 0 60 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 400 793 400 39.1 385 1574 71 0 0 0 71 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 400 847 400 35.1 357 1443 78 0 0 0 78 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 400 550 400 53.8 366 1520 67 0 0 0 67 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 400 534 400 58.1 389 1709 77 0 0 0 77 2004 AA 10/29/-11/14 500 539 500 56.6 424 2367 55 0 0 0 55 2005 AA 10/28/-11/13 500 407 500 66.6 466 2933 101 0 0 0 101 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 600 592 600 63.3 541 2658 96 0 0 0 96 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 600 421 600 90.7 554 2859 95 0 0 0 95 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 600 439 600 98.6 547 2921 117 0 0 0 117 2004 AA 10/29/-11/14 500 797 500 43.5 438 2080 73 0 0 0 73 2005 AA 10/28/-11/13 500 651 500 54.4 443 2206 97 0 0 0 97 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 550 886 549 46.4 507 2109 153 0 0 0 153 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 600 712 600 62.9 574 2541 123 0 0 0 123 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 650 593 650 87.5 603 2569 168 0 0 0 168 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 425 880 425 31.8 402 1779 81 0 0 0 81 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 350 848 350 29.1 327 1482 68 0 5 0 73 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 400 893 400 33.6 387 1604 139 0 4 0 143 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 450 705 450 45.4 431 1744 143 0 4 0 147 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 450 789 450 47.3 437 1770 148 0 7 0 155 2004 AA 10/29/-11/14 250 366 250 40.2 224 1171 31 0 0 0 31 2005 AA 10/28/-11/13 250 285 250 44.9 241 1382 26 0 0 0 26 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 200 224 199 52.7 183 872 49 0 0 0 49 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 250 269 250 59.9 230 1126 46 0 0 0 46 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 300 223 300 81.6 283 1384 53 0 0 0 53 2004 AA 10/29/-11/14 550 1836 550 25.5 519 2519 126 0 0 0 126 2005 AA 10/28/-11/13 550 1729 550 28.1 502 2475 91 0 0 0 91 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 550 1472 550 31.3 501 2040 159 0 0 0 159 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 600 1130 596 45.4 564 2330 167 0 0 0 167 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 700 1031 700 55.3 650 3040 113 0 0 0 113 2004 AA 11/12/-11/21 200 454 200 32.8 181 726 29 0 0 0 29 2005 AA 11/11/-11/20 225 356 225 46.1 213 793 45 0 0 0 45 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 300 473 300 43.1 272 983 48 0 0 0 48 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 350 312 350 74.0 332 1204 61 0 0 0 61 2008 AA 11/14/-11/23 350 283 350 77.0 322 1273 35 0 0 0 35 2004 AA 10/29/-11/01 250 293 250 53.9 216 612 29 0 0 0 29 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 250 334 250 51.2 229 982 44 0 0 0 44 2005 AA 10/28/-10/31 225 229 225 68.1 210 627 35 0 0 0 35 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 225 293 225 49.8 208 856 44 0 0 0 44 2006 AA 10/27/-11/01 300 337 300 60.8 266 823 68 0 0 0 68 2007 AA 10/26/-10/31 350 275 350 86.2 318 1105 102 0 0 0 102 2008 AA 10/31/-11/06 300 412 300 56.8 276 959 69 0 0 0 69 2006 AA 11/03/-11/12 150 217 150 47.0 136 577 18 0 0 0 18 2007 AA 11/02/-11/11 200 121 200 87.6 182 749 42 0 0 0 42 2008 AA 11/07/-11/13 250 98 250 99.0 227 869 62 0 0 0 62 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 400 949 400 31.9 367 1449 52 0 0 0 52 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 400 1003 400 29.3 366 1380 54 0 0 0 54 2006 MD 11/10/-11/19 400 823 400 36.3 368 1495 71 0 0 0 71 2007 MD 11/09/-11/18 450 581 450 55.2 426 1842 104 0 0 0 104 2008 MD 11/07/-11/13 450 668 450 46.7 419 1553 82 0 0 0 82 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 300 484 300 37.2 279 1256 0 0 88 0 88 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 300 461 300 30.2 279 1529 0 0 86 0 86 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. 24 Hunt Arizona 2009 16 18 23 21 18 13 12 23 18 23 16 18 22 18 20 13 22 18 17 21 17 22 30 21 28 20 22 37 34 35 14 11 27 20 19 24 18 32 30 17 16 21 18 18 11 13 19 17 21 26 32 25 13 23 27 14 15 19 24 20 32 31 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 21 E 21 E 21 E 21 L 21 L 21 L 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 E 22 E 22 E 22 L 22 L 22 L 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 E 23 E 23 E 23 E 23 L 23 L 23 L 23 L 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A E 24A E 24A E 24A M 24A L 24A L 24A L 24B 24B 24B 24B 24B 24B E 24B E 24B E 24B M 24B M 24B M 24B L 24B L 24B L 24B L 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 350 114 350 100.0 317 1300 0 0 69 0 69 2007 WT 10/26/-11/04 400 197 400 93.4 380 1640 0 0 62 0 62 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 460 167 460 99.4 429 1597 0 0 93 0 93 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 318 50 12.6 41 239 0 0 17 0 17 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 281 50 13.5 47 228 0 0 19 0 19 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 20 217 20 6.5 20 114 0 0 10 0 10 2004 MD 10/29/-11/07 500 1571 500 25.3 443 1958 61 0 0 0 61 2005 MD 10/28/-11/06 500 1482 500 26.9 454 1918 82 0 0 0 82 2006 MD 10/27/-11/05 500 1293 498 29.3 473 2073 79 0 0 0 79 2007 MD 10/26/-11/04 600 952 600 42.9 566 2445 99 0 0 0 99 2008 MD 10/24/-11/02 625 924 625 47.4 583 2529 88 0 0 0 88 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 450 1498 450 23.1 415 1923 0 0 164 0 164 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 450 1434 450 23.2 416 1997 0 0 117 0 117 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 500 434 500 59.4 458 2123 0 0 78 0 78 2007 WT 10/26/-11/04 500 365 500 69.6 441 1806 0 0 107 0 107 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 660 379 660 91.8 622 2384 0 0 121 0 121 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 749 50 5.5 50 289 0 0 18 0 18 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 522 50 6.1 48 271 0 0 33 0 33 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 25 464 25 4.5 25 154 0 0 17 0 17 2004 MD 10/29/-11/07 450 1745 450 21.7 437 1818 99 0 0 0 99 2005 MD 10/28/-11/06 450 1849 450 20.6 405 1755 69 0 0 0 69 2006 MD 10/27/-11/05 525 1772 524 24.2 506 2316 97 0 0 0 97 2007 MD 10/26/-11/04 575 1494 575 32.7 555 2488 121 0 0 0 121 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 610 1432 610 36.2 555 2354 98 0 0 0 98 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 300 1164 300 19.0 260 1209 0 0 123 0 123 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 300 257 300 44.4 259 806 0 0 50 0 50 2006 WT 10/27/-11/05 425 402 425 47.8 397 1698 0 0 82 0 82 2007 WT 10/26/-11/04 600 457 600 61.3 551 2458 0 0 120 0 120 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 575 446 575 64.6 526 2009 0 0 104 0 104 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 150 1144 150 12.0 140 756 0 0 48 0 48 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 872 50 4.7 43 209 0 0 11 0 11 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 747 50 5.8 44 244 0 0 27 0 27 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 85 905 85 7.1 76 321 0 0 51 0 51 2004 MD 11/12/-11/21 125 527 125 18.6 111 447 43 0 0 0 43 2005 MD 11/11/-11/20 175 551 175 26.9 164 716 61 0 0 0 61 2006 MD 11/10/-11/19 175 547 175 24.5 162 664 51 0 0 0 51 2007 MD 10/26/-11/04 140 435 140 25.5 138 660 63 0 0 0 63 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 165 440 165 33.0 156 591 52 0 0 0 52 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 375 995 375 27.5 356 1634 0 0 180 0 180 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 375 1019 375 28.9 354 1824 0 0 152 0 152 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 550 359 550 73.3 526 2315 0 0 175 0 175 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 600 381 600 79.8 566 2354 0 0 159 0 159 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 355 188 355 97.3 331 1217 0 0 127 0 127 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 355 219 355 91.8 323 1323 0 0 58 0 58 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 533 50 8.1 50 266 0 0 25 0 25 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 451 50 9.3 47 232 0 0 24 0 24 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 30 309 30 7.1 28 92 0 0 21 0 21 2004 MD 11/12/-11/21 350 601 350 38.4 324 1473 39 0 0 0 39 2005 MD 11/11/-11/20 550 669 550 56.2 513 2242 90 0 0 0 90 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 450 642 449 42.7 390 1639 53 0 0 0 53 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 450 491 448 64.2 435 1883 59 0 0 0 59 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 450 452 450 68.1 427 1450 95 0 0 0 95 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 250 100 250 100.0 231 806 0 0 54 0 54 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 250 137 250 97.8 230 743 0 0 67 0 67 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 305 140 305 98.6 287 918 0 0 62 0 62 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 200 113 200 69.0 177 738 0 0 40 0 40 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 250 110 250 97.3 224 943 0 0 54 0 54 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 305 152 305 96.1 295 1109 0 0 91 0 91 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 350 678 350 33.2 307 1260 0 0 151 0 151 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 350 707 350 34.8 328 1482 0 0 137 0 137 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 356 50 10.4 45 205 0 0 23 0 23 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 379 50 9.2 50 269 0 0 27 0 27 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 22 16 22 41 40 50 14 18 17 17 15 40 28 17 24 19 36 69 68 23 17 19 22 18 47 19 21 22 20 34 26 61 67 39 37 31 46 33 51 43 33 28 38 18 50 51 75 12 18 14 14 22 23 29 22 23 24 31 49 42 51 54 25 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 24B L 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 25 225 25 8.0 20 130 0 0 7 0 7 27 E 2004 MD 10/29/-11/07 800 2699 800 22.8 724 3486 157 0 0 0 157 27 E 2005 MD 10/28/-11/06 800 2345 800 25.4 743 3286 168 0 0 0 168 27 E 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 725 2454 725 22.0 676 3107 132 0 0 0 132 27 E 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 725 1914 725 30.4 653 2900 186 0 0 0 186 27 E 2008 MD 11/07/-11/13 900 1696 900 43.2 839 3509 203 0 0 0 203 27/28 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 250 402 250 34.6 215 1095 0 0 80 0 80 27/28 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 250 375 250 39.7 230 1235 0 0 41 0 41 27/28 E 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 150 100 150 59.0 139 694 0 0 24 0 24 27/28 E 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 150 103 150 64.1 131 681 0 0 36 0 36 27/28 E 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 350 142 350 95.8 311 1309 0 0 72 0 72 27/28 L 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 265 50 15.5 42 215 0 0 19 0 19 27/28 L 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 192 50 17.7 46 246 0 0 15 0 15 27/28 L 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 15 140 15 9.3 13 72 0 0 8 0 8 28 E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/01 400 450 400 50.4 385 1188 82 0 3 0 85 28 E 2005 AA 10/28/-10/31 400 432 400 55.1 367 1098 86 0 5 0 91 28 L 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 400 513 400 54.4 376 1666 72 0 5 0 77 28 L 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 400 408 400 61.8 371 1822 68 0 0 0 68 28 E 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 400 439 399 54.7 381 1355 76 0 0 0 76 28 E 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 400 355 400 73.2 385 1455 86 0 0 0 86 28 E 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 400 451 400 63.0 385 1540 96 0 0 0 96 28 L 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 400 336 400 62.2 380 2138 82 0 0 0 82 28 L 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 400 282 400 78.7 371 1743 117 0 0 0 117 28 L 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 400 228 400 95.2 373 1349 139 0 0 0 139 29 E 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 200 176 200 86.9 180 580 27 0 0 0 27 29 E 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 150 119 150 97.5 145 440 8 0 0 0 8 29 E 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 125 83 125 96.4 100 382 7 0 0 0 7 29 E 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 75 84 75 67.9 66 259 13 0 0 0 13 29 L 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 200 177 200 78.5 161 772 28 0 0 0 28 29 L 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 150 67 150 100.0 136 524 20 0 0 0 20 29 L 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 125 62 125 98.4 106 465 14 0 0 0 14 29 L 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 150 123 150 82.9 145 543 48 0 0 0 48 29 L 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 75 43 75 100.0 68 265 18 0 0 0 18 29 T 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 275 39 275 100.0 233 829 0 0 50 0 50 29 E 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 350 191 350 95.8 322 946 0 0 104 0 104 29 E 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 400 243 400 98.8 356 1069 0 0 62 0 62 29 E 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 400 185 400 97.8 337 1142 0 0 49 0 49 29 E 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 400 154 400 100.0 320 1054 0 0 66 0 66 29 E 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 285 162 285 99.4 252 924 0 0 45 0 45 29 M 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 550 284 550 100.0 509 2097 0 0 148 0 148 29 M 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 500 297 500 95.6 452 2068 0 0 88 0 88 29 M 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 450 229 449 95.2 387 1683 0 0 72 0 72 29 M 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 400 186 400 96.2 374 1598 0 0 58 0 58 29 M 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 275 89 275 100.0 247 848 0 0 75 0 75 29 L 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 368 50 11.1 45 248 0 0 13 0 13 29 L 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 323 50 12.7 50 284 0 0 12 0 12 29 L 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 75 297 74 18.2 69 412 0 0 7 0 7 29 L 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 75 284 75 21.8 67 292 0 0 30 0 30 29 L 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 180 40 13.9 36 215 0 0 19 0 19 30A E 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 300 368 300 70.1 272 730 61 0 0 0 61 30A E 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 300 259 300 92.3 270 804 45 0 0 0 45 30A E 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 300 277 300 80.1 287 882 55 0 0 0 55 30A E 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 300 247 300 96.0 288 964 112 0 0 0 112 30A E 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 325 389 325 71.0 305 1021 124 0 0 0 124 30A L 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 350 387 350 76.2 318 1522 93 0 0 0 93 30A L 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 350 292 350 94.9 334 1543 85 0 0 0 85 30A L 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 350 298 349 96.3 320 1621 61 0 0 0 61 30A L 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 300 211 300 95.3 287 1215 102 0 0 0 102 30A L 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 325 150 325 92.7 301 1109 102 0 0 0 102 30A T 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 175 16 168 100.0 135 496 0 0 57 0 57 30A E 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 250 45 250 100.0 208 593 0 0 63 0 63 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. 26 Hunt Arizona 2009 35 22 23 20 28 24 37 18 17 27 23 45 33 62 22 25 20 18 20 22 25 22 32 37 15 6 7 20 17 15 13 33 26 21 32 17 15 21 18 29 19 19 16 30 29 24 10 45 53 22 17 19 39 41 29 25 19 36 34 42 30 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 30A E 30A E 30A E 30A E 30A M 30A M 30A M 30A M 30A M 30A L 30A L 30A L 30A L 30A L 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B L 30B L 30B L 30B L 30B L 30B T 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B E 30B M 30B M 30B M 30B M 30B M 30B L 30B L 30B L 31 E 31 E 31 E 31 E 31 L 31 L 31 L 31 L 31 L 31 T 31 E 31 E 31 E 31 E 31 E 31 M 31 M 31 M 31 M 31 M 31 L 31 L 31 L 31 L 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 250 36 250 88.9 213 593 0 0 35 0 35 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 250 28 250 100.0 203 618 0 0 54 0 54 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 250 69 250 100.0 212 631 0 0 52 0 52 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 200 70 200 78.6 167 538 0 0 38 0 38 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 300 66 300 97.0 251 902 0 0 35 0 35 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 300 51 300 100.0 254 994 0 0 80 0 80 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 275 93 275 90.3 247 1000 0 0 54 0 54 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 275 49 275 100.0 240 1002 0 0 52 0 52 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 200 24 194 100.0 163 543 0 0 47 0 47 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 216 50 13.9 46 217 0 0 13 0 13 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 154 50 22.1 41 195 0 0 11 0 11 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 75 192 75 24.5 71 357 0 0 16 0 16 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 75 128 75 32.8 73 336 0 0 19 0 19 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 149 40 20.8 38 181 0 0 17 0 17 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 400 288 400 97.6 375 1106 53 0 0 0 53 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 400 221 400 97.3 360 1133 88 0 0 0 88 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 400 265 399 98.9 344 1160 65 0 0 0 65 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 350 272 350 98.5 334 1226 68 0 0 0 68 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 400 374 400 93.0 393 1577 93 0 0 0 93 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 400 356 400 85.4 371 1802 95 0 0 0 95 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 400 396 400 82.6 358 1784 61 0 0 0 61 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 400 312 400 94.2 369 1985 61 0 0 0 61 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 350 223 350 99.6 327 1725 101 0 0 0 101 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 400 145 400 100.0 369 1469 92 0 0 0 92 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 150 16 131 100.0 116 413 0 0 30 0 30 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 250 39 250 100.0 211 645 0 0 42 0 42 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 300 43 300 100.0 269 788 0 0 26 0 26 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 250 33 250 100.0 211 583 0 0 51 0 51 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 250 35 250 100.0 220 725 0 0 30 0 30 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 150 36 150 94.4 117 384 0 0 23 0 23 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 250 53 252 100.0 217 886 0 0 45 0 45 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 300 91 300 90.1 257 1014 0 0 58 0 58 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 250 38 249 89.5 226 941 0 0 50 0 50 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 250 26 250 92.3 204 880 0 0 43 0 43 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 150 25 118 96.0 111 475 0 0 30 0 30 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 77 50 33.8 47 216 0 0 16 0 16 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 115 50 27.0 48 179 0 0 21 0 21 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 75 145 75 32.4 73 357 0 0 34 0 34 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 100 221 100 37.6 90 223 40 0 0 0 40 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 100 285 100 26.7 95 286 26 0 0 0 26 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 100 302 100 27.5 83 248 13 0 0 0 13 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 150 222 150 50.0 146 552 35 0 0 0 35 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 200 258 200 52.3 179 839 37 0 0 0 37 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 200 267 200 49.8 188 872 53 0 0 0 53 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 200 278 200 47.5 174 818 76 0 0 0 76 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 300 493 300 46.5 274 1282 64 0 0 0 64 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 150 99 150 82.8 146 581 31 0 0 0 31 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 300 90 300 96.7 256 1024 0 0 85 0 85 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 450 338 450 84.0 392 1124 0 0 113 0 113 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 450 291 451 75.9 394 1064 0 0 135 0 135 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 450 319 450 80.3 395 1285 0 0 104 0 104 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 550 319 550 97.8 497 1763 0 0 127 0 127 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 325 298 325 74.5 290 1048 0 0 93 0 93 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 550 416 550 65.9 493 2028 0 0 161 0 161 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 550 344 550 78.2 506 2152 0 0 134 0 134 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 550 380 550 69.2 509 2236 0 0 145 0 145 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 550 290 546 87.9 506 2390 0 0 97 0 97 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 325 112 326 97.3 295 1192 0 0 64 0 64 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 563 50 8.5 45 168 0 0 32 0 32 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 586 51 7.8 49 235 0 0 29 0 29 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 100 696 100 12.4 91 511 0 0 43 0 43 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 100 618 100 11.2 96 465 0 0 55 0 55 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 16 27 25 23 14 31 22 22 29 28 27 23 26 45 14 24 19 20 24 26 17 17 31 25 26 20 10 24 14 20 21 23 22 21 27 34 44 47 44 27 16 24 21 28 44 23 21 33 29 34 26 26 32 33 26 28 19 22 71 59 47 57 27 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 31 L 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 L 32 L 32 L 32 L 32 L 32 T 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 E 32 M 32 M 32 M 32 M 32 M 32 L 32 L 32 L 32 L 32 L 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 L 33 L 33 L 33 L 33 L 33 T 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 E 33 M 33 M 33 M 33 M 33 M 33 L 33 L 33 L 33 L 33 L 34A E 34A E 34A E 34A E 34A E 34A T 34A E 34A E 34A E 28 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 125 644 125 15.1 120 688 0 0 75 0 75 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 375 1120 375 28.1 350 1020 112 0 0 0 112 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 350 1063 350 29.5 329 911 116 0 0 0 116 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 450 1077 450 36.4 421 1304 108 0 0 0 108 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 200 667 199 27.3 187 592 68 0 0 0 68 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 450 956 450 44.2 422 1432 142 0 0 0 142 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 575 985 575 44.5 535 2236 147 0 0 0 147 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 600 838 600 47.0 565 2452 149 0 0 0 149 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 450 767 449 42.5 428 1872 94 0 0 0 94 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 600 692 596 56.1 553 2251 165 0 0 0 165 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 450 355 450 67.9 431 1708 100 0 0 0 100 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 460 161 460 95.0 410 1513 0 0 117 0 117 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 650 383 650 82.8 614 1851 0 0 251 0 251 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 650 450 650 80.4 590 1790 0 0 198 0 198 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 650 501 649 71.5 597 1999 0 0 202 0 202 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 650 428 649 92.5 597 1999 0 0 186 0 186 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 500 387 500 81.9 449 1508 0 0 156 0 156 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 800 576 800 66.8 732 3059 0 0 280 0 280 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 800 615 800 68.5 717 2757 0 0 228 0 228 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 650 463 650 64.1 560 2341 0 0 169 0 169 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 650 406 648 77.6 593 2631 0 0 156 0 156 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 500 260 500 98.1 432 1626 0 0 123 0 123 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 100 1053 100 7.2 91 366 0 0 64 0 64 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 100 830 100 9.2 98 468 0 0 49 0 49 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 200 1144 200 12.6 178 901 0 0 81 0 81 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 175 880 175 14.0 162 768 0 0 90 0 90 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 541 40 5.7 40 169 0 0 29 0 29 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 350 395 350 64.3 331 1013 77 0 0 0 77 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 400 445 400 65.6 364 1169 56 0 0 0 56 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 350 418 349 62.9 323 1084 57 0 0 0 57 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 350 319 350 72.7 325 1077 46 0 0 0 46 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 350 341 350 70.1 319 1120 39 0 0 0 39 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 250 220 250 72.3 226 1002 55 0 0 0 55 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 300 296 300 68.2 276 1116 46 0 0 0 46 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 250 230 249 63.9 226 1001 33 0 0 0 33 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 250 161 250 77.6 224 937 26 0 0 0 26 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 250 101 250 100.0 241 945 23 0 0 0 23 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 650 400 650 77.5 621 2204 0 0 208 0 208 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 700 442 700 82.8 623 1693 0 0 275 0 275 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 750 599 750 68.1 699 1898 0 0 281 0 281 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 725 837 725 55.1 678 2112 0 0 269 0 269 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 750 786 743 61.1 692 2244 0 0 265 0 265 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 650 956 650 49.4 614 2113 0 0 272 0 272 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 700 552 700 56.0 654 2568 0 0 276 0 276 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 750 677 750 49.6 707 2719 0 0 316 0 316 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 725 837 723 47.0 667 2847 0 0 244 0 244 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 750 799 750 49.7 718 2955 0 0 260 0 260 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 650 452 650 73.5 612 2231 0 0 223 0 223 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 100 1385 100 6.4 91 336 0 0 58 0 58 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 100 1375 100 6.1 96 416 0 0 47 0 47 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 150 1499 150 8.5 142 717 0 0 80 0 80 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 150 1464 149 9.2 143 637 0 0 95 0 95 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 1217 40 3.3 40 243 0 0 30 0 30 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 75 315 75 21.6 64 208 19 0 0 0 19 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 75 320 75 20.9 75 233 5 0 0 0 5 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 75 284 75 24.3 75 280 16 0 0 0 16 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 25 168 25 14.3 20 83 3 0 0 0 3 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 25 153 25 15.0 20 102 2 0 0 0 2 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 550 161 550 100.0 515 2047 0 0 125 0 125 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 950 530 950 98.1 872 2511 0 0 209 0 209 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 900 630 900 81.1 851 2447 0 0 163 0 163 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 750 459 750 97.8 689 2276 0 0 147 0 147 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 63 32 35 26 36 34 27 26 22 30 23 29 41 34 34 31 35 38 32 30 26 28 70 50 46 56 73 23 15 18 14 12 24 17 15 12 10 33 44 40 40 38 44 42 45 37 36 36 64 49 56 66 75 30 7 21 15 10 24 24 19 21 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 34A E 34A E 34A M 34A M 34A M 34A M 34A M 34A L 34A L 34A L 34A L 34A L 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B L 34B L 34B L 34B L 34B L 34B T 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B E 34B M 34B M 34B M 34B M 34B M 34B L 34B L 34B L 34B L 34B L 35A T 35A E 35A E 35A E 35A E 35A E 35A M 35A M 35A M 35A M 35A M 35A L 35A L 35A L 35A L 35A L 35B T 35B E 35B E 35B E 35B E 35B E 35B M 35B M 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 800 438 800 97.7 713 2287 0 0 147 0 147 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 600 428 600 93.2 537 1834 0 0 159 0 159 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 950 917 950 67.6 887 3756 0 0 148 0 148 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 900 853 900 73.0 841 3647 0 0 156 0 156 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 750 661 749 71.7 703 2991 0 0 126 0 126 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 750 514 750 88.1 705 3040 0 0 117 0 117 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 600 299 600 98.0 550 2022 0 0 145 0 145 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 25 635 25 3.5 25 108 0 0 10 0 10 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 25 533 25 3.9 23 154 0 0 10 0 10 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 150 700 150 16.7 132 676 0 0 47 0 47 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 150 590 150 20.3 146 847 0 0 72 0 72 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 513 40 6.6 35 170 0 0 14 0 14 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 100 124 100 50.8 94 287 19 0 0 0 19 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 100 181 100 45.3 96 291 13 0 0 0 13 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 100 138 98 55.1 87 288 19 0 0 0 19 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 100 139 100 57.6 100 339 16 0 0 0 16 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 100 162 100 51.9 96 327 23 0 0 0 23 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 100 233 100 34.8 94 383 17 0 0 0 17 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 100 131 100 59.5 90 388 14 0 0 0 14 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 100 139 100 44.6 89 369 31 0 0 0 31 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 100 136 100 58.1 93 347 40 0 0 0 40 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 100 108 100 76.9 96 369 20 0 0 0 20 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 100 34 100 100.0 92 355 0 0 12 0 12 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 275 92 275 100.0 244 695 0 0 58 0 58 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 275 64 275 100.0 228 689 0 0 32 0 32 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 175 47 175 100.0 158 512 0 0 24 0 24 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 175 43 175 100.0 155 509 0 0 36 0 36 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 150 57 150 100.0 138 514 0 0 34 0 34 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 275 96 275 97.9 251 965 0 0 28 0 28 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 275 104 275 95.2 245 1036 0 0 21 0 21 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 200 67 200 100.0 190 824 0 0 15 0 15 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 200 56 200 100.0 188 871 0 0 32 0 32 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 150 53 150 92.5 119 440 0 0 17 0 17 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 25 198 25 8.1 25 143 0 0 8 0 8 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 25 147 25 12.2 21 102 0 0 6 0 6 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 162 50 18.5 45 223 0 0 23 0 23 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 156 50 19.9 48 226 0 0 28 0 28 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 137 40 19.0 34 198 0 0 16 0 16 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 200 48 200 95.8 187 778 0 0 52 0 52 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 300 111 300 100.0 245 721 0 0 53 0 53 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 300 125 300 100.0 261 762 0 0 35 0 35 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 300 106 300 100.0 255 864 0 0 36 0 36 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 400 90 400 100.0 358 1274 0 0 80 0 80 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 300 119 300 89.1 275 1064 0 0 94 0 94 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 250 159 250 81.1 222 953 0 0 36 0 36 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 250 143 250 91.6 220 950 0 0 34 0 34 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 250 101 250 95.0 230 1018 0 0 47 0 47 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 300 141 300 95.7 278 1277 0 0 53 0 53 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 300 81 300 100.0 281 1067 0 0 33 0 33 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 273 50 13.9 48 231 0 0 23 0 23 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 284 50 14.1 40 194 0 0 13 0 13 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 214 50 14.0 50 256 0 0 15 0 15 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 203 50 23.2 48 253 0 0 28 0 28 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 271 40 12.9 40 184 0 0 18 0 18 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 250 53 251 98.1 218 774 0 0 69 0 69 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 400 151 400 100.0 372 1129 0 0 69 0 69 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 400 168 400 100.0 358 1056 0 0 47 0 47 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 400 178 400 100.0 362 1136 0 0 67 0 67 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 500 165 500 100.0 447 1407 0 0 104 0 104 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 400 203 400 100.0 351 1259 0 0 110 0 110 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 400 284 400 83.8 365 1423 0 0 58 0 58 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 400 281 400 85.1 378 1525 0 0 63 0 63 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 21 30 17 19 18 17 26 40 43 36 49 40 20 14 22 16 24 18 16 35 43 21 13 24 14 15 23 25 11 9 8 17 14 32 29 51 58 47 28 22 13 14 22 34 16 15 20 19 12 48 33 30 58 45 32 19 13 19 23 31 16 17 29 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 35B M 35B M 35B M 35B L 35B L 35B L 35B L 35B L 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A L 36A L 36A L 36A L 36A L 36A T 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A E 36A M 36A M 36A M 36A M 36A M 36A L 36A L 36A L 36A L 36A L 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B L 36B L 36B L 36B L 36B L 36B T 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B E 36B M 36B M 36B M 36B M 36B M 36B L 36B L 36B L 36B L 36B L 36C E 36C E 30 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 400 312 398 85.9 356 1526 0 0 59 0 59 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 450 237 450 99.6 418 1694 0 0 82 0 82 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 400 185 400 97.8 367 1427 0 0 83 0 83 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 272 50 16.2 42 197 0 0 13 0 13 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 236 50 17.4 48 188 0 0 25 0 25 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 50 261 46 13.0 46 260 0 0 14 0 14 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 50 239 50 18.0 43 198 0 0 15 0 15 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 206 40 15.5 40 170 0 0 15 0 15 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 300 541 300 45.7 279 819 92 0 0 0 92 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 350 628 350 47.0 332 999 69 0 0 0 69 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 350 579 350 52.2 324 1101 82 0 0 0 82 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 350 466 350 68.0 325 1124 58 0 0 0 58 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 350 513 350 57.5 331 1267 71 0 0 0 71 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 400 683 400 43.2 379 1643 118 0 0 0 118 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 450 633 450 54.3 418 1872 109 0 0 0 109 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 450 620 450 58.9 432 1842 105 0 0 0 105 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 450 459 450 74.1 406 1963 69 0 0 0 69 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 450 324 450 93.2 429 1614 83 0 0 0 83 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 350 41 336 92.7 307 1066 0 0 101 0 101 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 400 191 400 99.5 345 1032 0 0 78 0 78 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 400 207 400 99.5 367 1021 0 0 77 0 77 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 400 180 400 100.0 370 1150 0 0 82 0 82 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 450 140 446 100.0 404 1291 0 0 120 0 120 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 350 156 350 94.9 333 1071 0 0 88 0 88 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 550 237 550 100.0 511 2107 0 0 123 0 123 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 550 246 550 99.6 520 2022 0 0 141 0 141 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 550 268 550 100.0 500 1953 0 0 137 0 137 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 550 215 550 100.0 499 2268 0 0 72 0 72 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 450 86 436 100.0 409 1348 0 0 80 0 80 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 50 380 50 10.5 40 228 0 0 21 0 21 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 50 297 50 11.4 50 245 0 0 15 0 15 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 100 238 100 26.1 96 617 0 0 38 0 38 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 100 242 100 27.3 91 441 0 0 35 0 35 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 212 40 10.4 37 265 0 0 15 0 15 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 100 307 100 27.7 93 265 48 0 0 0 48 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 125 310 125 31.3 115 341 55 0 0 0 55 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 150 323 147 33.7 138 405 43 0 0 0 43 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 175 242 175 62.8 167 574 51 0 0 0 51 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 200 304 200 56.9 188 658 77 0 0 0 77 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 100 280 100 30.4 98 404 42 0 0 0 42 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 125 238 125 45.0 118 484 31 0 0 0 31 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 150 167 150 55.1 147 631 58 0 0 0 58 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 225 214 225 75.7 223 910 40 0 0 0 40 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 200 102 200 94.1 179 710 41 0 0 0 41 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 700 129 700 96.9 663 2481 0 0 153 0 153 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 1000 483 1000 100.0 895 2559 0 0 210 0 210 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 1000 567 1000 99.3 926 2713 0 0 229 0 229 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 1000 598 1000 99.8 895 2946 0 0 202 0 202 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 1025 477 1025 98.1 934 3236 0 0 211 0 211 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 800 449 800 87.3 743 2745 0 0 201 0 201 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 1000 783 1000 83.0 923 3988 0 0 190 0 190 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 1000 674 1000 93.0 906 3858 0 0 268 0 268 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 1000 644 998 93.6 925 3829 0 0 208 0 208 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 1025 571 1025 98.2 946 4259 0 0 159 0 159 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 800 314 800 97.1 735 2733 0 0 171 0 171 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 150 995 150 12.3 138 581 0 0 50 0 50 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 150 828 150 14.6 141 735 0 0 63 0 63 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 200 796 200 17.3 198 1080 0 0 99 0 99 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 200 634 200 24.4 184 930 0 0 98 0 98 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 40 473 40 6.1 34 201 0 0 25 0 25 2004 MD 10/29/-11/01 100 143 100 52.4 98 276 28 0 0 0 28 2005 MD 10/28/-10/31 125 216 125 47.7 120 340 35 0 0 0 35 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 17 20 23 31 52 30 35 38 33 21 25 18 21 31 26 24 17 19 33 23 21 22 30 26 24 27 27 14 20 53 30 40 38 41 52 48 31 31 41 43 26 39 18 23 23 23 25 23 23 27 21 30 22 17 23 36 45 50 53 74 29 29 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General 36C E 2006 MD 10/27/-11/01 100 224 100 39.3 96 372 28 0 0 0 28 36C E 2007 MD 10/26/-10/31 100 180 100 48.3 100 356 44 0 0 0 44 36C E 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 125 213 125 50.2 121 489 24 0 0 0 24 36C L 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 100 179 100 40.8 100 420 50 0 0 0 50 36C L 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 125 235 125 40.0 118 588 46 0 0 0 46 36C L 2006 MD 11/03/-11/12 100 198 100 40.9 98 444 26 0 0 0 26 36C L 2007 MD 11/02/-11/11 100 120 100 58.3 90 431 35 0 0 0 35 36C L 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 125 109 125 81.7 115 461 25 0 0 0 25 36C T 2008 WT 11/28/-12/04 150 42 150 100.0 136 608 0 0 34 0 34 36C E 2004 WT 10/29/-11/01 300 102 300 100.0 261 718 0 0 83 0 83 36C E 2005 WT 10/28/-10/31 325 178 325 96.6 276 769 0 0 121 0 121 36C E 2006 WT 10/27/-11/01 325 247 321 82.6 297 906 0 0 90 0 90 36C E 2007 WT 10/26/-10/31 350 154 350 100.0 328 1109 0 0 91 0 91 36C E 2008 WT 10/24/-10/30 200 102 200 91.2 188 613 0 0 53 0 53 36C M 2004 WT 11/12/-11/21 300 170 300 78.2 264 1121 0 0 74 0 74 36C M 2005 WT 11/11/-11/20 325 208 325 82.2 289 1114 0 0 89 0 89 36C M 2006 WT 11/10/-11/19 325 181 325 86.7 300 1105 0 0 110 0 110 36C M 2007 WT 11/09/-11/18 350 180 350 93.3 318 1291 0 0 47 0 47 36C M 2008 WT 11/07/-11/13 200 59 202 100.0 155 542 0 0 47 0 47 36C L 2004 WT 12/17/-12/31 75 517 75 10.8 62 298 0 0 41 0 41 36C L 2005 WT 12/16/-12/31 75 462 75 11.3 73 434 0 0 41 0 41 36C L 2006 WT 12/15/-12/31 75 462 75 13.0 72 387 0 0 26 0 26 36C L 2007 WT 12/14/-12/31 75 330 75 18.8 68 307 0 0 36 0 36 36C L 2008 WT 12/12/-12/31 100 415 100 17.1 100 609 0 0 62 0 62 37A E 2008 MD 10/31/-11/06 75 120 75 52.5 65 272 12 0 0 0 12 37A L 2004 MD 11/05/-11/14 200 247 200 57.5 190 905 28 0 0 0 28 37A L 2005 MD 11/04/-11/13 200 247 200 53.4 181 734 11 0 0 0 11 37A L 2006 MD 11/10/-11/19 200 283 197 51.2 179 866 21 0 0 0 21 37A L 2007 MD 11/09/-11/18 150 212 150 57.1 143 707 7 0 0 0 7 37A L 2008 MD 11/14/-11/20 75 103 75 64.1 63 247 6 0 0 0 6 37B E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/06 250 466 250 46.4 243 924 52 0 2 0 54 37B L 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 500 1004 500 41.9 471 2029 75 0 0 0 75 37B L 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 500 967 500 45.0 467 2090 83 0 0 0 83 37B L 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 500 1113 500 36.7 463 2019 44 0 2 0 46 37B L 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 500 876 500 49.7 476 2213 87 0 2 0 89 37B L 2008 AA 11/14/-11/20 250 310 250 58.4 243 920 27 0 3 0 30 39/40 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 175 351 175 44.4 159 656 18 0 0 0 18 39/40 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 250 450 250 48.9 220 916 37 0 0 0 37 39/40 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 300 493 300 50.1 280 1196 50 0 0 0 50 39/40 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 300 406 300 60.3 270 1099 95 0 0 0 95 39/40 E 2008 AA 10/31/-11/06 150 320 150 39.7 138 499 23 0 0 0 23 39/40 L 2008 AA 11/07/-11/13 150 134 150 55.2 135 506 44 0 0 0 44 41 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 400 864 400 41.6 357 1607 25 0 0 0 25 41 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 400 767 400 46.2 374 1631 40 0 0 0 40 41 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 400 690 400 49.9 383 1510 105 0 0 0 105 41 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 475 648 475 58.2 429 2002 138 0 0 0 138 41 2008 AA 11/07/-11/16 475 630 475 62.5 445 1993 60 0 0 0 60 42 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 200 368 200 41.3 189 831 27 0 0 0 27 42 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 225 368 225 44.0 201 931 14 0 0 0 14 42 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 300 333 300 63.4 278 1383 56 0 0 0 56 42 2007 AA 11/02/-11/11 300 394 300 58.9 280 1231 90 0 0 0 90 42 2008 AA 11/07/-11/16 300 318 300 65.7 271 1150 48 0 0 0 48 43/44 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 500 834 500 47.1 451 2082 38 0 0 0 38 43/44 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 500 797 500 52.8 458 2176 46 0 0 0 46 43/44 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 650 676 650 74.3 579 2667 105 0 0 0 105 43/44 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 650 600 650 80.7 606 2773 158 0 0 0 158 43/44 2008 AA 11/07/-11/16 650 606 650 84.2 606 3096 147 0 0 0 147 45A/45B/45C 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 275 339 275 61.4 228 996 25 0 0 0 25 45A/45B/45C 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 225 353 225 56.4 206 872 21 0 0 0 21 45A/45B/45C 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 275 287 274 75.3 230 969 46 0 0 0 46 45A/45B/45C 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 275 253 275 89.7 249 1126 54 0 0 0 54 45A/45B/45C 2008 AA 11/07/-11/16 275 257 275 82.9 249 1062 32 0 0 0 32 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 29 44 20 50 39 27 39 22 25 32 44 30 28 28 28 31 37 15 30 66 56 36 53 62 18 15 6 12 5 10 22 16 18 10 19 12 11 17 18 35 17 33 7 11 27 32 13 14 7 20 32 18 8 10 18 26 24 11 10 20 22 13 31 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 AM AM AM AM AM AW AW AW AW AW AW AW AW AW AW DD DD DD DD 11/05/-11/16 11/04/-11/15 11/17/-11/25 11/16/-11/25 11/01/-12/31 11/05/-11/16 12/17/-12/30 11/04/-11/15 12/16/-12/30 11/17/-11/25 12/15/-12/30 11/16/-11/25 12/14/-12/31 11/01/-12/31 11/01/-12/31 11/07/-11/18 11/04/-11/15 11/17/-11/25 11/16/-11/25 Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU Champ FTHU Champ FTHU Champ FTHU Champ 10 10 10 10 10 85 120 75 124 75 125 70 130 70 130 10 10 10 10 29 38 22 30 35 36 92 47 102 27 97 28 105 34 112 11 19 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 85 120 75 124 68 125 67 130 65 140 10 10 10 10 34.5 26.3 45.5 30.0 25.7 100.0 97.8 100.0 98.0 100.0 90.7 100.0 99.0 100.0 98.2 90.9 52.6 90.9 90.9 9 10 10 8 8 76 98 64 102 65 106 60 127 63 130 9 9 7 10 29 41 38 20 47 437 509 430 564 283 603 255 741 241 601 17 17 15 28 6 5 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 54 13 36 22 48 23 72 27 85 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 5 7 8 3 16 54 13 36 22 48 23 72 27 85 9 4 5 9 67 50 70 100 38 21 55 20 35 34 45 38 57 43 65 100 44 71 90 JUNIORS ONLY 10 10 10 10 10 12AW 12AW 12AW 12AW 12AW 16A 16A 16A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 23 23 23 23 24B 27 27 27 27 32 2004 AA 10/22/-10/25 20 167 20 10.8 17 57 3 0 0 0 3 2005 AA 10/21/-10/24 20 112 20 17.9 20 60 3 0 0 0 3 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 100 252 98 32.5 98 394 32 0 0 0 32 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 100 191 100 39.8 95 376 43 0 0 0 43 2008 AA 10/10/-10/19 100 186 100 48.4 96 398 28 0 0 0 28 2004 ALS 10/22/-10/25 500 931 500 45.0 437 1059 0 225 0 0 225 2005 ALS 11/11/-11/14 750 755 751 80.9 653 1655 0 269 0 0 269 2006 ALS 11/10/-11/16 100 424 99 19.8 79 196 0 64 0 0 64 2007 ALS 11/09/-11/12 400 422 400 83.6 363 828 0 269 0 0 269 2008 ALS 11/14/-11/17 600 438 599 95.9 520 1240 0 364 0 0 364 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 20 28 20 53.6 18 85 7 0 0 0 7 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 20 33 20 45.5 18 58 4 0 0 0 4 2008 AA 10/10/-10/19 20 24 20 70.8 20 76 13 0 0 0 13 2004 AA 10/08/-10/11 10 39 10 15.4 10 33 3 0 0 0 3 2005 AA 10/07/-10/10 10 36 10 22.2 10 23 7 0 0 0 7 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 60 104 60 38.5 52 170 16 0 0 0 16 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 60 63 60 61.9 57 242 17 0 0 0 17 2008 AA 10/10/-10/19 60 49 60 79.6 55 231 5 0 0 0 5 2004 AA 12/17/-12/31 10 218 10 3.7 10 33 8 0 0 0 8 2005 AA 12/16/-12/31 10 196 10 4.6 10 27 7 0 0 0 7 2006 AA 11/17/-11/26 50 95 50 36.8 43 155 17 0 0 0 17 2007 AA 11/16/-11/25 50 69 50 53.6 50 220 11 0 0 0 11 2008 AA 11/21/-11/30 75 62 75 77.4 66 239 23 0 0 0 23 2004 AA 10/08/-10/11 10 69 10 11.6 10 27 5 0 0 0 5 2005 AA 10/07/-10/10 10 75 10 10.7 10 24 4 0 0 0 4 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 30 86 30 30.2 30 79 17 0 0 0 17 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 50 93 50 37.6 48 126 22 0 0 0 22 2008 AA 10/10/-10/19 100 111 100 70.3 93 323 33 0 0 0 33 2004 AA 11/19/-11/28 50 81 50 48.1 39 135 9 0 0 0 9 2005 AA 11/18/-11/27 50 64 50 42.2 37 135 11 0 0 0 11 2006 AA 11/17/-11/26 100 105 99 58.1 84 294 28 0 0 0 28 2007 AA 11/16/-11/25 100 75 100 81.3 93 361 24 0 0 0 24 2008 AA 11/21/-11/30 100 66 100 100.0 94 363 29 0 0 0 29 2005 AA 10/21/-10/27 100 385 100 24.2 91 277 13 0 6 0 19 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 150 425 146 29.6 139 575 47 0 24 0 71 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 150 432 150 30.1 142 494 52 0 33 0 85 2008 AA 10/10/-10/16 150 409 150 35.7 144 490 45 0 12 0 57 2004 AA 10/22/-10/28 100 197 100 40.1 96 318 13 0 11 0 24 2004 AA 10/15/-10/18 50 316 50 15.8 46 133 19 0 3 0 22 2005 AA 10/14/-10/17 50 271 50 18.5 50 136 34 0 2 0 36 2006 AA 10/06/-10/15 100 343 100 26.5 91 331 49 0 3 0 52 2007 AA 10/05/-10/14 100 325 100 29.2 95 392 58 0 8 0 66 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 18 15 33 45 29 51 41 81 74 70 39 22 65 30 70 31 30 9 80 70 40 22 35 50 40 57 46 35 23 30 33 26 31 21 51 60 40 25 48 72 57 69 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success JUNIORS ONLY 27 28/29/30A 31/32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A/36C 36B 36C 42 42 42 42 42 FTHU FTHU 2008 AA 10/10/-10/16 140 269 140 43.9 128 370 63 0 15 0 78 61 2008 AA 10/10/-10/16 100 352 100 25.3 97 292 48 0 19 0 67 69 2004 2005 2006 2007 2006 2007 2008 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2004 2008 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 11/26/-12/05 11/25/-12/04 11/17/-11/26 11/16/-11/25 11/17/-11/26 10/05/-10/14 10/10/-10/16 11/21/-11/27 11/18/-12/04 11/17/-11/26 11/16/-11/25 10/10/-10/16 11/21/-11/27 11/19/-12/05 11/21/-11/27 11/16/-11/25 11/19/-11/28 11/18/-11/27 11/17/-11/26 11/16/-11/25 11/21/-11/30 11/10/-11/25 11/08/-11/23 100 100 150 150 175 250 150 150 100 200 200 50 150 100 50 25 50 50 75 75 75 10 10 345 356 269 195 148 295 297 120 270 176 111 39 61 364 29 47 37 47 43 48 55 8 15 100 25.2 100 22.5 150 46.1 150 60.5 175 76.4 249 67.8 150 43.4 150 73.3 100 32.6 200 79.0 200 94.6 50 71.8 150 96.7 100 22.5 50 89.7 25 42.6 50 56.8 50 57.4 75 93.0 75 89.6 75 96.4 10 100.0 10 53.3 89 95 142 144 168 234 142 144 98 186 171 48 142 94 42 16 50 48 64 67 72 10 10 326 300 525 551 565 766 346 468 421 742 699 150 488 302 139 52 181 145 238 272 267 44 17 20 21 22 36 12 12 6 2 17 18 32 10 15 33 10 3 19 14 16 18 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 25 27 58 132 79 28 13 38 17 15 14 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 34 47 63 70 144 85 30 30 56 49 25 29 47 20 5 19 14 16 18 24 4 6 52 36 33 44 42 62 60 21 31 30 29 52 20 50 48 31 38 29 25 27 33 40 60 AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA Muzzleloader 03B 03B 03B 03B 03B 06B 06B 06B 06B 06B 12AE 12AE 12AE 12B 12BW 15 15 15 15 15 20B 20B 20B 20B 24A 34A 34A 34A 34A 34A 35 E 35 E 35 E 35 E 35 E 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 60 188 60 26.6 56 240 15 0 0 0 15 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 60 171 60 30.4 56 247 18 0 2 0 20 2006 AA 11/10/-11/19 70 166 70 28.3 53 248 15 0 0 0 15 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 70 124 70 44.4 68 356 15 0 0 0 15 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 80 119 80 48.7 78 397 19 0 0 0 19 2004 AA 10/29/-11/01 150 197 150 46.7 123 385 8 0 0 0 8 2005 AA 10/28/-10/31 150 183 150 51.4 134 431 19 0 3 0 22 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 190 243 190 55.6 170 733 45 0 7 0 52 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 250 224 250 76.3 242 1193 55 0 2 0 57 2008 AA 10/24/-10/30 275 184 275 84.8 253 1106 35 0 11 0 46 2004 AA 11/12/-11/18 50 428 63 8.4 61 312 19 0 0 0 19 2006 AA 11/10/-11/16 50 333 50 11.4 44 212 22 0 0 0 22 2008 AA 11/14/-11/20 50 518 50 6.9 48 239 37 0 0 0 37 2005 AA 11/11/-11/17 35 251 35 5.6 33 143 22 0 0 0 22 2007 AA 11/09/-11/18 35 305 35 6.9 35 188 32 0 0 0 32 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 150 156 150 64.1 124 583 17 0 0 0 17 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 150 171 150 68.4 138 668 35 0 0 0 35 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 175 162 175 77.2 154 702 55 0 0 0 55 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 175 158 175 84.8 158 762 47 0 0 0 47 2008 AA 10/24/-11/02 200 145 200 100.0 187 948 43 0 0 0 43 2005 AA 10/28/-11/06 175 90 175 100.0 145 509 23 0 0 0 23 2006 AA 10/27/-11/05 150 65 150 100.0 130 515 16 0 0 0 16 2007 AA 10/26/-11/04 150 38 150 100.0 132 569 18 0 0 0 18 2008 AA 10/31/-11/09 150 26 150 100.0 134 532 23 0 0 0 23 2004 AA 10/29/-11/07 75 132 75 40.9 72 279 8 0 15 0 23 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 100 114 100 59.6 80 376 16 0 2 0 18 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 100 94 100 54.3 84 343 10 0 8 0 18 2006 AA 11/03/-11/12 100 106 99 53.8 86 427 3 0 0 0 3 2007 AA 11/02/-11/11 100 87 100 78.2 85 412 12 0 0 0 12 2008 AA 11/14/-11/20 100 65 100 83.1 90 408 18 0 4 0 22 2004 AA 11/05/-11/14 75 64 75 43.8 71 375 11 0 7 0 18 2005 AA 11/04/-11/13 75 54 75 44.4 68 296 9 0 6 0 15 2006 AA 11/03/-11/12 75 29 75 58.6 64 313 0 0 11 0 11 2007 AA 11/02/-11/11 50 29 50 69.0 50 239 14 0 4 0 18 2008 AA 10/31/-11/06 50 39 50 41.0 48 227 9 0 4 0 13 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 27 36 28 22 24 7 16 31 24 18 31 50 77 67 91 14 25 36 30 23 16 12 14 17 32 23 21 3 14 24 25 22 17 36 27 33 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success MUZZLELOADER 35 L 35 L 35 L 35 L 35 L 39/40/41/42 39/40/41/42 39/40/41/42 39/40/41/42 39/40/41/42 FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU FTHU 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 AA 12/17/-12/31 AA 12/16/-12/31 AA 12/15/-12/31 AA 12/14/-12/31 AA 12/12/-12/31 AA 12/17/-12/31 AA 12/16/-12/31 AA 12/15/-12/31 AA 12/14/-12/31 AA 12/12/-12/31 AA 12/17/-12/30 AA 12/16/-12/30 AA 12/15/-12/31 AA 12/14/-12/30 AA 10/24/-12/31 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 10 12 15 10 10 303 215 209 173 260 295 250 394 347 385 19 19 17 21 17 50 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 10 12 15 10 10 12.2 18.6 15.8 22.5 16.5 12.5 14.8 10.2 11.0 10.9 52.6 57.9 76.5 38.1 35.3 40 48 45 47 46 42 50 47 46 46 10 12 14 10 10 177 242 252 279 233 224 228 239 294 322 36 82 85 58 44 10 24 11 18 15 11 31 18 19 14 4 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 7 19 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 28 18 25 34 11 31 18 19 14 9 2 9 3 6 35 58 40 53 74 26 62 38 41 30 90 17 64 30 60 30 30 30 30 30 51 67 83 113 86 30 30 30 30 30 29.4 28.4 30.1 23.9 29.1 25 21 25 30 28 107 55 120 120 135 17 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 10 10 10 68 43 40 33 36 MUZZLELOADER - JUNIORS ONLY 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 AA AA AA AA AA 12/10/-12/31 12/10/-12/31 12/15/-12/31 12/14/-12/31 12/19/-12/31 ARCHERY DEER – DRAW UNITS 1 3A/3C 7 12A 12B 12BW 13A 13B 34 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 190 74 190 145 890 10 0 0 0 10 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 150 79 150 140 1099 16 0 0 0 16 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 800 147 417 355 1972 43 0 0 0 43 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 1000 580 1000 862 5664 130 0 0 0 130 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 15 13 15 12 66 0 0 0 – 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 75 2 65 29 152 0 0 0 – 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 45 40 45 36 251 15 0 0 0 15 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 30 232 30 28 279 11 0 0 0 11 AA = Any Antlered Deer MD = Mule Deer WT = Whitetail Deer ALS = Antlerless CN = Camp Navajo FTHU = Fort Huachuca, C = CHAMP Hunt; in the unit column E = early or 1st season M = 2nd season T = 3rd season L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2009 7 11 12 15 – – 42 39 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7M 7M 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11M 11M 11M Year Hunters Hunter Days 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 843 731 673 657 59 47 48 38 50 317 293 502 527 249 174 180 149 181 512 302 414 288 448 1084 872 990 873 779 1533 1191 1259 1357 1413 336 310 343 503 430 1025 1038 1268 1367 181 234 585 685 651 623 679 141 145 167 163 172 880 957 1021 844 706 277 479 326 3627 3100 2953 3136 394 234 136 278 249 1406 1382 2139 2628 993 646 766 782 960 1832 1250 1466 1050 1947 4969 3980 4397 3807 3540 6379 5328 5761 5620 6383 1492 1182 1391 2297 2182 4783 4622 5977 6948 839 1233 2707 2960 2764 2752 3060 612 727 678 609 629 3899 4669 5018 4277 3133 1004 2297 1888 Mule Deer Buck A-less 36 0 13 0 18 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 0 9 0 13 0 19 0 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 32 0 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 21 0 4 0 23 0 18 0 9 0 9 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 36 0 30 0 57 0 38 0 18 0 4 0 0 0 11 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 30 0 9 0 14 0 14 0 9 0 19 0 5 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 6 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Percent Success 36 13 18 19 10 4 0 0 5 14 9 13 19 10 9 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 14 32 13 13 5 0 28 25 8 29 36 9 9 4 10 5 36 30 57 43 18 4 0 16 4 15 5 9 0 4 0 0 9 30 9 14 14 9 19 5 4 2 3 3 17 9 0 0 10 4 3 3 4 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 10 2 0 2 1 2 1 6 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 Note: 2008 data is preliminary Hunt Arizona 2009 35 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit Year Hunters Hunter Days 12A 12A 12A 12A 12B 12B 12B 12B 13A 13A 13A 13A 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15C/15D 15C/15D 15C/15D 15C/15D 15C/15D 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20A 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2208 1705 1391 1362 131 81 62 58 231 145 97 105 172 234 286 245 163 14 26 26 10 9 240 187 207 264 181 417 404 484 393 272 394 446 603 412 462 286 327 335 393 217 218 332 365 355 281 263 213 251 235 317 240 213 255 230 231 1047 906 1017 906 11503 8998 7949 7710 653 251 238 225 1297 578 546 633 1034 1327 1695 1486 874 63 132 84 34 23 1056 1021 849 1400 711 1818 2139 1937 2134 1177 1877 2330 2905 1726 2150 1111 1399 1549 1889 1041 907 1522 1725 1649 1471 1161 1046 1039 1012 1499 975 940 1272 1156 996 5717 5451 5687 5433 Note: 2008 data is preliminary 36 Hunt Arizona 2009 Mule Deer Buck A-less 172 0 106 0 158 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 14 0 4 0 13 0 14 0 0 0 21 0 48 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 9 0 10 0 9 0 5 0 21 0 35 0 5 0 14 0 9 0 4 0 26 0 24 0 18 0 9 0 9 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 14 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 10 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 9 0 50 0 55 0 62 0 53 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Buck A-less 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 177 106 158 110 0 0 4 5 14 4 13 14 0 21 48 19 5 0 4 0 0 5 5 4 13 10 9 5 21 35 5 14 9 8 26 24 18 9 9 4 5 5 0 0 4 5 14 0 4 4 10 9 5 0 4 5 9 50 55 62 53 Percent Success 8 6 11 8 0 0 6 9 6 3 13 13 0 9 17 8 3 0 15 0 0 56 2 2 6 4 5 1 5 7 1 5 2 2 4 6 4 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 2 4 3 2 0 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24B 24B 24B 24B 24B 25M 25M 26M 26M 26M 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 30A 30A 30A 30A 30A Year Hunters Hunter Days 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 593 367 421 374 451 353 286 319 352 340 258 671 685 766 921 982 1256 1399 1690 1601 1023 1247 1373 1774 1525 1250 476 532 700 561 697 494 604 612 623 697 14 5 44 139 91 766 761 775 595 688 227 247 277 302 303 186 327 326 302 244 272 323 335 273 222 3088 1347 1947 1567 2100 1254 1433 1752 1796 1928 1236 3160 2972 2808 4090 4699 6085 7463 8688 8137 4360 5808 7008 8332 7748 6175 2743 2832 3534 3121 3789 2802 3210 2975 3414 3672 43 23 110 671 611 3138 3355 3719 3016 3165 857 1072 1351 1654 1494 934 1646 1743 1884 1286 1333 1684 1739 1621 1222 Mule Deer Buck A-less 5 0 9 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 26 0 0 0 10 0 23 0 5 0 21 0 9 0 24 0 9 0 9 0 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 34 0 64 0 34 0 9 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 10 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 41 0 17 0 31 0 29 0 36 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 19 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 14 0 23 0 13 0 4 0 5 0 14 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 27 0 67 0 97 0 53 0 32 0 54 0 30 0 37 0 34 0 36 0 14 0 13 0 35 0 19 0 18 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 13 0 13 0 19 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 26 0 18 0 24 0 23 0 9 0 4 0 18 0 5 0 14 0 Total 5 9 9 4 0 0 14 26 0 10 23 5 21 13 24 23 36 85 115 53 32 86 64 101 68 45 14 26 39 29 36 0 9 18 10 23 0 0 0 10 9 55 30 44 48 63 0 9 4 19 14 14 26 22 34 37 32 17 22 10 28 Percent Success 1 2 2 1 0 0 5 8 0 3 9 1 3 2 3 2 3 6 7 3 3 7 5 6 4 4 3 5 6 5 5 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 7 10 7 4 6 8 9 0 4 1 6 5 8 8 7 11 15 12 5 7 4 13 Note: 2008 data is preliminary Hunt Arizona 2009 37 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 30B 30B 30B 30B 30B 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 34A 34A 34A 34A 34A 34B 34B 34B 34B 34B 35A 35A 35A 35A 35A 35B 35B 35B 35B 35B 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B 36C 36C 36C 36C 36C 37A 37A 37A 37A 37A 37B Year Hunters Hunter Days 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 290 323 357 360 299 535 472 528 432 453 757 812 845 782 566 952 1310 1413 1429 1204 975 1131 1144 1103 933 326 366 493 350 326 367 446 431 417 403 190 217 233 235 199 943 1191 1034 964 878 721 833 889 786 738 490 515 585 441 521 295 336 383 408 244 390 1886 2062 2157 2445 1566 2779 2186 2482 2143 2286 3537 3784 3741 3730 2712 5250 7458 7350 7542 6221 5835 6544 6083 6478 5632 1505 1799 2152 1971 1639 2204 2981 2760 3328 2531 812 1046 924 1501 1499 5604 7144 5563 5226 4505 3709 4410 4195 4028 3486 2457 2636 2685 2316 2639 1619 1841 1756 2095 1141 2371 Note: 2008 data is preliminary 38 Hunt Arizona 2009 Mule Deer Buck A-less 9 0 13 0 4 0 10 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 13 0 24 0 14 0 14 0 10 0 13 0 19 0 12 0 18 0 9 0 19 0 38 0 23 0 32 0 39 0 31 0 24 0 18 0 5 0 9 0 18 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 31 0 31 0 34 0 45 0 5 0 36 0 40 0 37 0 9 0 27 0 13 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 13 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Buck A-less 9 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 9 0 13 0 18 0 5 0 18 0 36 0 15 0 13 0 10 0 6 0 0 0 37 0 34 0 53 0 81 0 23 0 33 0 18 0 48 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 30 0 26 0 19 0 45 0 5 0 13 0 13 0 38 0 18 0 14 0 20 0 18 0 14 0 9 0 0 0 15 0 18 0 16 0 14 0 5 0 13 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Total 18 22 4 15 23 23 13 31 29 32 50 25 26 29 18 18 46 53 91 104 55 72 49 72 32 5 9 18 5 10 14 34 26 24 54 14 17 13 38 32 28 51 49 48 54 5 51 58 53 23 32 26 9 10 0 5 9 13 0 9 5 Percent Success 6 7 1 4 8 4 3 6 7 7 7 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 9 6 6 4 7 3 2 2 4 1 3 4 8 6 6 13 7 8 6 16 16 3 4 5 5 6 1 6 7 7 3 7 5 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 4 1 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit Year 37B 37B 37B 37B 38M 38M 38M 38M 38M 39/40 39/40 39/40 39/40 39/40 39M 41 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42M 42M 42M 42M 43/44 43/44 43/44 43/44 43/44 45 45 45 45 45 46A 46B 47M 47M 47M Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Hunters 583 621 537 512 145 327 281 288 236 113 132 185 206 177 21 131 170 273 283 294 394 395 445 551 330 86 128 40 9 163 157 224 192 131 41 43 35 62 27 4 9 44 72 45 104 115 88 38 54 Hunter Days 2602 3006 2412 2639 889 2020 1770 2115 1675 576 1033 1021 1146 905 149 748 893 1329 1530 1947 2562 2475 2267 3658 2178 458 714 216 18 667 748 1268 1189 706 277 315 154 187 149 13 35 158 374 199 367 519 515 86 371 Mule Deer Buck A-less 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 17 0 17 0 24 0 23 0 0 0 13 0 9 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 14 0 9 0 0 0 34 0 22 0 29 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Percent Success 9 0 0 0 14 17 21 24 23 0 13 9 14 14 0 0 4 4 14 9 0 34 22 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 40 0 0 0 0 4 10 9 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 5 7 8 10 0 10 5 7 8 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 9 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 0 0 0 0 11 16 33 0 0 0 7 0 5 3 0 0 0 Note: 2008 data is preliminary Hunt Arizona 2009 39 Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) Pronghorn antelope are native to the prairies of North America. At one time they numbered in the millions and were found from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and from central Canada to Mexico. With the European settlement of the plains, the population was reduced nearly to extinction. In Arizona, antelope persisted primarily in the northern plains. They also inhabit high elevation meadows between forested areas, and scattered herds are again found in the grasslands of southeastern Arizona. The endangered Sonoran pronghorn is restricted to the extreme desert lands of southwestern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. The statewide population of pronghorn is estimated at 7,800 post-hunt adults. The name pronghorn comes from the sharply pointed prong on the horn of the buck antelope. The doe’s horns, if present at all, are smaller and more slender. Antelope have true horns in that the horny tissue is composed of fused hairs, which form over a bony core. Horn length reaches maximum size during the summer before the outer sheaths are shed, usually sometime in the fall. 40 Hunt Arizona 2009 George Andrejko Natural History Antelope have exceptional eyesight, which is often compared to high-powered binoculars. These “prairie goats” are also one of the fastest mammals, being able to run in excess of 60 mph. Despite their speed, antelope are reluctant to jump over objects, preferring to crawl under or through fences rather than leap over them. A conspicuous characteristic of the antelope is the white rump patch. When an animal is alarmed, its rump hairs stand erect and appear as a white flash that can be seen for miles. The dominant body color is an apricot tan, with sharply contrasting white markings on the belly, head, and neck. The top of the buck’s muzzle is brown or black, and below the ear he will usually have a triangular black cheek patch, which is lacking on the doe. A short mane is present along the top of the neck. Shedding is continuous, with the individual hairs being loosely attached to the skin, making the hide nearly worthless. Since the hairs are hollow and can be erected at will, prong-horns are able to adjust to great extremes in temperature. Antelope distribution Adult bucks usually weigh between 90 and 120 pounds The does are about 20 pounds lighter. Antelope are primarily browsers, feeding mostly on weeds and short browse plants, with grass being only a minor food source. Because of Arizona’s mild winters, antelope tend to live longer than the six- to eight-year average life span of their northern cousins, one reason that a disproportionate number of Arizona bucks are trophy animals with horns in excess of 15 inches in length. Antelope are gregarious and usually seen in mixed herds, except in the spring when the bucks are alone or in small bachelor groups. Later, in the summer and early fall, these same bucks will collect harems of does, which may number up to 15 animals, which they then defend from other bucks. Antelope breed in August and September, and the young are born in May and June. A doe will typically produce one or two fawns. The young are not spotted like the fawns of the deer family, but instead have markings similar to those of adults. The fawns remain hidden, with the doe feeding them several times a day, until they are about two to three weeks old and strong enough to travel with the adults. During this time, pronghorn fawns, or “kids,” are the most vulnerable to coyotes, which may take 75 percent or more of the year’s production. Adult antelope are taken by mountain lions, as well as by coyotes. Hunt History Once second only to deer as a game animal, Arizona’s antelope were first given a closed season in 1893. The response must have been less than satisfactory, however, as the season was completely closed in 1905. By 1922, the state’s antelope population was estimated to be less than 1,000 animals. Then, for reasons that still are not fully understood, pronghorn antelope began to make a comeback. Aided by a closed season, government predator control programs, and the abandonment of numerous homesteads, pronghorn numbers steadily increased until fears were expressed that some northern Arizona populations were in danger of exceeding their food supply. Accordingly, a limited hunt of 400 buck permits was authorized for northern Arizona in 1941. After a closed season from 1944 to 1948, antelope hunting in Arizona recommenced in 1949. Hunts were liberalized gradually, until 1954 when 1,600 permits were issued and 1,146 bucks were taken. Despite the issuance of a number of antlerless antelope permits between 1961 and 1975, this level of harvest has never again been equaled. Annual harvests since 1990 have varied between 500 and 700 bucks, with archers taking a proportionally larger percent of the harvest in recent years. Plagued by encroaching subdivisions, increasing highway construction, and other land-use changes, maintaining even the present number of antelope is dependent on citizen involvement and an aggressive translocation program. Approximately 10 percent of the 1998 antelope harvest was in areas having reintroduced herds. Hunt Arizona 2009 41 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data Historic Summary of Antelope Survey Data Year 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 42 Bucks 943 1302 1208 1134 1130 1119 1098 1148 862 782 819 994 1006 835 817 893 874 1014 969 1060 590 799 866 993 749 1211 1006 910 950 936 937 1071 1190 1292 1029 1157 1264 1563 1800 1685 1915 1572 1731 1581 1916 2133 2019 2236 2036 1998 1997 1814 1455 1739 1503 1313 1353 1292 1205 952 1014 Hunt Arizona 2009 Does 1944 2153 2280 2007 2312 2230 2086 2283 2056 2169 2396 2545 2745 2180 2711 2699 2905 2948 2851 3086 2249 2472 2730 2559 2028 3005 2878 2926 3347 3177 3473 3706 3750 3833 3388 3753 3611 4881 5327 5249 6013 4967 5738 5326 5663 6187 5809 6638 5498 6426 6152 5420 4453 5702 4305 4484 4502 3626 3006 2778 2816 Fawns 1536 1397 1550 1089 1840 1040 1344 969 891 806 1096 1631 1689 1067 1158 1386 1410 1040 1181 1329 938 1053 1728 636 841 1275 941 1086 932 727 1352 1204 1173 899 1300 1471 1190 1477 1610 1632 1413 1131 1323 1825 1831 2294 1427 1787 435 2037 1651 1076 1002 1773 353 1459 1494 1485 596 620 538 Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 37 30 12 0 44 22 0 2 1 2 23 14 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 12 1 0 2 0 4 3 9 1 34 0 14 7 28 11 8 7 15 8 1 1 16 16 16 12 Total 4423 4852 5038 4230 5282 4389 4528 4400 3809 3757 4311 5170 5440 4205 4723 5008 5201 5002 5045 5497 3777 4326 5325 4190 3641 5505 4831 4922 5230 4840 5762 5982 6113 6024 5722 6384 6077 7922 8737 8568 9341 7674 8795 8741 9411 10648 9255 10675 7976 10489 9811 8318 6917 9229 6169 7257 7350 6419 4823 4366 4380 Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 49 79 60 65 53 68 57 54 49 80 50 47 53 64 50 42 42 43 36 37 34 46 39 64 37 62 38 49 30 43 33 51 30 49 34 35 34 41 34 43 26 42 32 43 32 63 39 25 37 41 40 42 35 33 31 37 28 28 29 23 27 39 29 32 32 31 34 23 30 38 31 39 35 33 32 30 34 30 32 31 32 24 32 23 30 23 30 34 34 32 34 37 35 25 34 27 37 8 31 32 32 27 33 20 33 23 31 31 35 8 29 33 30 33 36 41 40 40 34 22 36 19 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2004-2008 Antelope Survey Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Bucks 69 80 68 55 48 33 49 60 33 46 42 21 16 35 49 48 32 15 14 61 47 66 29 34 23 19 18 21 10 13 19 26 15 5 56 21 45 56 61 52 23 32 24 18 36 15 9 23 37 61 36 33 77 83 11 4 6 2 6 4 10 4 7 5 Does 274 263 205 218 160 115 162 149 121 140 119 91 105 125 237 269 241 129 79 183 141 111 84 150 121 110 78 73 46 68 65 72 65 53 245 137 166 210 173 200 137 60 95 81 79 38 22 61 57 164 99 109 142 152 33 11 14 5 6 23 15 20 19 25 Fawns 63 52 21 37 29 21 20 26 7 27 14 9 29 17 13 58 46 29 12 29 63 14 15 26 20 27 17 9 9 16 20 27 7 7 54 49 11 55 14 42 66 14 27 12 27 15 1 22 15 74 36 20 47 23 13 7 11 4 1 10 4 4 3 3 Unclassified 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 406 395 294 310 238 170 241 237 161 213 175 121 152 177 299 375 319 173 105 273 251 191 128 210 164 156 113 103 65 97 104 125 87 65 355 207 222 321 248 294 226 106 146 112 142 68 32 106 109 299 171 164 266 258 57 22 31 11 13 37 29 28 29 33 Bucks/100 Does 25 30 33 25 30 29 30 40 27 33 35 23 15 28 21 18 13 12 18 33 33 59 35 23 19 17 23 29 22 19 29 36 23 9 23 15 27 27 35 26 17 53 25 22 46 39 41 38 65 37 36 30 54 55 33 36 43 40 100 17 67 20 37 20 Fawns/100 Does 23 20 10 17 18 18 12 17 6 19 12 10 28 14 5 22 19 22 15 16 45 13 18 17 17 25 22 12 20 24 31 38 11 13 22 36 7 26 8 21 48 23 28 15 34 39 5 36 26 45 36 18 33 15 39 64 79 80 17 43 27 20 16 12 Hunt Arizona 2009 43 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2004-2008 Antelope Survey Data Unit 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12A/12B 12A/12B 12A/12B 13A 13A 13A 13A 13A 13B 13B 13B 13B 13B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 15A/15B 17A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A 19A 19A 19A 44 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 Hunt Arizona 2009 Bucks 43 33 73 32 70 37 22 26 24 18 31 33 12 42 30 134 128 126 44 35 7 5 12 9 3 49 36 44 40 15 18 19 21 21 18 14 19 2 5 3 4 32 11 2 10 44 79 78 30 33 69 59 42 7 10 47 50 40 25 44 144 166 86 75 Does 168 108 93 98 177 103 101 55 95 115 95 67 62 61 85 412 285 324 89 117 37 32 37 36 14 192 179 148 137 79 57 35 34 52 47 19 3 5 25 12 11 47 2 18 50 92 64 74 55 33 200 209 89 72 68 174 148 157 49 146 393 337 155 156 Fawns 74 60 22 21 58 58 55 30 30 19 31 30 8 27 23 134 131 56 10 25 4 19 4 11 3 117 115 29 7 6 29 21 13 2 17 11 1 4 4 2 9 22 1 1 3 41 27 12 2 2 71 71 20 4 5 70 74 39 13 58 193 215 52 51 Unclassified 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 285 201 188 153 305 198 180 111 149 152 157 130 82 132 138 680 549 506 143 177 48 56 53 56 20 358 330 221 184 101 104 84 68 75 82 44 23 12 35 17 24 101 14 21 63 177 170 164 87 68 340 339 151 86 83 291 272 236 87 248 730 718 293 282 Bucks/100 Does 26 31 78 33 40 36 22 47 25 16 33 49 19 69 35 33 45 39 49 30 19 16 32 25 21 26 20 30 29 19 32 54 62 40 38 74 633 40 20 25 36 68 550 11 20 48 123 105 55 100 35 28 47 10 15 27 34 25 51 30 37 49 55 48 Fawns/100 Does 44 56 24 21 33 56 54 55 32 17 33 45 13 44 27 33 46 17 11 21 11 59 11 31 21 61 64 20 5 8 51 60 38 4 36 58 33 80 16 17 82 47 50 6 6 45 42 16 4 6 36 34 22 6 7 40 50 25 27 40 49 64 34 33 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2004-2008 Antelope Survey Data Unit 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 21 21 21 21 21 27 27 27 27 27 28 30A 30A 30A 30A 30A 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 32 34B 34B 34B 34B 34B 35 35 35 35 35 36A 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B Year 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Bucks 117 90 135 105 108 98 22 19 27 15 15 12 8 5 10 5 2 42 20 41 14 34 8 22 16 19 33 3 4 7 5 13 11 7 29 14 12 18 3 2 5 7 8 5 5 Does 156 342 280 143 245 221 54 55 82 47 38 15 21 11 16 11 7 135 105 67 41 89 29 43 38 49 47 20 12 26 14 25 14 32 65 56 43 65 4 1 17 12 8 14 4 Fawns 66 140 92 26 17 22 29 21 36 30 13 11 6 1 6 7 1 33 57 5 17 12 6 12 11 33 16 2 7 15 2 6 2 5 28 10 18 3 3 0 6 2 0 0 1 Unclassified 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 339 572 507 277 370 341 105 95 145 92 75 38 35 17 32 23 10 210 182 113 73 135 43 77 65 101 96 25 23 48 21 47 27 44 122 80 73 86 10 3 28 21 16 19 10 Bucks/100 Does 75 26 48 73 44 44 41 35 33 32 39 80 38 45 63 45 29 31 19 61 34 38 28 51 42 39 70 15 33 27 36 52 79 22 45 25 28 28 75 200 29 58 100 36 125 Fawns/100 Does 42 41 33 18 7 10 54 38 44 64 34 73 29 9 38 64 14 24 54 7 41 13 21 28 29 67 34 10 58 58 14 24 14 16 43 18 42 5 75 0 35 17 0 0 25 Hunt Arizona 2009 45 Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Antelope Hunts (Juniors-Only Hunts listed separately) 1st Choice Permits Harvest Hunters Hunter Days Applicants Issued Bucks Does/Fawns1 Total – 1941 – 400 387 286 0 286 1942 – 750 721 – 487 0 487 1943 – 1072 991 – 522 0 522 1949 – 606 575 – 437 0 437 1950 – 520 502 – 382 0 382 1951 – 835 794 – 548 0 548 1952 – 1233 1201 – 739 0 739 1953 – 1340 1283 – 828 0 828 1954 – 1600 1561 – 1146 0 1146 1955 – 955 914 – 578 0 578 1956 – 445 430 – 297 0 297 1957 – 305 296 – 205 0 205 1958 – 490 476 – 317 0 317 1959 – 990 974 – 589 0 589 1960 – 1200 1174 – 722 0 722 1961 – 1411 1373 – 687 68 755 1962 – 1215 1173 – 559 53 612 1963 – 1281 1257 – 690 39 729 1964 – 1413 1377 – 724 125 849 1965 – 1278 1248 – 652 25 677 1966 6781 1180 1150 – 542 20 562 1967 5895 1336 1297 – 667 27 694 1968 4291 800 782 – 352 2 354 1969 5178 810 791 – 406 0 406 1970 6769 1124 1103 – 589 28 617 1971 6493 909 896 – 559 0 559 1972 5594 997 972 – 480 20 500 1973 6161 1219 1205 – 642 21 663 1974 6435 1213 1181 2445 685 31 716 1975 6340 1196 1163 2293 652 18 670 1976 7680 974 937 1983 522 0 522 1977 9138 970 796 1713 425 0 425 1978 9751 880 849 1955 415 0 415 1979 9557 844 810 1816 427 0 427 1980 9493 713 683 1513 444 0 444 1981 9888 730 713 1502 456 0 456 1982 9571 835 814 1904 506 0 506 1983 7978 834 795 1816 521 0 521 1984 7357 841 810 1701 558 0 558 1985 7965 780 768 1621 584 0 584 1986 8354 740 728 1526 533 0 533 1987 8682 591 571 1177 426 0 426 1988 9035 647 640 1374 489 0 489 1989 8988 647 633 1341 488 0 488 1990 8812 601 587 1366 424 0 424 1991 9047 574 565 1225 442 0 442 1992 10095 528 507 1105 417 0 417 1993 11204 645 633 1496 484 0 484 1994 11888 652 640 1411 521 0 521 1995 12933 656 650 1427 534 0 534 1996 14116 651 630 1308 540 0 540 1997 15138 556 545 1214 435 0 435 1998 16728 543 534 1248 427 0 427 1999 17168 497 484 1088 407 0 407 2000 16989 459 454 943 402 0 402 2001 16450 450 442 898 356 0 356 2002 20082 437 428 929 357 0 357 2003 22727 360 350 807 295 0 295 2004 25822 353 345 825 283 0 283 2005 18627 422 413 976 356 0 356 2006 23632 455 440 1083 389 0 389 2007 28042 473 466 1257 414 0 414 2008 18931 503 485 1226 432 0 432 1 Harvest classifications prior to 1968 are unavailable for some hunts. In these cases, all harvest has been listed as bucks. Year 46 Hunt Arizona 2009 Percent Success 74 68 53 76 76 69 62 65 73 63 69 69 67 61 62 55 52 58 62 54 49 54 45 51 56 62 51 55 61 58 56 53 49 53 65 64 62 66 69 76 73 75 76 77 72 78 82 76 81 82 86 80 80 84 89 81 83 84 82 86 88 89 89 Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data Historic Summary of Juniors-Only Antelope Hunts Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1st Choice Permits Applicants Issued 443 15 485 15 509 15 664 15 761 12 776 12 No juniors hunts offered No juniors hunts offered No juniors hunts offered No juniors hunts offered Hunters Hunter Days 15 15 15 15 12 12 29 41 22 26 39 39 Bucks 13 12 13 14 8 5 Harvest Does/Fawns 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 12 13 14 8 5 Percent Success 87 80 87 93 67 42 Bucks 13 13 23 19 32 40 58 64 68 55 61 80 67 53 62 57 56 57 59 62 72 55 50 56 68 67 76 Harvest Does/Fawns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 13 23 19 32 40 58 64 68 55 61 80 67 53 62 57 56 57 59 62 72 55 50 56 68 67 76 Percent Success 33 30 34 32 41 34 49 44 50 40 43 54 46 39 60 63 59 64 61 67 77 66 56 62 66 71 70 Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Antelope Hunts Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1st Choice Applicants 89 87 132 181 246 358 365 454 528 608 587 628 729 821 824 831 865 988 1027 1017 1319 1561 1746 1446 1618 2154 1691 Permits Issued 40 45 75 65 78 123 122 147 145 143 143 153 148 142 106 91 96 91 99 93 94 87 92 97 103 103 113 Hunters Hunter Days 40 44 68 60 78 117 119 144 135 138 141 149 146 136 103 91 95 89 97 92 94 83 89 91 103 94 108 154 135 181 166 206 361 316 378 370 441 481 486 495 460 302 261 254 245 289 212 199 240 292 297 336 320 413 Hunt Arizona 2009 47 Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data Historic Summary of Archery Antelope Hunts Year 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 48 1st Choice Applicants 16 17 36 84 106 116 203 364 338 249 298 332 385 483 468 564 625 678 831 1046 1183 1233 1373 1497 1582 1812 1933 1943 2319 2482 2502 2069 2376 2697 2074 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits Issued 50 50 100 119 160 210 225 225 236 289 339 364 423 473 497 508 484 549 657 666 683 671 611 585 587 588 558 536 514 433 416 415 400 399 394 Hunters Hunter Days 37 25 57 93 142 170 214 203 218 268 315 345 401 451 475 475 456 521 631 615 621 617 568 549 560 562 516 503 493 408 388 392 361 370 371 168 62 209 405 498 683 1133 1203 1370 1357 1543 1791 2175 2315 2596 2565 2490 2999 3646 3391 3474 3580 3160 3065 3155 3417 3102 3156 2667 2557 2622 2452 2383 2420 2432 Bucks 2 0 3 5 11 7 21 13 15 20 33 32 31 32 52 54 53 46 75 111 116 106 101 106 110 97 70 82 143 57 73 59 71 89 111 Harvest Does/Fawns 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 0 3 6 13 13 21 13 15 22 36 33 34 32 53 54 53 46 75 111 116 106 101 106 110 97 70 82 143 57 73 59 71 89 111 Percent Success 5.4 .0 5.3 6.5 9.2 7.6 9.8 6.4 6.9 8.2 11.4 9.6 8.5 7.1 11.2 11.4 11.6 8.8 11.9 18.0 18.7 17.2 17.8 19.3 19.6 17.3 13.6 16.3 29.0 14.0 18.8 15.0 20.0 24.0 30.0 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Firearms 1 1 1 1 1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3B 3B 3B 3B North 3B North 3B North 3B North 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 7 7 7 7 7 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 CN = Camp Navajo E = Early Season Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 35 16 20 15 8 5 10 15 15 20 25 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 10 15 3 6 6 6 10 5 7 7 5 20 3 3 3 3 3 46 55 55 65 50 4729 3097 3805 3988 2691 795 640 779 950 702 603 479 508 390 217 549 558 606 835 644 281 226 273 334 132 94 331 132 113 166 228 175 1170 871 964 889 628 524 384 314 555 406 399 353 357 422 353 550 519 651 609 733 319 178 224 355 172 3824 2689 3225 4339 2085 Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 30 30 30 31 30 30 30 30 30 35 16 20 15 8 5 10 15 15 20 25 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 10 15 3 6 6 6 10 5 7 7 5 20 3 3 3 3 3 46 55 55 65 50 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.5 1.9 2.4 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.5 2.1 3.8 3.2 1.2 2.3 1.8 2.4 3.1 2.3 1.3 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.1 3.2 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.2 2.3 0.5 1.3 1.1 0.8 2.6 0.6 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.9 29 30 30 31 30 28 29 30 30 35 16 20 15 7 4 10 15 15 19 25 4 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 15 15 14 10 10 10 9 5 8 14 3 6 6 6 10 5 7 6 5 20 3 3 3 3 3 46 54 55 65 48 53 80 90 82 86 45 68 67 64 75 32 40 47 23 11 25 39 25 45 77 8 6 9 23 22 8 16 14 13 13 19 16 48 39 28 37 24 18 15 11 46 36 6 21 28 26 22 13 28 18 6 83 8 7 8 6 16 142 114 148 198 103 Harvest Hunt Success 27 29 25 26 28 25 24 27 28 33 15 20 14 5 3 10 14 12 18 23 4 5 5 8 8 5 3 4 5 3 7 5 12 10 13 8 9 6 9 5 6 11 3 3 6 6 10 5 6 5 5 15 2 2 3 3 3 29 48 49 51 44 93 97 83 84 93 89 83 90 93 94 94 100 93 71 75 100 93 80 95 92 100 100 100 80 80 100 60 80 100 60 100 100 80 67 93 80 90 60 100 100 75 79 100 50 100 100 100 100 86 83 100 75 67 67 100 100 100 63 89 89 78 92 L = Late Season Hunt Arizona 2009 49 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Firearms (continued) 9 2004 9 2005 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 12 2006 12 2007 12 2008 13A 2004 13A 2005 13A 2006 13A 2007 13A 2008 13B 2004 13B 2005 13B 2006 13B 2007 13B 2008 17A 2004 17A 2005 17A 2006 17A 2007 17A 2008 18A 2004 18A 2005 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 18B 2004 18B 2005 18B 2006 18B 2007 18B 2008 19A 2004 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2006 19A North 2007 19A South 2007 19A North 2008 19A South 2008 19B 2004 19B 2005 19B 2006 19B 2007 19B 2008 21 2004 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 30A 2004 30A 2005 30A 2006 30A 2007 Dates 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/27 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/15-9/20 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/24-9/29 9/30-10/05 9/23-9/28 9/15-9/20 9/08-9/17 9/14-9/19 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/27 9/23-9/26 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/27 9/23-9/26 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 CN = Camp Navajo E = Early Season 50 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 15 15 20 20 25 20 40 50 50 60 2 2 2 15 20 35 40 40 8 10 20 25 20 3 3 4 4 4 10 15 15 15 15 25 25 30 30 30 15 15 15 20 15 10 15 10 15 10 26 30 40 40 50 2 4 5 7 10 6 8 8 10 860 579 828 1011 753 4203 3177 4450 5795 4571 91 132 64 318 307 485 805 491 172 98 364 185 183 255 175 217 292 163 536 419 579 662 453 525 316 500 796 442 803 827 667 643 926 520 927 463 534 292 1750 1188 1655 2006 1385 234 173 253 280 329 237 177 214 290 L = Late Season Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 15 15 20 20 25 20 40 50 50 60 2 2 2 15 20 35 40 40 8 10 20 25 20 3 3 4 4 4 10 16 15 14 15 25 25 30 31 30 15 15 15 20 15 10 15 10 15 10 26 30 40 40 50 2 4 5 7 10 6 8 8 10 1.2 1.7 2.1 1.4 2.4 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.3 2.2 1.5 3.1 3.8 4.9 3.5 3.2 5.9 2.3 9.2 4.1 4.3 7.1 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.4 2.5 1.3 2.4 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.5 5.0 2.1 4.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 2.3 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.3 1.8 2.0 1.5 2.9 0.9 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.4 2.5 4.0 2.8 2.1 15 15 20 20 25 18 40 48 49 60 2 2 2 14 20 34 40 36 8 7 17 24 20 3 3 4 4 4 10 15 15 14 15 24 24 27 30 29 15 15 14 20 15 9 15 10 13 10 26 30 39 40 48 2 4 5 7 8 6 8 6 10 57 28 53 48 69 57 111 132 144 146 4 14 20 36 44 86 94 80 15 17 34 94 55 5 4 5 4 4 26 32 29 33 35 64 60 55 79 86 19 39 25 53 33 12 23 16 15 25 48 78 97 84 105 6 12 17 20 21 10 13 11 18 Harvest Hunt Success 14 14 19 19 24 15 29 41 45 53 2 2 2 10 19 30 40 31 5 7 14 17 18 3 3 4 4 4 10 13 14 12 8 14 18 21 28 27 14 13 14 16 12 9 15 10 13 10 22 24 37 38 43 2 3 4 6 5 6 8 6 8 93 93 95 95 96 83 73 85 92 88 100 100 100 71 95 88 100 86 63 100 82 71 90 100 100 100 100 100 100 87 93 86 53 58 75 78 93 93 93 87 100 80 80 100 100 100 100 100 85 80 95 95 90 100 75 80 86 63 100 100 100 80 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Firearms (continued) 30A 2008 31/32 2004 31/32 2005 31/32 2006 31/32 2007 31/32 2008 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 Juniors ONLY 2C 2004 7 2004 19B 2004 Muzzleloader 2B 2004 2B 2005 2B 2006 2B 2007 2B 2008 3B North 2008 3B South 2008 8 2004 8 2005 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 15A/15B 2004 15A/15B 2005 15A/15B 2006 15A/15B 2007 15A/15B 2008 17B 2004 17B 2005 17B 2006 17B 2007 17B 2008 18A 2004 18A 2005 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A North 2007 19A North 2008 19A South 2007 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 35 2004 35 2005 35 2006 35 2007 35 2008 Archery 1 2004 1 2005 Dates Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/15-9/20 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 8 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 166 481 268 330 271 183 412 201 254 236 116 8 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 3.0 0.8 1.5 1.2 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 8 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 7 6 14 17 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 88 100 100 75 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 9/24-9/29 10/01-10/06 10/01-10/06 4 4 4 270 294 202 4 4 4 0.7 1.4 1.5 4 4 4 19 4 16 1 4 0 25 100 0 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/05-9/14 9/05-9/14 10/01-10/06 9/30-10/05 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/27 9/23-9/26 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/07-9/12 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/24-9/29 9/23-9/28 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 35 35 35 30 30 8 2 25 30 35 35 35 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 20 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 522 409 446 534 342 74 23 551 494 516 681 526 35 48 35 44 23 55 40 60 104 82 143 202 185 307 218 321 178 289 289 320 79 41 25 28 37 18 78 50 59 79 65 35 35 35 30 30 8 2 25 30 35 35 35 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 20 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3.1 6.1 5.2 3.6 4.7 8.1 4.3 3.4 4.0 4.1 2.8 4.4 5.7 4.2 5.7 0.0 4.3 5.5 5.0 5.0 1.9 3.7 4.9 3.5 4.3 1.6 4.1 2.8 6.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.5 0.0 4.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 1.3 2.0 3.4 2.5 1.5 33 30 35 29 28 8 2 24 29 35 33 33 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 9 15 15 15 10 20 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 145 104 132 108 128 45 5 64 100 126 122 148 5 8 1 4 10 11 9 4 18 3 21 35 46 33 25 38 35 20 12 45 17 3 4 1 0 1 5 2 6 6 3 14 18 21 16 14 5 1 14 14 19 23 23 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 3 3 3 7 8 8 9 8 10 13 14 10 19 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 42 60 60 55 50 63 50 58 48 54 70 70 50 0 50 100 0 67 67 100 100 100 70 80 80 90 89 67 87 93 100 95 40 100 0 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 30 30 315 245 30 30 7.3 10.2 28 29 219 152 2 3 7 10 CN = Camp Navajo E = Early Season L = Late Season Hunt Arizona 2009 51 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Archery (continued) 1 2006 1 2007 1 2008 3A/3C 2004 3A/3C 2005 3A/3C 2006 3A/3C 2007 3A/3C 2008 3B 2004 3B 2005 3B 2006 3B 2007 3B North 2004 3B North 2005 3B North 2006 3B North 2007 3B North 2008 3B South 2008 4B 2004 4B 2005 4B 2006 4B 2007 4B 2008 5A 2004 5A 2005 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2008 5B 2004 5B 2005 5B 2006 5B 2007 5B 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 10/18 2004 10/18 2005 10/18 2006 10/18 2007 10/18 2008 11M 2004 11M 2005 11M 2006 11M 2007 11M 2008 12 2004 12 2005 12 2006 12 2007 12 2008 15A/15B 2004 15A/15B 2005 15A/15B 2006 15A/15B 2007 15A/15B 2008 17B 2004 17B 2005 17B 2006 17B 2007 Dates 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 9/03-9/16 9/02-9/15 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 CN = Camp Navajo E = Early Season 52 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 30 30 30 20 20 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 5 15 15 20 20 20 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 25 25 25 25 25 100 100 100 100 100 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 L = Late Season 283 289 208 125 91 128 133 108 38 42 49 36 39 43 34 83 37 18 102 65 117 91 96 37 35 26 42 42 117 92 114 100 105 88 58 87 69 55 560 461 610 852 598 72 71 56 50 31 18 19 18 20 21 34 13 15 35 10 44 52 52 84 Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 30 30 30 20 20 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 5 15 15 19 20 20 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 25 25 25 25 25 100 100 100 100 100 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 7.8 7.3 10.6 11.2 12.1 13.3 6.8 12.0 18.4 11.9 12.2 16.7 20.5 7.0 38.2 6.0 29.7 11.1 9.8 16.9 9.4 13.2 13.5 10.8 11.4 7.7 11.9 9.5 6.0 9.8 7.0 6.0 7.6 11.4 10.3 14.9 14.5 21.8 11.1 15.0 10.7 8.5 10.4 4.2 7.0 7.1 6.0 12.9 5.6 21.1 11.1 20.0 4.8 5.9 15.4 26.7 5.7 20.0 6.8 7.7 9.6 4.8 27 26 30 20 19 21 21 25 5 10 10 10 20 19 18 19 20 5 15 15 16 20 17 4 4 5 5 5 10 8 10 10 10 25 25 23 21 25 97 94 88 94 83 5 5 5 3 5 0 4 5 5 4 2 2 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 176 212 227 133 141 144 129 190 28 62 60 59 156 101 114 136 115 45 92 107 114 125 144 48 43 36 22 10 71 36 73 83 96 208 162 133 167 200 630 619 539 575 535 41 55 51 37 34 0 21 63 45 31 14 24 23 32 13 13 33 25 22 Harvest Hunt Success 6 2 2 3 4 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 5 5 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 3 5 20 13 25 28 17 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 4 2 22 8 7 15 21 5 14 16 0 0 10 0 20 5 11 26 25 0 0 20 6 25 0 0 25 0 20 60 20 13 0 20 0 8 16 0 14 20 21 14 28 30 20 20 0 0 0 20 – 0 60 20 75 0 0 50 25 100 100 0 80 40 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Archery (continued) 17B 2008 19A 2004 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2007 19A E 2008 19A L 2008 19B North 2004 19B North 2005 19B North 2006 19B North 2007 19B North 2008 21 2004 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 31/32 2004 31/32 2005 31/32 2006 31/32 2007 31/32 2008 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 35 2004 35 2005 35 2006 35 2007 35 2008 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2008 Dates 8/22-9/04 8/20-9/02 9/03-9/16 8/19-9/01 9/02-9/15 8/11-8/24 8/25-9/07 8/10-8/23 8/24-9/06 8/08-8/21 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/09 8/26-9/08 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/27-9/10 8/27-9/10 8/19-8/28 8/19-8/28 8/25-9/07 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 CN = Camp Navajo E = Early Season Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 5 60 60 60 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 10 10 10 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 61 480 69 328 103 281 106 286 134 235 94 132 143 180 207 155 31 36 37 28 47 65 54 67 44 50 46 35 39 37 35 85 72 71 71 64 3 2 5 6 4 2 6 4 Permits Issued 5 60 60 60 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 10 10 10 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 Draw Odds 4.9 9.6 21.7 14.9 23.3 8.5 14.2 9.1 14.9 14.0 20.2 4.5 4.2 9.4 8.7 11.0 19.4 19.4 8.1 17.9 21.3 7.7 9.3 7.5 15.9 12.0 2.2 2.9 0.0 2.7 2.9 5.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 9.4 100.0 50.0 80.0 16.7 100.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 Hunters Hunter Days 5 58 51 56 57 36 40 32 40 40 40 10 9 19 20 20 10 10 8 10 8 10 8 7 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 9 10 10 4 2 4 2 2 2 4 4 30 348 346 327 345 234 224 225 236 215 220 58 46 95 86 145 56 63 38 62 58 73 57 48 88 57 5 1 6 12 1 53 32 55 37 60 20 10 16 9 20 12 30 6 Harvest Hunt Success 2 12 12 7 10 4 11 7 7 22 20 7 6 8 14 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 21 24 13 18 11 28 22 18 55 50 70 67 42 70 55 0 0 0 0 25 0 38 29 30 20 0 100 0 0 100 63 33 11 30 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 L = Late Season Hunt Arizona 2009 53 Elk (Cervus elaphus) Natural History than one-half mile from water and tend to stay on the summer range as long as possible, arriving early in the year and remaining until forced down by deep snow. Their winter range, which is usually between 5,500 and 6,500 feet elevation, is more limited in extent and may only comprise about 10 percent of the animal’s total habitat. Here, in the pinyon-juniper zone, elk remain until melting snows allow them to migrate upward. Elk have distinct summer and winter coats, which they shed in late summer and spring, respectively. In winter, the head, belly, neck, and legs are dark brown, and the sides and back are a grayish-brown; the rump patch is a yellowish color bordered by a dark brownish stripe. While females are usually somewhat lighter in color than bulls, both sexes have heavy dark manes. In summer, the coat becomes a deep reddish brown. Elk dave daughtry Elk were at one time thinly distributed in Arizona from the White and Blue mountains westward along the Mogollon Rim to near the San Francisco Peaks. These native elk were eliminated sometime prior to 1900. In February 1913, private conservationists released 83 elk from Yellowstone National Park into Cabin Draw near Chevelon Creek. These, and two other transplants of Yellowstone elk in the 1920s—one south of Alpine, and another north of Williams—were great successes, and Arizona’s elk population has now grown to approximately 24,000 post-hunt adults as of 2003. Mountain meadows, ponderosa pine woodlands, spruce-fir forests, and other high elevation habitats between 7,000 and 10,500 feet elevation constitute the elk’s principal summer range. Elk are rarely found more 54 Hunt Arizona 2009 Elk have little to no undercoat, giving them a sleek, muscular appearance. Calves are born between late May and early June after an 8-month gestation period. They are dark russet in color with white spots on the back and sides. Newly born calves weigh an average of nearly 30 pounds, with males averaging 4 pounds more than females. Twins are extremely rare. When the time comes to give birth, a cow will drive off her previous year’s calf and separate from the herd to seek out an area of dense cover for a nursery. Within hours after birth, the newborn is able to move and is led from the birthing spot to a safer place. After a week, the mother will band with other cow elk, and after two to three weeks, the calves, now able to run, will join the herd. Some of these matriarchal bands may number in the hundreds. By September, the calves will have shed their spotted coats and will be behaving much like their mothers. An elk’s natural life span is about 14 to 16 years for males and 15 to 17 for females, even though tagged animals of more than 25 years old have been documented. Antler developElk distribution ment and size is a function of age, the older, larger bulls having the most developed antlers. Old bulls shed their antlers between January and March, and yearling males sometime between March and June. As soon as antlers are shed, new ones begin growing, so it is possible to see yearlings with old spikes and bulls in velvet at the same time. The antlers continue to grow for a period ranging from 90 days for yearlings to 150 days for adult bulls. By early August, antler growth is complete. The now dry velvet is stripped off the hardened antlers in a matter of hours as the bull polishes them against trees. By early September, the bull is in the rut, and bugling and harem formation occurs. Harems may number up to 30, depending on the size and vigor of the bull, but usually average 15 to 20. A large bull may weigh up to 1,200 pounds, but most range between 600 to 800 pounds. The live weight of mature cows ranges from 450 to 600 pounds. Elk evolved as distance runners and can approach speeds of 40 mph for short periods, and maintain speeds of nearly 30 mph for longer periods. They are also strong swimmers—even calves can swim more than a mile—and high jumpers, a 10-foot fence may not stop an adult. Elk are grass-eating animals, and one of the requirements of feeding in open country is to always be on the alert for danger. As herd animals, some elk can always be watching for predators while the others feed. Hunt History As with many game species in Arizona, elk hunting has had its ups and downs. With native elk having been extirpated, the closed season imposed by the territorial legislature in 1893 was too little too late. The releases of Yellowstone elk between 1913 and 1929 were successful, however, and in 1935 the population was deemed sufficient to support a limited, 266-permit bull hunt. One hundred and forty-five elk were harvested, and hunts were continued every year through 1943. Because of World War II, no season was conducted in 1944 or 1945, but a limited hunt, which included the issuance of the first cow elk permits, was again authorized in 1946. Elk hunting opportunities expanded almost annually as biologists and ranchers feared that Arizona’s elk population might now “rise out of control.” These concerns culminated in 1953 when 6,288 permits were issued and 1,558 elk were taken—more than 1,000 of which were cows. Because of concerns about the “slaughter,” elk permits were greatly curtailed in 1954 and remained below 5,000 until 1965, when more than 6,000 permits were again authorized. By 1967, elk permit numbers were exceeding 7,000, and the annual harvest exceeded 1,500 elk. Once again, elk permits were gradually lowered, although new hunts, including archery hunts, were being initiated. By the mid-1980s, elk, and elk permit numbers, were again headed upward. This trend culminated in 1994, when nearly 11,000 elk were harvested—a number unimaginable just 20 years earlier. Since then, elk numbers and harvests have remained at a high level with more than 9,800 elk taken in 1999. This situation is expected to continue for the foreseeable future as wildlife managers and land managers continue to be concerned about habitat quality and elk-livestock competition. Hunt Arizona 2009 55 Elk Survey Data Historic Summary of Elk Survey Data Year Spike Bull Cow Calf Unclassified 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 17 44 45 30 27 11 35 14 21 14 13 10 22 23 33 18 53 25 41 54 100 39 61 53 86 67 56 60 68 85 93 122 156 53 125 163 175 365 286 274 384 447 752 647 639 947 926 934 837 869 727 670 986 965 400 344 489 493 378 592 473 336 89 138 101 91 121 93 92 77 88 48 70 62 87 43 83 51 111 94 86 121 124 132 147 96 148 126 88 126 139 148 185 158 196 109 276 154 199 281 250 245 405 434 599 678 869 895 889 1080 1111 1348 1383 1535 1330 1300 1224 1217 1460 1347 1082 1261 1077 1186 332 357 309 290 293 241 206 202 221 122 111 74 152 127 172 164 288 228 284 387 446 486 526 469 495 471 438 597 598 546 678 775 1142 601 1121 1264 1186 2032 1693 1827 2671 2810 4306 4405 5354 5647 7698 6530 6793 7493 6461 7052 6397 7684 4540 5409 4732 4585 4136 4984 4328 3764 129 182 129 141 116 93 78 79 73 54 48 40 79 70 80 86 138 124 167 233 267 271 296 256 267 274 280 353 393 330 404 473 602 338 618 707 691 1172 978 903 1504 1537 2142 1813 2860 2671 3892 2807 2809 2559 2423 3440 2901 3013 1251 1842 1589 2289 1894 1847 1641 1448 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 35 37 15 34 16 49 37 23 16 54 51 57 41 24 21 40 96 270 150 230 244 192 158 117 68 66 82 199 86 43 131 285 204 203 263 461 198 931 399 324 591 105 255 178 131 432 161 29 53 117 195 62 170 2 29 ¹ Includes spikes 56 Hunt Arizona 2009 Total 567 721 584 552 561 438 411 407 440 253 276 202 389 300 391 335 644 522 635 836 961 949 1070 970 1266 1088 1092 1380 1390 1267 1477 1596 2162 1183 2339 2374 2294 3981 3492 3453 5167 5491 8260 7741 10653 10559 13729 11942 11655 12524 11172 12828 12046 13123 7444 8865 8387 8909 7552 8854 7521 6763 Bulls ¹ /100 Cows 32 51 47 42 51 43 62 45 49 51 75 97 72 52 67 42 57 52 45 45 50 35 40 32 47 41 33 31 35 43 41 36 31 27 36 25 32 32 32 28 30 31 31 30 28 33 24 31 29 30 33 31 36 29 36 29 41 40 35 37 36 40 Calves/100 Cows 39 51 42 49 40 39 38 39 33 44 43 54 52 55 47 52 48 54 59 60 60 56 56 55 54 58 64 59 66 60 60 61 53 56 55 56 58 58 58 49 56 55 50 41 53 47 51 43 41 34 38 49 45 39 28 34 34 50 46 37 38 38 Elk Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Elk Survey Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2B 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7E 7E 7E 7W 7W 7W 8 8 8 8 1 Includes spikes Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 Spike 36 39 81 82 66 5 18 3 17 54 34 1 6 8 5 8 17 17 40 23 20 10 2 7 9 5 18 17 30 11 19 49 36 15 16 25 59 32 31 21 18 67 38 99 38 6 13 12 48 14 8 17 25 16 11 15 30 41 6 39 40 35 14 Bull 122 105 164 113 189 37 76 114 65 122 34 14 20 13 10 12 50 53 42 56 55 31 51 25 45 19 46 38 82 57 89 91 86 34 86 85 105 72 118 39 60 93 121 111 61 59 39 17 38 18 18 25 47 40 24 43 41 38 26 36 13 38 23 Cow Calf Unclassified 311 398 544 501 673 53 242 377 311 395 173 48 56 38 46 51 185 167 255 140 133 84 93 81 100 27 201 220 263 154 156 254 238 194 241 240 532 358 574 202 348 407 309 657 344 193 90 108 117 144 73 242 181 159 66 77 205 328 165 294 155 223 146 141 165 174 217 257 20 148 197 134 193 85 20 27 15 19 10 74 68 75 63 58 32 33 30 43 5 113 112 98 66 72 101 62 73 82 59 285 155 182 54 91 252 190 209 121 58 54 52 60 62 37 129 62 71 34 50 91 103 67 128 78 78 51 6 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 51 0 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 Total 616 707 1025 913 1185 115 484 691 527 764 326 83 109 74 80 81 327 310 417 282 266 157 179 143 197 56 380 401 473 289 336 495 422 316 425 409 981 617 908 316 517 819 662 1076 564 319 196 189 314 238 137 427 315 287 135 185 367 510 264 497 320 374 234 Bulls1/100 Cows 51 36 45 39 38 79 39 31 26 45 39 31 46 55 33 39 36 42 32 56 56 49 57 40 54 89 32 25 43 44 69 55 51 25 42 46 31 29 26 30 22 39 51 32 29 34 58 27 74 22 36 17 40 35 53 75 35 24 19 26 34 33 25 Calves/100 Cows 45 41 32 43 38 38 61 52 43 49 49 42 48 39 41 20 40 41 29 45 44 38 35 37 43 19 56 51 37 43 46 40 26 38 34 25 54 43 32 27 26 62 61 32 35 30 60 48 51 43 51 53 34 45 52 65 44 31 41 44 50 35 35 Hunt Arizona 2009 57 Elk Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Elk Survey Data Unit Year 8 2008 9 2004 9 2005 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 18A 2004 18B 2006 19B 2006 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 22N 2007 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23N 2007 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 CN 2004 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2008 1 Includes spikes CN = Camp Navajo 58 Hunt Arizona 2009 Spike 6 27 18 23 23 23 33 56 13 17 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 7 47 40 25 0 16 16 23 11 30 0 15 9 18 6 10 17 5 11 35 12 Bull 29 169 72 111 53 85 108 90 40 47 57 27 0 7 8 9 7 11 118 53 128 115 100 3 91 94 101 88 124 9 32 18 45 38 28 37 10 9 25 63 Cow Calf 98 388 213 320 315 178 398 558 109 175 165 51 0 0 20 15 14 23 197 123 329 278 274 6 202 237 196 204 342 28 143 117 214 116 143 263 208 180 385 232 43 207 122 137 81 74 189 267 52 48 67 26 2 0 8 6 2 8 89 62 145 113 92 2 80 102 65 69 154 11 52 42 63 32 58 149 90 87 175 103 Unclassified 12 15 0 36 0 8 148 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Total 188 806 425 627 472 368 876 971 216 287 289 115 4 9 36 30 25 42 431 245 649 546 491 11 394 452 385 373 650 48 244 188 346 192 244 466 313 287 620 410 Bulls1/100 Cows 36 51 42 42 24 61 35 26 49 37 35 75 – – 40 60 64 48 73 49 53 56 46 50 53 46 63 49 45 32 33 23 29 38 27 21 7 11 16 32 Calves/100 Cows 44 53 57 43 26 42 47 48 48 27 41 51 – – 40 40 14 35 45 50 44 41 34 33 40 43 33 34 45 39 36 36 29 28 41 57 43 48 45 44 Elk Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Elk Hunts 1st Choice Permits Hunter Hunters Applicants Issued Days Bulls Spikes 1935 – – 266 – 137 8 1936 – – 249 – 76 9 1937 – – 230 – 47 18 1938 – – 169 – 68 17 1939 – – 238 – 77 27 1940 – – 229 – 76 19 1941 – – 581 – 114 19 1942 – – 1167 – 223 96 1943 – – 2047 – 152 98 1946 – – 498 – 103 0 1947 – – 1616 – 246 0 1948 – – 2200 – 453 0 1949 – 2850 2675 – 290 0 1950 – 4250 3685 – 413 1 1951 – 6023 5788 – 467 41 1952 – 5476 5192 – 302 42 1953 – 6288 6015 – 380 124 1954 – 2985 2846 – 176 58 1955 – 2225 2096 – 207 58 1956 – 1750 1581 – 115 29 1957 – 1275 1074 – 123 0 1958 – 1483 1321 – 181 0 1959 – – 1136 – 282 0 1960 – – 1661 – 312 93 1961 – – 1492 – 343 104 1962 – – 2266 – 402 110 1963 – – 3184 – 528 180 1964 – – 4060 – 566 163 1965 – – 4941 – 590 185 1966 7811 – 5687 – 709 241 1967 7730 – 6526 – 745 304 1968 8379 – 5845 – 613 279 1969 9843 – 5771 – 551 266 1970 11888 – 5208 – 500 239 1971 10812 – 4866 – 742 407 1972 12644 5561 5177 – 423 279 1973 16078 5675 5321 – 460 296 1974 18623 5972 5685 27227 437 368 1975 19504 5758 5088 21248 443 317 1976 20511 5915 5528 23808 478 438 1977 23198 6145 5792 26294 556 376 1978 26745 5935 5502 22409 571 510 1979 27041 5800 5456 24344 534 485 1980 28198 5850 5479 26554 584 499 1981 28286 5385 5093 22952 796 606 1982 26507 5720 5522 24529 816 735 1983 29572 6060 5757 24741 732 776 1984 28780 6005 5791 24496 995 1031 1985 31121 6730 6450 25782 1159 1169 1986 33437 6385 6202 27613 1155 1115 1987 34995 6300 6164 26477 1209 1010 1988 37289 6955 6785 25600 1376 1165 1989 38965 7975 7796 28980 1473 1144 1990 41616 8585 8389 29148 1790 1233 1991 41415 9718 9349 30811 2047 1207 1992 49054 10491 10207 34757 2028 1351 1993 51919 11579 11309 38157 2011 962 1994 60849 14683 14382 46962 2201 1121 1995 63582 14891 14613 50862 2368 794 1996 63003 14229 13897 46444 2553 936 1997 66013 11683 11398 41591 2590 583 1998 66823 12110 11832 43552 2423 664 ¹ In some years prior to 1960, spikes and calves were not differentiated from bulls and cows. Year Harvest ¹ Cows 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 255 467 566 1070 1185 845 1054 395 347 119 0 0 0 131 107 172 339 338 426 500 442 376 355 202 330 267 295 309 172 343 406 425 390 422 390 400 405 442 867 592 693 1162 1069 1510 1784 2067 3106 4867 4132 4262 2490 2744 Calves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 54 34 86 107 126 168 188 191 135 87 77 105 84 91 72 44 89 71 95 65 68 81 96 96 74 220 126 91 224 184 188 271 262 445 630 522 512 306 385 Total 145 85 65 85 110 95 133 319 250 116 501 920 856 1484 1693 1189 1558 629 612 302 123 181 282 590 588 770 1154 1193 1369 1638 1682 1403 1259 1018 1584 1053 1142 1186 976 1348 1409 1601 1474 1573 1873 2047 2009 2542 3415 2988 3003 3927 3870 4721 5309 5708 6524 8819 7816 8263 6269 6216 Percent Success 55 34 28 50 46 41 23 27 12 23 31 42 32 40 29 23 26 22 29 19 11 14 25 36 39 34 36 29 28 29 26 24 22 20 33 20 21 21 19 24 24 29 27 29 37 37 35 44 53 48 49 58 50 56 57 56 58 61 53 59 55 53 Hunt Arizona 2009 59 Elk Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Elk Hunts 1st Choice Permits Hunter Hunters Applicants Issued Days Bulls Spikes 1999 71839 15538 15158 55291 2082 724 2000 66652 15460 14940 54195 2260 724 2001 70809 18285 17628 66564 2214 393 2002 69798 16265 15767 62497 2276 282 2003 71514 13402 12983 52398 1949 313 2004 76542 14967 14399 56288 2159 357 2005 64684 15856 15254 63702 2077 367 2006 66873 16321 15773 68255 2303 532 2007 65190 16848 16189 72481 2412 496 2008 52044 17756 16968 77827 2712 444 ¹ In some years prior to 1960, spikes and calves were not differentiated from bulls and cows. Year Harvest ¹ Cows 4037 3956 4348 3482 2690 3191 3034 3369 3221 3188 Calves 556 475 375 309 288 405 376 340 373 371 Total 7399 7415 7330 6349 5240 6112 5585 6544 6502 6715 Percent Success 49 50 42 40 40 42 38 41 40 40 Historic Summary of Juniors-Only Elk Hunts Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1st Choice Applicants 269 291 409 654 927 1372 2022 2416 2705 2744 2744 2668 2462 2580 3017 2817 Permits Issued 75 100 175 200 400 1185 1200 1370 1088 1076 1076 1025 1161 1142 1181 1335 Hunters 75 100 173 195 391 1162 1173 1352 1066 1054 1054 996 1123 1100 1100 1288 Hunter Days 233 233 466 526 1061 3017 2959 3744 2923 2891 2891 2555 3139 3286 3286 3786 Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spikes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harvest Cows 23 59 94 101 208 574 638 543 498 470 470 532 459 532 618 573 Calves 8 6 9 14 31 88 68 50 51 62 62 76 68 53 59 92 Total 31 65 103 115 239 662 706 593 549 532 532 608 527 585 677 665 Percent Success 41 65 60 59 61 57 60 43 52 50 50 61 47 53 60 52 Bulls 1 6 43 37 36 37 57 51 56 42 47 116 46 145 133 128 96 172 163 159 225 209 186 180 255 Spikes 1 0 7 2 9 8 12 16 12 12 3 11 8 16 12 6 5 26 24 38 27 13 21 17 20 Harvest Cows 6 0 0 0 21 11 25 17 69 74 37 19 150 89 167 238 156 125 217 198 199 235 101 147 245 Calves 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 3 4 10 10 4 18 14 36 38 22 23 20 28 47 21 4 24 28 Total 8 6 50 39 76 59 95 87 141 138 97 150 222 264 348 410 279 346 424 423 498 478 312 368 548 Percent Success 10 12 26 31 51 30 48 45 64 61 43 57 55 59 48 54 40 38 39 37 45 33 32 35 43 Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Elk Hunts Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 60 1st Choice Applicants 138 98 381 420 854 880 1030 1307 1215 1089 1389 1876 1313 2244 2953 2707 4227 4486 3819 4118 5115 3591 5287 5457 4814 Permits Issued 80 50 200 130 150 200 200 200 225 225 225 265 410 451 752 766 723 937 1120 1183 1168 1495 1015 1087 1325 Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunters 77 49 194 124 149 197 200 194 222 225 223 263 405 450 729 753 703 919 1076 1148 1118 1437 977 1054 1279 Hunter Days 429 200 805 518 535 811 753 805 809 766 886 1066 1472 1766 2796 2788 2802 3588 3947 4438 4033 5580 3874 4332 5082 Elk Harvest Data Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Elk Hunts (continued) Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 1st Choice Applicants 4672 5238 4858 4723 Permits Issued 1276 1161 1206 1386 Hunters 1217 1101 1179 1327 Hunter Days 5116 4743 4963 6139 Bulls 203 229 208 253 Spikes 31 33 45 59 Harvest Cows 161 164 200 236 Calves 28 5 36 35 Total 423 431 489 583 Percent Success 35 39 41 41 Bulls 62 110 164 136 154 216 208 198 281 301 308 418 545 549 675 587 775 874 518 887 1074 743 675 1169 460 1042 962 1143 919 910 1241 Spikes 38 74 57 41 75 93 105 127 135 152 123 161 126 137 178 151 192 160 121 84 65 74 129 79 14 57 35 82 55 62 73 Harvest Cows 46 68 91 48 61 93 80 136 125 161 188 254 191 381 459 479 754 750 514 547 631 475 998 922 541 737 584 890 776 458 357 Calves 1 2 9 9 12 10 12 24 26 29 17 15 19 39 46 56 67 50 38 44 55 42 79 57 29 59 56 78 43 33 23 Total 147 254 321 234 302 412 405 485 567 643 636 848 881 1106 1358 1273 1788 1834 1191 1562 1825 1334 1881 2227 1044 1895 1637 2193 1793 1463 1694 Percent Success 6 9 10 8 9 11 11 13 16 18 18 22 21 23 26 24 27 28 21 26 35 25 27 27 18 29 30 34 28 29 30 Historic Summary of Archery Elk Hunts Year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1st Choice Applicants 3756 3854 4265 5037 5092 4454 4738 4954 5574 6236 6807 7776 8357 8900 9831 10201 11256 12167 12898 13807 15301 17506 18268 17907 18581 18833 20597 20869 22653 24684 21625 Permits Issued 2865 2990 3450 2925 3600 3935 3760 3810 3699 3680 3615 3925 4230 4806 5315 5318 6880 6780 5756 6151 5386 5440 7168 8507 5827 6708 5577 6676 6510 5132 5883 Hunters 2552 2802 3268 2805 3469 3775 3627 3696 3613 3599 3538 3837 4152 4729 5184 5225 6731 6654 5638 6033 5288 5303 6978 8271 5662 6537 5435 6491 6367 4963 5675 Hunter Days 16941 19069 22590 18562 23906 25370 24543 24602 24471 25528 24391 27019 28730 33141 35902 38027 46661 47049 41417 43221 35826 38333 49801 54328 42505 47439 39360 46313 45887 38251 44982 Hunt Arizona 2009 61 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit General 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1/2B/2C 1E 1E 1E 1E 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 40 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 40 CH 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 10 ES 2004 ALS 12/17-12/23 75 ES 2005 ALS 12/16-12/22 75 ES 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 65 ES 2007 ALS 12/14-12/20 50 ES 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 50 RV 2004 ALS 12/10-12/14 30 RV 2004 ALS 12/24-12/28 30 RV 2005 ALS 12/09-12/13 30 RV 2005 ALS 12/23-12/27 30 RV 2006 ALS 12/08-12/12 30 RV 2006 ALS 12/22-12/26 30 RV 2007 ALS 12/07-12/11 30 RV 2008 ALS 12/19-12/25 40 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 40 2004 B 11/19-11/25 360 2005 B 11/18-11/24 425 2006 B 11/24-11/30 425 2007 B 11/23-11/29 425 2008 B 11/28-12/04 425 2004 ALS 12/17-12/23 450 2005 ALS 12/16-12/22 420 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 105 2007 ALS 12/14-12/20 70 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 150 2005 ALS 12/02-12/08 225 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 65 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 50 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 50 2008 ALSS 12/05-12/14 30 2008 ALS 9/12-9/21 40 2008 ALS 10/03-10/12 40 2008 ALS 10/17-10/26 30 2008 AE 9/12-9/21 20 2008 AE 10/03-10/12 20 2008 AE 10/17-10/26 15 2008 AE 12/05-12/14 15 2004 ALS 9/10-9/19 25 2004 ALS 10/01-10/10 25 2004 ALS 10/15-10/24 25 2005 ALS 9/09-9/18 40 2005 ALS 9/30-10/09 35 2005 ALS 10/14-10/23 25 2005 ALS 12/02-12/11 20 2006 ALS 9/15-9/24 40 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 35 2006 ALS 10/20-10/29 25 2006 ALS 12/08-12/17 20 2007 ALS 8/24-9/06 25 2007 ALS 10/05-10/14 25 2007 ALS 10/19-10/28 20 2007 ALS 12/07-12/16 20 2004 AE 9/10-9/19 10 2004 AE 10/01-10/10 10 2004 AE 10/15-10/24 10 2005 AE 9/09-9/18 20 2005 AE 9/30-10/09 15 2005 AE 10/14-10/23 15 2005 AE 12/02-12/11 10 BE = Early Bull B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 6948 40 0.6 40 6016 40 0.6 40 38 10 26.3 10 68 75 26.5 69 61 75 55.7 73 50 65 36.0 63 86 50 39.5 46 49 50 61.2 46 5 30 100.0 26 6 30 100.0 27 15 30 86.7 30 4 30 100.0 28 6 28 100.0 25 5 30 100.0 24 21 30 66.7 30 11 40 100.0 34 5484 41 0.7 41 3615 366 6.8 366 3318 425 7.6 412 4952 425 5.5 412 3395 425 7.7 415 3010 425 9.5 414 1757 450 16.7 434 1249 420 21.3 395 820 105 7.3 101 357 70 9.8 67 480 150 19.8 148 126 225 61.9 216 158 65 11.4 63 85 50 36.5 49 75 50 36.0 48 0 30 – 22 12 40 100.0 35 1 40 100.0 40 3 30 100.0 30 69 20 24.6 20 37 20 16.2 20 5 15 40.0 15 4 15 50.0 15 14 25 78.6 25 8 25 100.0 21 9 25 100.0 23 18 40 94.4 32 2 35 100.0 32 2 25 100.0 23 5 20 40.0 18 9 40 77.8 38 2 34 100.0 32 7 25 100.0 25 0 20 – 18 4 25 100.0 21 6 25 100.0 23 3 20 100.0 19 6 19 100.0 18 126 10 5.6 10 23 10 4.3 10 14 10 42.9 9 78 20 15.4 20 19 15 26.3 15 28 15 35.7 11 13 10 7.7 9 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 108 33 125 38 37 0 247 0 266 0 233 0 137 0 189 0 81 0 87 0 118 0 100 0 89 0 75 0 98 0 74 0 118 36 1482 174 1702 173 1809 147 1807 179 1853 167 1455 0 1446 0 271 0 127 0 405 0 770 0 217 0 199 0 176 0 70 0 190 0 218 0 135 0 82 5 104 10 75 0 69 2 128 0 81 0 130 0 144 0 172 0 111 0 80 0 205 0 138 0 148 0 104 0 135 0 94 0 73 0 99 0 26 6 37 7 37 3 97 4 33 8 38 5 36 1 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 38 0 10 0 10 0 34 4 38 0 21 2 23 0 25 0 25 0 20 0 20 0 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 19 0 19 0 0 0 36 52 0 0 226 39 0 0 212 59 0 0 206 62 0 0 241 58 0 0 225 0 246 21 267 0 204 19 223 0 64 4 68 0 49 7 56 0 79 10 89 0 77 9 86 0 30 2 32 0 17 0 17 0 21 3 24 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 8 0 8 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 7 2 4 0 16 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 6 0 13 0 13 0 6 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 8 0 5 2 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 6 0 7 3 10 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 83 95 100 55 32 40 43 28 0 11 10 11 32 0 37 56 88 62 51 50 58 54 62 56 67 84 60 40 51 35 50 14 14 20 13 35 80 27 40 52 29 13 16 9 9 44 18 6 0 0 10 26 53 17 60 70 33 20 53 45 11 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 62 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 2B 2006 2B 2006 2B 2006 2B 2006 2B 2007 2B 2007 2B 2007 2B 2007 3A/3C 2004 3A/3C 2005 3A/3C 2006 3A/3C 2008 3A/3C 2004 3A/3C 2005 3A/3C 2006 3A/3C 2007 3A/3C 2008 3A/3C 2005 3A/3C 2006 3A/3C 2006 3A/3C 2007 3A/3C 2007 3A/3C 2008 3A/3CE 2004 3A/3CE 2005 3A/3CE 2006 3A/3CE 2007 3A/3CE 2008 3AE 2004 3AE 2005 3AE 2004 3AE 2005 3AW/4BN 2004 3AW/4BN 2005 3AW/4BN 2006 3AW/4BN 2007 3AW/4BN 2008 3B 2005 3B 2006 3B 2004 3B 2005 3B 2006 3B 2007 3B 2004 3B 2004 3B 2005 3B 2005 3B 2006 3B 2006 3B 2007 3B 2007 3B CH 2004 3B CH 2005 3B CH 2006 3B CH 2007 3CW 2004 3CW 2005 3CW 2006 3CW 2007 3CW 2008 4A 2004 4A 2006 4A 2007 4A 2004 4A 2005 4A 2006 4A 2007 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds AE -9/24 20 AE 10/06-10/15 15 AE 10/20-10/29 15 AE 12/08-12/17 10 AE 8/24-9/06 10 AE 10/05-10/14 10 AE 10/19-10/28 10 AE 12/07-12/16 10 BE 10/01-10/06 20 BE 9/30-10/05 25 BE 10/06-10/12 25 BE 9/26-10/02 30 B 11/19-11/25 150 B 11/18-11/24 175 B 11/24-11/30 190 B 11/23-11/29 190 B 11/28-12/04 250 ALS 10/14-10/19 380 ALS 10/13-10/18 265 ALS 12/08-12/14 250 ALS 10/12-10/17 265 ALS 12/07-12/13 250 ALS 12/12-12/18 250 ALS 10/22-10/27 250 ALS 10/21-10/26 300 ALS 10/20-10/26 300 ALS 10/19-10/25 300 ALS 10/24-10/30 300 ALS 10/01-12/31 5 ALS 8/12-8/25 5 AE 10/01-12/31 5 AE 8/12-8/25 5 ALS 10/08-10/21 75 ALS 10/07-10/20 75 ALS 10/13-10/26 75 ALS 10/12-10/25 75 ALS 10/03-10/16 75 BE 9/30-10/05 30 BE 10/06-10/12 20 B 11/19-11/25 100 B 11/18-11/24 100 B 11/24-11/30 150 B 11/23-11/29 150 ALS 12/03-12/09 70 ALS 12/17-12/23 225 ALS 12/02-12/08 70 ALS 12/16-12/22 225 ALS 12/08-12/14 50 ALS 12/15-12/31 150 ALS 12/07-12/13 50 ALS 12/14-12/30 150 ALS 10/22-10/27 10 ALS 10/07-10/13 10 ALS 10/13-10/19 10 ALS 10/12-10/18 10 ALS 10/22-10/27 150 ALS 10/21-10/26 150 ALS 10/20-10/26 150 ALS 10/19-10/25 150 ALS 10/24-10/30 150 BE 10/01-10/06 10 BE 10/06-10/12 15 BE 9/28-10/04 15 B 11/19-11/25 205 B 11/18-11/24 250 B 11/24-11/30 250 B 11/23-11/29 250 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 147 20 10.2 20 31 15 12.9 15 15 15 33.3 14 12 10 50.0 10 41 9 17.1 9 37 10 18.9 10 11 10 18.2 8 26 9 15.4 9 2184 22 0.9 22 2272 25 1.1 25 2634 25 0.8 25 2552 30 1.1 30 634 154 10.9 150 572 175 14.2 171 582 187 12.9 185 907 190 13.0 175 463 250 24.8 243 712 380 32.0 373 651 265 24.4 250 127 250 72.4 233 791 264 22.9 258 258 250 55.4 250 271 250 54.6 234 477 250 30.8 238 85 300 80.0 288 304 300 55.3 289 196 300 57.1 280 547 300 40.6 288 12 5 41.7 5 4 5 25.0 0 56 5 7.1 5 43 5 11.6 5 69 75 59.4 75 63 75 58.7 72 35 75 82.9 73 37 75 81.1 68 41 75 100.0 70 618 30 1.5 27 827 20 1.6 18 511 100 11.2 100 290 100 16.2 88 391 150 16.6 146 430 150 17.0 145 158 70 22.8 64 279 225 37.3 217 117 70 21.4 66 221 225 47.5 214 89 50 41.6 47 227 150 39.2 147 99 50 25.3 46 203 150 48.8 142 24 10 37.5 9 29 10 31.0 8 29 10 31.0 10 30 9 26.7 8 352 150 26.7 145 135 150 65.9 146 158 150 60.1 148 180 150 43.9 140 301 150 36.5 141 1482 13 0.7 12 896 15 1.0 15 658 15 1.5 14 1096 205 11.8 199 948 250 14.5 242 820 250 18.4 248 765 250 22.0 246 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 108 10 78 4 87 2 25 0 41 4 45 8 46 4 45 0 58 19 96 19 108 13 103 29 620 52 811 51 817 65 698 55 1187 72 1438 0 883 0 894 0 866 0 958 0 901 0 1013 0 1144 0 1180 0 1047 0 1202 0 25 0 0 0 33 2 30 0 371 0 345 0 395 0 283 0 342 0 90 23 80 17 443 23 385 28 744 21 694 28 250 0 821 0 249 0 931 0 162 0 735 0 161 0 793 0 34 0 29 0 38 0 39 0 482 0 606 0 533 0 550 0 524 0 40 10 45 13 32 13 918 35 1061 25 1174 39 1145 54 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 29 11 0 0 63 14 0 0 65 15 0 0 80 19 0 0 74 11 0 0 83 0 135 11 146 0 106 17 123 0 109 2 111 0 128 18 146 0 90 7 97 0 95 14 109 0 93 13 106 0 84 14 98 0 102 17 119 0 129 20 149 0 107 12 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 29 0 24 0 24 0 11 4 15 0 38 13 51 0 18 7 25 0 0 0 23 2 0 0 19 5 0 0 28 3 0 0 31 15 0 0 36 16 0 0 44 0 23 9 32 0 63 6 69 0 16 0 16 0 43 13 56 0 19 2 21 0 66 7 73 0 13 2 15 0 43 4 47 0 6 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 8 0 8 0 5 0 5 0 63 2 65 0 43 6 49 0 57 10 67 0 60 6 66 0 68 4 72 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 6 0 0 41 15 0 0 40 26 0 0 65 2 0 0 56 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 50 33 14 0 89 80 50 22 86 76 52 97 42 38 43 42 34 39 49 48 57 39 47 45 34 41 53 41 0 – 80 0 39 33 21 75 36 85 106 28 35 25 30 50 32 24 26 45 50 33 33 67 50 80 63 45 34 45 47 51 83 87 93 21 17 26 23 Hunt Arizona 2009 63 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 4A 2008 4A 2004 4A 2005 4A 2006 4A 2007 4A 2008 4B 2005 4B 2007 4B 2008 4B 2004 4B 2005 4B 2006 4B 2007 4B 2008 4B 2008 4BN 2007 4BN 2007 4BN 2007 4BN 2007 4BN 2007 4BN 2007 5A 2006 5A 2004 5A 2005 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2008 5A 2004 5A 2004 5A 2005 5A 2005 5A 2006 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2007 5A 2008 5A 2008 5A/5BN SM 2004 5A/5BN SM 2006 5A/5BN SM 2007 5A/5BN SM 2008 5A/5BN SM 2004 5A/5BN SM 2005 5A/5BN SM 2006 5A/5BN SM 2007 5A/5BN SM 2008 5BN 2008 5BN 2004 5BN 2005 5BN 2006 5BN 2007 5BN 2008 5BN 2004 5BN 2005 5BN 2006 5BN 2007 5BN 2008 5BN 2008 5BN ML 2004 5BN ML 2005 5BN ML 2006 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds B 11/28-12/04 395 ALS 11/12-11/15 300 ALS 11/11-11/14 250 ALS 10/27-11/02 170 ALS 10/26-11/01 100 ALS 10/24-10/30 100 BE 9/30-10/05 40 BE 9/28-10/04 25 BE 9/26-10/02 50 B 11/19-11/25 250 B 11/18-11/24 275 B 11/24-11/30 300 B 11/23-11/29 300 B 11/28-12/04 400 ALS 12/05-12/11 200 ALS 8/01-9/13 15 ALS 10/12-11/01 15 ALS 11/02-11/22 10 ALS 11/30-12/31 5 AE 8/01-9/13 5 AE 11/30-12/31 5 BE 10/06-10/12 25 B 11/19-11/25 150 B 11/18-11/24 115 B 11/24-11/30 145 B 11/23-11/29 165 B 11/28-12/04 240 ALS 10/15-10/21 300 ALS 12/03-12/09 300 ALS 10/14-10/20 250 ALS 12/02-12/08 200 ALS 10/20-10/26 350 ALS 12/01-12/07 200 ALS 10/19-10/25 300 ALS 11/30-12/06 200 ALS 10/17-10/23 325 ALS 12/05-12/11 220 ALS 10/15-10/21 50 ALS 10/20-10/26 75 ALS 10/19-10/25 75 ALS 10/17-10/23 75 AE 10/15-10/21 75 AE 10/14-10/20 75 AE 10/20-10/26 75 AE 10/19-10/25 75 AE 10/17-10/23 75 BE 9/26-10/02 25 B 11/19-11/25 450 B 11/18-11/24 450 B 11/24-11/30 500 B 11/23-11/29 425 B 11/28-12/04 500 ALS 12/03-12/09 125 ALS 12/02-12/08 100 ALS 12/01-12/07 125 ALS 11/30-12/06 150 ALS 10/17-10/23 300 ALS 12/05-12/11 150 ALS 10/15-10/21 200 ALS 10/14-10/20 300 ALS 10/20-10/26 300 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 785 395 30.3 373 861 300 22.1 284 631 250 30.1 241 484 170 22.1 158 347 100 22.2 98 298 100 28.9 96 1222 40 2.0 40 585 25 2.4 25 1184 50 2.2 48 958 250 15.2 241 632 275 25.6 257 836 300 20.0 290 750 300 23.6 296 588 400 37.6 379 63 200 100.0 189 9 15 77.8 13 1 15 100.0 15 3 10 100.0 10 0 5 5 76 5 3.9 5 23 5 0.0 3 1253 25 1.7 25 1309 150 9.8 142 990 115 10.3 111 771 145 11.8 143 861 165 13.9 161 761 240 23.0 234 1235 300 18.4 285 363 300 41.3 280 890 250 20.8 247 163 200 48.5 195 1041 350 26.5 338 319 200 30.7 189 763 299 27.9 292 154 200 59.7 190 772 325 32.6 315 180 220 61.7 211 7 50 100.0 50 11 75 63.6 73 12 75 100.0 68 10 75 100.0 70 285 75 17.9 73 249 75 22.1 75 153 75 34.0 70 303 75 18.8 75 114 75 38.6 67 1193 25 1.8 25 1994 450 13.8 442 1896 450 13.5 435 2205 500 13.9 484 1565 425 15.9 394 1375 500 19.9 476 225 125 24.0 117 144 100 33.3 98 200 125 42.0 123 177 150 42.9 150 518 300 31.5 281 75 150 82.7 143 352 200 38.9 196 406 300 43.1 290 380 298 46.3 288 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 1755 77 809 0 714 0 556 0 372 0 320 0 182 22 107 16 214 28 1076 56 1275 41 1325 48 1433 49 1808 71 840 0 90 0 95 0 37 0 13 0 67 5 3 0 100 23 588 59 532 37 644 58 707 54 1136 73 1016 0 1077 0 911 0 746 0 1332 0 714 0 1196 0 812 0 1226 0 940 0 192 0 284 0 284 0 230 0 277 20 371 30 305 27 318 35 310 22 76 19 1818 104 1830 138 1962 175 1835 116 2028 206 367 0 369 0 462 0 626 0 1033 0 540 0 709 0 980 0 1044 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 14 0 0 91 0 107 12 119 0 72 9 81 0 69 4 73 0 33 5 38 0 39 6 45 2 0 0 24 0 0 0 16 2 0 0 30 7 0 0 63 6 0 0 47 15 0 0 63 14 0 0 63 18 0 0 89 0 29 6 35 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 2 0 0 61 7 0 0 44 13 0 0 71 19 0 0 73 6 0 0 79 0 133 29 162 0 57 10 67 0 133 13 146 0 87 4 91 0 166 11 177 0 72 6 78 0 122 14 136 0 65 10 75 0 146 15 161 0 52 4 56 0 5 3 8 0 5 2 7 0 19 0 19 0 21 3 24 0 13 0 33 2 4 0 36 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 35 2 4 0 28 0 0 0 19 14 0 0 118 23 0 0 161 31 0 0 206 25 0 0 141 20 0 0 226 0 55 2 57 0 27 4 31 0 45 11 56 0 34 2 36 0 104 14 118 0 39 5 44 0 83 11 94 0 113 28 141 0 104 8 112 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 24 42 34 46 39 47 60 64 63 26 18 22 21 23 19 0 33 30 20 100 100 92 43 40 50 45 34 57 24 59 47 52 41 47 39 51 27 16 10 28 34 45 48 39 47 42 76 27 37 43 36 47 49 32 46 24 42 31 48 49 39 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 64 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 5BN ML 2007 5BN TT 2004 5BN TT 2005 5BN TT 2006 5BN TT 2007 5BN TT 2008 5BN GV 2004 5BN GV 2005 5BN TT 2004 5BN TT 2005 5BN TT 2006 5BS 2004 5BS 2005 5BS 2006 5BS 2007 5BS 2008 5BS 2004 5BS 2005 5BS 2006 5BS 2007 5BS 2007 5BS 2008 5BS 2008 5BS HM 2004 5BS HM 2005 5BS HM 2006 5BS MM 2004 5BS MM 2005 5BS MM 2006 6A 2004 6A 2005 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6A 2005 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6A/19A/21 VV 2004 6A/19A/21 VV 2005 6A/19A/21 VV 2006 6A/19A/21 VV 2007 6A/19A/21 VV 2004 6A/19A/21 VV 2005 6A/19A/21 VV 2006 6A/19A/21 VV 2007 6AN/6AS 2004 6AN/6AW 2007 6AW 2004 6AW 2004 6AW 2005 6AW 2006 6AW 2007 6AW 2008 6B 2005 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 7E 2004 7E 2005 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds ALS 10/19-10/25 300 ALS 10/15-10/21 140 ALS 10/14-10/20 140 ALS 10/20-10/26 140 ALS 10/19-10/25 100 ALS 10/17-10/23 125 AE 10/15-10/21 15 AE 10/14-10/20 20 AE 10/15-10/21 25 AE 10/14-10/20 20 AE 10/20-10/26 70 B 11/19-11/25 200 B 11/18-11/24 175 B 11/24-11/30 255 B 11/23-11/29 350 B 11/28-12/04 350 ALS 12/03-12/09 400 ALS 12/02-12/08 475 ALS 12/01-12/07 520 ALS 10/19-10/25 625 ALS 11/30-12/06 550 ALS 10/17-10/23 625 ALS 12/12-12/18 420 ALS 10/15-10/21 325 ALS 10/14-10/20 400 ALS 10/20-10/26 430 ALS 10/15-10/21 180 ALS 10/14-10/20 180 ALS 10/20-10/26 190 B 11/19-11/25 815 B 11/18-11/24 750 B 11/24-11/30 860 B 11/23-11/29 860 B 11/28-12/04 950 ALS 12/02-12/08 485 ALS 12/01-12/07 535 ALS 11/30-12/06 700 ALS 12/05-12/11 845 ALS 10/15-10/21 30 ALS 10/14-10/20 25 ALS 10/20-10/26 25 ALS 10/19-10/25 25 AE 11/19-11/25 15 AE 11/18-11/24 5 AE 11/24-11/30 10 AE 11/23-11/29 10 ALS 12/03-12/09 505 BE 9/28-10/04 25 ALS 10/15-10/21 35 ALS 12/03-12/09 75 ALS 10/14-10/20 50 ALS 10/20-10/26 55 ALS 10/19-10/25 75 ALS 10/17-10/23 75 BE 9/30-10/05 25 B 11/19-11/25 170 B 11/18-11/24 175 B 11/24-11/30 190 B 11/23-11/29 230 B 11/28-12/04 200 ALS 12/03-12/09 340 ALS 12/02-12/08 400 ALS 12/01-12/07 400 ALS 11/30-12/06 450 ALS 12/05-12/11 450 B 11/19-11/25 380 B 11/18-11/24 460 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 401 299 39.9 287 81 140 70.4 138 67 140 100.0 135 59 140 84.7 136 54 100 92.6 95 43 125 100.0 113 90 15 8.9 15 83 20 18.1 18 62 25 21.0 23 66 20 21.2 20 244 70 16.8 70 2107 200 8.5 194 1638 175 9.0 171 1883 252 10.4 244 2033 347 12.5 339 1627 350 16.8 343 766 400 28.7 384 785 475 33.2 450 933 520 33.1 504 2100 625 21.3 609 384 549 47.4 521 1986 625 25.2 612 312 420 60.3 396 844 325 23.9 313 1077 400 29.2 400 1178 429 27.2 414 275 180 41.1 170 266 180 39.1 169 206 190 47.1 185 10448 815 6.9 795 8226 750 8.2 724 8369 858 9.0 838 7773 860 9.3 834 6144 950 13.1 921 1444 485 19.8 474 1498 533 18.5 522 1502 699 23.8 672 1245 845 35.1 817 7 30 100.0 30 10 25 100.0 19 20 25 55.0 21 17 25 76.5 21 28 15 28.6 15 24 5 8.3 5 64 10 9.4 10 50 10 14.0 10 1520 505 18.9 479 2044 25 1.0 25 180 35 13.9 35 70 75 44.3 60 144 50 21.5 50 176 55 18.8 55 137 75 32.8 75 171 75 26.9 75 949 25 2.2 25 598 174 18.6 168 552 175 15.0 169 592 190 19.8 186 715 230 21.3 224 531 200 24.9 195 392 340 48.7 319 357 400 61.1 381 357 399 51.0 388 261 448 76.2 417 308 450 80.8 423 1025 380 23.7 373 1307 460 20.8 450 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total Hunt Success 1163 0 0 124 9 133 556 0 0 35 0 35 541 0 0 16 14 30 524 0 0 28 6 34 363 0 0 30 2 32 435 0 0 31 0 31 42 9 0 0 0 9 88 9 2 0 0 11 86 9 0 5 0 14 74 10 0 2 0 12 298 20 0 6 2 28 684 92 16 0 0 108 660 65 27 0 0 92 935 102 31 0 0 133 1366 157 33 0 0 190 1447 143 37 0 0 180 1176 0 0 165 20 185 1549 0 0 234 26 260 1745 0 0 226 12 238 2092 0 0 316 29 345 1859 0 0 154 20 174 2198 0 0 274 46 320 1162 0 0 170 21 191 838 0 0 214 22 236 1210 0 0 212 24 236 1224 0 0 262 14 276 505 0 0 67 16 83 567 0 0 73 7 80 752 0 0 38 7 45 3176 291 48 0 0 339 2895 250 65 0 0 315 3268 317 134 0 0 451 3805 277 104 0 0 381 4084 340 59 0 0 399 1671 0 0 217 17 234 1975 0 0 226 23 249 2700 0 0 247 10 257 3127 0 0 299 30 329 93 0 0 3 0 3 63 0 0 10 0 10 73 0 0 6 0 6 88 0 0 8 0 8 83 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 3 40 5 0 0 0 5 48 3 0 3 0 6 1626 0 0 199 17 216 98 20 1 0 0 21 113 0 0 20 2 22 215 0 0 20 3 23 154 0 0 22 0 22 187 0 0 22 0 22 277 0 0 32 4 36 260 0 0 28 7 35 74 24 0 0 0 24 653 57 17 0 0 74 658 63 12 0 0 75 697 76 23 0 0 99 924 87 11 0 0 98 865 62 19 0 0 81 1100 0 0 112 17 129 1609 0 0 76 11 87 1530 0 0 101 12 113 1809 0 0 97 14 111 1922 0 0 80 8 88 1622 121 36 0 0 157 2093 81 29 0 0 110 CH = CHAMP Hunt DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Arizona 2009 46 25 22 25 34 27 60 61 61 60 40 56 54 55 56 52 48 58 47 57 33 52 48 75 59 67 49 47 24 43 44 54 46 43 49 48 38 40 10 53 29 38 0 60 50 60 45 84 63 38 44 40 48 47 96 44 44 53 44 42 40 23 29 27 21 42 24 65 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 7E 2006 7E 2007 7E 2008 7E 2004 7E 2005 7E 2006 7E 2007 7E 2008 7W 2004 7W 2005 7W 2006 7W 2007 7W 2008 7W 2004 7W 2005 7W 2006 7W 2007 7W 2008 8 2004 8 2004 8 2005 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 8 2004 8 2005 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 9 2004 9 2005 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 9 2004 9 2004 9 2005 9 2005 9 2006 9 2006 9 2007 9 2007 9 2008 9 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 10 2004 10 2004 10 2005 10 2005 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds B 11/24-11/30 375 B 11/23-11/29 400 B 11/28-12/04 425 ALS 10/15-10/21 340 ALS 10/14-10/20 325 ALS 10/20-10/26 220 ALS 10/19-10/25 325 ALS 10/17-10/23 325 B 11/19-11/25 475 B 11/18-11/24 400 B 11/24-11/30 400 B 11/23-11/29 450 B 11/28-12/04 450 ALS 10/15-10/21 350 ALS 10/14-10/20 400 ALS 10/20-10/26 475 ALS 10/19-10/25 500 ALS 10/17-10/23 520 BE 10/01-10/06 20 B 11/19-11/25 485 B 11/18-11/24 425 B 11/24-11/30 425 B 11/23-11/29 500 B 11/28-12/04 500 ALS 12/03-12/09 400 ALS 12/02-12/08 200 ALS 12/01-12/07 200 ALS 11/30-12/06 200 ALS 12/05-12/11 200 BE 10/06-10/12 25 BE 9/28-10/04 25 BE 9/26-10/02 25 B 11/19-11/25 255 B 11/18-11/24 280 B 11/24-11/30 265 B 11/23-11/29 300 B 11/28-12/04 275 ALS 10/15-10/21 350 ALS 12/03-12/09 350 ALS 10/14-10/20 400 ALS 12/02-12/08 400 ALS 10/20-10/26 400 ALS 12/01-12/07 400 ALS 10/19-10/25 400 ALS 11/30-12/06 400 ALS 10/17-10/23 400 ALS 12/05-12/11 400 BE 10/01-10/06 50 BE 9/30-10/05 50 BE 10/06-10/12 25 BE 9/28-10/04 25 BE 9/26-10/02 25 B 11/19-11/25 350 B 11/18-11/24 450 B 11/24-11/30 400 B 11/23-11/29 450 B 11/28-12/04 450 ALS 10/15-10/21 700 ALS 12/03-12/12 700 ALS 10/14-10/20 800 ALS 12/02-12/11 800 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 777 373 26.9 371 1037 400 27.2 398 764 425 36.6 418 386 340 45.1 334 381 325 51.2 319 225 219 52.9 214 373 325 52.5 313 304 325 60.2 305 2241 475 13.0 459 1539 400 19.0 390 1780 400 15.5 389 1757 450 18.5 437 1367 450 25.2 442 762 350 31.2 347 783 400 34.6 379 1015 475 32.7 459 1019 499 35.3 486 989 520 37.7 507 2031 22 0.8 22 2069 565 14.5 544 1825 425 15.3 409 1706 424 16.1 418 1741 500 17.5 481 1298 500 27.0 491 630 400 38.7 388 368 200 28.8 188 383 200 30.8 186 288 200 40.6 187 244 200 46.3 196 4053 25 0.5 25 4224 25 0.6 25 3955 25 0.6 25 1532 282 14.5 278 1255 280 14.4 273 1086 265 16.1 254 1194 300 16.2 295 900 275 18.9 268 508 350 41.9 334 270 350 70.7 340 601 400 45.8 386 396 400 57.6 388 638 400 42.0 397 409 400 54.8 385 665 400 37.1 374 245 398 72.7 378 584 400 41.6 385 214 400 73.4 393 6083 61 1.0 61 4855 50 1.0 48 3228 25 0.7 25 3448 27 0.6 25 1784 25 0.8 25 2018 454 13.6 437 1854 450 13.6 425 1645 399 12.9 386 1602 450 15.9 430 1181 450 22.3 441 1138 700 41.2 653 581 700 64.5 652 904 800 51.1 764 746 800 60.6 761 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 1620 113 1789 100 1810 136 1358 0 1331 0 752 0 1224 0 1263 0 2008 110 1862 86 1845 126 2034 79 2169 106 1153 0 1455 0 1637 0 1791 0 2059 0 105 18 2354 139 2009 78 1961 105 2205 114 2379 172 1594 0 798 0 784 0 809 0 890 0 85 25 84 22 102 23 1336 76 1343 109 1172 106 1380 143 1365 96 1233 0 1297 0 1574 0 1443 0 1535 0 1658 0 1499 0 1463 0 1546 0 1688 0 208 52 144 42 108 22 113 19 86 25 1791 166 2059 126 1861 108 2056 131 2089 150 2746 0 2754 0 3206 0 3877 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 27 0 0 140 37 0 0 137 28 0 0 164 0 75 17 92 0 75 10 85 0 107 8 115 0 104 14 118 0 109 6 115 48 0 0 158 50 0 0 136 46 0 0 172 37 0 0 116 23 0 0 129 0 174 21 195 0 147 15 162 0 230 33 263 0 225 36 261 0 206 30 236 0 0 0 18 28 0 0 167 22 0 0 100 21 0 0 126 43 0 0 157 27 0 0 199 0 97 15 112 0 48 4 52 0 67 4 71 0 52 0 52 0 52 6 58 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 23 9 0 0 85 12 0 0 121 11 0 0 117 14 0 0 157 10 0 0 106 0 160 24 184 0 164 18 182 0 149 13 162 0 167 26 193 0 175 27 202 0 135 10 145 0 152 20 172 0 149 13 162 0 212 17 229 0 146 13 159 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 25 25 0 0 191 11 0 0 137 15 0 0 123 11 0 0 142 17 0 0 167 0 140 25 165 0 242 40 282 0 118 21 139 0 133 31 164 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 38 34 39 28 27 54 38 38 34 35 44 27 29 56 43 57 54 47 82 31 24 30 33 41 29 28 38 28 30 100 88 92 31 44 46 53 40 55 54 42 50 51 38 46 43 59 40 85 88 88 76 100 44 32 32 33 38 25 43 18 22 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 66 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 10 2006 10 2006 10 2007 10 2007 10 2008 10 2008 12 2004 15A/15B/ 2004 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2004 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2004 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2005 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2005 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2005 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2004 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2005 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2006 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2007 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2006 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2006 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2007 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2007 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2005 17/20A/20C WS 2005 17/20A/20C WS 2005 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2004 17/20A/20C WS 2005 17/20A/20C WS 2005 17/20A/20C WS 2005 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2008 19A 2004 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2007 19A 2008 19A 2008 21 2004 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Hunter Days Bull Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total Hunt Success ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS AE 10/20-10/26 12/01-12/07 10/19-10/25 11/30-12/06 10/17-10/23 12/05-12/14 9/24-10/07 800 800 600 600 600 600 20 841 559 646 289 555 286 46 800 800 600 599 600 600 20 54.3 68.7 51.7 85.8 55.5 93.7 39.1 770 757 574 568 576 567 16 3376 3839 2500 2956 2595 2938 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 163 136 156 120 170 0 22 15 24 18 13 12 0 169 178 160 174 133 182 0 22 24 28 31 23 32 0 AE 10/01-10/17 20 287 20 5.9 20 91 13 0 0 0 13 65 AE 11/05-11/21 20 71 20 16.9 20 146 3 0 3 0 6 30 AE 12/03-12/19 30 116 30 14.7 30 192 12 3 9 0 24 80 AE 9/30-10/16 30 338 30 5.6 30 134 20 0 1 0 21 70 AE 11/04-11/20 40 44 40 20.5 38 290 13 0 8 0 21 55 AE 12/02-12/18 60 140 60 25.7 58 396 28 0 4 0 32 55 B 10/03-10/16 60 192 60 19.3 60 330 45 0 0 0 45 75 ALS 10/01-10/17 65 45 65 82.2 63 332 0 0 23 2 25 40 ALS 9/30-10/16 80 67 80 65.7 76 473 0 0 20 4 24 32 ALS 10/20-12/17 400 133 398 98.5 379 3578 0 0 77 14 91 24 ALS 10/19-12/16 400 127 398 100.0 392 4243 0 0 70 11 81 21 ALS 10/03-10/16 100 8 100 100.0 89 489 0 0 9 2 11 12 ALS 10/17-12/14 500 103 500 99.0 462 5351 0 0 70 15 85 18 AE 10/06-10/19 60 358 60 9.2 56 235 44 0 2 2 48 86 AE 10/20-12/17 200 781 200 15.7 193 1945 44 7 22 0 73 38 AE 10/05-10/18 60 255 60 12.5 60 375 32 0 3 0 35 58 AE 10/19-12/16 200 648 195 16.8 191 1959 57 2 7 4 70 37 AE 10/17-12/14 250 518 250 30.1 233 2476 60 6 19 0 85 36 2 6 3 5 2 3 3 3 0 4 1 2 7 9 16 11 20 9 5 9 0 5 0 5 3 4 0 5 18 40 20 28 10 15 60 60 0 40 10 25 70 60 84 55 50 36 20 23 0 10 0 11 19 8 – 100 ALS 10/01-10/17 15 ALS 11/05-11/21 15 ALS 12/03-12/19 15 ALS 9/30-10/16 20 ALS 11/04-11/20 20 ALS 12/02-12/18 20 AE 10/01-10/17 5 AE 11/05-11/21 5 AE 12/03-12/19 5 AE 9/30-10/16 10 AE 11/04-11/20 10 AE 12/02-12/18 10 B 11/19-11/25 10 B 11/18-11/24 15 B 11/24-11/30 20 B 11/23-11/29 20 B 11/28-12/04 40 ALS 10/15-10/24 25 ALS 12/03-12/12 25 ALS 10/14-10/23 40 ALS 12/02-12/11 20 ALS 10/20-10/26 50 ALS 12/01-12/07 20 ALS 10/19-10/25 50 ALS 11/30-12/06 20 ALS 10/17-10/23 50 ALS 12/05-12/14 40 BE 10/01-10/06 5 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless 6 0 2 6 0 6 15 10 9 26 14 2 111 136 74 76 110 31 9 33 11 22 10 39 14 20 7 332 AE = Any Elk 15 83.3 11 15 – 15 15 100.0 15 20 100.0 18 20 – 20 20 100.0 20 5 33.3 5 5 30.0 5 5 11.1 3 10 7.7 10 10 28.6 10 10 100.0 8 10 6.3 10 15 7.4 15 20 13.5 19 20 11.8 20 40 25.5 40 25 64.5 25 25 100.0 25 40 72.7 40 20 72.7 20 50 100.0 50 20 100.0 13 50 79.5 45 20 78.6 16 50 100.0 50 40 100.0 0 6 1.5 5 CN = Camp Navajo 66 0 108 0 83 0 88 0 142 0 147 0 47 3 37 3 17 0 80 4 76 1 42 0 37 7 64 9 64 13 67 9 174 18 86 0 88 0 207 0 106 0 217 0 37 0 218 0 49 0 252 0 0 0 11 5 CH = CHAMP Hunt 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Arizona 2009 67 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 21 2006 21 2008 21 2007 21 2008 22 2004 22 MZ 2004 22 MZ 2005 22N 2004 22N 2005 22N 2006 22N 2007 22N 2008 22N 2005 22N 2005 22N 2006 22N 2006 22N 2007 22N 2007 22N 2008 22N 2008 22N 2004 22N 2005 22N 2006 22N 2007 22N 2008 22S 2005 22S 2005 22S 2005 22S 2006 22S 2007 22S 2008 22S 2004 22S 2005 22S 2006 22S 2007 22S 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23 2008 23 CC 2004 23 CC 2004 23 CC 2004 23 CC 2004 23 CC 2005 23 CC 2005 23 CC 2005 23 CC 2005 23 CC 2006 23 CC 2006 23 CC 2006 23 CC 2006 23 CC 2007 23 CC 2007 23 CC 2007 23 CC 2007 23 CC 2008 23 CC 2008 23 CC 2008 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds BE 10/06-10/12 5 BE 9/26-10/02 5 B 11/30-12/06 5 B 11/28-12/04 10 B 12/10-12/16 175 B 10/22-10/28 5 B 10/21-10/27 10 BE 10/01-10/06 30 BE 9/30-10/05 30 BE 10/06-10/12 30 BE 9/28-10/04 30 BE 9/26-10/02 30 B 12/02-12/08 100 B 12/09-12/15 130 B 12/01-12/07 150 B 12/08-12/14 220 B 11/30-12/06 300 B 12/08-12/14 320 B 11/28-12/04 350 B 12/05-12/11 400 ALS 10/22-10/28 85 ALS 10/21-10/27 85 ALS 10/20-10/26 130 ALS 10/19-10/25 225 ALS 10/17-10/23 225 BE 9/30-10/05 30 B 12/02-12/08 50 B 12/09-12/15 30 B 12/01-12/07 30 B 11/30-12/06 30 B 11/28-12/04 30 ALS 10/22-10/28 15 ALS 10/21-10/27 15 ALS 10/20-10/26 15 ALS 10/19-10/25 15 ALS 10/17-10/23 30 B 12/03-12/09 100 B 12/02-12/08 120 B 12/01-12/07 150 B 11/30-12/06 200 B 11/28-12/04 150 B 12/05-12/11 150 ALS 8/06-8/09 8 ALS 8/13-8/16 8 ALS 9/03-9/06 8 ALS 9/10-9/13 8 ALS 8/05-8/08 8 ALS 8/12-8/15 8 ALS 9/02-9/05 8 ALS 9/09-9/12 8 ALS 8/11-8/14 8 ALS 8/18-8/21 8 ALS 9/08-9/11 8 ALS 9/15-9/18 8 ALS 8/10-8/13 8 ALS 8/17-8/20 8 ALS 9/07-9/10 8 ALS 9/14-9/17 8 ALS 8/08-8/11 8 ALS 8/15-8/18 8 ALS 9/05-9/08 8 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 221 5 2.3 5 146 5 2.7 5 80 5 6.3 0 24 10 12.5 10 1211 204 9.7 200 50 6 8.0 5 38 10 18.4 10 1378 31 1.7 31 1106 30 1.8 30 1251 30 1.8 30 1213 30 2.0 30 959 30 2.4 30 696 100 10.2 97 306 130 13.7 121 716 150 11.7 150 495 220 21.0 214 807 300 23.7 288 393 320 36.1 307 629 350 31.3 332 546 400 43.0 385 219 85 23.3 83 269 85 22.7 83 272 130 29.4 126 319 225 47.3 220 355 225 42.3 221 90 30 10.0 30 34 50 32.4 48 41 30 29.3 30 168 30 12.5 28 67 30 20.9 28 56 30 32.1 28 17 15 52.9 15 12 15 41.7 15 18 15 27.8 14 9 15 77.8 15 29 30 48.3 30 847 117 9.0 113 866 120 8.4 116 728 150 10.7 144 756 200 12.6 194 570 150 16.5 142 224 150 25.0 143 13 8 46.2 8 6 8 83.3 8 7 8 100.0 8 4 8 100.0 8 23 8 30.4 8 1 8 100.0 8 8 8 75.0 5 33 8 21.2 8 22 8 36.4 8 4 8 50.0 8 12 8 25.0 8 7 8 42.9 8 22 8 36.4 8 2 8 50.0 7 8 8 62.5 8 15 8 40.0 8 9 8 33.3 6 2 8 50.0 6 6 8 50.0 5 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 9 5 8 5 0 0 50 6 825 110 20 2 53 3 80 28 86 26 87 27 81 29 90 26 347 64 490 61 630 73 949 92 1358 102 1388 104 1451 95 1819 87 272 0 273 0 390 0 820 0 771 0 112 26 186 18 117 23 106 14 124 9 99 15 55 0 54 0 30 0 53 0 116 0 458 59 512 58 671 49 822 84 628 73 665 54 16 0 24 0 18 0 13 0 12 0 19 0 5 0 19 0 11 0 17 0 14 0 8 0 17 0 19 0 23 0 24 0 16 0 21 0 5 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 119 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 26 3 0 0 67 4 0 0 65 6 0 0 79 15 0 0 107 12 0 0 114 13 0 0 117 13 0 0 108 35 0 0 122 0 50 2 52 0 47 6 53 0 70 8 78 0 71 9 80 0 121 14 135 2 0 0 28 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 23 2 0 0 16 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 7 1 8 0 2 2 4 0 10 3 13 4 0 0 63 2 0 0 60 2 0 0 51 4 0 0 88 3 0 0 76 0 0 0 54 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 6 0 8 0 8 0 5 0 5 0 7 1 8 0 8 0 8 0 4 0 4 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 100 100 – 60 60 40 30 90 87 90 97 87 69 54 53 50 40 38 33 32 63 64 62 36 61 93 38 77 57 32 61 0 27 57 27 43 56 52 35 45 54 38 50 25 38 63 75 0 100 75 100 63 100 100 50 57 38 75 50 0 100 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 68 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 23 CC 2008 23N 2004 23N 2005 23N 2006 23N 2007 23N 2008 23N 2004 23N 2004 23N 2005 23N 2005 23N 2006 23N 2006 23N 2007 23N 2008 23S 2006 23S 2004 23S 2004 23S 2005 23S 2005 23S 2006 23S 2006 23S 2007 23S 2007 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24A 2004 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 27 2004 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 M 2007 27 M 2008 27 M 2007 27 M 2008 27S 2005 27S 2006 27S 2007 27S 2008 28/31 2004 28/31 2004 28/31 2005 28/31 2005 28/31/32 2006 28/31/32 2006 28/31/32 2006 28/31/32 2007 28/31/32 2007 28/31/32 2007 28/31/32 2008 28/31/32 2008 28/31/32 2008 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds ALS 9/12-9/15 8 BE 10/01-10/06 20 BE 9/30-10/05 20 BE 10/06-10/12 20 BE 9/28-10/04 20 BE 9/26-10/02 15 ALS 10/22-10/28 30 ALS 12/10-12/16 90 ALS 10/21-10/27 30 ALS 12/09-12/15 90 ALS 10/27-11/02 30 ALS 12/15-12/21 90 ALS 12/07-12/13 100 ALS 10/17-10/23 120 BE 10/06-10/12 15 ALS 10/22-10/28 20 ALS 12/10-12/16 20 ALS 10/21-10/27 20 ALS 12/09-12/15 20 ALS 10/27-11/02 20 ALS 12/15-12/21 20 ALS 10/26-11/01 20 ALS 12/07-12/13 20 ALS 12/01-12/12 7 ALS 12/01-12/12 10 ALS 11/30-12/11 10 ALS 11/28-12/09 10 AE 12/01-12/12 5 AE 12/01-12/12 3 AE 12/01-12/12 5 AE 12/01-12/12 5 AE 12/01-12/12 5 BE 10/01-10/06 25 BE 10/06-10/12 25 BE 9/28-10/04 25 BE 9/26-10/02 25 B 11/19-11/25 350 B 11/18-11/24 350 B 11/24-11/30 350 B 11/23-11/29 350 B 11/28-12/04 400 ALS 10/22-10/25 175 ALS 10/21-10/24 140 ALS 10/27-11/02 70 ALS 10/26-11/01 150 ALS 10/17-10/23 170 ALS 8/17-8/23 30 ALS 8/15-8/21 30 AE 8/17-8/23 20 AE 8/15-8/21 20 ALS 8/19-8/25 50 ALS 8/18-8/24 75 ALS 8/17-8/23 50 ALS 8/15-8/21 50 ALS 10/01-11/14 10 ALS 11/19-12/31 10 ALS 9/30-11/13 10 ALS 11/18-12/31 10 ALS 10/06-11/02 15 ALS 11/03-11/30 15 ALS 12/01-12/31 15 ALS 10/05-11/01 15 ALS 11/02-11/29 25 ALS 11/30-12/31 25 ALS 10/03-10/30 15 ALS 10/31-11/29 25 ALS 11/28-12/29 25 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 9 8 44.4 8 1173 20 1.4 20 1173 20 1.7 20 1157 20 1.2 20 1511 20 1.3 20 1090 15 1.3 15 92 30 19.6 30 141 90 36.2 87 114 30 21.1 30 89 90 38.2 83 119 30 18.5 25 100 90 44.0 88 126 100 38.1 89 152 120 50.0 113 385 15 1.6 14 33 20 27.3 17 6 20 100.0 16 25 20 12.0 20 38 20 28.9 16 7 20 14.3 20 14 20 42.9 19 21 20 33.3 17 6 20 100.0 16 2 7 50.0 7 4 10 100.0 10 1 10 100.0 7 1 10 100.0 10 62 5 8.1 5 21 3 14.3 3 26 5 11.5 5 17 5 17.6 5 9 5 33.3 5 1485 32 1.1 31 2465 25 1.0 24 1328 25 1.1 25 1925 25 1.3 22 1582 397 12.9 392 1377 350 14.2 348 1211 349 12.6 336 947 348 17.3 340 1045 400 17.1 385 656 175 20.7 167 433 140 19.2 134 298 70 17.8 68 349 150 25.8 143 375 170 27.7 160 1 28 100.0 25 2 30 100.0 12 28 16 32.1 16 14 20 92.9 17 16 50 100.0 45 39 75 100.0 69 12 50 100.0 48 9 50 100.0 41 13 10 46.2 10 7 10 57.1 10 10 10 70.0 10 10 10 50.0 5 7 15 71.4 12 1 15 100.0 13 19 15 63.2 15 1 12 100.0 12 2 25 100.0 23 2 25 100.0 21 1 15 0.0 15 1 25 100.0 25 0 25 – 13 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 20 0 48 20 64 17 83 16 51 19 47 15 88 0 332 0 127 0 341 0 80 0 305 0 283 0 459 0 52 11 63 0 80 0 77 0 60 0 120 0 76 0 77 0 64 0 41 0 63 0 33 0 53 0 43 0 23 0 28 0 48 0 38 1 109 18 105 15 87 22 84 21 1746 117 1736 108 1528 99 1625 113 1751 142 528 0 435 0 273 0 580 0 647 0 101 0 66 0 59 8 60 3 160 0 257 0 191 0 174 0 83 0 140 0 160 0 70 0 30 0 145 0 173 0 129 0 127 0 152 0 99 0 167 0 46 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 15 0 19 0 19 0 38 3 41 0 7 0 7 0 25 2 27 0 10 0 10 0 39 0 39 0 35 5 40 0 46 5 51 0 0 0 11 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 7 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 21 15 0 0 132 12 0 0 120 6 0 0 105 10 0 0 123 19 0 0 161 0 51 3 54 0 25 0 25 0 34 3 37 0 59 7 66 0 71 6 77 0 3 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 4 6 10 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 75 100 85 80 95 100 63 47 23 33 40 44 45 45 79 18 25 35 25 20 21 18 0 14 30 0 0 0 0 60 0 20 58 63 88 95 34 34 31 36 42 32 19 54 46 48 12 50 50 18 27 3 21 7 20 0 0 0 100 23 0 25 17 10 0 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2009 69 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type General (continued) 28/31/32 2007 28/31/32 2008 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN DV 2004 CN DV 2005 CN DV 2006 CN DV 2007 CN DV 2008 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN DV 2004 CN DV 2005 CN DV 2006 CN DV 2007 CN DV 2008 Juniors-only 1/2C 2004 1/2C 2005 1/2C 2006 1/2C 2007 1/2C 2008 3A/3C 2008 4A 2004 4A 2005 BE = Early Bull AE AE ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE Dates 10/05-11/01 10/03-10/30 11/08-11/28 11/08-11/28 10/08-10/14 10/08-10/14 11/07-11/27 11/07-11/27 10/07-10/13 10/07-10/13 11/24-12/07 11/24-12/07 9/29-10/05 9/29-10/05 11/23-12/06 11/23-12/06 9/28-10/04 9/28-10/04 9/26-10/02 9/26-10/02 11/21-12/11 11/21-12/11 10/15-10/21 10/14-10/20 10/20-10/26 10/19-10/25 10/17-10/23 10/08-10/14 10/08-10/14 10/22-10/28 10/22-10/28 10/07-10/13 10/07-10/13 10/21-10/27 10/21-10/27 9/29-10/05 9/29-10/05 10/27-11/02 10/27-11/02 9/28-10/04 9/28-10/04 10/26-11/01 10/26-11/01 9/26-10/02 9/26-10/02 10/24-10/30 10/24-10/30 10/15-10/21 10/14-10/20 10/20-10/26 10/19-10/25 10/17-10/23 Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds 10 10 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 5 2 35 5 14 14 14 14 14 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 7 7 7 7 7 ALS 10/15-10/18 150 ALS 10/14-10/17 150 ALS 10/20-10/26 65 ALS 10/19-10/25 160 ALS 10/17-10/23 160 ALS 10/17-10/23 250 ALS 10/22-10/27 200 ALS 10/21-10/26 275 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless 43 34 19 21 0 3 18 17 0 5 15 7 1 1 14 12 3 1 0 4 9 12 5 3 5 7 4 36 32 22 17 45 48 45 27 51 16 29 10 57 33 36 8 48 42 27 7 37 34 33 30 34 10 10 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 35 5 5 2 5 2 35 5 14 14 14 14 14 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 7 7 7 7 7 9.3 14.7 100.0 19.0 – 66.7 100.0 23.5 – 0.0 100.0 42.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 41.7 66.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 41.7 60.0 100.0 40.0 57.1 50.0 13.9 6.3 63.6 11.8 8.9 4.2 31.1 0.0 9.8 6.3 44.8 10.0 8.8 6.1 30.6 12.5 8.3 4.8 55.6 14.3 18.9 20.6 18.2 20.0 20.6 Hunters Hunter Days 10 10 33 5 5 2 35 5 4 2 32 5 5 2 35 4 5 1 5 2 31 5 14 14 12 13 14 5 2 24 2 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 4 2 23 4 5 2 21 4 4 7 6 7 7 64 40 142 10 7 6 216 18 13 4 105 23 18 8 120 8 15 5 23 9 116 22 82 56 40 46 61 20 5 61 12 18 6 106 22 15 4 105 12 12 4 100 15 13 4 98 15 11 34 25 25 33 479 150 26.1 146 444 150 25.9 144 414 65 10.6 56 592 160 21.3 158 492 160 27.6 156 270 250 46.3 246 437 200 33.6 194 419 275 41.3 256 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Bull 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 2 1 0 6 2 5 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 3 4 0 2 6 0 342 0 366 0 154 0 419 0 352 0 793 0 546 0 762 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 10 2 3 2 8 3 2 0 15 3 5 0 20 3 3 1 0 2 20 2 3 3 6 7 4 3 1 7 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunt Success 6 5 10 2 3 2 8 3 2 1 17 3 5 2 22 3 3 1 3 2 22 4 5 5 8 7 4 5 2 20 2 3 0 16 2 5 2 9 4 3 2 5 1 5 2 4 4 4 6 4 6 2 60 50 30 40 60 100 23 60 50 50 53 60 100 100 63 75 60 100 60 100 71 80 36 36 67 54 29 100 100 83 100 60 0 64 50 100 100 36 100 75 100 22 25 100 100 19 100 100 86 67 86 29 0 94 9 103 0 71 15 86 0 48 0 48 0 116 14 130 0 103 6 109 0 111 9 120 0 112 10 122 0 83 31 114 DV = Disabled Veteran 71 60 86 82 70 49 63 45 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 70 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Juniors-only (continued) 4A 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 220 4A 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 220 4A 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 100 6AN/6AS 2004 ALS 10/15-10/18 575 6AN/6AS 2005 ALS 10/14-10/17 635 6AN/6AS 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 765 6AN/6AS 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 765 6AN/6AS 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 765 22N 2007 ALS 10/12-10/18 20 22N 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 30 23N 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 20 23S 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 30 27 2004 ALS 10/15-10/18 100 27 2005 ALS 10/14-10/17 100 27 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 95 Muzzleloader 1/2B/2C 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 40 1/2B/2C 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 40 3A/3C 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 30 3B 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 30 3B 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 20 3B 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 20 3B 2008 BE 11/28-12/04 150 3B 2008 ALS 12/12-12/31 250 4A 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 10 4B 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 40 4B 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 40 4B 2004 ALS 10/22-10/27 250 4B 2005 ALS 10/21-10/26 225 4B 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 175 4B 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 175 5BN 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 40 5BS 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 30 6A 2004 BE 11/12-11/17 300 6A 2005 BE 11/11-11/16 425 6A 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 50 6A 2006 BE 11/17-11/23 390 6A 2007 BE 11/16-11/22 390 6A 2008 BE 11/14-11/20 450 6A 2004 ALS 11/12-11/17 360 6A 2005 ALS 11/11-11/16 300 6A 2006 ALS 11/17-11/23 250 6A 2007 ALS 11/16-11/22 325 6A 2008 ALS 11/14-11/20 200 6AS 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 6B 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 8 2004 ALS 10/15-10/21 200 8 2005 ALS 10/14-10/20 200 8 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 150 8 2007 ALS 9/28-10/04 150 8 2008 ALS 9/26-10/02 150 16A 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 3 16A 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 3 16A 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 3 16A 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 3 16A 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 3 21 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 5 21 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 5 22S 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 20 22S 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 40 22S 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 40 23S 2004 BE 10/01-10/06 20 23S 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 15 27 2005 BE 9/30-10/05 25 CN 2004 BE 9/24-10/01 10 CN 2004 BE 9/24-10/01 3 CN 2007 ALSS 10/05-10/11 25 BE = Early Bull B = Bull ALS = Antlerless 425 429 227 1559 1466 1581 1868 1708 67 96 61 24 193 133 160 220 220 100 575 636 762 761 765 20 30 20 30 100 100 95 37.2 36.4 39.2 33.5 37.8 40.5 35.0 39.4 16.4 28.1 27.9 70.8 32.1 51.9 29.4 Hunters Hunter Days 214 207 96 567 625 739 720 739 18 30 18 21 89 98 91 679 635 264 1424 1713 2170 2046 2200 76 83 63 94 243 298 283 1561 40 2.0 40 1515 40 2.0 40 1295 30 2.1 30 546 34 4.6 34 251 20 4.4 20 310 20 1.9 20 95 150 63.2 139 51 250 100.0 231 333 10 2.7 10 631 42 4.3 42 281 40 10.3 39 207 250 61.8 240 248 225 59.7 213 149 175 62.4 171 177 175 63.8 170 747 40 2.8 39 838 32 3.1 32 1558 335 14.1 329 1705 425 17.0 412 1358 50 3.2 50 1175 390 16.3 375 1566 390 15.7 385 1496 450 20.3 430 346 360 38.7 340 288 300 41.7 281 328 250 37.8 231 294 325 37.8 320 242 200 32.6 195 688 25 2.2 24 277 25 5.8 25 250 200 52.4 192 290 200 42.4 190 181 150 43.1 139 263 150 34.2 144 237 150 38.8 146 39 3 5.1 3 31 3 9.7 3 14 3 7.1 0 24 3 4.2 3 13 3 7.7 3 125 5 2.4 5 89 5 3.4 5 144 20 5.6 20 172 40 12.2 37 161 40 15.5 40 331 26 4.8 24 272 15 3.7 15 791 25 2.3 25 31 10 29.0 10 28 3 10.7 3 0 25 – 23 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Bull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185 24 139 39 113 26 150 27 86 13 87 13 676 21 1267 0 37 5 176 20 168 18 983 0 876 0 711 0 690 0 150 31 86 32 1297 152 1740 151 229 34 1571 139 1674 125 1952 131 1362 0 1121 0 997 0 1302 0 843 0 93 21 125 14 729 0 852 0 617 0 619 0 593 0 3 3 18 2 0 0 14 0 12 2 18 5 16 5 92 11 181 15 166 21 118 14 68 10 110 9 40 4 6 3 85 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harvest Cow Calf Total 80 93 49 291 276 355 391 285 7 19 11 6 35 29 49 7 0 7 48 20 40 45 68 0 2 0 0 9 2 6 Hunt Success 87 93 56 339 296 395 436 353 7 21 11 6 44 31 55 41 45 58 60 47 53 61 48 39 70 61 29 49 32 60 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 17 0 0 38 0 95 10 105 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 18 0 51 4 55 0 24 2 26 0 40 0 40 0 44 4 48 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 32 19 0 0 171 29 0 0 180 0 0 0 34 30 0 0 169 44 0 0 169 38 0 0 169 0 112 9 121 0 86 17 103 0 68 2 70 0 89 15 104 0 66 7 73 1 0 0 22 1 0 0 15 0 69 15 84 0 41 9 50 0 51 3 54 0 55 16 71 0 70 18 88 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 24 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 10 DV = Disabled Veteran 60 98 87 79 65 65 27 45 70 48 46 23 12 23 28 79 100 52 44 68 45 44 39 36 37 30 33 37 92 60 44 26 39 49 60 100 67 – 0 67 100 100 55 41 60 58 67 36 50 100 43 Hunt Arizona 2009 71 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Harvest Hunt Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunter Dates Hunters Type Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days Bull Spike Cow Calf Total Muzzleloader (continued) CN 2004 ALS 9/24-10/01 25 5 25 100.0 25 120 0 0 10 0 10 CN 2004 ALS 9/24-10/01 5 4 5 75.0 5 12 0 0 3 0 3 CN 2005 ALS 9/23-9/30 25 1 25 100.0 22 108 0 0 6 0 6 CN 2005 ALS 9/23-9/30 5 4 5 0.0 5 20 0 0 1 0 1 CN 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 25 0 25 – 20 95 0 0 2 0 2 CN 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 5 4 5 100.0 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2007 ALS 10/05-10/11 5 3 5 66.7 5 30 0 0 1 0 1 CN 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 25 5 25 100.0 25 120 0 0 5 0 5 CN 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 5 8 5 37.5 5 33 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2005 AE 9/23-9/30 10 49 10 16.3 10 53 0 0 3 0 3 CN 2005 AE 9/23-9/30 3 60 3 5.0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2006 AE 10/06-10/12 10 31 10 32.3 10 47 3 3 3 0 9 CN 2006 AE 10/06-10/12 3 12 3 25.0 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2007 AE 10/05-10/11 10 24 10 25.0 10 39 3 0 1 1 5 CN 2007 AE 10/05-10/11 3 12 3 25.0 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2008 AE 10/10-10/16 10 27 10 25.9 10 50 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2008 AE 10/10-10/16 3 14 3 7.1 3 8 2 0 0 0 2 Archery 1 2004 B 9/17-9/30 150 2647 170 5.2 170 1420 76 0 0 0 76 1 2005 B 9/16-9/29 150 2344 150 5.1 150 1083 93 2 0 0 95 1 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 250 213 250 42.3 236 1519 0 0 63 2 65 1 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 325 202 325 48.0 317 2022 0 0 77 4 81 1/2B/2C 2006 B 9/22-10/05 150 2614 150 4.6 150 1214 70 0 0 0 70 1/2B/2C 2007 B 9/14-9/27 150 2847 150 3.9 144 1285 80 2 0 0 82 1/2B/2C 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 2241 150 5.3 148 1218 73 4 0 0 77 1/2B/2C 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 24 25 37.5 25 168 5 5 0 0 10 1/2B/2C 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 170 137 170 27.0 168 1026 0 0 41 6 47 1/2B/2C 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 51 50 9.8 50 308 0 0 10 2 12 1/2B/2C 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 62 75 30.6 73 520 0 0 10 0 10 3A/3C 2004 B 9/17-9/30 50 960 54 4.8 54 406 38 0 0 0 38 3A/3C 2005 B 9/16-9/29 90 1392 90 5.5 90 667 67 0 0 0 67 3A/3C 2006 B 9/22-10/05 100 1463 100 5.5 100 770 63 0 0 0 63 3A/3C 2007 B 9/14-9/27 100 1722 100 3.8 97 838 55 5 0 0 60 3A/3C 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 1647 150 7.0 150 1271 86 0 0 0 86 3A/3C 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 10 25 100.0 25 194 6 0 0 0 6 3A/3C 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 50 64 50 37.5 47 260 0 0 10 3 13 3A/3C 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 50 34 50 61.8 50 326 0 0 6 3 9 3A/3C 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 70 40 70 55.0 65 406 0 0 19 2 21 3A/3C 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 70 42 70 42.9 65 427 0 0 14 2 16 3A/3C 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 70 32 70 50.0 68 399 0 0 7 2 9 3B 2004 B 9/17-9/30 25 178 28 9.6 26 215 22 2 0 0 24 3B 2005 B 9/16-9/29 25 239 25 5.9 25 250 8 0 0 0 8 3B 2006 B 9/22-10/05 25 171 25 8.8 25 175 13 0 0 0 13 3B 2007 B 9/14-9/27 25 231 25 7.4 25 203 15 0 0 0 15 3B 2008 B 9/12-9/25 75 251 75 18.3 74 642 38 0 0 0 38 3B 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 11 25 63.6 25 196 6 0 0 0 6 3B 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 15 17 15 47.1 15 128 0 0 0 0 0 3B 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 15 3 15 33.3 15 98 0 0 2 2 4 3B 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 15 4 15 100.0 15 101 0 0 3 0 3 3B 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 15 22 15 31.8 15 94 0 0 2 0 2 3B 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 25 8 25 87.5 25 221 0 0 2 0 2 4A 2004 B 9/17-9/30 125 1065 129 9.1 127 925 46 0 0 0 46 4A 2005 B 9/16-9/29 150 1111 150 11.3 150 994 76 5 0 0 81 4A 2006 B 9/22-10/05 175 1269 175 11.3 171 1434 56 2 0 0 58 4A 2007 B 9/14-9/27 175 1242 175 11.0 171 1411 58 6 0 0 64 4A 2008 B 9/12-9/25 225 1179 225 13.5 219 1783 94 2 0 0 96 4A 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 19 25 100.0 19 106 0 6 0 0 6 4A 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 200 210 200 32.9 198 1142 0 0 78 8 86 4A 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 300 202 300 57.9 294 1969 0 0 76 6 82 4A 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 295 152 295 55.9 289 1972 0 0 64 2 66 4A 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 80 39 80 17.9 74 392 0 0 36 2 38 BE = Early Bull B = Bull ALS = Antlerless AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo CH = CHAMP Hunt DV = Disabled Veteran Unit Year Hunt Success 40 60 27 20 10 0 20 20 0 30 0 90 0 50 0 0 67 45 63 28 26 47 57 52 40 28 24 14 70 74 63 62 57 24 28 18 32 25 13 92 32 52 60 51 24 0 27 20 13 8 36 54 34 37 44 32 43 28 23 51 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 72 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Archery (continued) 4A 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 80 4B 2004 B 9/17-9/30 125 4B 2005 B 9/16-9/29 150 4B 2006 B 9/22-10/05 150 4B 2007 B 9/14-9/27 150 4B 2008 B 9/12-9/25 200 4B 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 4B 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 100 4B 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 75 4B 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 50 4B 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 4B 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 50 4B/5A WI 2004 ALS 9/01-9/30 5 4B/5A WI 2004 ALS 9/17-10/14 10 4B/5A WI 2004 ALS 10/01-10/31 5 4B/5A WI 2004 ALS 10/14-11/14 10 4B/5A WI 2005 ALS 9/01-9/29 5 4B/5A WI 2005 ALS 9/16-10/13 10 4B/5A WI 2005 ALS 9/30-10/31 5 4B/5A WI 2005 ALS 10/14-11/13 10 4B/5A WI 2004 AE 9/01-9/30 5 4B/5A WI 2004 AE 10/01-10/31 5 4B/5A WI 2005 AE 9/01-9/30 5 4B/5A WI 2005 AE 9/30-10/31 5 5A 2004 B 9/17-9/30 80 5A 2005 B 9/16-9/29 145 5A 2006 B 9/22-10/05 90 5A 2007 B 9/14-9/27 140 5A 2008 B 9/12-9/25 110 5A 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 5A 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 250 5A 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 300 5A 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 220 5A 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 5A 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 135 5BN 2004 B 9/17-9/30 200 5BN 2005 B 9/16-9/29 200 5BN 2006 B 9/22-10/05 200 5BN 2007 B 9/14-9/27 125 5BN 2008 B 9/12-9/25 175 5BN 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 5BN 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 175 5BN 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 250 5BN 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 200 5BN 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 100 5BN 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 100 5BS 2004 B 9/17-9/30 125 5BS 2005 B 9/16-9/29 150 5BS 2006 B 9/22-10/05 195 5BS 2007 B 9/14-9/27 200 5BS 2008 B 9/12-9/25 200 5BS 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 5BS 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 250 5BS 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 350 5BS 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 360 5BS 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 5BS 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 200 6A 2008 B 11/21-11/27 25 6A/19A/21 VV 2007 ALSS 9/14-9/27 30 6A/19A/21 VV 2004 ALS 9/17-9/30 10 6A/19A/21 VV 2005 ALS 9/16-9/29 20 6A/19A/21 VV 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 20 6A/19A/21 VV 2004 AE 9/17-9/30 5 6A/19A/21 VV 2005 AE 9/16-9/29 10 6A/19A/21 VV 2006 AE 9/22-10/05 15 6A/19A/21 VV 2007 AE 9/14-9/27 15 6AN 2004 B 9/17-9/30 80 BE = Early Bull B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 36 80 25.0 74 458 133 14.8 131 417 150 14.9 150 390 150 15.1 144 416 151 14.7 146 372 200 26.6 196 11 25 100.0 23 34 100 58.8 96 17 75 100.0 65 24 50 70.8 50 24 50 37.5 50 15 50 73.3 50 1 5 0.0 0 2 10 100.0 10 0 7 – 7 0 10 – 10 3 5 100.0 5 0 10 – 10 0 5 – 5 0 10 – 6 7 5 42.9 3 7 5 42.9 0 4 5 75.0 5 0 5 – 5 1003 94 8.8 88 1023 145 9.9 145 949 90 7.3 90 1164 140 9.5 138 911 110 10.3 107 2 25 100.0 22 176 250 36.9 241 160 300 65.6 283 166 220 48.2 216 158 200 35.4 195 121 135 37.2 128 944 215 15.0 209 858 200 14.8 195 1030 200 11.3 198 797 125 11.9 123 797 174 13.9 172 7 25 100.0 25 56 175 69.6 163 99 250 69.7 240 71 200 74.6 196 55 100 38.2 98 33 100 42.4 100 1389 133 7.7 133 1450 150 8.4 150 1742 195 8.6 193 2111 200 7.8 197 1796 200 8.7 197 20 25 30.0 25 246 250 29.3 250 217 350 44.7 343 291 359 33.7 348 192 200 27.6 198 178 200 32.6 193 17 25 35.3 25 0 30 – 28 0 10 – 7 0 20 – 16 0 20 – 17 11 5 18.2 5 3 10 100.0 10 27 15 29.6 15 16 15 43.8 15 791 91 8.5 91 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 554 0 1106 37 1220 52 1270 22 1314 44 1747 57 153 0 724 0 438 0 324 0 336 0 333 0 0 0 20 0 47 0 60 0 43 0 58 0 15 0 26 0 16 0 0 0 58 0 8 0 572 44 1100 78 734 35 1126 28 868 49 150 3 1591 0 1842 0 1354 0 1332 0 919 0 1707 48 1674 57 1490 64 1039 31 1484 69 180 2 1126 0 1697 0 1301 0 774 0 815 0 956 51 1104 84 1581 59 1381 87 1781 74 205 5 1622 0 2161 0 2290 0 1337 0 1424 0 118 3 173 0 17 0 78 0 94 0 40 1 82 3 95 1 113 4 728 33 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total Hunt Success 0 19 0 19 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 44 4 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 9 0 7 0 7 0 6 2 8 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 3 0 0 81 0 0 0 35 2 0 0 30 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 3 0 82 7 89 0 94 11 105 0 72 2 74 0 60 2 62 0 17 0 17 0 0 0 48 7 0 0 64 4 0 0 68 2 0 0 33 2 0 0 71 2 0 0 4 0 25 2 27 0 47 4 51 0 46 2 48 0 21 0 21 0 15 0 15 2 0 0 53 12 0 0 96 4 0 0 63 3 0 0 90 2 0 0 76 0 0 0 5 0 92 2 94 0 137 7 144 0 102 9 111 0 48 4 52 0 43 0 43 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 8 4 0 0 37 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Arizona 2009 26 28 35 15 30 31 0 2 14 14 16 12 – 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 60 0 50 56 39 22 46 14 37 37 34 32 13 23 33 34 27 41 16 17 21 24 21 15 40 64 33 46 39 20 38 42 32 26 22 12 14 0 0 18 20 30 7 53 41 73 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Archery (continued) 6AN 2005 6AN 2006 6AN 2007 6AN 2008 6AN 2004 6AN 2005 6AN 2006 6AN 2007 6AN 2008 6AS 2004 6AS 2005 6AS 2006 6AS 2007 6AS 2008 6AS 2004 6AS 2005 6AS 2006 6AS 2007 6AS 2008 6AW 2004 6AW 2005 6AW 2006 6AW 2007 6AW 2008 6AW 2004 6AW 2005 6AW 2006 6AW 2007 6AW 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 6B 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 7E 2004 7E 2005 7E 2006 7E 2007 7E 2008 7E 2008 7E 2004 7E 2005 7E 2006 7E 2007 7E 2008 7M 2004 7M 2004 7M 2005 7M 2005 7M 2004 7M 2004 7M 2005 7M 2005 7W 2004 7W 2005 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds B 9/16-9/29 100 B 9/22-10/05 115 B 9/14-9/27 115 B 9/12-9/25 150 ALS 9/17-9/30 240 ALS 9/16-9/29 390 ALS 9/22-10/05 450 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 ALS 9/12-9/25 200 B 9/17-9/30 120 B 9/16-9/29 100 B 9/22-10/05 115 B 9/14-9/27 115 B 9/12-9/25 150 ALS 9/17-9/30 250 ALS 9/16-9/29 390 ALS 9/22-10/05 450 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 ALS 9/12-9/25 175 B 9/17-9/30 55 B 9/16-9/29 50 B 9/22-10/05 55 B 9/14-9/27 55 B 9/12-9/25 75 ALS 9/17-9/30 50 ALS 9/16-9/29 125 ALS 9/22-10/05 150 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 ALS 9/12-9/25 50 B 9/17-9/30 50 B 9/16-9/29 65 B 9/22-10/05 80 B 9/14-9/27 100 B 9/12-9/25 100 B 11/14-11/27 25 ALS 9/17-9/30 50 ALS 9/16-9/29 100 ALS 9/22-10/05 100 ALS 9/14-9/27 100 ALS 9/12-9/25 100 B 9/17-9/30 115 B 9/16-9/29 115 B 9/22-10/05 100 B 9/14-9/27 120 B 9/12-9/25 130 B 11/14-11/27 25 ALS 9/17-9/30 175 ALS 9/16-9/29 235 ALS 9/22-10/05 150 ALS 9/14-9/27 75 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 B 9/17-9/30 80 B 10/01-10/14 80 B 9/16-9/29 80 B 9/30-10/13 80 ALS 9/17-9/30 80 ALS 10/01-10/14 80 ALS 9/16-9/29 80 ALS 9/30-10/13 80 B 9/17-9/30 155 B 9/16-9/29 150 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 995 100 8.1 100 1062 115 8.9 115 1233 115 7.9 115 1074 150 11.3 146 187 240 49.7 236 183 390 62.8 371 227 450 61.2 438 186 199 31.2 193 188 200 44.7 194 1036 133 10.6 131 723 100 11.5 100 824 115 6.8 113 745 115 12.1 115 945 150 12.1 148 156 250 49.4 245 186 390 83.9 384 192 450 77.1 438 134 197 50.0 186 140 175 50.7 173 303 56 15.8 54 241 50 11.6 50 217 55 14.7 55 281 55 14.6 54 243 75 17.7 73 29 50 72.4 50 51 125 60.8 122 26 150 100.0 147 24 50 54.2 50 16 50 68.8 47 286 50 12.9 50 328 65 12.8 63 358 80 15.1 80 417 100 12.7 98 299 100 20.4 98 5 25 100.0 23 42 50 50.0 48 46 100 71.7 98 42 100 54.8 95 32 95 75.0 91 78 100 46.2 96 317 138 23.0 136 507 115 18.9 115 435 100 12.9 96 486 120 11.9 120 357 130 20.4 130 12 25 91.7 20 53 175 100.0 171 50 235 100.0 228 58 150 100.0 146 35 75 42.9 70 36 75 66.7 75 341 97 19.4 92 235 95 25.1 95 320 80 17.2 75 144 80 27.1 80 30 80 100.0 78 12 80 100.0 80 38 80 65.8 80 21 80 100.0 70 831 171 12.0 169 717 150 14.4 150 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 718 46 920 40 846 49 1311 65 1484 0 2359 0 2880 0 1291 0 1301 0 1079 33 752 30 816 32 944 37 1344 35 1540 0 2719 0 2924 0 1322 0 1176 0 420 20 424 14 414 20 412 11 680 23 335 0 934 0 1091 0 403 0 420 0 341 19 506 16 676 24 1000 17 806 24 212 2 405 0 781 0 639 0 656 0 758 0 1219 41 995 38 814 29 1093 36 1226 38 148 2 1138 0 1598 0 848 0 498 0 489 0 748 25 896 22 650 13 702 12 525 0 628 0 595 0 480 0 1520 58 1138 84 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 46 2 0 0 42 5 0 0 54 2 0 0 67 0 38 4 42 0 107 4 111 0 99 2 101 0 58 0 58 0 39 2 41 4 0 0 37 6 0 0 36 6 0 0 38 2 0 0 39 2 0 0 37 0 54 5 59 0 66 6 72 0 65 0 65 0 42 2 44 0 29 2 31 4 0 0 24 4 0 0 18 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 25 0 25 5 30 0 30 0 30 0 20 3 23 0 9 0 9 0 16 0 16 2 0 0 21 2 0 0 18 2 0 0 26 0 0 0 17 2 0 0 26 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 10 0 28 2 30 0 24 0 24 0 13 2 15 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 41 2 0 0 40 4 0 0 33 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 2 0 19 0 19 0 36 2 38 0 35 2 37 0 13 2 15 0 11 2 13 9 0 0 34 0 0 0 22 2 0 0 15 6 0 0 18 0 14 2 16 0 12 2 14 0 28 0 28 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 58 2 0 0 86 DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success 46 37 47 46 18 30 23 30 21 28 36 34 34 25 24 19 15 24 18 44 36 36 20 34 60 25 16 18 34 42 29 33 17 27 9 21 31 25 16 10 30 35 34 30 29 10 11 17 25 21 17 37 23 20 23 21 18 35 20 34 57 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 74 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Archery (continued) 7W 2006 7W 2007 7W 2008 7W 2008 7W 2004 7W 2005 7W 2006 7W 2007 7W 2008 8 2004 8 2005 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 8 2008 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 9 2004 9 2005 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 9 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 10 2008 10 2004 10 2005 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 11M 2006 11M 2006 11M 2007 11M 2007 11M 2008 11M 2008 11M 2006 11M 2006 11M 2007 11M 2007 11M 2008 11M 2008 15A/15B/ 2004 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2005 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2004 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/ 2005 17A/18/19B 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2006 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2007 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2008 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2006 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 2007 19B/20A/20C 16A 2004 16A 2005 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Hunter Days Bull Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total Hunt Success B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/17-9/30 9/16-9/29 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/17-9/30 9/16-9/29 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/17-9/30 9/16-9/29 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/17-9/30 9/16-9/29 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/17-9/30 9/16-9/29 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/22-10/05 10/06-10/19 9/14-9/27 9/28-10/11 9/12-9/25 9/26-10/09 9/22-10/05 10/06-10/19 9/14-9/27 9/28-10/11 9/12-9/25 9/26-10/09 150 150 150 25 100 250 225 100 75 100 100 125 125 125 25 50 50 50 90 100 75 75 75 25 150 150 125 150 150 25 100 100 100 75 75 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 1097 1086 844 14 53 74 85 60 40 573 734 739 878 677 10 14 32 9 2613 2835 2885 3314 2651 47 1274 1060 1664 1845 1052 16 33 17 42 18 56 317 107 399 139 253 158 41 9 43 13 55 31 150 150 150 25 100 250 225 100 75 127 100 125 125 125 25 50 50 50 123 100 75 75 74 25 177 151 125 150 150 25 100 100 94 72 75 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 79 79 80 80 9.3 9.0 12.1 78.6 50.9 97.3 52.9 41.7 35.0 12.0 7.9 9.9 8.2 12.0 70.0 85.7 18.8 100.0 4.4 3.2 2.4 1.7 2.5 34.0 9.2 7.1 4.7 3.8 8.3 75.0 75.8 100.0 54.8 88.9 60.7 17.0 22.4 13.8 20.1 20.6 20.9 70.7 100.0 72.1 100.0 74.5 61.3 150 148 150 25 98 241 221 96 70 127 100 125 125 122 23 50 50 50 120 100 75 75 74 23 171 149 122 150 148 23 94 90 90 62 72 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 77 77 77 71 80 1278 1317 1352 163 628 1635 1417 683 503 1030 931 1201 1330 1130 139 410 396 330 943 674 646 572 584 203 1338 1023 959 1403 1359 183 704 523 651 497 431 744 752 697 640 796 790 535 562 511 656 631 517 51 38 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 53 43 45 23 42 5 0 0 0 72 82 53 51 54 5 89 99 56 36 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 18 24 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 41 61 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 4 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 15 16 22 22 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 6 51 43 72 3 23 52 61 13 12 53 43 49 25 51 7 14 13 16 72 82 54 51 54 5 89 99 56 36 50 4 4 23 4 10 3 27 11 20 26 28 16 25 10 20 16 24 28 34 29 48 12 23 22 28 14 17 42 43 39 20 42 30 28 26 32 60 82 72 68 73 22 52 66 46 24 34 17 4 26 4 16 4 34 14 25 33 35 20 31 13 26 21 34 35 ALS 9/17-9/30 25 3 25 100.0 25 211 0 0 2 0 2 8 ALS 9/16-9/30 35 5 35 100.0 33 208 0 0 2 0 2 6 AE 9/17-9/30 25 78 25 20.5 23 148 8 0 0 0 8 35 AE 9/16-9/29 35 104 35 18.3 35 228 15 3 0 0 18 51 B 9/12-9/25 75 90 75 24.4 70 532 35 0 0 0 35 50 ALS 9/22-10/05 75 8 75 100.0 70 458 0 0 0 0 0 0 ALS 9/14-9/27 75 7 76 100.0 61 398 0 0 3 0 3 5 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 2 75 100.0 60 363 0 0 2 0 2 3 AE 9/22-10/05 75 163 75 27.6 66 398 23 0 0 0 23 35 AE 9/14-9/27 75 141 75 19.1 75 618 26 0 0 0 26 35 3 0 0 6 4 0 0 4 DV = Disabled Veteran 100 100 B 9/17-9/30 3 B 9/16-9/29 4 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless 20 26 AE = Any Elk 6 30.0 6 4 11.5 4 CN = Camp Navajo 33 3 4 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Hunt Arizona 2009 75 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Archery (continued) 16A 2006 16A 2007 16A 2008 19A 2004 19A 2005 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2008 22 2004 22 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 22N 2005 22N 2006 22N 2007 22N 2008 22S 2004 22S 2005 22S 2006 22S 2007 22S 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23N 2008 23S 2005 23S 2007 23S 2008 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 2008 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 28/31 2004 28/31 2005 31/32 2006 31/32 2007 31/32 2008 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds B 9/22-10/05 4 B 9/14-9/27 4 B 9/12-9/25 4 B 9/17-9/30 15 B 9/16-9/29 15 B 9/22-10/05 20 B 9/14-9/27 20 B 9/12-9/25 20 B 11/12-11/25 160 B 9/12-9/25 25 ALS 11/19-12/02 85 ALS 11/18-12/01 85 ALS 11/17-11/30 100 ALS 11/16-11/29 50 ALS 11/14-11/27 70 B 11/11-11/24 185 B 11/10-11/23 200 B 11/09-11/22 220 B 11/14-11/27 300 B 9/24-10/07 50 B 11/11-11/24 50 B 11/10-11/23 20 B 11/09-11/22 30 B 11/14-11/27 30 B 11/12-11/25 125 B 11/11-11/24 150 B 11/10-11/23 150 B 11/09-11/22 150 B 11/07-11/20 150 ALS 11/19-12/02 100 ALS 11/18-12/01 100 ALS 11/17-11/30 100 ALS 11/16-11/29 100 ALS 11/14-11/27 100 B 9/12-9/25 15 B 9/23-10/06 25 B 9/14-9/27 35 B 9/12-9/25 15 B 9/17-9/30 100 B 9/16-9/29 100 B 9/22-10/05 100 B 9/14-9/27 100 B 9/12-9/25 150 B 11/14-11/27 25 ALS 9/17-9/30 100 ALS 9/16-9/29 175 ALS 9/22-10/05 145 ALS 9/14-9/27 150 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 AE 9/22-10/05 5 AE 9/14-9/27 5 AE 9/12-9/25 5 AE 9/17-9/30 5 AE 9/16-9/29 5 AE 9/22-10/05 5 AE 9/14-9/27 5 AE 9/12-9/25 5 ALS 8/30-9/10 17 ALS 8/30-9/10 3 ALS 9/17-9/23 17 ALS 9/17-9/23 3 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless Hunters 14 4 14.3 4 8 4 37.5 4 17 4 5.9 4 62 15 17.7 13 81 15 12.3 14 55 20 18.2 20 97 20 11.3 20 40 20 35.0 20 238 160 39.5 158 205 25 7.8 25 27 85 85.2 85 26 85 80.8 85 38 99 73.7 96 14 50 78.6 50 15 70 100.0 64 195 185 46.7 180 238 200 44.5 197 228 219 42.1 210 172 300 79.7 281 113 50 28.3 50 5 50 100.0 48 19 20 57.9 20 26 29 76.9 26 17 30 100.0 30 122 125 52.5 125 186 150 43.0 150 142 150 52.8 150 154 150 41.6 130 118 150 62.7 144 15 100 100.0 95 25 100 100.0 95 24 100 100.0 97 18 98 100.0 95 14 100 100.0 97 594 15 2.2 15 212 25 9.0 24 438 35 4.1 35 102 15 8.8 14 925 121 7.6 121 834 100 6.2 97 850 100 7.4 100 883 100 7.0 97 960 150 9.9 146 40 25 30.0 19 55 100 49.1 96 31 175 100.0 164 54 145 66.7 136 73 146 58.9 132 52 75 46.2 65 12 5 25.0 5 13 5 30.8 5 4 5 50.0 5 17 5 23.5 5 8 5 37.5 5 3 5 66.7 3 3 5 100.0 5 8 5 37.5 5 0 17 – 17 2 3 100.0 3 0 17 – 17 0 3 – 0 AE = Any Elk CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 12 1 26 0 20 1 117 10 120 8 171 9 171 2 184 5 1137 22 137 17 500 0 651 0 608 0 340 0 443 0 1326 49 1397 46 1609 34 2045 42 400 15 363 2 175 0 119 10 220 5 915 21 1160 12 1133 22 936 18 1082 21 481 0 603 0 621 0 552 0 605 0 135 8 165 13 223 28 112 7 1064 47 800 42 824 43 838 39 1357 60 183 0 694 0 1126 0 805 0 907 0 498 0 50 0 38 3 30 5 15 3 23 0 25 0 20 0 30 0 123 0 9 0 79 0 0 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 21 4 0 11 6 0 16 0 0 19 4 13 0 0 9 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 3 0 15 0 0 24 0 0 10 0 0 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 20 4 0 21 2 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 DV = Disabled Veteran 1 4 1 10 8 9 4 5 27 17 16 25 17 16 23 62 55 45 53 15 2 0 10 13 21 17 32 21 23 14 15 24 10 29 8 13 28 7 47 44 45 41 60 0 6 24 23 20 8 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 Hunt Success 25 100 25 77 57 45 20 25 17 68 19 29 18 32 36 34 28 21 19 30 4 0 38 43 17 11 21 16 16 15 16 25 11 30 53 54 80 50 39 45 45 42 41 0 6 15 17 15 12 0 60 100 60 0 0 0 0 24 0 18 – Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla GV = Grapevine 76 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake Hunt Arizona 2009 MM = Melatone Mesa MZ = Mazatzal RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley WI = Winslow WS (17/20A/20C) = Williamson Valley/Skull Valley/Kirkland Junction Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Archery (continued) CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2004 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2005 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2007 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 CN 2008 BE = Early Bull Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds ALS 8/29-9/09 17 ALS 8/29-9/09 3 ALS 9/16-9/22 17 ALS 9/16-9/22 3 ALS 9/04-9/14 20 ALS 9/04-9/14 3 ALS 9/15-9/24 20 ALS 9/15-9/24 3 ALS 8/30-9/06 20 ALS 8/30-9/06 3 ALS 9/14-9/23 20 ALS 9/14-9/23 3 ALS 8/29-9/04 20 ALS 8/29-9/04 3 ALS 9/12-9/21 20 ALS 9/12-9/21 3 ALS 11/07-11/20 20 ALS 11/07-11/20 3 AE 8/30-9/10 10 AE 8/30-9/10 2 AE 9/17-9/23 20 AE 9/17-9/23 2 AE 8/29-9/09 10 AE 8/29-9/09 2 AE 9/16-9/22 20 AE 9/16-9/22 2 AE 9/04-9/14 17 AE 9/04-9/14 2 AE 9/15-9/24 17 AE 9/15-9/24 2 AE 8/30-9/06 17 AE 8/30-9/06 2 AE 9/14-9/23 17 AE 9/14-9/23 2 AE 8/29-9/04 17 AE 8/29-9/04 2 AE 9/12-9/21 17 AE 9/12-9/21 2 AE 11/07-11/20 17 AE 11/07-11/20 2 B = Bull ALS = Antlerless 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 8 4 20 5 25 16 26 16 10 7 26 6 4 3 32 10 12 5 32 11 1 2 AE = Any Elk Hunters 17 – 17 3 – 3 17 – 10 3 – 3 20 – 20 3 – 3 20 – 20 3 100.0 3 20 100.0 20 3 – 3 20 – 18 3 100.0 3 20 – 16 3 100.0 3 20 100.0 20 3 33.3 3 20 – 17 3 – 0 10 87.5 10 2 25.0 2 20 85.0 20 2 40.0 2 12 48.0 12 2 12.5 2 20 57.7 18 2 12.5 2 17 80.0 17 2 28.6 0 17 57.7 17 2 33.3 0 16 75.0 16 2 33.3 2 17 40.6 13 2 20.0 2 17 91.7 15 2 0.0 2 17 40.6 14 2 18.2 0 17 100.0 17 2 50.0 2 CN = Camp Navajo Hunter Days Bull 129 0 34 0 37 0 6 0 70 0 21 0 93 0 28 0 78 0 15 0 91 0 27 0 89 0 21 0 90 0 21 0 76 0 0 0 65 0 6 0 83 5 12 0 67 2 10 0 95 5 8 0 95 3 0 0 95 3 0 0 92 2 6 0 77 4 20 2 64 0 14 0 68 3 0 0 116 0 16 0 CH = CHAMP Hunt Spike Harvest Cow Calf Total 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DV = Disabled Veteran 3 0 10 0 3 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 8 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 Hunt Success 18 0 100 0 15 33 25 67 10 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 6 – 0 0 25 0 33 0 44 0 18 – 35 – 38 0 62 100 0 0 21 – 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2009 77 Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Natural History Bob Miles Arizona has two native subspecies of turkeys, Merriam’s and Gould’s. The Merriam’s race of wild turkey (M. g. merriami) is found throughout the western United States, primarily in the ponderosa pine forests of Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Arizona. This turkey has also been transplanted into the pine for- ests of Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. The Gould’s turkey (M. g. mexicana) is only found in Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, wild turkeys can be found not only in ponderosa pine forests but also in riparian deciduous forests and other vegetation types at elevations ranging from 3,500 to 10,000 feet. The best populations of Merriam’s, however, occur in the ponderosa pine forests north of the Gila River. The Gould’s occupy the sky island habitats in southeastern Arizona. In the spring, 2-year-old and older males weigh about 18 pounds on average, and yearling males or “jakes” weigh about 13 pounds. Hens more than a year old weigh between 8 and 12 pounds, depending partially on the contents of the crop, which may weigh up to a pound. As springtime temperatures warm, the onset of breeding is heralded by the commencement of gobbling. Gobbling may start as early as late February or early March, with a second peak of gobbling occurring in early May with some “toms” continuing to gobble into June. Hens mate once and lay between 8 and 12 eggs that take 28 days to incubate. The young are precocial and move from the nest soon after hatching. Both hens and poults spend the rest of the summer eating, loafing, and gaining weight. As winter approaches, they begin to form flocks with other family groups. The flocks will usually spend the winter as high up on the mountain as 78 Hunt Arizona 2009 snow permits. The gobblers, too, have a defined wintering area in which they will flock together. During the winter, turkeys congregate in the pinyon pine-oak habitats just below the interface with the ponderosa pine forest. Following the snow line, both hen and tom turkey flocks work their way upslope to where gobbling toms attempt to accrue a harem of several hens. After mating, the hens often continue upslope into denser habitats to lay and incubate their eggs. Toms and hens are not usually seen together during the remainder of the year, although they may both frequent similar habitats. During the summer months, the hens and poults spend much of their time searching for bugs and seeds in small meadows and forest openings. As winter approaches, the turkeys feed increasingly on acorns, pinyon nuts, and other mast crops. Later, with the onset of winter, the birds follow pine stringers downslope to snow-free areas where they feed on the seeds of ponderosa pine, junipers, pinyons, and other plants. Hunt History Wild turkeys have been classified as big game since 1913 when the first state legislature established a bag limit of three birds to be taken between October 1 and December 15. Turkey populations appeared to hold up fairly well, at least in northern Arizona, as the season was still a month long and the bag limit was only reduced to two in the new “game code” of 1929. After World War II, however, hunt pressure gradually in- creased, and hunt regulations became more stringent. Fall hunting was the only turkey hunting allowed, and by 1950 a hunter had to draw a permit to even hunt turkeys. Annual harvests ranged from a few hundred birds to more than 1,300. Turkey populations were fairly Arizona’s turkey distribution robust in the early 1960s, and the permit requirement was dropped in 1963; tag sales jumped from 8,050 in 1962 to 17,479 in 1963, but the turkey harvest only increased from 1,363 to 1,462. The first spring gobbler hunt was authorized in 1965 (100 permits), and by1969 the annual turkey harvest had climbed to 2,480 birds, with another 138 turkeys taken earlier that spring. That number remains an annual high. Wild turkey populations have since been in a general decline. Current estimates number the population between 15,000 and 20,000 birds, depending on conditions. Fall hunting is again by permit-only, and in the spring the number of gobblers taken is equal to or greater than the fall harvest. Hunt Arizona 2009 79 Turkey Survey Data Historic Summary of Turkey Survey Data Year Tom Hen 1960 343 267 1961 297 260 1962 248 293 1963 273 374 1964 191 288 1965 193 290 1966 286 311 1967 337 413 1968 299 295 1969 236 304 1970 207 345 1971 224 369 1972 205 264 1973 129 207 1974 155 193 1975 125 368 1976 98 262 1977 87 299 1978 179 307 1979 100 129 1980 42 111 1981 82 120 1982 105 157 1983 64 153 1984 156 202 1985 88 332 1986 136 300 1987 137 251 1988 63 225 1989 183 332 1990 121 210 1991 117 176 1992 170 219 1993 295 495 1994 251 381 1995 130 306 1996 68 289 1997 37 270 1998 122 228 1999 103 212 2000 144 198 2001 62 237 2002 86 44 2003 105 373 2004 124 144 2005 183 360 2006 77 217 2007 102 192 2008 129 266 1 Percent young is calculated from classified birds only. Poult 544 634 847 1058 881 905 1034 809 978 1152 667 654 678 641 729 1406 1138 1391 1190 421 401 626 586 517 664 1033 926 735 610 704 527 389 707 1148 559 527 292 708 497 567 303 520 25 1156 202 783 361 298 302 Unclassified 31 64 28 58 42 77 34 111 188 30 81 131 75 89 73 351 121 74 91 24 81 158 17 0 159 125 62 141 172 84 109 162 113 120 24 12 16 15 4 32 50 88 85 50 37 46 38 25 13 Total 1185 1255 1416 1763 1402 1465 1665 1670 1760 1722 1300 1378 1222 1066 1150 2250 1619 1851 1767 674 635 986 865 734 1181 1578 1424 1264 1070 1303 967 844 1209 2058 1215 975 665 1030 851 914 695 907 240 1684 507 1372 693 617 710 Poults/Hen 2.0 2.4 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.0 3.3 3.8 1.9 1.8 2.6 3.1 3.8 3.8 4.3 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.6 5.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.1 2.5 2.2 3.2 2.3 1.5 1.7 1.0 2.6 2.2 2.7 1.5 2.2 0.6 3.1 1.4 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.1 Percent Young1 47 53 61 62 65 65 63 52 62 68 55 52 59 66 68 74 76 78 71 65 72 76 69 70 65 71 68 65 68 58 61 57 65 59 47 55 45 70 59 64 47 63 16 71 43 59 55 50 43 5-Year: 2004-2008 Turkey Survey Data Unit Year Tom Hen 1 2004 2 25 1 2005 18 84 1 2006 38 81 1 2007 29 18 1 2008 43 99 3B 2005 0 4 3B 2007 19 0 3C 2005 17 37 1 Percent young is calculated from classified birds only. 80 Hunt Arizona 2009 Poult Unclassified Total   Poults/Hen 27 146 102 36 91 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 54 248 221 83 246 4 19 81 1.1 1.7 1.3 2.0 0.9 0.0 – 0.7 Percent Young1 50 59 46 43 39 0 0 33 Turkey Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Turkey Survey Data Unit Year Tom Hen 3C 2006 4 14 3C 2007 1 19 3C 2008 11 15 4 2004 22 25 4 2005 42 29 4 2006 8 13 4 2007 2 8 4 2008 0 10 5A 2004 5 20 5A 2005 0 9 5A 2006 0 4 5A 2007 9 9 5A 2008 10 1 5B 2007 5 13 6A 2005 0 7 6A 2006 0 2 6B 2004 6 2 6B 2005 5 17 6B 2006 0 0 6B 2007 0 0 7 2005 4 3 7 2006 5 20 7 2007 10 0 8 2004 17 6 8 2005 18 31 8/10 2006 4 8 8/10 2007 8 42 9 2006 5 0 9 2008 2 14 12A 2004 13 14 12A 2005 4 12 12A 2006 7 12 12A 2007 3 11 12A 2008 0 22 13A 2004 8 11 13A 2005 19 14 13A 2006 2 2 13A 2007 7 36 13A 2008 10 7 13B 2004 2 14 13BS 2007 5 10 13B 2008 14 16 22 2004 8 5 22 2005 0 4 23 2004 7 17 23 2005 17 16 23 2006 4 42 27 2004 34 5 27 2005 39 93 27 2006 0 19 27 2007 4 26 27 2008 39 82 1 Percent young is calculated from classified birds only. Poult Unclassified Total   Poults/Hen 41 47 6 22 67 34 31 35 27 37 14 23 0 12 19 10 5 17 0 0 12 10 0 8 76 33 19 0 18 45 55 34 31 56 3 28 3 0 3 0 4 0 12 13 40 61 31 13 226 49 95 93 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 32 6 0 4 7 0 0 0 59 86 32 70 138 55 41 45 52 46 45 41 11 30 26 12 13 39 11 3 19 35 10 31 147 45 69 5 34 72 71 53 45 78 22 64 7 43 20 16 22 30 25 24 96 100 77 56 365 68 125 214 2.9 2.5 0.4 0.9 2.3 2.6 3.9 3.5 1.4 4.1 3.5 2.6 0.0 0.9 2.7 5.0 2.5 1.0 – – 4.0 0.5 – 1.3 2.5 4.1 0.5 – 1.3 3.2 4.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 0.3 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 2.4 3.3 2.4 3.8 0.7 2.6 2.4 2.6 3.7 1.1 Percent Young1 69 70 19 32 49 62 76 78 52 80 78 56 0 40 73 83 38 44 – – 63 29 0 26 61 73 28 0 53 63 77 64 69 72 14 46 43 0 15 0 21 0 48 76 63 65 40 25 63 72 76 43 Hunt Arizona 2009 81 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Spring Turkey Hunts (juniors-only listed separately) Year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Permits Authorized 100 500 1100 1600 2200 2600 2650 2800 2550 2550 3450 4001 4600 4865 4970 4950 4900 4960 4960 4620 4620 4620 4915 4710 4660 4595 4595 4725 4735 4805 4840 5020 5115 4719 4501 4840 5251 5471 5096 5157 5307 5593 6263 7007 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6275 7894 9143 9444 5106 4725 5863 6663 7132 8216 8171 8553 8044 6413 7260 7730 8591 9258 9312 9460 10260 11120 12815 12643 13819 16020 16355 14945 13583 13281 Permits Issued – – – – – – – – – 2550 3450 4001 4600 4865 3397 4594 4654 4821 4415 4107 4409 4548 4834 4688 4562 4577 4976 4701 4732 4793 4822 5007 5115 4724 4476 4840 5251 5470 5183 5158 5375 5599 6269 7001 Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest 79 417 878 1096 1673 1935 2021 1941 1225 1747 2284 1869 2679 2952 2853 2692 2542 2648 3073 3455 3382 3581 3734 3736 3691 3684 3994 3757 3820 3795 3806 3820 4021 3722 3497 3833 4232 4301 4234 4055 4264 4548 5092 5660 134 716 – 2440 3719 4579 4702 4674 2705 4145 5582 4642 6848 7568 7516 7225 8100 8366 10270 11511 11649 12421 13474 13089 12998 13457 15731 14563 15006 14543 14038 13826 15179 13503 12637 13474 15258 16420 16633 15880 16119 17705 19543 22725 30 58 151 98 138 215 260 153 71 151 205 220 326 399 317 234 399 390 473 780 688 746 830 697 619 727 617 723 771 768 769 631 660 671 730 916 987 760 878 788 1155 1129 1269 1040 Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest 150 155 156 137 125 119 122 143 202 295 666 603 523 486 443 373 450 493 636 1094 30 34 30 27 23 23 24 51 105 82 Percent Success 38.0 13.9 17.2 8.9 8.2 11.1 12.9 7.9 5.8 8.6 9.0 11.8 12.2 13.5 11.1 8.7 15.7 14.7 15.4 22.6 20.3 20.8 22.2 18.7 16.8 19.7 15.4 19.2 20.2 20.2 20.2 16.5 16.4 18.0 21 24 23 18 21 19 27 25 25 18 Historic Summary of Juniors-only Spring Turkey Hunts Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 82 Permits Authorized 175 175 180 180 150 150 150 165 225 350 1st Choice Applicants 120 202 307 254 290 341 327 461 563 582 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits Issued 163 175 180 177 153 150 153 165 225 350 Percent Success 20 22 19 20 18 19 20 36 52 28 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Fall Turkey Hunts (juniors-only listed separately) 1 Year1 Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 9747 2147 2697 1243 1657 3305 3454 4672 5134 3012 4800 2600 2800 5700 8150 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9280 8730 8740 6965 6245 5350 4050 3700 4160 4760 4635 5085 4260 4785 4830 5310 5870 6100 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3951 5497 6123 6850 7322 7721 7766 7226 8972 9417 9451 12240 12774 14455 11563 14910 9922 7820 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17479 14803 15470 15681 17388 16782 18330 19222 17002 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7737 8271 7510 8914 8259 9289 7836 6332 6731 7822 6921 6237 5350 4050 3700 4160 4760 4635 5085 4260 4785 4832 5302 5868 5883 5406 1465 1990 945 1377 2780 2961 4096 4448 2760 4218 2138 2340 4341 6607 7374 9296 15847 13733 14367 14381 14626 15063 14768 15673 13176 9584 13142 12262 9542 8208 8652 9119 8775 12578 10640 9923 9286 9302 9975 8740 10912 10425 11156 9609 5076 5310 6310 5435 4857 4188 3080 2775 3283 3689 3623 3933 3199 3676 3811 3970 4664 4659 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4308 – 12058 18216 21543 35711 33614 34846 34353 37391 38754 37735 43147 34196 26422 36597 36634 27676 24754 28320 25395 28646 34546 36027 34692 31185 30146 32701 29245 37068 32224 32410 29003 14330 14563 17505 15051 13447 12203 8492 7648 8935 10660 9723 11904 8955 11390 10720 11224 14317 14096 526 296 403 307 365 549 782 1216 971 887 1367 647 569 1050 1262 1218 1308 1434 1655 2001 1762 1601 1518 2392 2002 1200 794 2050 1040 1464 508 997 1427 856 1192 1390 1496 893 1236 1125 941 1935 1459 1927 982 955 1008 1048 1009 1034 486 511 508 872 793 1213 407 875 539 1117 640 1087 902 9.7 20.2 20.3 32.5 26.5 19.7 26.4 29.7 21.8 32.1 32.4 30.3 24.3 24.2 19.1 16.5 14.1 9.0 12.1 13.9 12.3 10.9 10.1 16.2 12.8 9.1 8.3 15.6 8.5 15.3 6.2 11.5 15.6 9.8 9.5 13.1 15.1 9.6 13.3 11.3 10.8 17.7 14.0 17.3 10.2 18.8 19.0 16.6 18.6 21.3 11.6 16.6 18 27 21 33 10 27 15 29 16 23 19 Archery data are included in hunters, hunter days, and harvest from 1969-1990. Hunt Arizona 2009 83 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of Juniors-only Fall Turkey Hunts Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 1998 100 59 1999 100 105 2000 100 169 2001 125 164 2002 125 241 2003 125 240 2004 100 250 2005 100 137 2006 150 246 2007 150 179 2008 OTC – OTC = Over the counter nonpermit-tags. Year Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 89 100 100 125 125 125 100 100 148 150 336 76 86 81 96 91 103 72 71 100 114 317 197 236 218 264 282 231 196 191 262 304 929 8 21 13 33 6 18 4 16 19 12 37 11 24 16 34 7 17 6 23 19 11 12 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 1289 1337 1760 1808 1784 1939 1891 2133 2523 3084 3115 3117 2914 3223 3450 3941 4660 3831 1072 1245 1465 1533 1426 1479 1390 1739 2082 2539 2722 2583 2485 2630 2586 2820 2719 2137 4331 4692 6804 7258 7011 7684 7194 8435 10913 13320 13838 12627 12507 12890 12725 13818 14036 10403 20 19 55 59 26 37 44 96 103 120 190 138 71 160 174 140 221 103 1.9 1.5 3.8 3.8 1.8 2.5 3.2 5.6 4.5 4.7 7.0 5.3 2.9 6.1 6.7 5.0 8.1 4.8 Historic Summary of Archery Fall Turkey Hunts Permits Authorized – – – Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20081 1 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2008 data is preliminary. 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Spring General 1 2004 1 2004 1 2005 1 2005 1 2006 1 2006 1 2007 1 2007 1 2008 1 2008 3B 2004 3B 2005 3B 2006 3B 2007 3B 2007 3B 2008 3B 2008 3C 2004 3C 2005 CN = Camp Navajo 84 Dates Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 4/23-4/29 4/30-5/20 4/22-4/28 4/29-5/19 4/28-5/04 5/05-5/25 4/27-5/03 5/04-5/24 4/25-5/01 5/02-5/22 4/23-5/20 4/22-5/19 4/28-5/25 4/27-5/03 5/04-5/24 4/25-5/01 5/02-5/22 4/23-5/20 4/22-5/19 375 400 400 425 425 450 450 475 500 525 100 125 150 100 100 100 100 50 75 2076 674 2032 760 2037 331 1755 321 1912 253 296 254 251 188 42 236 35 367 532 376 400 404 428 425 450 450 475 500 525 100 128 150 100 100 100 100 50 75 17.5 32.9 19.3 30.9 20.2 43.5 23.9 54.5 24.9 61.3 29.7 37.0 40.2 38.3 90.5 37.7 88.6 13.6 13.5 303 286 349 320 354 363 394 380 435 409 80 104 119 82 93 78 80 44 72 1118 1016 1191 1120 1174 1340 1309 1383 1645 1593 254 501 633 304 459 346 351 117 284 92 48 136 63 129 79 163 91 107 43 13 24 25 16 15 15 15 26 48 30 17 39 20 36 22 41 24 25 11 16 23 21 20 16 19 19 59 67 Hunt Arizona 2009 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Spring General (continued) 3C 2006 4/28-5/25 3C 2007 4/27-5/03 3C 2007 5/04-5/24 3C 2008 4/25-5/01 3C 2008 5/02-5/22 4 2004 4/23-5/20 4 2005 4/22-5/19 4 2006 4/28-5/25 4 2007 4/27-5/03 4 2007 5/04-5/24 4 2008 4/25-5/01 4 2008 5/02-5/22 5A 2004 4/23-5/20 5A 2005 4/22-5/19 5A 2006 4/28-5/04 5A 2006 5/05-5/25 5A 2007 4/27-5/03 5A 2007 5/04-5/24 5A 2008 4/25-5/01 5A 2008 5/02-5/22 5B 2004 4/23-5/20 5B 2005 4/22-5/19 5B 2006 4/28-5/25 5B 2007 4/27-5/03 5B 2007 5/04-5/24 5B 2008 4/25-5/01 5B 2008 5/02-5/22 6A 2004 4/23-4/29 6A 2004 4/30-5/20 6A 2005 4/22-4/28 6A 2005 4/29-5/19 6A 2006 4/28-5/04 6A 2006 5/05-5/25 6A 2007 4/27-5/03 6A 2007 5/04-5/24 6A 2008 4/25-5/01 6A 2008 5/02-5/22 6B 2004 4/23-4/29 6B 2004 4/30-5/20 6B 2005 4/22-4/28 6B 2005 4/29-5/19 6B 2006 4/28-5/04 6B 2006 5/05-5/25 6B 2007 4/27-5/03 6B 2007 5/04-5/24 6B 2008 4/25-5/01 6B 2008 5/02-5/22 7 2004 4/23-5/20 7 2005 4/22-5/19 7 2006 4/28-5/25 7 2007 4/27-5/03 7 2007 5/04-5/24 7 2008 4/25-5/01 7 2008 5/02-5/22 8/10 2004 4/23-5/20 8/10 2005 4/22-5/19 8/10 2006 4/28-5/25 8/10 2007 4/27-5/03 8/10 2007 5/04-5/24 8/10 2008 4/25-5/01 8/10 2008 5/02-5/22 9 2004 4/23-5/20 CN = Camp Navajo Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 150 125 100 175 175 275 275 325 200 200 250 250 250 300 200 200 225 225 225 225 250 250 275 150 150 150 150 275 225 275 225 275 275 300 300 350 350 100 75 100 75 100 100 100 125 100 125 275 275 275 150 150 150 175 300 300 325 200 125 200 125 40 776 758 95 857 82 1222 1128 1224 719 107 700 98 927 1100 831 160 755 114 734 105 727 857 799 516 110 481 62 1970 558 1664 707 1784 250 1706 322 1684 226 445 52 346 80 394 73 373 45 355 47 397 395 433 388 68 402 58 1600 1801 1507 1110 160 1002 82 60 150 125 100 175 175 275 277 325 200 200 250 250 250 300 200 200 225 225 223 225 250 250 275 150 150 150 150 275 225 285 228 275 275 300 300 350 350 100 75 100 75 100 100 100 125 100 125 275 278 275 150 150 150 175 300 301 325 200 125 200 125 40 19.1 15.8 27.4 20.0 63.4 21.5 22.3 24.4 26.0 53.3 31.6 62.2 24.1 23.1 21.2 56.9 26.6 60.5 28.1 71.4 28.1 26.5 29.8 24.2 56.4 28.1 64.5 13.8 21.3 16.3 20.9 15.4 27.6 17.2 33.5 20.4 38.5 20.0 44.2 26.3 47.5 23.9 47.9 26.0 73.3 23.7 70.2 41.8 38.2 43.9 27.3 80.9 27.9 67.2 17.5 16.0 20.4 17.9 33.8 18.8 42.7 33.3 136 111 89 158 149 220 230 243 159 160 189 192 206 260 158 163 207 180 189 174 207 207 232 124 131 117 107 246 157 240 198 230 228 245 241 304 296 80 64 77 51 85 77 87 99 92 96 199 205 220 133 115 124 137 253 276 290 164 98 177 104 27 584 395 383 651 693 1042 868 1021 675 640 755 760 806 1143 543 642 779 812 742 673 961 780 958 572 578 481 401 863 563 982 858 914 925 854 1012 1343 1138 329 230 221 172 344 335 370 418 408 357 928 879 906 505 481 468 695 1142 1185 1368 669 369 774 498 109 82 54 40 64 22 35 66 60 43 17 47 28 34 69 51 14 43 17 21 16 33 50 45 20 24 20 6 43 29 76 40 45 52 55 42 46 24 16 9 36 12 20 12 20 22 21 4 31 52 37 47 25 24 17 49 67 46 50 13 66 13 7 60 49 45 41 15 16 29 25 27 11 25 15 17 27 32 9 21 9 11 9 16 24 19 16 18 17 6 17 18 32 20 20 23 22 17 15 8 20 14 47 24 24 16 23 22 23 4 16 25 17 35 22 19 12 19 24 16 30 13 37 13 26 Hunt Arizona 2009 85 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Spring General (continued) 9 2005 4/22-5/19 9 2006 4/28-5/25 9 2007 4/27-5/03 9 2007 5/04-5/24 9 2008 4/25-5/01 9 2008 5/02-5/22 12A 2004 4/23-4/29 12A 2004 4/30-5/20 12A 2005 4/22-4/28 12A 2005 4/29-5/19 12A 2006 4/28-5/04 12A 2006 5/05-5/25 12A 2007 4/27-5/03 12A 2007 5/04-5/24 12A 2008 4/25-5/01 12A 2008 5/02-5/22 13A 2004 4/23-5/20 13A 2005 4/22-5/19 13A 2006 4/28-5/25 13A 2007 4/27-5/03 13A 2007 5/04-5/24 13A 2008 4/25-5/01 13A 2008 5/02-5/22 13BS 2004 4/23-4/29 13BS 2004 4/30-5/20 13BS 2005 4/22-4/28 13BS 2005 4/29-5/19 13BS 2006 4/28-5/04 13BS 2006 5/05-5/25 13BS 2007 4/27-5/03 13BS 2007 5/04-5/24 13BS 2008 4/25-5/01 13BS 2008 5/02-5/22 17/18B 2004 4/23-5/20 17/18B 2005 4/22-5/19 17/18B 2006 4/28-5/25 17/18B 2007 4/27-5/03 17/18B 2007 5/04-5/24 17/18B 2008 4/25-5/01 17/18B 2008 5/02-5/22 22 2004 4/23-5/20 22 2005 4/22-5/19 22 2006 4/28-5/25 22 2007 4/27-5/03 22 2007 5/04-5/24 22 2008 4/25-5/01 22 2008 5/02-5/22 23 2004 4/23-4/29 23 2004 4/30-5/20 23 2005 4/22-4/28 23 2005 4/29-5/19 23 2006 4/28-5/04 23 2006 5/05-5/25 23 2007 4/27-5/03 23 2007 5/04-5/24 23 2008 4/25-5/01 23 2008 5/02-5/22 27 2004 4/23-4/29 27 2004 4/30-5/20 27 2005 4/22-4/28 27 2005 4/29-5/19 27 2006 4/28-5/04 CN = Camp Navajo 86 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 40 40 25 25 35 35 350 350 350 350 225 225 250 250 300 300 20 20 20 15 10 20 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 25 25 30 15 20 15 20 125 125 125 75 75 90 90 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 225 225 225 425 425 425 425 475 52 71 113 13 108 20 551 269 455 200 253 80 230 79 202 42 38 43 33 32 5 22 4 91 23 73 14 48 22 35 11 42 6 275 265 223 136 50 139 24 452 455 387 235 34 237 37 895 229 835 381 1057 149 1032 175 1135 103 1281 336 1270 413 1249 41 40 25 25 35 35 350 350 352 350 225 225 250 250 300 300 20 20 20 15 10 20 10 15 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 25 25 30 15 20 15 20 125 132 125 75 75 90 90 200 200 203 208 200 200 200 225 225 225 425 425 428 432 475 44.2 31.0 22.1 30.8 31.5 85.0 51.2 71.7 62.0 88.5 71.9 100.0 81.7 100.0 87.1 100.0 39.5 39.5 51.5 46.9 100.0 86.4 100.0 15.4 47.8 19.2 42.9 31.3 40.9 40.0 72.7 40.5 100.0 9.1 9.4 13.5 11.0 20.0 10.8 29.2 25.9 23.7 28.7 28.5 61.8 28.7 67.6 21.5 33.2 22.6 33.3 18.1 43.0 18.7 42.3 19.4 54.4 29.1 57.1 30.2 50.4 30.4 33 32 21 22 26 30 239 287 212 227 167 177 186 155 203 215 16 15 16 12 3 15 9 12 12 12 13 15 15 7 15 17 11 22 23 30 14 12 15 17 94 115 91 65 61 77 80 166 165 173 161 160 153 183 180 201 181 333 323 364 305 401 96 97 66 117 120 118 986 1161 818 993 630 721 763 573 832 879 70 51 33 38 10 55 21 37 39 32 44 51 56 22 45 74 45 89 91 76 49 28 54 67 281 439 359 223 197 349 321 694 610 657 527 569 548 682 690 783 624 1202 1169 1166 937 1402 18 17 13 3 6 5 14 22 10 9 33 27 53 17 48 32 2 7 5 3 0 5 1 10 6 5 3 5 6 5 8 1 2 9 14 14 5 6 1 3 29 41 7 10 14 15 16 26 33 46 15 33 40 48 32 46 36 105 65 143 95 138 55 53 62 14 23 17 6 8 5 4 20 15 28 11 24 15 13 47 31 25 0 33 11 83 50 42 23 33 40 71 53 6 18 41 61 47 36 50 7 18 31 36 8 15 23 19 20 16 20 27 9 21 26 26 18 23 20 32 20 39 31 34 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Spring General (continued) 27 2006 5/05-5/25 27 2007 4/27-5/03 27 2007 5/04-5/24 27 2008 4/25-5/01 27 2008 5/02-5/22 29 2008 4/25-5/01 29 2008 5/02-5/22 35A 2004 4/23-5/20 35A 2005 4/22-5/19 35A 2006 4/28-5/25 35A 2007 4/27-5/03 35A 2007 5/04-5/24 35A 2008 4/25-5/01 35A 2008 5/02-5/22 CN 2004 4/23-5/20 CN 2004 4/23-5/20 CN 2005 4/22-5/19 CN 2005 4/22-5/19 CN 2006 4/28-5/25 CN 2006 4/28-5/25 CN 2007 4/27-5/24 CN 2007 4/27-5/24 CN 2008 4/25-5/22 CN 2008 4/25-5/22 FTHU 2006 4/28-5/25 FTHU 2007 4/27-5/24 FTHU 2007 4/27-5/24 FTHU 2008 4/25-5/22 Spring Juniors Only 1 2004 4/23-4/29 1 2005 4/22-5/19 1 2006 4/21-5/25 1 2007 4/20-5/24 1 2008 4/18-5/22 3C 2007 4/20-5/24 3C 2008 4/18-5/22 5B 2004 4/23-5/20 5B 2005 4/22-5/19 5B 2006 4/21-5/25 5B 2007 4/20-5/24 5B 2008 4/18-5/22 6A 2004 4/23-4/29 6A 2004 4/30-5/20 6A 2005 4/22-4/28 6A 2005 4/29-5/19 6A 2006 4/21-5/25 6A 2007 4/20-5/24 6A 2008 4/18-5/22 8/10 2004 4/23-5/20 8/10 2005 4/22-5/19 8/10 2006 4/21-5/25 8/10 2007 4/20-5/24 8/10 2008 4/18-5/22 23 2006 4/21-5/25 23 2007 4/20-5/24 23 2008 4/18-5/22 27 2004 4/23-5/20 27 2005 4/22-5/19 27 2006 4/21-5/25 27 2007 4/20-5/24 27 2008 4/18-5/22 CN = Camp Navajo Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 475 550 525 625 550 1 1 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 15 6 2 1 1 3 190 1252 185 1271 90 61 11 194 227 285 220 56 238 45 10 5 3 13 16 18 10 18 4 3 14 2 8 26 475 550 525 625 550 1 1 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 10 5 15 6 15 6 15 6 12 5 2 1 1 3 78.9 36.3 81.1 37.5 100.0 1.6 .0 1.0 .9 2.1 1.4 3.6 1.3 .0 100.0 100.0 100.0 46.2 93.8 27.8 100.0 33.3 100.0 100.0 14.3 50.0 12.5 11.5 376 447 403 503 436 1 1 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 8 4 15 5 4 5 6 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 1434 1543 1490 1741 1828 4 2 24 4 17 5 14 3 9 27 13 69 11 8 11 19 0 15 5 6 1 1 4 99 149 79 101 92 1 1 0 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 26 33 20 20 21 100 100 0 100 67 100 67 100 100 25 0 53 0 0 40 0 – 40 0 100 100 100 100 25 25 25 35 50 25 50 25 25 25 25 50 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 40 40 50 25 25 50 25 25 25 50 75 99 95 93 86 83 60 96 33 40 30 46 49 102 11 74 21 131 114 102 57 65 79 103 97 76 76 98 39 32 52 78 57 25 25 25 35 50 25 50 25 25 25 25 50 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 40 40 50 25 25 50 25 28 25 50 75 25.3 25.3 24.7 40.7 51.8 41.7 49.0 72.7 52.5 30.0 45.7 71.4 24.5 45.5 31.1 52.4 19.1 21.1 24.5 42.1 38.5 44.3 38.8 48.5 30.3 32.9 50.0 48.7 56.3 44.2 55.1 89.5 23 23 25 33 43 25 37 14 20 22 20 44 20 21 22 18 16 23 23 19 25 34 38 41 23 23 44 22 14 23 40 63 84 65 64 70 126 104 142 67 59 128 105 183 52 52 86 45 52 59 114 54 125 107 155 196 82 50 135 64 70 60 93 198 7 3 11 15 14 19 17 0 0 6 5 6 2 2 11 0 5 7 7 4 4 11 14 7 5 18 19 8 6 13 27 12 30 13 44 45 33 76 46 0 0 27 25 14 10 10 50 0 31 30 30 21 16 32 37 17 22 78 43 36 43 57 68 19 Hunt Arizona 2009 87 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Fall General 1 2004 1 2005 1 2006 1 2007 1 2008 4 2004 4 2005 4 2006 4 2007 4 2008 5A 2004 5A 2005 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2008 5B 2004 5B 2005 5BN 2006 5BN 2007 5BN 2008 5BS 2008 6A 2004 6A 2005 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6B 2004 6B 2005 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 7 2006 7 2007 7 2008 8/10 2004 8/10 2005 8/10 2006 8/10 2007 8/10 2008 9 2007 9 2008 12A 2004 12A 2005 12A 2006 12A 2007 12A 2008 13A 2006 13A 2007 13A 2008 13B 2004 13B 2005 13B 2006 13B 2007 13B 2008 17/18B 2006 17/18B 2007 17/18B 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 CN = Camp Navajo 88 Dates Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 10/03-10/09 10/08-10/14 10/07-10/13 10/13-10/19 10/12-10/18 625 625 625 625 625 350 350 375 425 525 300 300 400 450 450 75 25 35 35 35 75 425 475 475 475 475 250 250 350 350 300 75 125 200 500 550 600 700 700 25 25 750 750 750 1000 1000 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 15 25 25 75 75 100 125 2408 1847 2329 1358 1004 1313 1059 1307 888 736 916 784 1148 714 523 455 131 255 128 88 178 2584 2055 2420 1519 1114 425 442 475 340 293 352 303 242 2132 1651 2341 1542 894 114 110 1145 787 816 657 427 45 24 19 70 66 41 15 13 147 148 107 351 291 406 217 625 625 624 625 625 350 350 375 424 525 300 300 400 450 450 75 25 35 35 35 75 425 475 475 475 475 250 250 348 350 300 75 125 200 500 552 600 700 700 25 25 750 750 749 1000 783 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 15 25 25 75 75 100 125 25.7 33.5 26.0 45.2 60.9 24.5 31.4 27.9 44.7 64.7 26.1 32.0 29.4 54.6 68.6 16.5 19.1 13.7 27.3 38.6 42.1 16.1 22.8 18.8 30.9 41.2 34.4 35.5 37.7 68.2 72.0 20.2 38.3 69.0 22.2 31.9 24.2 39.7 70.7 20.2 22.7 54.3 78.0 73.3 100.0 100.0 11.1 16.7 47.4 14.3 7.6 12.2 13.3 38.5 10.2 16.9 23.4 21.4 24.7 23.4 51.2 466 491 453 487 473 257 283 297 342 421 246 238 329 390 353 58 23 19 26 27 66 353 393 380 407 381 210 199 282 283 240 57 79 171 410 483 470 600 591 24 18 524 532 493 725 536 2 5 8 10 5 2 5 2 7 25 23 52 63 67 81 1483 1449 1279 1494 1411 797 792 826 1052 1289 763 652 897 1208 1089 146 60 39 66 81 228 1070 1072 1066 1323 1136 595 549 776 876 690 168 200 533 1294 1439 1448 2082 1971 76 48 1758 1531 1416 2264 1513 7 8 10 33 14 3 10 3 7 83 82 127 188 187 217 57 77 65 96 84 28 58 52 84 74 32 76 48 40 51 4 8 2 6 5 5 44 112 40 73 54 44 58 22 33 43 13 37 52 71 225 69 43 79 13 11 94 218 138 233 156 2 5 0 3 3 0 2 0 5 2 7 5 19 13 31 12 16 14 20 18 11 20 18 25 18 13 32 15 10 14 7 35 11 23 19 8 12 28 11 18 14 21 29 8 12 18 23 47 30 17 47 15 7 13 54 61 18 41 28 32 29 100 100 0 30 60 0 40 0 71 8 30 10 30 19 38 Hunt Arizona 2009 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Fall General (continued) 22 2008 10/03-10/09 150 262 23 2004 10/08-10/14 700 1492 23 2005 10/07-10/13 700 1415 23 2006 10/13-10/19 700 1625 23 2007 10/12-10/18 700 1225 23 2008 10/03-10/09 700 1141 27 2004 10/08-10/14 725 1164 27 2005 10/07-10/13 725 1035 27 2006 10/13-10/19 800 1203 27 2007 10/12-10/18 800 730 27 2008 10/03-10/09 800 669 Fall Juniors Only (all 2008 tags were issued over-the-counter) 1 2004 10/08-10/14 25 76 1 2005 10/07-10/13 25 53 1 2006 10/13-10/19 25 68 1 2007 10/12-10/18 25 40 1 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 5B 2005 10/07-10/13 25 43 5BS 2006 10/13-10/19 50 85 5BS 2007 10/12-10/18 50 65 6A 2004 10/08-10/14 25 123 6A 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 8 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 8/10 2006 10/13-10/19 50 69 8/10 2007 10/12-10/18 50 49 10 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 12A 2004 10/08-10/14 25 19 12A 2005 10/07-10/13 25 16 12A 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 23 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – 27 2004 10/08-10/14 25 32 27 2005 10/07-10/13 25 25 27 2006 10/13-10/19 25 24 27 2007 10/12-10/18 25 25 27 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC – CN = Camp Navajo Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 150 700 700 697 699 700 725 725 799 800 800 56.1 37.7 42.0 37.0 50.9 58.8 43.3 51.1 46.7 71.8 91.5 123 558 550 535 579 592 532 551 577 606 634 312 1699 1415 1435 1569 1815 1625 1573 1670 1789 1885 27 83 164 107 236 116 74 102 64 153 138 22 15 30 20 41 20 14 19 11 25 22 25 25 25 25 336 25 50 50 25 336 336 50 50 336 25 25 336 336 25 25 23 25 336 27.6 47.2 36.8 62.5 – 55.8 52.9 72.3 20.3 – – 56.5 79.6 – 89.5 100.0 – – 65.6 92.0 58.3 84.0 – 16 20 15 20 36 18 43 39 21 99 44 29 40 28 14 13 19 69 21 20 13 15 14 34 61 43 42 102 43 102 97 63 300 124 98 125 58 36 42 72 212 63 45 19 40 39 0 2 3 2 3 4 14 8 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 17 4 10 2 0 3 0 10 20 10 8 22 33 21 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 32 25 19 50 15 0 21 Fall Archery-only Turkey 2004-2008 (2008 data is preliminary) Unit 1 1 1 1 1 3B 3B 3B/3C 3B/3C 3B/3C 3C 3C 4 4 4 4 4 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Hunters 375 296 264 313 157 88 69 160 151 213 182 83 160 103 129 150 116 147 181 155 257 153 Hunter Days 1277 1136 985 1416 555 432 315 600 634 811 702 296 570 453 457 532 490 738 773 586 952 555 Harvest 30 6 19 19 14 13 5 13 18 13 19 0 0 6 6 6 0 4 18 0 0 5 Hunt Success 8 2 7 6 9 15 7 8 12 6 10 0 0 6 5 4 0 3 10 0 0 3 Hunt Arizona 2009 89 Turkey Hunt Data Fall Archery-only Turkey 2004-2008 (2008 data is preliminary) Unit 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11M 11M 11M 11M 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 17 17 17 17 17 18B 18B 18B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 90 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunters 173 109 167 188 106 337 405 386 332 282 117 109 84 119 97 147 133 225 119 120 198 242 270 113 176 26 30 26 6 28 60 97 52 25 37 17 12 13 19 570 550 547 382 241 56 48 64 6 51 4 6 9 52 60 64 63 37 91 97 109 163 125 181 193 219 Hunter Days 544 501 599 733 500 1519 1674 1777 1334 1333 479 381 412 564 430 652 816 1063 695 500 768 888 1056 507 717 95 91 109 25 69 289 369 219 144 153 73 73 44 102 2861 2755 2827 2317 1356 181 290 245 25 190 9 32 28 328 211 322 319 130 293 369 373 733 444 880 689 831 Harvest 9 6 0 0 9 13 12 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 12 0 0 5 13 24 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 42 19 0 9 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 6 31 5 9 12 32 Hunt Success 5 6 0 0 8 4 3 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 4 7 10 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 18 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 0 4 7 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 6 19 4 5 6 15 Turkey Hunt Data Fall Archery-only Turkey 2004-2008 (2008 data is preliminary) Unit 23 23 27 27 27 27 27 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Year 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Hunters 357 291 186 169 219 251 213 47 24 90 88 42 Hunter Days 1253 1157 626 556 792 1071 893 108 66 322 238 190 Harvest 63 9 9 6 13 38 32 0 0 0 13 0 Hunt Success 18 3 5 4 6 15 15 0 0 0 15 0 Hunt Arizona 2009 91 Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) Natural History males. Newborn javelina only weigh about one pound. These “piglets” are tan or brown in color with a reddish dorsal stripe. They acquire the salt and pepper appearance of the adults in about three months. The whitish-banded black hairs are up to six inches long, with the hairs on the mane being the darkest and longest. In the winter, when the javelina’s coat is dense and dark, a distinct, lighter-colored “collar” is visible. In summer, when the hair is shorter and lighter, this “collar” is less distinct. Javelina continue to grow until they reach adult height in about 10 months. At this age both sexes are mature. Peccaries breed throughout the year, which, when combined with their early maturity and ability to have two litters per year, gives them the greatest reproductive potential of any North American big-game mammal. The gestation period is 145 days, with most births occurring in June, July, and August. A smaller birth peak occurs in spring, corresponding with Arizona’s biseasonal rainfall seasons. Unlike other animals, javelina do not lick their offspring at birth, but roll or tumble their young. The usual litter size is two, and the precocial piglets closely follow their mothers from shortly after birth until they are weaned at about six weeks of age. Although javelina have lived as long as 24 years in captivity, the average life span in the wild is closer to seven or eight years. Coyotes and golden eagles are effective predators of juvenile javelina, and the adults are preyed upon by mountain lions, bobcats, and bears. Javelina are opportunistic feeders, eating the flowers, fruits, nuts, and berries of a great variety of plants. Prickly pear cactus makes up the major portion of their diet, however, along with agaves, yucca roots, and other desert succulents. Javelina are social animals with herd sizes averaging eight to nine animals. Territories are marked by droppings and by an Bob Miles The javelina, or collared peccary, is of tropical origin and only recently arrived in the Southwest. Peccary bones are not found in Arizona archaeological sites, and early settlers made infrequent references to the occurrence of javelina. Perhaps the javelina spread northward as scrub and cactus replaced Arizona’s native grasslands. For whatever reason, the range of javelina is still expanding, primarily northwestward. The species occurs in the United States only in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, and currently occupies approximately 34 percent of Arizona with an estimated population of 38,000 post-hunt adults. Adult javelina usually weigh between 35 and 60 pounds, the males being slightly heavier than the fe- 92 Hunt Arizona 2009 oily secretion produced by the animal’s scent gland positioned on its back. Any intruding javelina will be met by an aggressive display, which will evolve into a fight unless the interloper withdraws. The size of a herd’s territory varies with the productivity of the habitat, but averages about 750 acres. Hunt History Javelina distribution Javelina were not legally designated as big game until 1929, when a season from November 1 through January 31 was authorized and a bag limit of one javelina a year was imposed. Hunter interest gradually increased, particularly among non-residents, and the javelina became an important game animal in Arizona after World War II. By 1950, hunters were purchasing nearly 10,000 javelina tags and taking more than 1,000 animals a year. In 1959, an archery javelina season was initiated, and by 1971 more than 30,000 hunters were harvesting more than 6,000 javelina a year. This pressure was deemed excessive in some game management units, and permit-only firearm hunting was instituted in 1972. To further curtail hunt pressure and better distribute hunters, permit-only HAM (handgun, archery, and muzzleloader) hunts were initiated in 1974, and archery hunting was limited to permit-only hunting in 1992. In 1992, juniors only permits were authorized. Between 2003 and 2005, the average harvest for general firearms was 2,157, 131 for juniors-only, 873 for HAM, and 2,224 for archery. Hunt Arizona 2009 93 Javelina Survey Data Historic Summary of Javelina Survey Data Classification No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed1 Observed Size1 Adult Young 1955 0 511 – 233 74 1956 0 324 – 201 75 1957 0 447 – 328 115 1958 35 346 9.9 258 88 1959 31 272 8.8 217 55 1960 87 677 7.8 391 120 1961 89 700 7.9 392 108 1962 109 1003 9.2 667 267 1963 123 1086 8.8 654 296 1964 114 768 6.7 560 207 1965 160 1033 6.5 709 219 1966 159 1197 7.5 703 362 1967 107 639 6.0 496 86 1968 123 872 7.1 613 221 1969 113 932 8.3 609 203 1970 216 1757 8.1 1266 414 1971 220 1666 7.6 1063 480 1972 143 1158 8.1 679 255 1973 184 1683 9.2 1121 372 1974 156 1408 9.0 1035 306 1975 234 1830 7.8 1418 332 1976 297 2435 8.2 1745 609 1977 213 1664 7.8 1119 362 1978 321 3051 9.5 2249 667 1979 326 3148 9.7 2385 688 1980 443 3688 8.3 2865 762 1981 384 3503 9.1 2635 807 1982 356 3266 9.2 2390 780 1983 328 3374 10.3 2502 796 1984 404 4074 10.1 3085 946 1985 561 5431 9.7 4043 1181 1986 536 5051 9.4 3903 1127 1987 719 6230 8.7 4923 1205 1988 656 5932 9.0 4606 1323 1989 663 5662 8.5 4645 1017 1990 559 4887 8.7 3839 1034 1991 596 5128 8.6 4008 1058 1992 571 5247 9.2 4142 1060 1993 591 5016 8.5 3969 1019 1994 767 6739 8.8 5485 1141 1995 682 5870 8.6 4763 1106 1996 674 5427 8.0 4582 817 1997 579 4684 8.1 3714 967 1998 538 4725 8.8 3666 1057 1999 553 4715 8.5 3831 807 2000 484 3907 8.0 3174 725 2001 562 4920 8.7 4007 904 2002 411 3058 7.4 2565 490 2003 468 3974 8.4 3128 831 2004 401 3435 8.5 2775 656 2005 450 3525 7.8 2843 675 2006 458 3867 8.4 3074 712 2007 448 3511 7.8 2913 584 2008 379 3237 8.5 2500 726 1 Excluding single animals Note: The year given represents the beginning of the survey period, which runs from December through March. Thus, surveys listed for 2007 were conducted from December 2007 through March 2008. Year 94 Hunt Arizona 2009 Unclassified 204 48 4 0 0 166 200 69 136 1 105 132 57 38 120 77 123 224 190 67 80 81 183 135 75 61 61 96 76 43 207 21 102 3 0 14 62 45 28 113 1 28 3 2 77 8 9 3 15 4 7 81 14 11 Young/100 Adults 32 37 35 34 25 31 28 40 45 37 31 51 17 36 33 33 45 38 33 30 23 35 32 30 29 27 31 33 32 31 29 29 24 29 22 27 26 26 26 21 23 18 26 29 21 23 23 19 27 24 24 23 20 29 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Javelina Survey Data Unit 1 1 3A/3C 3A/3C 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 15 15A 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 17 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A Year 2004 2008 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 5 6 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 6 3 3 6 2 2 1 12 5 11 10 11 7 1 3 6 4 5 8 10 6 6 5 1 7 5 4 29 13 10 12 11 4 20 5 4 9 6 9 10 5 1 9 10 29 13 27 33 28 28 24 21 38 34 19 4 1 2 7 5 8 19 2 51 44 33 49 26 27 10 89 31 82 80 76 77 10 24 77 36 53 86 125 72 40 18 10 56 29 61 232 133 116 77 115 4.0 6.7 2.5 2.0 9.0 6.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 0.0 9.0 5.0 7.3 4.0 6.8 11.0 6.8 6.8 12.0 10.5 7.6 5.7 8.5 2.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 4.0 6.3 – 8.5 14.7 10.7 8.2 12.0 13.5 10.0 7.4 6.2 7.4 7.9 6.7 10.9 10.0 7.7 12.8 9.0 10.6 10.8 12.5 11.8 6.7 3.6 10.0 8.0 5.8 15.0 8.0 10.2 11.5 6.3 10.5 Classification Adult 4 13 5 4 7 4 9 8 4 1 7 9 19 11 22 23 23 24 17 16 28 28 14 4 1 2 6 4 7 13 2 35 28 27 38 15 26 8 65 20 68 64 63 63 6 17 64 26 32 62 107 53 24 13 7 53 18 49 204 95 99 65 88 Young 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 10 2 5 10 5 4 7 5 10 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 16 16 6 11 11 1 2 24 11 14 16 13 14 4 7 13 10 21 24 18 19 16 5 3 3 11 12 28 23 17 12 27 Unclassified 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 Young/100 Adults 0 31 0 0 29 50 0 25 25 0 29 11 53 18 23 43 22 17 41 31 36 21 36 0 0 0 17 25 14 46 0 46 57 22 29 73 4 25 37 55 21 25 21 22 67 41 20 38 66 39 17 36 67 38 43 6 61 24 14 24 17 18 31 Hunt Arizona 2009 95 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Javelina Survey Data Unit 19A 19A 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24B 24B 24B 24B 24B 25M 26M 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 30A 96 Year 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 Hunt Arizona 2009 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 5 7 5 6 11 6 4 6 8 3 4 23 17 22 18 15 24 37 25 23 35 16 8 11 10 9 13 11 17 12 15 16 32 27 20 12 20 22 22 9 10 9 9 8 11 6 4 5 9 4 11 3 19 27 17 21 13 10 17 10 9 4 8 41 96 51 26 85 90 36 50 41 17 37 202 142 189 110 133 229 368 254 243 353 143 48 79 67 122 99 67 157 75 108 177 284 231 161 113 185 182 214 61 85 83 94 66 75 47 31 30 56 29 117 23 162 158 132 148 88 53 100 69 48 21 40 8.2 13.7 10.2 4.3 7.7 14.5 9.0 8.2 5.1 5.7 9.3 8.8 8.4 8.6 6.1 8.9 9.5 10.0 10.2 10.5 10.0 8.9 6.0 7.2 6.7 13.6 7.6 6.1 9.2 6.2 7.2 10.9 8.9 8.6 8.1 9.4 9.2 8.3 9.7 6.8 8.4 9.2 10.4 8.3 6.8 7.8 7.8 6.0 6.1 7.3 10.6 7.7 8.5 5.9 7.7 6.9 6.8 5.3 5.9 6.9 5.2 5.0 5.0 Classification Adult 30 54 34 20 56 27 25 36 34 10 21 169 112 152 90 119 196 304 232 203 285 117 38 67 63 94 82 48 122 62 91 131 217 196 132 87 151 148 176 50 51 64 82 52 65 36 20 24 44 27 92 16 131 141 121 129 73 44 92 61 47 18 33 Young 11 32 17 6 29 17 11 14 7 7 16 33 30 37 20 14 33 64 22 40 68 26 10 12 4 28 17 19 35 13 17 46 67 35 29 26 34 33 38 11 34 19 12 14 10 11 11 6 12 2 25 7 31 17 11 19 15 9 8 8 1 3 7 Unclassified 0 10 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Young/100 Adults 37 59 50 30 52 63 44 39 21 70 76 20 27 24 22 12 17 21 9 20 24 22 26 18 6 30 21 40 29 21 19 35 31 18 22 30 23 22 22 22 67 30 15 27 15 31 55 25 27 7 27 44 24 12 9 15 21 20 9 13 2 17 21 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Javelina Survey Data Unit 30A 30A 30A 30A 30B 30B 30B 30B 30B 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 34A 34A 34A 34A 34A 34B 34B 34B 34B 34B 35A 35A 35A 35A 35A 35B 35B 35B 35B 35B 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B 36C 36C 36C 36C 36C 37A 37A 37A 37A Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 24 14 12 11 3 4 8 9 12 12 8 16 15 14 11 17 26 18 12 13 5 8 10 11 16 21 14 23 12 11 6 11 12 5 16 10 9 15 11 8 3 6 9 7 18 21 18 16 16 16 18 16 14 9 9 12 13 17 17 13 7 16 27 154 123 130 88 18 30 67 55 86 82 49 99 101 113 87 140 196 101 82 153 58 70 85 133 115 159 115 190 108 100 55 79 71 58 97 75 61 112 74 79 23 64 106 70 140 161 110 106 147 146 149 127 123 77 50 88 94 126 166 130 56 128 194 6.4 8.8 10.8 7.9 6.0 7.5 8.4 6.0 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.7 8.1 7.9 8.2 7.5 5.6 6.8 11.8 11.6 8.8 8.5 12.1 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.3 9.0 9.1 9.2 7.2 5.8 11.4 6.0 7.5 6.8 7.4 6.7 9.6 7.7 10.7 11.8 10.0 7.8 7.7 6.1 6.6 9.2 9.1 8.3 7.9 8.6 8.6 5.4 7.3 7.2 7.4 9.8 9.9 8.0 8.0 7.2 Classification Adult 132 104 112 75 12 23 51 44 59 63 42 80 90 86 75 101 159 86 69 132 44 53 76 97 90 132 99 149 88 72 47 61 53 41 83 54 40 82 52 59 19 45 85 53 120 141 87 87 107 128 119 101 98 56 45 68 78 105 114 100 41 104 172 Young 22 19 18 13 6 7 16 11 27 19 7 19 11 27 12 35 37 15 13 21 14 17 9 36 25 27 16 37 20 28 8 18 18 17 14 21 21 30 22 20 4 19 21 17 20 20 23 19 40 18 30 26 25 21 5 18 16 21 47 27 15 24 22 Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 Young/100 Adults 17 18 16 17 50 30 31 25 46 30 17 24 12 31 16 35 23 17 19 16 32 32 12 37 28 20 16 25 23 39 17 30 34 41 17 39 53 37 42 34 21 42 25 32 17 14 26 22 37 14 25 26 26 38 11 26 21 20 41 27 37 23 13 Hunt Arizona 2009 97 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Javelina Survey Data Unit 37A 37B 37B 37B 37B 37B 39 39M 40 40A 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 44A 44A 44A 44A 44A Year 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2004 2006 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Classification No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 18 21 1 23 19 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 6 6 7 7 12 6 7 5 127 262 9 230 131 182 4 7 8 3 12 12 60 57 50 55 41 72 93 42 53 36 Adult 109 215 9 188 118 147 3 7 5 3 0 10 46 48 33 49 35 62 78 35 47 33 7.1 12.4 9.0 10.0 6.8 8.6 4.0 7.0 8.0 3.0 12.0 12.0 8.3 7.1 8.3 9.2 5.7 10.0 7.8 7.0 7.6 7.2 Young 18 47 0 42 13 35 1 0 3 0 0 2 13 9 9 6 3 10 15 7 6 3 Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total Harvest Young/100 Adults 17 22 0 22 11 24 33 0 60 0 – 20 28 19 27 12 9 16 19 20 13 9 Summary of Fall General Javelina Hunts Year 2006 2007 Permits Authorized 920 920 1st Choice Applicants 4437 3154 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 917 920 620 649 1836 2113 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 20 721 18 556 25 1513 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 605 447 1365 50 11 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 645 445 1443 21 5 133 122 Percent Success 21 19 Summary of Fall Juniors-Only Javelina Hunts Year 2007 2008 Permits Authorized 25 2630 1st Choice Applicants 18 607 Total Harvest 5 134 Percent Success 28 24 Summary of Fall HAM Javelina Hunts Year 2007 Permits Authorized 605 1st Choice Applicants 965 Summary of Fall Archery Javelina Hunts Year 2007 98 Permits Authorized 660 Hunt Arizona 2009 1st Choice Applicants 458 Javelina Harvest Data Historic Summary of Spring General Javelina Hunts Permits 1st Choice Permits Issued Hunters Authorized Applicants 1950 – – 9294 7788 1951 – – 9995 8625 1952 – – 12581 10496 1953 – – 15095 13320 1954 – – 15299 14829 1955 – – 16832 14778 1956 – – 17644 14851 1957 – – 18724 16672 1958 – – 17156 12344 1959 – – 14279 11900 1960 – – 16070 13857 1961 – – 19817 17191 1962 – – 22678 19138 1963 – – 24940 21690 1964 – – 24653 20985 1965 – – 24393 20976 1966 – – 25796 21838 1967 – – 28386 23892 1968 – – 29793 26551 1969 – – 32400 28844 1970 – – 33062 30603 1971 – – 31208 27703 1972 25350 22855 25350 21450 1973 24275 26738 24275 20130 1974 22950 29708 22950 19222 1975 22300 30889 22300 19017 1976 20725 32657 20725 17435 1977 20525 33561 20525 17148 1978 19950 31685 19950 16075 1979 18560 28969 18560 15397 1980 17460 29690 17460 14354 1981 15785 32330 15785 12986 1982 15355 28007 15355 12627 1983 15170 21204 15170 13400 1984 16120 20052 16120 13975 1985 15145 20143 15145 13067 1986 15975 23247 15975 13725 1987 15890 21710 15890 13979 1988 15885 21737 15885 14129 1989 15310 20444 15310 13569 1990 14325 18859 14325 12565 1991 13225 16614 13900 12165 1992 13800 10394 13255 12360 1993 13880 10407 13787 11902 1994 13915 10867 13890 12382 1995 13440 11086 13433 11926 1996 13360 11151 13307 11938 1997 12620 11296 12622 11085 1998 12410 11835 12444 10493 1999 12200 12053 11937 10506 2000 12195 11603 12194 10793 2001 12105 12517 12110 10336 2002 11705 10941 11702 10256 2003 11900 11428 11920 10153 2004 11300 12879 11292 9747 2005 11090 13790 11207 8628 2006 11145 10972 11043 9538 2007 11500 9076 11170 9778 2008 11721 8106 11138 9536 1 Ft. Huachuca hunt data was gathered using the hunter questionnaire program after 1995. Year¹ Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success – – – – – – – – 23716 23434 – 29735 41787 46093 46195 44818 46028 52780 62345 65775 66448 59943 44178 41189 39258 39409 35956 35890 32666 32551 33299 29477 30540 32250 35149 32970 33473 34330 35067 34861 31314 31618 32183 29035 31672 31928 31600 30147 27482 28005 27700 28124 27685 27419 26424 23772 26024 26632 26185 1344 1851 1762 2510 2661 3142 2930 2236 2172 2725 2759 3700 3845 4417 5247 4763 4849 4804 4794 5651 6278 5890 3819 4559 5007 4587 4172 4225 3449 3717 3672 3642 3075 3269 3638 3539 3743 4220 4432 3240 3468 2856 3158 3126 3536 2781 3444 2952 2520 2784 3182 2291 2823 2348 2393 1729 2544 2587 2008 17 22 17 19 18 21 20 13 18 23 20 22 20 20 25 23 22 20 18 20 21 21 18 23 26 24 24 25 22 24 26 28 24 24 26 27 27 30 31 24 28 24 26 26 29 23 29 27 24 26 29 22 28 23 25 20 27 26 21 Hunt Arizona 2009 99 Javelina Harvest Data Historic Summary of Spring Juniors-Only Javelina Hunts Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Permits Authorized 150 150 150 150 250 370 420 380 480 530 460 460 485 535 670 865 970 1st Choice Applicants 75 92 88 50 131 179 244 304 353 453 942 957 609 611 682 896 866 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 120 140 148 89 197 256 324 338 444 509 460 460 485 550 645 809 818 103 125 138 78 191 229 300 297 397 443 385 401 430 447 522 729 684 225 283 289 198 396 570 738 631 824 986 812 915 1030 983 1241 1841 1614 20 31 49 16 65 84 74 111 159 110 149 124 117 151 172 314 273 19 25 36 21 34 37 25 37 40 25 39 31 27 34 33 43 40 Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 166 127 1484 1385 2623 3128 5178 7545 7771 11313 11775 14835 16558 16289 15148 14271 16286 16796 14667 14961 19553 19908 20053 20571 17451 17805 17621 17175 16990 18169 16683 14657 15810 14278 12768 30 29 90 104 145 212 367 544 482 824 878 1109 1180 1728 1133 991 1289 929 951 973 1587 1186 1456 1387 1014 1281 1311 957 1148 860 1066 692 1141 878 692 38 35 13 15 11 15 16 18 16 18 20 20 19 27 20 19 22 15 18 17 22 17 21 19 16 20 21 16 20 14 19 14 22 19 17 Historic Summary of Spring HAM1 Javelina Hunts Permits 1st Choice Permits Issued Hunters Authorized Applicants 1974 100 302 100 79 1975 100 246 100 82 1976 900 1046 900 711 1977 925 1117 925 689 1978 1700 1348 1700 1290 1979 1850 1440 1850 1454 1980 3000 2108 3000 2250 1981 3750 2755 3750 2986 1982 3850 3502 3850 3079 1983 5990 3226 5990 4476 1984 6375 3517 6375 4436 1985 8180 4272 8116 5653 1986 7620 5446 7620 6316 1987 8200 5500 7719 6382 1988 6500 6208 6500 5655 1989 6075 6023 6075 5287 1990 6980 6229 6980 5964 19912 7340 6433 6991 6159 1992 6740 4050 5786 5191 1993 7665 4674 6839 5704 1994 8150 5081 7875 7081 1995 8070 5553 8004 7034 1996 8210 5888 8012 7033 1997 8360 6088 8155 7229 1998 7685 5888 7531 6462 1999 7760 6184 7176 6287 2000 7260 6321 7262 6360 2001 6775 6034 6738 5812 2002 6600 5377 6601 5705 2003 7050 5644 7059 5992 2004 6550 5779 6550 5637 2005 6500 5342 6537 5018 2006 6400 4868 6040 5226 2007 5465 4763 5205 4510 2008 5440 4366 4838 4137 1 Prior to 1982, hunts were for handgun, handgun/archery, and/or archery/muzzleloader. 2 Including special fall archery/shotgun hunts. Year 100 Hunt Arizona 2009 Javelina Harvest Data Historic Summary of Spring Archery Javelina Hunts Permits 1st Choice Permits Issued Hunters Authorized Applicants 1963 – – – 1125 1964 – – – 1226 1965 – – – 1438 1966 – – – 1441 1967 – – – 1283 1968 – – – 1608 1969 – – – 2295 1970 – – – 2455 1971 – – – 2918 1972 – – – 3795 1973 – – – 4286 1974 100 10 – 3680 1975 100 37 – 4804 1976 100 28 – 5478 1977 – – – 5472 1978 – – – 6725 1979 2400 510 – 4342 1980 – – – 4902 1981 – – – 6643 1982 – – – 8735 1983 – – 8987 7722 1984 – – 9163 – 1985 – – 9599 8883 1986 – – 11088 10379 1987 – – 12236 11200 1988 – – 14625 13493 1989 – – 14785 14011 1990 – – 15104 14161 1991 – – 13658 12504 1992 12926 6670 9490 8735 1993 11990 7239 9697 8657 1994 10205 7424 9944 9099 1995 10555 7639 10357 9430 1996 10125 7583 9908 8978 1997 9755 7809 9703 8725 1998 9450 8270 9444 8443 1999 9220 8972 9214 8242 2000 9650 8828 9646 8604 2001 9685 9736 9683 8438 2002 9685 9013 9673 8662 2003 9635 9756 9661 8545 2004 9435 10355 9434 8324 2005 9685 10351 9771 8506 2006 10000 9861 9930 8703 2007 9220 8311 8842 7675 2008 9661 8065 8939 7757 1 Ft. Huachuca hunt data was gathered using the hunter questionnaire program after 1995. Year¹ Hunter Days 3519 3689 3574 3515 3855 5093 7720 8484 9663 12622 13613 13145 16129 18970 20475 23940 14722 19288 36568 39700 33638 – 32259 44358 50479 62771 62250 60256 54558 40906 38263 43001 45061 42000 40922 42692 41443 41072 41754 41735 43478 40575 42364 43174 34571 35110 Total Harvest Percent Success 111 112 118 138 120 193 206 196 354 305 469 500 650 1044 786 824 786 1222 1527 1543 1684 – 1946 2232 2870 3436 3605 3723 2263 2330 2439 2564 2764 2661 2672 2163 2187 2574 1862 2790 2236 2398 2038 2452 2305 2229 10 9 8 10 9 12 9 8 12 8 11 14 14 19 14 12 18 25 23 18 22 – 22 22 26 26 26 26 18 27 28 28 29 30 31 26 27 30 22 32 26 29 24 28 30 29 Hunt Arizona 2009 101 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit SPRING GENERAL 6A 6A 6A 6A/6B/8 6A/6B/8 10/18A 10/18A 10/18A 10/18A 10/18A 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 17 17 17 17 17 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 102 Year Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 200 200 200 150 150 200 200 200 250 250 40 55 110 200 350 400 400 400 400 450 300 300 300 450 500 200 200 250 300 300 200 250 250 300 300 300 300 350 325 350 450 550 550 625 625 250 250 700 650 600 550 500 775 625 625 700 675 225 225 225 350 300 368 386 319 258 250 174 247 169 188 184 81 98 105 127 148 547 472 455 305 289 498 465 383 380 361 224 284 244 163 220 139 124 92 58 65 371 423 411 306 217 746 1013 767 657 539 216 200 1461 1525 935 697 672 1397 1244 922 870 627 575 703 708 508 480 200 205 200 150 150 200 201 200 250 250 40 57 110 200 350 400 404 400 400 446 300 306 300 450 500 200 205 250 300 300 200 252 250 300 288 300 304 350 325 350 450 562 550 625 625 250 250 700 652 600 550 500 775 630 625 700 675 225 232 225 350 300 53.0 49.2 62.1 54.3 58.0 87.4 71.7 100.0 96.8 87.0 49.4 56.1 96.2 96.9 97.3 69.3 75.6 82.0 98.7 97.9 58.4 61.7 76.8 89.7 87.8 73.7 61.6 86.9 96.9 91.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 67.7 59.8 79.6 95.8 99.1 53.6 51.9 66.4 88.7 98.0 90.3 95.5 47.2 42.0 61.1 74.8 72.0 50.4 46.7 59.8 72.4 85.3 39.1 32.0 31.5 63.4 59.0 158 122 183 112 117 181 145 168 220 212 34 41 102 177 301 339 302 355 359 385 260 218 259 401 412 178 156 225 270 249 170 158 211 270 226 233 218 297 277 323 401 442 485 573 535 225 225 611 443 548 473 437 665 425 541 597 534 193 136 185 299 238 408 296 458 275 305 469 390 501 697 622 113 114 297 547 935 976 843 1034 1047 1072 659 610 688 1066 1142 483 395 661 795 722 480 408 616 737 558 587 535 792 698 948 1046 1137 1370 1430 1473 587 648 1467 1170 1418 1247 1160 1728 1101 1446 1633 1480 495 324 450 771 680 Hunt Arizona 2009 Harvest 53 6 62 42 40 42 18 55 73 46 3 10 44 64 43 109 37 105 108 69 88 71 120 189 92 44 30 58 85 49 42 9 34 37 15 85 40 104 85 79 129 96 127 157 94 83 59 116 79 120 115 87 70 51 92 86 89 41 23 62 106 54 Hunt Success 34 5 34 38 34 23 12 33 33 22 9 24 43 36 14 32 12 30 30 18 34 33 46 47 22 25 19 26 31 20 25 6 16 14 7 36 18 35 31 24 32 22 26 27 18 37 26 19 18 22 24 20 11 12 17 14 17 21 17 34 35 23 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year SPRING GENERAL (continued) 24A 2004 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24B 2004 24B 2005 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 27 2004 27 2005 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 28 2004 28 2005 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 29 2004 29 2005 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 30A 2004 30A 2005 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30B 2004 30B 2005 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 31 2004 31 2005 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 32 2004 32 2005 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 33 2004 33 2005 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 34A 2004 34A 2005 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 35A 2004 35A 2005 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 215 215 215 275 250 350 250 250 350 325 250 250 250 125 125 350 350 350 250 250 250 250 250 200 200 350 350 350 300 300 200 200 150 125 125 150 150 200 175 175 500 450 500 450 475 700 700 700 600 600 400 400 400 625 625 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 342 431 286 207 190 516 384 345 276 284 116 127 85 72 72 248 279 263 182 161 35 60 43 29 19 221 312 170 145 146 106 80 69 57 41 189 169 142 97 77 545 520 479 316 290 563 644 619 521 458 261 339 271 188 191 68 79 62 47 32 69 74 215 215 215 275 250 350 250 250 350 325 250 250 250 125 114 350 357 350 250 250 250 251 153 92 78 349 352 347 274 250 200 201 150 125 106 147 151 200 175 170 500 454 500 450 475 697 710 700 600 600 400 401 400 509 495 100 101 100 100 77 100 100 60.5 47.1 67.1 100.0 98.4 60.7 53.1 63.5 98.2 99.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.2 95.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.7 94.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.6 94.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 77.8 82.3 100.0 97.9 100.0 85.7 80.6 99.4 97.5 97.6 100.0 95.3 100.0 93.5 95.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.9 100.0 100.0 183 188 185 261 211 300 190 224 306 286 216 151 186 99 91 285 285 293 225 229 208 202 119 87 76 297 302 287 228 217 175 163 135 84 104 113 118 163 146 113 425 369 402 392 405 605 583 601 508 511 357 336 341 446 416 87 88 78 83 66 80 86 478 543 470 724 607 779 556 551 736 755 583 404 546 280 228 781 786 719 626 615 550 586 340 233 165 762 866 792 659 522 543 504 398 240 303 369 371 468 414 288 1108 1005 1061 1086 1083 1573 1620 1555 1294 1270 1028 945 951 1214 1150 266 292 198 231 165 205 293 Harvest Hunt Success 43 55 56 60 49 45 23 54 105 53 56 30 54 28 31 97 117 147 86 102 42 25 26 29 30 82 85 103 71 85 42 9 34 19 20 30 33 57 18 23 110 75 122 95 92 183 129 146 142 153 92 90 91 135 84 17 15 22 12 9 25 14 Hunt Arizona 2009 24 29 30 23 23 15 12 24 34 19 26 20 29 28 34 34 41 50 38 45 20 12 22 33 39 28 28 36 31 39 24 6 25 23 19 27 28 35 12 20 26 20 30 24 23 30 22 24 28 30 26 27 27 30 20 20 17 28 14 14 31 16 103 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year SPRING GENERAL (continued) 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35B 2004 35B 2005 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 36A 2004 36A 2005 36A 2006 36A 2007 36A 2008 36B 2004 36B 2005 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 36C 2004 36C 2005 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 37A 2004 37A 2005 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37B 2004 37B 2005 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 42/44A 2008 FTHU 2004 FTHU 2005 FTHU 2006 FTHU 2007 FTHU 2008 Spring Junior Only 6A/6B/8 2007 6A/6B/8 2008 10/17/18A/19/20A 2004 10/17/18A/19/20A 2005 10/17/18A/19/20A 2006 10/17/18A/19/20A 2007 10/17/18A/19/20A 2008 16A 2004 16A 2005 16A 2006 16A 2007 16A 2008 18B 2007 18B 2008 20B 2005 20B/21 2007 20B/21 2008 20C 2004 20C 2005 20C 2006 20C 2007 20C 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 104 Hunt Arizona 2009 Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/18-2/24 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/22-2/28 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/16-2/22 2/15-2/21 100 75 75 100 100 100 75 75 700 700 650 375 375 400 400 400 475 475 475 450 350 275 275 800 800 800 780 780 900 900 950 1000 1000 100 20 20 20 20 16 46 48 37 60 94 54 41 28 598 584 409 269 233 369 388 245 240 181 299 296 179 137 112 629 752 649 512 415 1049 1179 1025 932 804 60 15 15 21 27 23 100 75 56 100 101 100 75 66 700 711 650 375 375 400 403 400 437 347 475 455 350 237 228 800 802 800 780 780 901 914 950 1000 996 100 18 18 18 16 16 100.0 100.0 86.5 100.0 93.6 100.0 100.0 96.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.1 94.0 99.7 94.6 100.0 100.0 95.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 92.8 100.0 99.6 96.6 77.9 71.3 88.6 94.1 94.3 93.3 100.0 100.0 85.7 59.3 65.2 88 63 44 80 54 85 64 51 617 600 578 330 327 360 335 342 384 313 418 356 306 223 206 707 653 725 700 702 794 745 823 883 876 82 17 18 18 13 16 240 172 147 213 155 230 182 137 1763 1654 1635 968 907 977 1004 960 1049 871 1220 1009 921 606 652 2078 1800 2070 1936 1929 2186 2000 2130 2424 2368 239 51 56 58 28 39 25 10 0 30 12 18 15 7 162 108 129 66 87 97 59 84 83 69 81 63 88 49 34 176 149 144 143 88 151 158 154 187 159 8 10 10 7 4 9 28 16 0 38 22 21 23 14 26 18 22 20 27 27 18 25 22 22 19 18 29 22 17 25 23 20 20 13 19 21 19 21 18 10 59 56 39 31 56 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 2/06-2/12 2/04-2/10 2/10-2/16 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 2/06-2/12 2/04-2/10 2/10-2/16 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 2/04-2/10 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 2/06-2/12 2/04-2/10 2/10-2/16 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 75 75 100 100 100 100 100 10 10 20 30 50 30 100 175 55 65 75 100 100 100 100 42 54 181 156 148 96 81 6 16 8 13 21 17 31 168 111 134 132 119 147 110 87 75 75 100 105 100 100 100 10 10 20 25 26 30 47 180 55 65 75 101 100 100 99 100.0 96.3 55.3 63.5 66.9 85.4 91.4 83.3 62.5 100.0 92.3 95.2 100.0 90.3 92.3 48.7 47.0 52.3 81.5 66.0 80.9 88.5 71 63 90 87 79 89 83 10 8 18 22 21 28 39 154 52 46 71 87 83 90 86 174 150 194 169 197 223 187 30 13 47 42 52 63 79 332 126 106 164 176 217 210 188 21 21 29 33 13 35 30 3 5 11 11 12 17 19 46 16 13 30 49 33 52 40 30 33 32 38 16 39 36 30 63 61 50 57 61 49 30 31 28 42 56 40 58 47 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Dates Authorized Spring Junior Only (continued) 22/23 2007 1/26-2/04 22/23 2008 1/25-2/03 23 2006 2/10-2/16 24A/24B 2007 1/26-2/04 24A/24B 2008 1/25-2/03 24B 2004 2/06-2/12 27 2007 1/26-2/04 27 2008 1/25-2/03 28/28/30/31/32 2007 1/26-2/04 28/28/30/31/32 2008 1/25-2/03 33/37 2007 1/26-2/04 33/37 2008 1/25-2/03 33/37B 2006 2/10-2/16 34A/34B 2007 1/26-2/04 34A/34B 2008 1/25-2/03 35A/35B 2007 1/26-2/04 35A/35B 2008 1/25-2/03 36A/36C 2005 2/04-2/10 36A/36B 2006 2/10-2/16 36A/36B/36C 2007 1/26-2/04 36A/36B/36C 2008 1/25-2/03 37A 2005 2/04-2/10 37B 2004 2/06-2/12 Spring HAM 6A/6B/8 2007 2/09-2/18 6A/6B/8 2008 2/08-2/17 6B 2004 2/13-2/19 6B 2005 2/11-2/17 6B 2006 2/17-2/23 8 2004 2/13-2/19 8 2005 2/11-2/17 8 2006 2/17-2/23 10/18A 2007 2/09-2/18 10/18A 2008 2/08-2/17 16A 2007 2/09-2/18 16A 2008 2/08-2/17 17 2007 2/09-2/18 17 2008 2/08-2/17 18B 2004 2/13-2/19 18B 2005 2/11-2/17 18B 2006 2/17-2/23 18B 2007 2/09-2/18 18B 2008 2/08-2/17 19A 2007 2/09-2/18 19A 2008 2/08-2/17 19B 2007 2/09-2/18 19B 2008 2/08-2/17 20A 2007 2/09-2/18 20A 2008 2/08-2/17 20B 2004 2/13-2/19 20B 2006 2/17-2/23 20B 2007 2/09-2/18 20B 2008 2/08-2/17 20C 2004 2/13-2/19 20C 2004 2/20-2/26 20C 2005 2/11-2/17 20C 2005 2/18-2/24 20C 2006 2/17-2/23 20C 2006 2/24-3/02 20C 2007 2/09-2/18 20C 2008 2/08-2/17 21 2004 2/13-2/19 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Unit Year Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 50 50 200 50 45 150 50 50 65 75 150 150 150 40 40 20 20 100 100 50 50 50 150 146 130 188 58 58 123 6 6 75 75 166 140 140 21 14 2 3 82 51 33 32 70 167 50 50 200 50 45 150 11 13 65 75 150 150 150 39 20 9 5 104 75 50 48 50 150 34.3 38.5 85.1 58.6 56.9 89.4 16.7 83.3 72.0 78.7 80.1 90.7 85.7 90.5 71.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 86.3 93.9 90.6 71.4 85.6 43 40 169 50 36 126 11 13 63 60 124 128 115 37 18 4 5 77 58 45 46 34 133 119 83 377 142 76 316 40 36 173 134 279 347 279 100 51 11 11 193 124 139 114 100 326 21 13 48 26 17 29 0 5 40 35 45 38 47 10 7 0 1 15 20 20 22 3 26 49 33 28 52 47 23 0 38 63 58 36 30 41 27 39 0 20 19 34 44 48 9 20 50 50 75 75 75 50 50 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 450 450 325 325 250 250 375 275 375 275 325 325 275 117 127 52 65 65 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Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Spring HAM (continued) 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2007 23 2008 24A 2004 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24B 2005 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 27 2007 27 2008 28 2004 28 2005 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 29 2004 29 2005 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 30A 2004 30A 2005 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30B 2004 30B 2005 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 31 2004 31 2005 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 32 2004 32 2005 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 33 2004 33 2005 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 34A 2004 34A 2005 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 106 Hunt Arizona 2009 Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 250 225 225 200 500 450 450 325 300 300 300 150 150 225 225 225 125 125 250 250 150 150 65 65 100 100 100 85 85 50 50 50 40 40 125 125 125 100 100 200 200 150 125 125 250 250 150 130 130 550 500 450 300 325 450 450 450 380 380 300 300 466 373 326 280 721 518 573 385 362 583 545 374 356 218 204 218 170 145 154 201 134 163 7 14 68 65 62 87 50 13 23 18 14 12 58 59 60 37 37 48 27 23 24 25 95 101 86 46 63 398 382 331 317 224 243 252 295 263 267 136 213 253 225 225 200 500 458 450 325 300 300 303 150 150 225 228 225 125 125 251 250 150 150 58 24 100 101 100 85 80 50 51 34 27 18 125 125 115 66 73 200 200 87 54 40 250 250 150 130 118 550 505 450 300 304 450 449 446 380 360 300 300 51.7 60.3 62.3 69.3 60.3 68.2 66.7 72.2 66.6 49.7 51.7 40.1 41.9 78.4 83.8 84.4 60.6 75.2 100.0 100.0 90.3 78.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 85.1 96.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.2 97.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 92.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.6 97.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.0 95.5 100.0 100.0 172 190 191 168 439 313 361 294 265 272 213 128 123 195 174 209 103 106 193 205 124 134 39 9 79 85 94 72 67 42 35 27 25 11 97 95 88 56 65 170 131 66 41 31 222 182 132 100 104 481 382 384 243 265 394 376 375 309 303 245 252 454 500 650 488 1273 773 1130 911 788 813 674 405 442 590 523 610 306 342 513 576 422 464 106 21 219 303 308 248 242 137 91 75 74 36 282 229 241 151 172 515 424 166 133 78 681 638 427 347 333 1397 1180 1186 755 815 1087 988 1188 938 807 642 787 Harvest 20 38 34 21 74 28 45 66 43 62 20 37 13 51 40 53 27 18 16 43 17 11 5 0 33 9 38 16 17 10 5 11 13 3 22 30 25 19 32 33 5 4 5 7 50 22 18 15 21 90 44 108 37 22 60 66 98 76 67 68 22 Hunt Success 12 20 18 13 17 9 12 22 16 23 9 29 11 26 23 25 26 17 8 21 14 8 13 0 42 11 40 22 25 24 14 41 52 27 23 32 28 34 49 19 4 6 12 23 23 12 14 15 20 19 12 28 15 8 15 18 26 25 22 28 9 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Spring HAM (continued) 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34B 2004 34B 2005 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 35A 2004 35A 2005 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35B 2004 35B 2005 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 36A 2007 36A 2008 36B 2004 36B 2005 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 36C 2004 36C 2005 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 37A 2004 37A 2005 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37B 2004 37B 2005 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 Spring Archery Various Units 2004 Various Units 2005 Various Units 2006 Various Units 2007 Various Units 2008 5/6/8/11M/19A 2008 5/6/8/19A 2007 5/6/19A 2004 5/6/19A 2005 5/6/19A 2006 20A/20C 2004 20A/20C 2005 20A/20C 2006 20A/20C 2007 20A/20C 2008 20B 2004 20B 2005 20B 2006 20B 2007 20B 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/13-2/19 2/11-2/17 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 300 285 285 75 75 75 30 30 100 100 100 80 80 100 100 100 80 80 165 165 600 600 600 150 150 225 200 150 115 115 350 350 350 360 360 500 650 650 500 500 149 119 121 46 39 29 20 22 39 49 33 47 10 37 49 44 17 15 39 52 289 240 207 134 81 115 100 58 61 22 270 269 261 209 211 497 504 514 531 446 300 253 195 75 75 75 30 22 100 98 82 62 37 100 100 79 57 32 111 106 600 603 391 150 122 225 200 131 107 36 350 350 350 360 360 500 656 650 500 497 100.0 97.5 98.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 86.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.0 91.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.7 96.7 93.0 100.0 100.0 89.3 92.6 278 222 173 66 58 69 28 19 72 80 68 42 35 86 74 61 50 28 91 92 507 465 340 132 100 170 159 116 93 27 313 298 305 323 327 443 509 582 454 420 771 656 510 182 184 200 79 85 221 252 292 193 99 262 233 198 154 113 294 258 1507 1297 1056 387 351 507 476 360 278 88 1003 934 918 1028 965 1387 1501 1764 1467 1367 62 38 24 9 7 6 0 6 14 10 14 2 7 11 8 14 4 9 26 16 84 52 48 23 20 26 20 9 12 2 41 43 55 56 33 65 60 128 59 72 22 17 14 14 12 9 0 32 19 13 21 5 20 13 11 23 8 32 29 17 17 11 14 17 20 15 13 8 13 7 13 14 18 17 10 15 12 22 13 17 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1500 1800 2000 1500 1750 800 800 800 800 800 500 500 500 400 400 350 475 500 475 475 1727 1900 1759 1669 1630 639 619 754 713 776 742 767 720 580 537 581 534 617 474 441 1500 1819 2000 1500 1746 800 800 799 806 800 500 504 500 400 400 350 478 500 475 475 80.8 89.0 100.0 85.3 94.5 98.9 99.0 92.7 97.1 94.7 65.6 63.4 68.3 67.1 71.9 58.5 71.7 76.5 89.5 93.4 1313 1525 1699 1289 1465 676 706 705 703 725 448 446 426 363 366 322 440 468 433 416 6397 7887 8675 5779 6679 2901 3039 3331 3353 3720 2175 1951 2000 1691 1740 1451 1942 2080 1755 1795 409 366 521 486 476 234 223 189 151 203 134 109 108 104 112 79 76 112 127 97 31 24 31 38 32 35 32 27 21 28 30 24 25 29 31 25 17 24 29 23 Hunt Arizona 2009 107 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Spring Archery (continued) 21 2004 21 2005 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 22 2004 22 2005 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 23 2004 23 2005 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 24A 2004 24A 2005 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24B 2004 24B 2005 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 25M/26M/47M 2007 25M/26M/47M 2008 27 2007 27 2008 27/28/29/30/31/32 2004 27/28/29/30/31/32 2005 27/28/29/30/31/32 2006 28/29/30/31/32 2007 28/29/30/31/32 2008 33/37B 2004 33/37B 2005 33/37B 2006 33/37B 2007 33/37B 2008 34A/37A/37M 2004 34A/37A/37M 2005 34A/37A/37M 2006 34A/37A/38M 2007 34A/37A/38M 2008 34B/35A/35B 2004 34B/35A/35B 2005 34B/35A/35B 2006 34B/35A/35B 2007 34B/35A/35B 2008 36A/36B/36C 2004 36A/36B/36C 2005 36A/36B/36C 2006 36A/36B/36C 2007 36A/36B/36C 2008 39M/42M 2004 39M/42M 2005 39M/42M 2006 FTHU 2004 FTHU 2005 FTHU 2006 FTHU 2007 FTHU 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 108 Hunt Arizona 2009 Dates Authorized 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/31 Permits Authorized 450 400 375 350 420 600 475 475 500 550 225 225 225 225 275 115 115 130 175 200 250 250 250 225 250 175 175 100 100 1500 1500 1500 1200 1200 1150 1150 1250 1250 1250 900 900 900 700 700 300 300 300 325 300 600 600 600 800 800 175 175 175 20 20 20 20 16 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 804 690 521 474 562 893 764 672 551 598 515 552 564 543 540 270 280 303 219 245 306 226 251 213 174 111 135 40 31 1281 1361 1170 922 787 900 1016 1108 899 823 595 579 599 485 461 193 187 155 128 130 650 650 490 373 317 129 116 133 15 16 23 11 15 450 401 375 350 420 600 479 475 500 550 225 232 225 225 275 115 116 130 175 200 250 252 250 225 250 175 175 88 71 1498 1522 1500 1200 1042 1153 1155 1250 1250 1216 899 898 898 700 634 300 298 234 197 171 600 616 600 566 498 175 177 175 20 18 18 16 16 54.6 57.1 70.8 72.4 73.5 60.4 56.4 63.0 75.9 83.1 43.3 40.8 39.7 41.4 50.9 42.6 41.1 42.9 76.3 73.9 70.6 79.2 76.9 90.1 98.9 99.1 100.0 92.5 93.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 86.8 87.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 96.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.4 96.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.9 88.8 89.1 100.0 99.5 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 78.3 100.0 86.7 382 343 329 305 376 536 411 405 420 453 197 194 208 192 217 108 109 125 166 179 217 231 216 196 218 143 138 70 62 1297 1303 1311 1017 914 1049 1040 1109 1066 1115 798 804 787 625 580 243 261 213 171 159 533 541 520 497 407 157 137 145 19 18 17 16 16 1593 1380 1377 1140 1434 2372 1858 2019 1540 1836 887 957 948 771 913 559 544 718 814 685 1043 997 983 769 933 791 674 388 277 6309 6651 6226 4459 4298 5255 5188 5651 4993 4817 3983 4178 4068 2919 3063 1396 1398 1087 971 903 2979 3218 2767 2620 2060 682 733 724 163 129 131 132 102 102 73 63 83 95 92 76 126 97 111 54 33 82 78 60 34 38 46 65 59 35 34 50 42 52 54 37 10 14 487 379 387 325 313 286 249 277 247 278 219 192 210 171 133 100 75 70 61 46 120 142 130 125 105 53 34 63 5 11 4 7 7 27 21 19 27 25 17 18 31 23 25 27 17 39 41 28 31 35 37 39 33 16 15 23 21 24 38 27 14 23 38 29 30 32 34 27 24 25 23 25 27 24 27 27 23 41 29 33 36 29 23 26 25 25 26 34 25 43 26 61 24 44 44 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Fall General 28 28 29 29 30A 30A 30B 30B 31 31 32 32 33 33 34A 34A 34B 34B 35A 35A 35B 35B 36A 36A 36B 36B 36C 36C 37A 37A 37B 37B Fall Junior Only 16A 17B 18B 20A 28 28 29 29 30A 30A 30B 30B 31 31 32 32 33 33 34A 34A 34B 34B 35A 35A 35B 35B 36A 36A FTHU = Fort Huachuca Year Dates Authorized Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 11/10-11/19 11/09-11/18 50 50 40 40 50 50 20 20 30 30 75 75 105 105 60 60 15 15 15 15 15 15 75 75 60 60 50 50 120 120 140 140 262 164 61 56 175 71 64 57 208 146 313 215 653 502 209 163 45 27 78 45 52 41 184 162 224 176 123 97 491 372 1295 860 50 50 38 40 50 50 20 20 30 30 75 75 104 105 60 60 15 15 15 15 15 15 75 75 60 60 50 50 120 120 140 140 17.2 29.3 34.4 41.1 22.9 50.7 25.0 35.1 14.4 20.6 18.9 31.2 13.5 20.7 23.9 25.8 24.4 22.2 19.2 31.1 26.9 36.6 31.5 41.4 25.9 32.4 35.8 41.2 17.7 19.6 10.7 16.3 25 40 10 22 31 35 12 11 19 8 49 60 63 61 48 43 13 11 15 8 15 13 50 63 44 44 25 31 98 89 103 110 82 145 35 74 94 128 28 40 74 19 107 192 137 193 128 124 35 34 50 26 30 47 211 208 161 196 71 97 262 226 331 364 7 5 0 0 8 5 0 6 0 4 12 29 4 18 15 4 0 4 0 0 8 6 7 13 9 3 10 6 27 10 26 9 28 13 0 0 26 14 0 55 0 50 24 48 6 30 31 9 0 36 0 0 53 46 14 21 20 7 40 19 28 11 25 8 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 10/10-10/16 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/30 10/10-10/16 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 50 50 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 100 135 135 100 100 25 25 25 25 25 25 70 70 36 46 55 88 28 10 1 2 11 2 0 1 23 5 12 19 73 43 8 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 8 4 37 50 72 50 37 14 3 2 15 3 3 1 23 8 22 20 73 58 11 4 3 5 7 3 1 2 10 18 94.4 87.0 94.6 56.8 96.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 – 100.0 73.9 100.0 91.7 84.2 86.3 90.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 31 39 55 33 33 14 3 0 13 3 3 1 17 4 11 15 57 44 11 2 0 5 6 3 1 0 7 18 107 106 142 98 90 33 5 0 30 6 8 2 50 12 24 30 149 105 44 7 0 10 14 9 2 0 20 76 6 11 31 4 8 9 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 7 9 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 28 56 12 24 64 33 – 15 67 0 0 24 0 18 53 12 20 55 50 – 100 0 0 0 – 0 22 Hunt Arizona 2009 109 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Authorized Fall Junior Only (continued) 36B 2008 10/10-10/16 36B 2008 11/21-11/27 36C 2008 10/10-10/16 36C 2008 11/21-11/27 37A 2008 10/10-10/16 37A 2008 11/21-11/27 37B 2008 10/10-10/16 37B 2008 11/21-11/27 39 (Archery) 2007 11/02-11/15 39 (Muzzleloader) 2007 11/16-11/25 39 (Archery) 2008 11/07-11/16 39 (Muzzleloader) 2008 11/21-11/27 Fall HAM 28 2006 10/13-10/22 28 2007 10/12-10/21 29 2006 10/13-10/22 29 2007 10/12-10/21 30A 2006 10/13-10/22 30A 2007 10/12-10/21 30B 2006 10/13-10/22 30B 2007 10/12-10/21 31 2006 10/13-10/22 31 2007 10/12-10/21 32 2006 10/13-10/22 32 2007 10/12-10/21 33 2006 10/13-10/22 33 2007 10/12-10/21 34A 2006 10/13-10/22 34A 2007 10/12-10/21 34B 2006 10/13-10/22 34B 2007 10/12-10/21 35A 2006 10/13-10/22 35A 2007 10/12-10/21 35B 2006 10/13-10/22 35B 2007 10/12-10/21 36A 2006 10/13-10/22 36A 2007 10/12-10/21 36B 2006 10/13-10/22 36B 2007 10/12-10/21 36C 2006 10/13-10/22 36C 2007 10/12-10/21 37A 2006 10/13-10/22 37A 2007 10/12-10/21 37B 2006 10/13-10/22 37B 2007 10/12-10/21 Fall Archery 27/28/29/30A/31/32 2006 9/01-9/10 28/29/30A/31/32 2007 8/24-9/02 30B 2006 9/01-9/10 30B 2007 8/24-9/02 33/37B 2006 9/01-9/10 33/37B 2007 8/24-9/02 34A/37A/38M 2006 9/01-9/10 34A/37A/38M 2007 8/24-9/02 34B/35A/35B 2006 9/01-9/10 34B/35A/35B 2007 8/24-9/02 36A/36B/36C 2006 9/01-9/10 36A/36B/36C 2007 8/24-9/02 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 110 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants 100 100 75 75 125 125 170 165 15 10 15 10 7 7 1 4 18 8 29 38 11 7 4 4 15 15 10 10 20 20 25 25 20 20 70 70 70 70 45 45 10 10 15 15 15 15 25 25 90 90 25 25 50 50 100 100 165 165 35 35 190 190 135 135 45 45 90 90 Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 8 12 2 2 27 13 46 51 10 10 5 5 100.0 100.0 100.0 25.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 90.9 85.7 75.0 75.0 4 10 0 0 20 13 39 38 8 10 5 3 8 31 0 0 52 35 96 102 20 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 50 – – 10 31 0 8 0 50 0 0 61 29 18 10 21 29 29 16 50 35 123 89 178 149 112 66 24 15 15 22 12 18 38 17 96 42 38 22 159 107 407 299 15 15 10 10 20 20 25 25 20 20 70 70 70 70 45 45 10 10 15 15 15 15 25 25 89 90 25 25 50 50 100 100 21.3 41.4 55.6 90.0 71.4 69.0 65.5 81.3 36.0 25.7 39.8 61.8 27.5 37.6 33.9 56.1 33.3 53.3 66.7 59.1 50.0 61.1 57.9 82.4 63.5 97.6 44.7 90.9 22.0 29.9 17.0 26.8 11 15 7 8 15 4 13 8 13 15 45 51 48 60 39 39 10 8 13 12 15 8 22 19 61 57 18 21 48 40 77 82 41 35 13 28 45 8 25 28 27 45 138 154 135 145 119 139 23 24 35 23 49 28 78 71 161 163 42 69 140 118 214 287 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 10 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 7 2 2 6 3 5 13 36 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 23 20 4 0 21 22 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 13 12 11 10 13 8 6 16 287 116 21 18 242 160 135 91 47 25 87 48 160 165 35 27 190 190 132 135 45 38 89 90 49.1 97.4 95.2 83.3 61.2 96.3 80.7 98.9 76.6 100.0 89.7 100.0 96 113 25 16 130 125 86 103 28 26 61 62 343 345 66 59 391 372 242 368 132 88 189 211 0 5 0 0 16 5 2 8 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 4 2 8 11 12 0 0 Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Arizona’s bighorn sheep population, consisting of both Rocky Mountain and desert races, is currently estimated at about 6,000 animals—a severe reduction from the numbers thought to once be present. The causes for this decline, which occurred primarily between 1860 and 1920, were exposure to livestock-borne parasites and diseases. Now, thanks to livestock-free refuges and an aggressive translocation program, bighorn sheep numbers are gradually edging upward. Desert bighorn sheep weights vary considerably between the sexes. Adult rams weigh 160 and 200 pounds, with a maximum weight of 225 pounds. Adult ewes range from 75 to 130 pounds and average 110 pounds. The biggest visual difference between the two sexes is the horns. Ewe horns are generally 10 to 13 inches long with a circumference of three to six inches. An adult ram’s horns may measure up to 40 inches along the outside curl with a basal circumference between 13 and 16 inches. The horn core is honeycombed with chambers, or sinuses, which reduce the weight of the skull. Newborn bighorn lambs weigh from 8 to 10 pounds, have dark eyes and fuzzy, dark-gray hair, and are active within minutes of birth. As the lambs mature, their eyes take on the characteristic amber color of the adult’s eyes. After several months, they also take on the adult’s pale buff to dark, chocolate-brown coloration. This overall coat color is accentuated by a white muzzle, a white rump patch, light-colored eye rings, and a white edging on the rear legs. The tail is black, bordered in white. Bighorn sheep have a life expectancy of 10 to 12 years, but may attain an age of 17 years or older. Usually one, rarely two, lambs are born. The youngsters typically stay with their mothBob Miles Natural History Hunt Arizona 2009 111 Bighorn ers until two years of age. The young rams then leave the nursery herds of ewes and lambs and join a bachelor herd. The adults usually remain segregated according to sex except during the summer breeding season, and sometimes during the spring with the sprouting of early vegetation. Sexual maturity varies, both physiologically and behaviorally. Although rams as young as 6 months of age may be capable of breeding, they refrain due to the dominance of older rams. Ewes do not breed until they are about two-years old, and rams usually not until at least three years of age. The breeding season extends from early June through October, but the peak rutting activity takes place in August. The gestation period is about six months, and most lambs are born in late winter or early spring. Bighorn distribution 112 Hunt Arizona 2009 Bighorn sheep are diurnal animals and are usually found in small groups, although herds of 50 or more are sometimes seen. Native grasses are important in the bighorn’s diet, although the animals also feed heavily on jojoba and other woody plants. Pincushion, barrel, and saguaro cactuses provide needed moisture. Preferred plants vary with habitat quality, locality, and species availability. Mountain lions are the principal predator although golden eagles and bobcats have been observed taking lambs. Hunt History Totally protected by the territorial legislature in 1893, bighorn sheep were not legal game in Arizona until 1953, when it was determined that the limited hunting of trophy rams might be the only way to save these animals. Two limited hunts of 20 permits each were authorized, and 20 bighorn were taken. Since then, permit numbers, the number of units open to hunting, the number of rams taken, and hunt success have gradually increased. About 100 rams, mostly desert bighorns, are now being taken each year. This number will only increase, however, when the disease problem and other limiting factors are brought under control. Bighorn Survey Data Historic Summary of Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 56 48 59 159 95 43 43 15 26 47 59 47 57 75 111 109 143 142 142 131 132 95 119 213 261 304 343 310 443 374 478 554 527 590 652 648 711 571 655 562 696 686 789 624 474 742 325 344 404 366 249 288 197 213 381 396 433 46 36 48 129 129 48 77 46 57 106 104 109 181 134 228 341 382 407 464 264 275 214 288 418 542 567 604 713 1073 775 892 934 819 1026 1137 1102 1306 1095 980 1008 1124 1051 1502 1224 870 1375 733 660 803 812 443 739 443 388 635 690 764 30 15 24 29 29 0 34 10 29 46 43 48 90 69 89 145 207 152 182 138 107 76 137 170 240 269 284 306 459 272 301 278 212 308 383 450 470 291 303 301 283 264 298 299 134 402 152 132 197 322 103 224 179 110 154 215 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173 164 220 257 259 183 187 190 209 167 241 107 96 134 97 102 109 90 73 84 43 54 71 93 99 Unclassified 9 8 17 41 4 0 3 5 0 0 8 8 18 41 13 46 0 2 9 20 26 7 10 12 4 30 29 39 3 1 9 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 9 7 5 8 6 4 1 3 2 5 5 5 3 1 11 8 9 7 Total 141 107 148 358 257 91 157 102 125 200 221 218 346 319 441 641 732 703 797 553 540 392 554 813 1047 1170 1260 1368 1978 1422 1680 1770 1731 2091 2394 2457 2746 2140 2129 2070 2319 2173 2838 2260 1578 2654 1310 1240 1518 1595 874 1338 863 776 1249 1403 1563 Rams 122 133 123 123 74 90 56 33 46 44 57 43 31 56 49 32 37 35 31 50 48 44 41 51 48 54 57 43 41 48 54 59 64 58 57 59 54 52 67 56 62 65 53 51 54 54 44 52 50 45 56 39 44 55 60 57 57 Number Per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 65 0 42 0 50 0 22 0 22 0 0 0 44 0 22 57 51 23 43 1 41 7 44 6 50 0 51 0 39 0 43 0 54 0 37 0 39 0 52 0 39 0 36 0 48 0 41 0 44 0 47 0 47 0 43 0 43 0 35 0 34 0 30 0 26 21 30 16 34 19 41 23 36 20 27 17 31 19 30 19 25 19 25 16 20 16 24 9 15 11 29 10 21 13 20 15 25 14 40 11 23 16 30 11 40 10 28 14 24 11 31 13 34 13 Hunt Arizona 2009 113 Bighorn Survey Data Historic Summary of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling Unclassified Total 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20 16 56 54 40 50 62 43 65 75 101 68 72 71 102 65 70 75 84 11 45 89 83 59 117 26 22 65 54 66 69 109 68 129 157 186 171 201 150 162 188 202 190 184 25 84 155 172 115 296 25 9 36 14 35 41 34 27 72 82 77 82 45 69 72 71 61 60 60 5 32 49 65 62 119 13 3 42 40 40 50 23 18 36 18 19 24 31 20 30 25 17 11 29 2 8 17 9 17 44 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 38 2 0 1 84 50 199 238 181 210 228 156 302 332 383 345 349 322 369 349 352 336 359 43 169 348 331 253 577 Rams 77 73 86 100 61 72 57 63 50 48 54 40 36 47 63 35 35 39 46 44 54 57 48 51 40 Number Per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 96 50 41 14 55 65 26 74 53 61 59 72 31 21 40 26 56 28 52 11 41 10 48 14 22 15 46 13 44 19 38 13 30 8 32 6 33 16 20 8 38 10 32 11 38 5 54 15 40 15 Historic Summary of Combined Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling Unclassified Total 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 547 606 708 702 751 621 717 605 761 761 890 692 546 813 427 409 474 441 333 299 242 302 464 455 550 845 1048 1202 1156 1372 1164 1089 1076 1253 1208 1688 1395 1071 1525 895 848 1005 1002 627 764 527 543 807 805 1060 237 317 419 464 505 332 337 328 355 346 375 381 179 471 224 203 258 382 163 229 211 159 219 277 379 186 167 262 297 299 233 210 208 245 185 260 131 127 154 127 127 126 101 102 86 51 71 80 110 143 0 3 2 76 0 0 4 9 7 5 8 6 4 13 6 2 7 5 8 3 1 49 10 9 8 1815 2141 2593 2695 2927 2350 2357 2226 2621 2505 3221 2605 1927 2976 1679 1589 1870 1931 1233 1381 1032 1124 1580 1656 2140 114 Hunt Arizona 2009 Rams 65 58 59 61 55 53 66 56 61 63 53 50 51 53 48 48 47 44 53 39 46 56 58 57 52 Number Per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 28 22 30 16 35 22 40 26 37 22 29 20 31 19 30 19 28 20 29 15 22 15 27 9 17 12 31 10 25 14 24 15 26 13 38 10 26 16 30 11 40 10 29 13 27 10 34 14 36 13 Bighorn Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Unit Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling Unclassified Total 9/10 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12B East 12B East 13A 13A 13A 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B South 13B South 15A/15B East 15A/15B East 15B West 15B West 15B West 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C South 15C South 15C South 15C South 15C South 15D 15D 15D 16A 16A 16B 22 23 23 24A 24B 28 (Peloncillos) 31/32 (Aravaipa) 31/32 (Aravaipa) 32 37A 37A 37A 37A 37A 37B 37B 37B 37B 39 East 39 West 39 West 40A North 40A North 40A South 40A South 40B East 40B East 40B West 40B West 40B West 2006 2005 2006 2008 2005 2008 2005 2006 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2008 2004 2007 2004 2007 2008 2004 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2007 2008 2005 2008 2006 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2007 2004 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2008 2006 2006 2008 2004 2007 2004 2007 2006 2008 2004 2006 2007 9 5 9 4 8 28 18 25 3 35 32 36 34 8 13 7 3 33 31 26 18 33 41 7 8 21 6 8 29 35 88 5 7 15 13 0 11 2 18 15 6 25 7 12 12 14 8 12 3 2 0 5 8 14 12 5 0 5 4 8 1 11 40 13 20 11 8 11 23 44 19 38 5 58 90 93 44 38 22 20 13 64 64 63 58 50 85 17 16 20 7 11 87 51 110 13 23 20 22 18 26 1 22 23 18 47 5 25 14 17 12 20 14 6 3 6 11 29 24 3 1 5 7 8 4 10 47 15 5 3 2 0 6 7 7 4 1 19 18 17 8 11 6 11 1 41 33 41 43 37 63 8 6 5 4 7 25 19 40 6 2 7 8 4 9 1 6 4 1 11 1 5 6 5 3 6 5 3 0 0 4 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 4 6 17 2 0 2 0 3 2 11 0 5 0 9 13 14 0 3 1 0 1 2 3 6 1 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 3 5 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 6 6 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 34 21 19 18 46 90 44 72 9 121 153 160 86 60 42 38 18 140 131 142 120 126 198 34 30 46 17 26 144 105 239 24 36 45 54 23 47 4 49 44 29 83 13 48 40 38 24 39 24 12 7 11 23 50 40 12 2 12 14 17 11 28 111 33 Number per 100 Ewes Rams Lambs Yearlings 45 25 0 45 27 18 113 25 0 36 0 27 35 26 9 64 16 25 95 37 0 66 11 13 60 20 0 60 33 16 36 20 14 39 18 15 77 18 0 21 29 8 59 27 5 35 55 0 23 8 8 52 64 3 48 52 5 41 65 10 31 74 2 66 74 12 48 74 11 41 47 12 50 38 0 105 25 0 86 57 0 73 64 0 33 29 2 69 37 0 80 36 1 38 46 0 30 9 17 75 35 15 59 36 23 0 22 0 42 35 4 200 100 0 82 27 14 65 17 4 33 6 22 53 23 0 140 20 0 48 20 24 86 43 43 82 29 12 67 25 8 60 30 5 21 36 14 33 50 17 0 0 133 83 0 0 73 36 0 48 14 10 50 13 4 167 100 33 0 100 0 100 40 0 57 14 29 100 13 0 25 100 50 110 60 10 85 36 11 87 13 13 Hunt Arizona 2009 115 Bighorn Survey Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data (continued) Unit 41 East 41 West 42 42 43A 43A 43B 43B 44A East 44A East 44A East 44A East 44A West 44A West 44B North 44B North 44B South 44B South 45A 45A 45A 45B 45B 45B 45C 45C 45C 46A 46A 46B 46B Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling Unclassified Total 2006 2006 2007 2008 2004 2007 2004 2007 2004 2005 2007 2008 2004 2007 2005 2007 2005 2007 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2005 2008 2005 2008 21 21 3 8 9 7 42 54 5 9 14 5 5 5 26 31 11 8 33 28 20 15 20 19 29 35 27 21 15 43 57 48 32 13 20 12 14 86 114 17 16 14 16 7 8 38 33 26 15 51 55 50 41 37 39 35 46 43 30 25 61 99 9 6 2 4 3 7 19 30 4 2 7 3 3 1 12 3 7 3 14 12 14 8 13 10 11 14 15 7 11 10 15 5 4 2 4 2 6 15 17 3 1 3 0 2 0 7 10 1 0 4 8 8 7 7 4 7 10 11 8 5 14 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 83 63 20 36 26 34 162 217 29 28 38 24 17 14 83 77 45 26 102 103 92 71 77 72 82 110 96 66 56 129 200 Number per 100 Ewes Rams Lambs Yearlings 44 19 10 66 19 13 23 15 15 40 20 20 75 25 17 50 50 43 49 22 17 47 26 15 29 24 18 56 13 6 100 50 21 31 19 0 71 43 29 63 13 0 68 32 18 94 9 30 42 27 4 53 20 0 65 27 8 51 22 15 40 28 16 37 20 17 54 35 19 49 26 10 83 31 20 76 30 22 63 35 26 70 23 27 60 44 20 70 16 23 58 15 28 5-Year: 2004-2008 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Unit Year Ram Ewe Lamb Yearling Unclassified Total 1 1 1/27 North 1/27 North 1/27 North 6A (West Clear Crk) 23/24A 27 (Bear Canyon) 27 (Bear Canyon) 27 (Bear Canyon) 27 North 27 North 27 North 27 North 27 North 27 South 27 South 27 South/28 North 27 South/28 North 27 South/28 North 27 South/28 North 27 South/28 North 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 3 3 5 7 9 3 14 6 14 34 34 13 10 25 15 14 9 37 53 38 45 16 21 10 0 23 22 16 18 16 20 59 36 28 35 61 25 15 9 73 116 64 139 6 4 6 0 11 12 5 4 5 10 22 13 9 22 24 10 3 4 22 46 35 54 1 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 7 10 4 7 0 7 7 8 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 25 33 21 5 47 43 24 36 29 47 122 84 52 74 120 54 39 22 177 222 145 257 116 Hunt Arizona 2009 Number per 100 Ewes Rams Lambs Yearlings 13 38 6 14 19 24 30 60 20 – – – 30 48 22 41 55 0 19 31 0 78 22 0 38 31 13 70 50 15 58 37 12 94 36 3 46 32 0 29 63 20 41 39 16 60 40 16 93 20 47 100 44 0 51 30 10 46 40 6 59 55 13 32 39 14 Bighorn Harvest Data Historic Summary of Bighorn Sheep Hunts¹ Year 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Permits Authorized 37 20 20 20 20 40 65 80 85 90 81 78 90 84 84 81 86 79 82 71 65 57 54 55 51 52 52 50 45 42 48 55 56 65 72 78 82 78 85 82 99 112 113 108 99 109 111 105 105 104 99 84 82 96 99 93 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – 573 601 888 1170 1376 1540 1658 1454 1397 1361 1203 1461 1630 1842 1937 2230 2635 2585 2159 2259 2461 2699 3065 3281 3693 3734 4174 4407 4946 5673 6256 6843 7077 7790 8408 8471 8767 13013 16049 18927 11266 16332 10930 9017 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 37 20 20 20 20 40 65 80 85 90 81 78 90 84 84 81 86 79 82 71 65 57 54 55 51 52 52 50 45 42 48 55 56 65 72 78 82 78 85 83 99 112 114 108 99 109 111 106 105 105 99 84 82 96 99 94 37 19 20 19 20 37 62 80 84 89 79 76 83 84 83 77 84 76 79 71 62 55 51 55 51 48 52 50 43 42 47 55 56 64 72 78 81 77 84 83 99 109 114 108 99 109 110 106 104 101 95 84 81 95 97 94 218 103 132 112 130 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 391 344 331 235 341 343 293 224 233 349 306 358 370 361 442 425 497 441 501 580 622 754 721 907 745 691 748 674 764 663 681 673 698 702 20 12 5 6 6 18 19 24 26 27 32 25 42 35 31 47 42 39 29 34 37 36 30 40 44 39 41 39 34 36 44 51 52 56 68 75 74 68 78 74 92 100 109 100 92 98 104 101 96 92 87 68 73 87 92 86 54.1 63.2 25.0 31.6 30.0 48.6 30.6 30.0 31.0 30.3 40.5 32.9 50.6 41.7 37.3 61.0 50.0 51.3 36.7 47.9 59.7 65.5 58.8 72.7 86.3 81.3 78.8 78.0 79.1 85.7 93.6 92.7 92.9 87.5 94.4 96.2 91.4 88.3 92.9 89.2 92.9 91.7 95.6 92.6 92.9 89.9 94.5 95.3 92.3 91.1 91.6 80.9 90.1 91.6 94.8 91.5 ¹ Excluding Indian Reservation hunts; including raffle and auction tags. Hunt Arizona 2009 117 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Dates Auction Auction Auction (Desert) Auction (Rocky Mtn) Auction (Desert) Auction (Rocky Mtn) Auction (Desert) Auction (Rocky Mtn) Raffle Raffle Raffle Raffle Raffle 1/27N Black River 1/27N Black River 1/27N Black River 1/27N Black River 1/27N Black River 9/10 9/10 9/10 9/10 10 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12BW/13A 12B East 12B East 12B East 12B East 12B East 13A 13A 13A 13A 13A 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B South 13B South 13B South 13B South 13B South 15A/15B East 15A/15B East 15A/15B East 15A/15B East 15A/15B East 15B West 15B West 15B West 15B West 15B West 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C South 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 10/01-12/31 10/01-12/31 10/01-12/31 10/01-12/31 10/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 118 Hunt Arizona 2009 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Days Harvest Success 1 0 0 0 – 1 9 1 100 1 0 0 0 – 1 3 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 16 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 14 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 12 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 8 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 3 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 30 1 100 1 0 0 0 – 1 4 1 100 1 0 0 0 – 1 21 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 7 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 7 1 100 1 0 0 1 – 1 6 1 100 1 746 365 1 0.1 1 6 1 100 1 404 262 1 0.2 1 4 1 100 1 448 320 1 0.2 1 10 1 100 1 240 154 1 0.0 1 16 1 100 1 202 137 1 0.5 1 7 1 100 1 71 23 1 1.4 0 0 0 – 1 159 45 1 0.6 1 10 1 100 1 54 25 1 0.0 1 14 0 0 1 41 18 1 2.4 1 15 0 0 1 331 113 1 0.3 1 14 0 0 2 142 276 2 0.7 2 34 2 100 2 177 163 2 1.1 2 38 1 50 3 134 235 3 0.7 3 29 1 33 2 53 49 2 3.8 2 4 2 100 2 289 383 2 0.3 2 24 1 50 2 509 371 2 0.4 2 6 2 100 2 211 93 2 0.5 2 10 2 100 1 126 97 1 0.0 1 7 1 100 1 0.0 1 7 1 100 1 71 53 1 44 30 1 2.3 1 19 1 100 2 402 352 2 0.2 2 28 2 100 2 290 376 2 0.0 2 60 2 100 3 678 502 3 0.3 3 9 3 100 5 506 450 5 0.6 5 33 5 100 3 256 248 3 0.4 3 21 3 100 3 697 412 3 0.4 3 8 3 100 4 602 515 4 0.5 4 78 3 75 6 1907 1541 6 0.3 6 32 6 100 5 1030 578 5 0.4 5 40 5 100 4 722 340 4 0.6 4 12 4 100 1 79 127 1 0.0 1 7 1 100 1 24 49 1 0.0 1 17 1 100 1 50 106 1 2.0 1 10 0 0 1 24 56 1 4.2 1 7 0 0 1 17 29 1 5.9 1 14 0 0 2 197 165 2 0.5 2 16 2 100 1 52 55 1 0.0 1 7 1 100 1 94 81 1 1.1 1 4 1 100 1 32 56 1 3.1 1 7 1 100 1 24 29 1 4.2 1 2 1 100 4 994 853 4 0.2 4 26 3 75 4 426 419 4 0.9 4 12 4 100 3 385 532 3 0.8 3 21 3 100 3 218 211 3 0.9 3 11 3 100 3 190 178 3 1.6 3 19 3 100 3 490 660 3 0.6 3 12 3 100 2 213 267 2 0.9 2 19 2 100 2 240 314 2 0.4 2 8 2 100 2 100 146 2 1.0 2 9 2 100 3 162 219 3 0.6 3 20 3 100 1 115 246 1 0.0 1 11 1 100 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest (continued) Unit 15C South 15C South 15C South 15C South 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 16B 16B 16B 16B 16B 22 22 22 22 22 23/24A 23/24A 23/24A 24B 24B 24B 24B North 24B North 24B South 24B South 27 Bear Canyon 27 Bear Canyon 27 Bear Canyon 27N Foote Creek 27N Foote Creek 27N Foote Creek 27N Foote Creek 27N Foote Creek 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (late) 27S/28N (late) 27S/28N (late) 27S/28N (late) 27S/28N (late) 28 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 37A 37A 37A 39 East 39 East 39 East Year Dates 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/15 12/01-12/15 12/01-12/15 12/01-12/15 12/01-12/15 12/16-12/31 12/16-12/31 12/16-12/31 12/16-12/31 12/16-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Days Harvest Success 1 60 152 1 0.0 1 1 1 100 1 79 172 1 1.3 1 18 0 0 1 21 84 1 0.0 1 3 1 100 1 16 48 1 6.3 1 9 1 100 5 1591 860 5 0.3 5 22 5 100 5 775 641 5 0.6 5 24 5 100 7 1277 881 7 0.4 7 61 7 100 5 646 352 5 0.6 5 23 5 100 3 263 222 3 0.8 3 29 3 100 3 158 234 3 0.6 3 18 3 100 2 102 99 2 2.0 2 3 2 100 1 79 72 1 1.3 1 4 1 100 1 37 41 1 2.7 1 21 1 100 1 25 38 1 0.0 1 20 1 100 1 82 66 1 1.2 1 1 1 100 1 46 52 1 2.2 1 9 1 100 1 71 77 1 1.4 1 1 1 100 2 89 112 2 1.1 2 7 2 100 2 112 116 2 0.0 2 5 2 100 1 674 345 1 0.1 1 30 1 100 1 401 239 1 0.0 1 2 1 100 1 489 306 1 0.0 1 3 1 100 1 267 140 1 0.0 1 5 1 100 1 261 130 1 0.4 1 3 1 100 1 388 197 1 0.3 1 21 1 100 1 181 104 1 0.6 1 28 0 0 1 143 68 1 0.7 1 29 0 0 1 406 339 1 0.2 1 6 1 100 1 304 245 1 0.3 1 11 1 100 1 372 286 1 0.3 1 7 1 100 1 120 138 1 0.8 1 6 1 100 1 138 169 1 0.0 1 2 1 100 1 149 121 1 0.7 1 4 1 100 1 136 128 1 0.7 1 8 1 100 1 106 189 1 0.9 0 0 0 – 1 83 106 1 0.0 1 6 1 100 1 71 100 1 0.0 1 5 1 100 3 1383 634 3 0.2 3 6 3 100 4 1075 609 4 0.4 4 13 4 100 5 1308 673 5 0.3 5 31 3 60 5 788 468 5 0.4 5 20 5 100 3 618 379 3 0.5 3 14 3 100 2 838 1003 2 0.1 2 11 2 100 2 275 379 2 0.4 2 9 2 100 3 693 807 3 0.3 3 13 3 100 3 504 611 3 0.6 3 8 3 100 3 520 522 3 0.2 3 9 3 100 2 314 1050 2 0.3 2 23 2 100 2 334 791 2 0.3 2 10 2 100 3 197 965 3 0.0 3 5 3 100 3 226 749 3 0.4 3 3 3 100 3 189 677 3 0.0 3 16 3 100 1 118 83 1 0.8 1 9 1 100 1 958 238 1 0.1 1 2 1 100 1 566 178 1 0.2 1 22 1 100 1 694 283 1 0.1 1 3 1 100 2 1169 312 2 0.2 2 26 2 100 2 999 239 2 0.2 2 6 2 100 1 234 116 1 0.4 1 7 1 100 2 811 563 2 0.0 2 13 2 100 2 317 356 2 0.6 2 3 2 100 1 120 116 1 0.0 1 21 0 0 1 69 85 1 0.0 1 24 0 0 1 78 77 1 0.0 1 9 1 100 Hunt Arizona 2009 119 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest (continued) Unit 39 West 39 West 39 West 39 West 39 West 40A North 40A South 40A 40A 40A 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Tinajas Altas 40BW Tinajas Altas 40BW Tinajas Altas 40BW Tinajas Altas 40BW Tinajas Altas 41 East 41 East 41 East 41 East 41 East 41 West 41 West 41 West 41 West 41 West 43A 43A 43A 43A 43A 43B 43B 43B 43B 43B 44A West 44A West 44A West 44A East 44A East 44A West 44A West 44B North 44B North 44B North 44B North 44B North 44B South 44B South 44B South 120 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Days Harvest Success 2 322 317 2 0.3 2 8 2 100 2 235 190 2 0.4 2 12 2 100 2 293 774 2 0.0 2 6 2 100 2 189 195 2 0.5 2 9 2 100 2 184 215 2 0.0 2 24 2 100 1 57 64 1 0.0 1 19 1 100 1 71 53 1 1.4 1 7 1 100 1 68 49 1 1.5 1 17 0 0 1 53 44 1 1.9 1 3 1 100 1 68 53 1 1.5 1 19 1 100 2 86 96 2 1.2 2 42 1 50 2 43 125 2 2.3 2 36 1 50 2 60 110 2 0.0 2 5 2 100 3 66 178 3 1.5 3 27 3 100 3 207 188 3 1.0 3 26 2 67 Year Dates 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 2004 12/01-12/31 2 266 353 2 0.4 2 8 2 100 2005 12/01-12/31 1 0 1 1 – 1 1 1 100 2006 12/01-12/31 2 69 113 2 1.4 2 7 2 100 2007 12/01-12/31 2 118 231 2 0.8 2 33 1 50 2008 12/01-12/31 3 106 285 3 1.9 3 58 1 33 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 95 43 41 19 26 2272 1277 969 328 359 199 186 325 337 287 127 55 62 28 27 330 377 486 536 335 78 93 92 63 37 52 22 353 498 385 242 548 303 213 1234 83 43 40 42 24 456 340 497 426 296 350 262 432 383 301 76 34 68 31 44 317 321 610 384 343 65 65 77 72 40 45 38 975 694 316 168 430 436 480 543 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1.1 2.3 0.0 5.3 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.3 0.0 1.1 0.0 2.7 1.9 4.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 11 9 4 13 2 27 37 25 34 12 4 3 11 52 19 1 4 5 2 3 36 11 38 16 32 12 3 3 9 14 5 8 2 4 3 9 15 3 14 28 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 100 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 Hunt Arizona 2009 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest (continued) Unit 44B South 44B South 45A 45A 45A 45A 45A 45B 45B 45B 45B 45B 45C 45C 45C 45C 45C 46A 46A 46A 46A 46A 46B 46B 46B 46B 46B Year Dates 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 12/01-12/31 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Permits Draw Hunter Hunt Authorized Applicants Applicants Issued Odds Hunters Days Harvest Success 2 101 177 2 1.0 2 7 2 100 1 56 87 1 0.0 1 10 1 100 4 920 1119 4 0.3 4 23 2 50 4 417 459 4 1.0 4 26 3 75 4 678 571 4 0.4 4 29 4 100 5 580 485 5 0.7 5 34 5 100 3 174 253 3 1.7 3 26 3 100 2 196 403 2 0.5 2 39 0 0 2 89 315 2 0.0 2 5 2 100 2 110 297 2 0.9 2 2 2 100 1 34 99 1 2.9 1 3 1 100 2 110 281 2 0.0 2 11 2 100 5 1473 1282 5 0.3 5 47 4 80 5 938 705 5 0.5 5 61 5 100 5 693 635 5 0.6 5 64 4 80 4 291 505 4 0.3 4 46 4 100 4 527 495 4 0.8 4 23 4 100 2 113 176 2 0.0 2 22 1 50 2 62 70 2 1.6 2 14 2 100 2 113 185 2 1.8 2 25 1 50 2 55 107 2 1.8 2 6 2 100 2 146 179 2 1.4 3 33 2 67 4 293 376 4 1.0 4 41 2 50 4 230 285 4 1.3 4 31 2 50 6 340 426 6 1.5 6 46 6 100 6 323 274 6 1.5 6 29 6 100 6 229 299 6 1.3 6 47 5 83 Hunt Arizona 2009 121 Bighorn Hunt Data Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2008 Season Curl (Inches) Hunt Number Special Tag Special Tag Special Tag 6002 6002 6003 6004 6004 6004 6005 6005 6005 6005 6007 6008 6008 6008 6009 6009 6009 6010 6011 6011 6011 6012 6013 6013 6014 6015 6016 6017 6018 6018 6019 6019 6020 6020 6021 6021 6022 6023 6024 6024 6024 6025 6025 6025 6026 6027 6027 6027 6027 6027 6028 6029 6030 6030 6030 6031 6032 6032 6032 122 Base (Inches) Unit Left Right Left Right Spread Age 15D 27 32 12A/12BW 12A/12BW 12BE 13A 13A 13A 13BN 13BN 13BN 13BN 15A/15B 15BW 15BW 15BW 15CN 15CN 15CN 15CS 15D 15D 15D 16A 16B 16B 22 24BN 24BS 28S 31/32 31/32 37A 37A 39W 39W 40BW 40BW 40BW 40BW 41E 41E 41E 41W 41W 41W 43A 43B 43B 43B 43B 43B 44AE 44AW 44BN 44BN 44BN 44BS 45A 45A 45A 32 36-7/8 32-4/8 33-3/8 28-6/8 30-4/8 29-5/8 26-2/8 27-3/8 32-7/8 29 33-2/8 27 26-6/8 33 26-3/8 30 29-1/8 30-2/8 33-6/8 29 34-1/8 36 31-1/8 32 25-4/8 23 33-5/8 34-1/8 33-4/8 31-4/8 36 34-5/8 32 35-4/8 35-6/8 33-4/8 31 31-7/8 29-3/8 32 33-6/8 34-4/8 32 31-4/8 30-2/8 27-4/8 26-4/8 33-1/8 30-7/8 34-2/8 33-1/8 30-6/8 29-7/8 33-7/8 36 30-2/8 35-7/8 34 29-6/8 18-1/8 31-2/8 32-6/8 34-4/8 37 33-2/8 28-3/8 31-5/8 29 27-6/8 27-2/8 29-3/8 29-4/8 33-2/8 27-3/8 29-3/8 32 25-1/8 29 28-2/8 31 29-5/8 31-4/8 31-4/8 36-4/8 35-3/8 33 27-2/8 24-4/8 34-2/8 34-5/8 34-1/8 31-4/8 35-3/8 32-5/8 33-4/8 33 36-4/8 33 30 31-5/8 30-2/8 32-6/8 34 34-5/8 35-3/8 30-2/8 32-6/8 29-6/8 31 32-5/8 32-3/8 34-2/8 29-6/8 30-6/8 31 34-5/8 36 32-5/8 36-6/8 32-1/8 32-7/8 18-2/8 30-6/8 14-1/8 13-3/8 15-1/8 14-5/8 15 14-4/8 14-2/8 14-7/8 12 14-6/8 13-2/8 13-2/8 14-1/8 14-1/8 13-3/8 12-6/8 15 15-1/8 15-1/8 14 13-3/8 15-2/8 15-6/8 14-3/8 15-6/8 13-4/8 12 14 14-5/8 14-7/8 16-5/8 15 13-3/8 15 15-1/8 13-7/8 14 13-2/8 14-6/8 14-1/8 14-3/8 14-6/8 15 14-7/8 14 14-1/8 14-1/8 14-6/8 14-4/8 15 14-6/8 14-4/8 13-3/8 14 16-2/8 15-4/8 13-6/8 15 15 14-1/8 11 14-1/8 14-4/8 13-3/8 15-1/8 14-4/8 15 14 14-2/8 14-4/8 12 14-6/8 13-2/8 13-6/8 14-2/8 14-1/8 14-2/8 12-4/8 14-7/8 15-2/8 15-2/8 13-7/8 13-3/8 15-2/8 15-4/8 14-5/8 15-5/8 14 12 13-4/8 14-5/8 15 15-6/8 15 13-2/8 14-7/8 15-1/8 14 13-2/8 12-6/8 14-7/8 14-2/8 14-6/8 14-5/8 15-2/8 14-7/8 14 14-4/8 14 14-6/8 14-3/8 15-1/8 14-6/8 14-4/8 13-5/8 14 15-7/8 15-5/8 14-2/8 15 15-1/8 14-3/8 11-2/8 14-2/8 23-5/8 20-1/8 23-7/8 21-3/8 22 23-4/8 20 26 19-3/8 20-5/8 19 19 20-3/8 18 27-3/8 17-2/8 20-1/8 22-2/8 24-1/8 26-5/8 22-3/8 23-6/8 30 23-2/8 21-3/8 19-4/8 21 23 21-2/8 20-4/8 21-4/8 20-7/8 22-1/8 20 20-4/8 20-5/8 20-2/8 17-5/8 21 17-1/8 20-3/8 21-2/8 23-4/8 22-7/8 18 23-6/8 20-6/8 24-4/8 21-5/8 21-4/8 22-4/8 19-5/8 19-6/8 21 23-7/8 21-2/8 21-5/8 23-4/8 20-4/8 21-4/8 18-2/8 20-4/8 5.0 8.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 10.0 4.0 9.0 8.0 5.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 5.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 11.0 – 7.0 6.0 12.0 11.0 7.0 8.5 8.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 5.0 7.0 8.5 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 6.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 4.0 Hunt Arizona 2009 Arizona Score 93-3/8 98-1/8 99-6/8 95-6/8 87-1/8 90-5/8 87-1/8 83-3/8 78-5/8 91-6/8 85 93-4/8 82-6/8 84-3/8 93-5/8 76-6/8 88-7/8 87-6/8 91-5/8 91-2/8 87-2/8 96-1/8 103-6/8 95-4/8 96-3/8 80-2/8 71-4/8 95-3/8 98 97-4/8 95-3/8 101-3/8 93-7/8 95-3/8 98-6/8 100-1/8 93-6/8 87 93-1/8 88 93-7/8 97-1/8 99-3/8 97-1/8 89-6/8 91-5/8 85-3/8 87 94-5/8 93-3/8 98 91-7/8 88-4/8 88-7/8 100-5/8 103-1/8 90-7/8 102-5/8 96-2/8 91-1/8 58-5/8 90-3/8 Green Score 152-6/8 161-5/8 155-2/8 162-1/8 155-1/8 154-5/8 158-3/8 147-4/8 128-1/8 150-6/8 142-2/8 158-4/8 131-3/8 141-3/8 155-2/8 117-4/8 142-4/8 145-7/8 160-4/8 148-3/8 148-4/8 151-1/8 169-4/8 155-4/8 163-6/8 125-6/8 114 163-5/8 160 167-5/8 165-6/8 171-3/8 155 164 168-6/8 169-6/8 153-6/8 147-6/8 159-4/8 142-3/8 158 168-2/8 157-3/8 163-1/8 152-2/8 149-2/8 144-6/8 145-2/8 160 155 165-6/8 154-5/8 151-6/8 151-7/8 169-2/8 178 156-7/8 171-3/8 169-5/8 156-1/8 94-3/8 150-6/8 Bighorn Hunt Data Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2008 Season (continued) Curl (Inches) Hunt Number 6033 6033 6034 6034 6034 6034 6035 6035 6036 6036 6036 6036 6036 6051 6053 6054 6054 6054 6055 6055 6055 6056 6056 6056 Total Total Total Base (Inches) Unit Left Right Left Right Spread Age 45B 45B 45C 45C 45C 45C 46A 46A 46B 46B 46B 46B 46B 01/27N 27BC 27/28 27/28 27/28 27/28 27/28 27/28 27N 27N 27N Minimum Maximum Average 31-4/8 26-2/8 34-2/8 33-5/8 32 29-2/8 32-2/8 38-6/8 29-2/8 27-1/8 33-5/8 31-4/8 29-4/8 34 35-7/8 36 35-2/8 35-4/8 37-3/8 37-7/8 39-2/8 34-4/8 34-6/8 34-7/8 18-1/8 39-2/8 32 28-6/8 27-4/8 31-6/8 34 30 28-5/8 32-7/8 38-2/8 28-4/8 27 34 29-6/8 29-6/8 33-5/8 35-7/8 33-4/8 35-5/8 34 37-6/8 37-4/8 35-6/8 36 31-7/8 39 18-2/8 39 32 13 13-7/8 15-6/8 14-1/8 14-2/8 13-4/8 14-6/8 16-2/8 16 14-2/8 14-6/8 15 14 15-2/8 15 14-6/8 15 14-3/8 14-6/8 13-6/8 16-2/8 16 16-1/8 15-4/8 11 16-5/8 14-4/8 13 13-6/8 15-6/8 13-6/8 14-2/8 13-2/8 14-4/8 16-2/8 15-7/8 14-6/8 14-6/8 15 14 15-1/8 15 14-6/8 15-1/8 14-7/8 14-7/8 13-6/8 16-1/8 16 15-5/8 15-4/8 11-2/8 16-2/8 14-4/8 20-7/8 20-2/8 22-7/8 19 23 19-1/8 20-7/8 21-1/8 20-4/8 18-3/8 23-1/8 19-6/8 19-4/8 23-6/8 20-7/8 21-3/8 21-2/8 23-7/8 23-7/8 19-4/8 21-4/8 25 21-4/8 21 17-1/8 30 21-4/8 8.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 10.0 11.0 5.0 4.0 11.0 8.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 2.0 12.0 7.4 Arizona Score 86-2/8 81-3/8 97-4/8 95-4/8 90-4/8 84-5/8 94-3/8 109-4/8 89-5/8 83-1/8 97-1/8 91-2/8 87-2/8 98 101-6/8 99 101 98-6/8 104-6/8 102-7/8 107-3/8 102-4/8 98-3/8 104-7/8 58-5/8 109-4/8 92-7/8 Green Score 151 138 163 158-1/8 154 129-7/8 156-5/8 182-2/8 151-6/8 130-7/8 167-5/8 157-4/8 151-2/8 166-7/8 171-6/8 166-6/8 172-3/8 165-4/8 174-3/8 171-1/8 183-2/8 174-4/8 167-3/8 179-1/8 94-3/8 183-2/8 155-6/8 Hunt Arizona 2009 123 Bighorn Hunt Data Bighorn Sheep Horn Measurements Arizona Score¹ Largest Head Smallest Head 1953 102‑1/8 56‑2/8 1954 97 65‑5/8 1955 93‑6/8 66 1956 93‑4/8 65‑2/8 1957 82 60‑2/8 1958 102‑6/8 74 1959 100‑2/8 63‑4/8 1960 100‑2/8 68‑4/8 1961 110‑5/8 63‑2/8 1962 101‑2/8 63‑6/8 1963 105‑4/8 60 1964 102‑2/8 72‑4/8 1965 113‑1/8 71‑4/8 1966 108‑6/8 74 1967 104‑5/8 76‑2/8 1968 103‑5/8 68‑2/8 1969 106‑2/8 71 1970 104‑6/8 76‑2/8 1971 103‑6/8 70‑2/8 1972 106‑2/8 72‑1/8 1973 103‑5/8 72‑7/8 1974 111‑2/8 68‑3/8 1975 106‑6/8 74‑4/8 1976 104‑4/8 74‑7/8 1977 104‑1/8 75 1978 108 74‑3/8 1979 108‑4/8 71‑3/8 1980 105 82‑1/8 1981 110‑3/8 82‑6/8 1982 114‑4/8 81‑4/8 1983 112‑3/8 71‑5/8 1984 111‑5/8 79‑3/8 1985 107‑6/8 74‑4/8 1986 110‑2/8 80‑7/8 1987 110 77 1988 117‑2/8 51‑2/8 1989 103‑4/8 78‑6/8 1990 113‑2/8 58‑4/8 1991 107‑2/8 67‑1/8 1992 108‑6/8 65 1993 112‑3/8 69‑2/8 1994 110‑2/8 77‑3/8 1995 110‑3/8 77‑2/8 1996 114-4/8 66-6/8 1997 108-3/8 69-2/8 1998 112 61-1/8 1999 109 63-6/8 2000 110-4/8 65-6/8 2001 107-6/8 73-6/8 2002 107-7/8 53-3/8 2003 108-6/8 66-7/8 2004 106-5/8 73-2/8 2005 104-3/8 69-2/8 2006 109-4/8 63 2007 113-5/8 74-3/8 2008 109-4/8 58-5/8 ¹ Arizona score = sums of the 2 bases and the 2 curls. Year 124 Hunt Arizona 2009 Average Head 85‑2/8 83‑5/8 84‑6/8 80 73‑5/8 86‑3/8 84 86‑6/8 84‑1/8 83‑7/8 82‑2/8 88‑3/8 89 91‑2/8 91‑4/8 89‑1/8 89‑2/8 89‑5/8 87‑3/8 89 89‑5/8 91 89 91‑6/8 91‑5/8 92‑3/8 91‑3/8 92‑4/8 94‑3/8 92‑4/8 93‑3/8 94 92‑6/8 94‑4/8 94‑3/8 93‑1/8 92‑6/8 93‑5/8 92‑7/8 92‑4/8 92‑4/8 94‑2/8 92‑5/8 93 92-1/8 91-4/8 91-6/8 92-6/8 91-6/8 90-4/8 89-3/8 91-5/8 90-6/8 92-1/8 93 92-7/8 Outside Curl 29‑1/8 28‑4/8 28‑2/8 27‑3/8 24‑6/8 29‑3/8 28‑4/8 29‑4/8 28‑5/8 28‑3/8 27‑6/8 30‑1/8 30‑1/8 31 31 30 30‑2/8 30‑4/8 29‑3/8 30 30‑5/8 31‑1/8 30‑4/8 31‑2/8 31‑3/8 31‑4/8 31‑2/8 31‑5/8 32‑2/8 31‑6/8 32 32‑3/8 31‑7/8 32‑4/8 32‑5/8 32 31‑7/8 32‑1/8 31‑6/8 31‑7/8 31‑7/8 32‑5/8 31‑7/8 32-1/8 31-6/8 31-4/8 31-5/8 31-7/8 31-5/8 31-1/8 30-5/8 31-4/8 31 31-5/8 32-1/8 32 Average Basal Circumference 13‑4/8 13‑2/8 14 12‑5/8 12‑1/8 13‑7/8 13‑4/8 13‑7/8 13‑3/8 13‑4/8 13‑3/8 14‑1/8 14‑3/8 14‑5/8 14‑6/8 14‑4/8 14‑3/8 14‑2/8 14‑2/8 14‑4/8 14‑2/8 14‑3/8 14 14‑5/8 14‑3/8 14‑5/8 14‑4/8 14‑4/8 15 14‑4/8 14‑5/8 14‑5/8 14‑4/8 14‑6/8 14‑5/8 14‑4/8 14‑3/8 14‑5/8 14‑5/8 14‑3/8 14‑3/8 14‑4/8 14‑3/8 14-4/8 14-4/8 14-4/8 14-4/8 14-4/8 14-3/8 14-2/8 14-2/8 14-3/8 14-2/8 14-4/8 14-3/8 14-4/8 Average B&C Green Score – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 147‑4/8 150‑3/8 152‑2/8 148‑7/8 154‑6/8 153‑6/8 155‑7/8 153‑1/8 153‑3/8 160‑2/8 154‑5/8 156‑7/8 159‑1/8 156‑2/8 160‑2/8 159‑4/8 157‑2/8 157‑4/8 157‑7/8 157‑5/8 155‑3/8 156‑3/8 159‑6/8 156‑3/8 156-6/8 156-5/8 155-7/8 156-7/8 157-1/8 155 153-3/8 151-6/8 155-7/8 152-3/8 156-1/8 156-5/8 155-6/8 Bighorn Hunt Data 2008 Bighorn Sheep Hunt Applications Hunt No. Unit Permits Authorized First Choice Second Choice Applicants % Drawn Applicants 6001 9/10 1 41 2.4 18 6002 12A/12B W 2 53 3.8 49 6003 12B E 1 44 2.3 30 6004 13A 3 256 0.4 248 6005 13B N 4 722 0.6 340 6006 13B S 1 17 5.9 29 6007 15A/15BE 1 24 4.2 29 6008 15B W 3 190 1.6 178 6009 15C N 3 162 0.6 219 6010 15C S 1 16 6.3 48 6011 15D 3 263 0.8 222 6012 16A 1 25 0.0 38 6013 16B 2 112 0.0 116 6014 22 1 261 0.4 130 6015 24B N 1 138 0.0 169 6016 24B S 1 136 0.7 128 6017 28 1 118 0.8 83 6018 31/32 2 999 0.2 239 6019 37A 2 317 0.6 356 6020 39 W 2 184 0.0 215 6021 40BW Gila Mtns 3 207 1.0 188 6022 40BW Mohawk/Copper 3 106 1.9 285 6023 40BW Tinajas Altas 1 26 3.8 24 6024 41 E 3 359 0.6 296 6025 41 W 3 287 0.3 301 6026 43A 1 27 0.0 44 6027 43B 5 335 1.5 343 6028 44A E 1 37 2.7 40 6029 44A W 1 22 4.5 38 6030 44B N 3 548 0.5 430 6031 44B S 1 56 0.0 87 6032 45A 3 174 1.7 253 6033 45B 2 110 0.0 281 6034 45C 4 527 0.8 495 6035 46A 2 146 1.4 179 6036 46B 6 229 1.3 299 6051 1/27N Black River 1 202 0.5 137 6052 23/24A 1 143 0.7 68 6053 27 Bear Canyon 1 71 0.0 100 6054 27S/28N E 3 520 0.2 522 6055 27S/28N L 3 189 0.0 677 6056 27N Foote Creek 3 618 0.5 379 6997 Auction 1 0 – 0 6998 Auction 1 0 – 0 6999 Raffle 1 0 – 0 TOTAL 93 9017 0.7 8350 One tag for hunt 6035 was issued by the Director after the draw. Total tags issued including the Auction and Raffle was 94. % Drawn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.5 2.6 1.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 – – – 0.3 Hunt Arizona 2009 125 Buffalo (Bison bison) Natural History george andrejko Although these animals are not native to Arizona, American bison, more commonly known as buffalo, are found at two wildlife areas managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department: Raymond Ranch Wildlife Area located east of Flagstaff, and House Rock Wildlife Area in House Rock Valley east of the North Kaibab National Forest. Approximately 250 buffalo inhabit the two areas, which are managed to provide both viewing and sport-hunting opportunities. Buffalo are the largest living member of the cow family. Live adult weights range from 1,400 to 2,500 pounds for bulls and from 750 to 1,600 pounds for cows. Bulls have massive front quarters with a large hump above the shoulders covered with woolly hair up to 1.5 inches long that also covers the head and forelegs. This hair turns tan with age and is two to five times thicker than the hair on the hindquarters. The bull’s head has a broad triangular appearance and possesses a beard or bell. Both bulls and cows possess horns, but the male’s are much larger, attaining a length of up to 20 inches. Calves are reddish-tan at birth and change to brown or black in three months. The senses of smell and hearing are acute, while the buffalo’s eyesight is poor. Adult buffalo can run sprints 126 Hunt Arizona 2009 of 35 mph for up to one-quarter mile and are capable of jumping over 6-foot-high fences. Buffalo are gregarious and often form large herds. Although the group composition of these herds changes constantly, the dominant animal is almost always a matriarchal cow. Adult buffalo eat approximately 35 pounds of forage per day, in general concentrating on the most abundant palatable forage, be it grasses, forbs, or browse. Buffalo may live as long as 28 years. Breeding typically takes place from mid-July to early September. The bulls are polygamous, but do not maintain harems in the usual sense. Most of the breeding is done by mature bulls of five to eight years old. A bull can lose up to 300 pounds during the rut. Gestation ranges from 270 to 285 days, and typically a single calf is born in the spring from late April through May. Numerous state and federal agencies, as well as private ranchers, have been trying to develop representative herds of free-ranging buffalo. Their goal is to maintain buffalo populations that provide recreational hunting, scientific research, and aesthetic uses with minimal management efforts. In these areas, hunting and live-animal sales are necessary to remove excess animals and keep the habitat within carrying capacity. Hunt History Public buffalo hunts have been held at House Rock Ranch since the 1920s. These buffalo, which were originally brought to Arizona by Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones, were sold to the state by Uncle Jimmie Owens after their “cattalo” experiment proved unsuccessful. When the number of buffalo was judged excessive for their Forest Service grazing lands in the mid-1940s, the Arizona Game and Fish Department moved some of them to the agency’s newly acquired Raymond Ranch. Other buffalo were moved to Fort Huachuca, which the Department acquired after World War II. The tenure of these latter animals was short, however, as they had to be disposed of when the Buffalo distribution Fort was reactivated in the 1950s. Some were sold and sent to the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, and the remainder were removed through a public hunt. The herds at House Rock and Raymond Ranch wildlife areas remained, however, and the Department set out to manage these herds on a sustained basis. A economic profit proved elusive, however, as it was impossible to sustain sufficient breeding stock without damaging the range. Moreover, the shooting of buffalo being driven out of a corral, while making economic sense, became increasingly difficult to justify from a sociological perspective. As a result, both herds were drastically reduced in the early 1970s by hunters who had to take their animals in the field. The management of the buffalo herds is now more in line with the carrying capacity of their respective ranges, with between 45 and 65 buffalo being harvested each year. A special permit has always been required for the taking of this species. Hunt Arizona 2009 127 Buffalo Survey Data Historic Summary of Buffalo Survey Data Unit Statewide Year 19532 19542 19552 1956 19573 19583 19593 19603 1961 19623 19633 19643 19653 19663 19673 19683 19693 19703 19713 1972 19733 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Adults 66 156 – 37 12 38 20 36 75 41 52 49 51 37 43 31 36 24 37 47 44 81 92 94 72 57 40 Bulls Yearlings 111 100 – 86 21 28 69 18 24 29 25 31 32 28 22 22 27 30 21 30 55 54 53 20 26 23 24 Calves – – – 53 29 25 33 25 30 28 28 35 35 25 28 26 30 32 22 30 57 40 18 23 23 17 22 Adults 168 161 – 103 60 69 77 85 131 104 107 99 115 89 97 86 91 91 80 108 167 129 97 89 63 73 39 Cows Yearlings – – – – 38 27 74 19 25 23 25 23 31 19 22 23 27 30 21 30 52 54 53 20 31 23 10 Calves – – – – 29 25 32 25 30 28 28 35 35 25 26 26 30 32 22 30 57 52 18 19 23 16 21 Unclassified Calves – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Total 35 31 29 29 34 39 37 34 37 40 42 43 43 41 39 40 43 41 43 41 37 39 40 38 32 27 24 27 19 10 10 12 7 10 10 12 15 13 17 21 17 15 16 17 18 0 3 12 14 14 8 9 11 9 – – 7 4 10 12 7 9 10 12 15 13 17 21 17 15 16 17 14 18 13 12 12 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 24 14 14 14 14 12 97 103 91 89 93 107 107 109 113 116 113 111 114 119 116 113 85 71 92 103 92 90 100 104 75 50 51 56 39 345 417 – 279 189 212 305 208 315 253 265 272 299 223 238 214 241 239 203 275 432 410 331 265 238 209 156 Bulls/ Calves/ 100 Cows¹ 100 Cows¹ 39 – 97 – – – 34 51 20 97 55 85 26 94 42 59 57 46 39 54 49 52 49 71 44 61 42 56 44 56 36 60 40 66 26 70 46 55 44 56 26 68 63 71 95 37 106 47 114 73 78 45 103 110 From 1980 to present, data split by Wildlife Area 5B Raymond Wildlife Area 1980 18 11 1981 24 13 1982 20 13 1983 26 10 1984 16 8 1985 15 14 1986 12 16 1987 16 15 1988 16 16 1989 15 14 1990 10 9 1991 10 14 1992 14 12 1993 14 14 1994 12 17 1995 10 15 1996 11 0 1997 4 0 1998 3 8 1999 7 13 2000 5 14 2001 13 10 2002 18 12 2003 20 11 2004 10 10 2005 6 3 2006 5 8 2007 4 4 2008 4 0 1 Based on adult animals only, yearlings excluded. 2 Both sexes combined for yearlings and calves. 3 Calf numbers are estimates. 128 Hunt Arizona 2009 13 13 10 8 15 17 15 16 14 9 14 12 14 17 17 12 18 11 14 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 51 77 69 90 47 38 32 47 43 38 24 23 33 34 31 25 26 10 7 17 14 33 45 53 31 22 21 24 21 66 81 59 59 74 74 81 85 84 75 74 63 70 83 79 75 72 56 60 68 59 51 53 63 44 52 58 41 63 Buffalo Survey Data Historic Summary of Buffalo Survey Data Bulls Adults Yearlings 12 1980 14 11 House Rock 1981 18 10 Wildlife Area 1982 17 10 1983 19 13 1984 25 13 1985 18 9 1986 22 13 1987 41 10 1988 53 15 1989 40 12 1990 23 14 1991 14 11 1992 21 12 1993 23 13 1994 33 10 1995 34 15 1996 31 14 1997 31 12 1998 25 9 1999 29 9 2000 32 9 2001 No Survey Conducted 2002 50 15 2003 45 15 2004 43 9 2005 41 21 2006 No Survey Conducted 2007 No Survey Conducted 2008 No Survey Conducted 1 Based on adult animals only, yearlings excluded. 2 Both sexes combined for yearlings and calves. 3 Calf numbers are estimates. Unit Year Calves 10 10 13 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 14 0 0 9 14 Adults 45 34 40 49 42 46 34 40 44 53 56 53 50 44 41 40 47 47 33 38 42 Cows Yearlings 11 15 10 9 10 9 13 10 14 23 18 10 11 9 8 17 12 12 10 9 9 Calves 15 10 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 14 0 0 9 14 Unclassified Calves 0 0 0 0 0 26 16 27 31 30 23 30 26 21 0 0 0 21 19 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 65 80 51 70 15 15 7 11 0 0 0 0 30 40 22 43 175 195 132 185 106 97 99 114 99 108 98 128 157 158 134 118 120 110 124 134 132 123 96 103 120 Bulls/ Calves/ 100 Cows¹ 100 Cows¹ 31 56 53 59 43 55 39 49 60 21 39 57 65 47 103 68 120 70 75 57 41 41 26 57 42 52 52 48 80 78 85 70 66 60 66 45 76 58 76 47 76 67 77 56 84 57 Hunt Arizona 2009 45 50 43 61 129 Buffalo Harvest Data Historic Summary of Buffalo Hunts1 Harvest Percent Bulls Cows Calves Total Success Adults Yearlings Adults Yearlings 1950 – – – – – – – – – 92 – 1951 – – – – – – – – – 92 – 1953 – – – – – – – – – 25 – 1955 – – – – – – – – – 35 – 1956 – – – – – – – – – 30 – 1957 – – – – – – – – – 150 – 1958 – – – – 28 19 18 20 0 85 – 1959 – – – – 7 69 0 74 0 150 – 1960 – – – – 26 8 18 8 0 60 – 1961 – – – – 65 20 50 20 0 155 – 1962 – – – – 29 20 32 15 0 96 – 1963 – – – – 42 20 38 20 0 120 – 1964 – – – – 39 28 42 21 0 130 – 1965 – – – – 41 32 49 28 0 150 – 1966 – – – – 28 28 30 14 0 100 – 1967 – – – – 34 21 30 20 0 105 – 1968 – – – – 21 20 14 20 0 75 – 1969 – – – – 25 25 25 25 0 100 – 1970 – – – – 12 25 18 25 0 80 – 1971 – – – – 24 20 16 20 0 80 – 1972 – – – – 32 30 33 30 0 125 – 1973 – – – – 15 7 52 22 30 126 – 1974 – – – – 9 35 52 34 0 130 – 1975 – – – – 10 40 37 32 0 119 – 1976 – – – – 7 18 34 16 0 75 – 1977 – – – – 15 17 12 12 0 56 – 1978 – – – – 26 18 5 9 0 58 – 1979 – – – – 14 13 12 0 0 39 – 1980 545 57 57 – 23 6 21 5 0 55 96.5 1981 329 46 46 – 17 10 19 0 0 46 100.0 1982 198 38 38 51 28 0 9 0 0 37 97.4 1983 202 43 43 97 17 7 14 2 0 40 93.0 1984 209 40 40 76 24 5 9 2 0 40 100.0 1985 238 59 54 119 5 15 22 6 0 48 88.9 1986 225 47 43 108 18 5 12 4 0 39 90.7 1987 217 41 39 69 2 17 3 13 0 35 89.7 1988 366 61 58 154 11 19 15 5 0 50 86.2 1989 449 85 82 251 25 20 8 15 0 68 82.9 1990 417 91 89 369 13 11 14 17 0 55 61.8 1991 414 50 50 127 5 13 17 12 0 47 94.0 1992 551 65 64 210 9 9 15 16 0 49 76.6 1993 680 65 65 233 10 12 8 16 0 46 70.8 1994 742 64 60 176 8 16 7 16 0 47 78.3 1995 1075 95 90 352 10 20 8 23 0 61 67.8 1996 1175 71 71 273 14 10 8 13 0 45 63.4 1997 1193 61 61 152 11 12 20 15 0 58 95.1 1998 1431 64 64 216 11 9 8 15 0 41 64.1 1999 1380 49 45 131 3 15 6 12 0 36 80.0 2000 1325 54 52 164 3 12 7 10 1 33 63.5 2001 1360 72 70 432 4 8 11 6 0 29 41.4 2002 3316 50 48 198 20 14 1 3 0 38 79.2 2003 5154 53 52 203 10 1 27 1 0 39 75.0 2004 7788 97 84 380 9 20 7 5 0 41 48.8 2005 3043 26 24 37 4 4 12 2 0 22 91.7 2006 2640 21 21 70 3 1 9 5 0 18 85.7 2007 1232 28 28 151 5 10 8 0 0 23 82.1 2008 868 29 27 93 11 10 2 4 0 26 96.2 1 Data from 1958 through 1979 are proposed harvest. Actual harvest may have varied slightly. Prior to 1980, hunters and hunter days are unknown but should have approximated harvest, with hunt success at or near 100%. 2 Beginning in 1995, 1st Choice Applicants includes the spring and fall draws. Year 130 1st Choice Applicants2 Permits Issued Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunters Hunter Days Buffalo Hunt Data Population Management Season Results - Unit 12A Harvest Percent Bulls Cows Calves Total Success Adults Yearlings Adults Yearlings 2005 Companion 106 106 -3 0 1 0 0 4 3.8 2005 Standard 20 19 39 5 5 0 2 0 12 63.2 2006 Companion 28 28 -7 0 0 0 0 7 25.0 2006 Standard 25 24 52 4 1 1 3 0 9 37.5 2007 Companion 59 59 20 5 2 1 0 0 8 13.6 2007 Standard 8 7 10 0 0 3 1 0 4 57.1 2008 Companion 97 97 32 7 1 3 0 0 12 12.4 2008 Standard 16 12 16 0 3 7 0 0 10 83.3 1 Designates the type of Population Management Season offered. “Companion” denotes tags issued to hunters with corresponding Kaibab deer hunts. “Standard” denotes seasons authorized through the typical Population Management Season process. Year Season1 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Dates Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits Hunters Bull Cow Total Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days Harvest Harvest Harvest Unit Year Season 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 12A 12A 12A 2004 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2004 2004 2004 Bull 3/12-3/18 2 758 287 0.3 2 2 6 2 Bull 8/13-8/19 2 2294 606 0.1 2 2 2 2 Bull 3/19-3/25 2 157 647 0.0 2 2 4 2 Bull 5/27-6/05 2 950 249 0.2 2 2 6 2 Bull 5/26-6/04 2 253 54 0.8 2 2 3 2 Bull 9/22-9/23 1 444 11 0.2 1 1 1 1 Cow 12/03-12/06 2 153 305 1.3 2 2 2 0 Cow 11/19-11/23 4 201 261 1.5 4 3 3 0 Cow 9/23-9/26 3 287 98 1.1 3 3 3 0 Cow 11/18-11/21 3 185 398 1.6 4 4 4 0 Cow 12/02-12/05 3 320 148 0.9 3 3 3 0 Cow 9/09-9/11 2 842 100 0.2 2 2 2 0 Cow 9/23-9/25 2 198 771 1.0 2 2 2 0 Cow 9/30-10/02 2 271 531 0.4 2 2 2 0 Cow 10/21-10/23 2 686 177 0.3 2 2 2 0 Cow 9/22-9/23 1 54 122 0.0 1 1 1 0 Cow 9/29-9/30 2 95 117 2.1 2 2 2 0 Cow 10/13-10/14 2 80 156 0.0 2 2 2 0 Cow 10/27-10/28 2 106 89 0.9 2 2 2 0 Cow 9/27-9/28 2 146 8 1.4 2 2 3 0 Yrl 9/24-9/27 4 402 337 0.5 4 4 4 4 Yrl 10/15-10/18 4 245 430 0.8 4 4 4 4 Yrl 1/02-1/08 4 208 57 1.9 4 4 4 4 Yrl 1/09-1/15 4 49 206 0.0 4 4 4 3 Yrl 1/16-1/22 4 42 143 4.8 4 4 9 2 Yrl 1/23-1/29 4 89 66 2.3 4 4 4 3 Yrl 1/14-1/20 4 297 267 1.0 4 4 5 0 Yrl 1/21-1/27 4 110 364 0.9 5 4 4 0 Yrl 1/14-1/20 3 118 72 1.7 3 3 4 0 Yrl 2/03-2/10 3 59 135 1.7 3 3 3 0 Yrl 1/06-1/07 2 70 11 2.9 2 2 2 2 Yrl 1/13-1/14 2 19 76 0.0 2 2 2 2 Yrl 1/27-1/28 2 38 31 5.3 2 2 2 2 Yrl 2/03-2/04 2 45 74 4.4 2 2 2 2 Yrl 10/04-10/05 2 172 85 1.2 2 2 2 0 Yrl 10/11-10/12 2 81 195 1.2 2 2 2 2 Yrl 1/05-1/06 2 68 24 2.9 2 2 2 2 Yrl 1/12-1/13 2 20 67 5.0 2 2 2 2 Yrl 1/26-1/27 2 34 28 5.9 2 2 2 2 Yrl 2/02-2/03 2 22 49 4.6 2 2 2 0 Yrl 2/09-2/10 2 41 33 2.4 2 2 2 1 Any 2/10-2/11 2 55 29 3.6 2 2 2 2 AB 10/15-10/24 10 1962 718 0.5 10 9 64 0 CowYr 9/17-9/26 30 425 241 4.7 30 23 155 1 CowYr 10/01-10/10 15 52 375 5.8 15 12 64 0 Yrl = Yearling, CY = Cow or Yearling, Any = Any Buffalo, SP = Special raffle/auction permit. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Hunt Success 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 Hunt Arizona 2009 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 125 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 9 0 131 Buffalo Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Harvest Unit Year Season Dates Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits Hunters Bull Cow Total Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days Harvest Harvest Harvest 12A 2004 Any 3/12-4/11 4 751 61 0.5 4 4 44 1 12A 2005 Any – 0 0 0 – 106 106 0 3 12A 2005 Any – 0 0 0 – 20 19 39 10 12A 2005 Any 3/11-4/10 5 894 238 0.6 5 4 12 2 12A 2006 Any – 0 0 0 – 25 24 52 5 12A 2006 Any – 0 0 0 – 28 28 0 7 12A 2006 Any 3/10-4/09 5 213 62 2.4 5 5 52 1 12A 2007 Any – 8 0 0 – 8 7 10 0 12A 2007 Any – 0 0 0 – 67 8 20 7 12A 2007 Any 3/09-4/08 5 167 43 3.0 5 5 92 0 12A 2007 Any 4/13-5/13 5 59 142 3.4 5 5 41 4 12A 2008 Any 1/01-5/31 10 284 1 3.5 10 8 64 8 12A 2004 SP 9/01-4/30 2 0 0 – 2 1 7 1 12A 2005 SP – 2 0 0 – 2 1 2 1 12A 2006 SP – 3 0 0 – 3 – – – 12A 2007 SP – 3 0 0 – 3 – – – 12A 2008 SP – 3 0 0 – 3 3 12 3 TOTAL - SUMMARY FOR RAYMOND RANCH WILDLIFE AREA 05B 2004 – 36 4598 3345 0.5 36 35 46 26 05B 2005 – 19 2149 1524 0.7 21 20 25 2 05B 2006 – 16 2427 1840 0.5 16 16 18 2 05B 2007 – 18 1006 716 1.2 18 18 18 11 05B 2008 – 16 584 489 2.1 16 16 17 9 TOTAL - SUMMARY FOR HOUSE ROCK WILDLIFE AREA (includes Population Management Season data) 12A 2004 – 61 3190 1395 1.2 61 49 334 3 12A 2005 – 7 894 238 0.6 133 130 53 16 12A 2006 – 8 213 62 2.4 58 57 104 13 12A 2007 – 21 226 185 3.1 77 25 163 11 12A 2008 – 29 284 1 3.5 126 35 124 22 Yrl = Yearling, CY = Cow or Yearling, Any = Any Buffalo, SP = Special raffle/auction permit. 132 Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunt Success 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 – – 0 2 4 12 2 9 7 2 4 8 0 5 8 1 1 – – 3 50 4 63 50 38 25 40 57 100 0 100 100 100 100 – – 100 10 18 14 7 6 36 20 16 18 15 103 100 100 100 94 2 3 5 6 10 5 19 18 17 32 10 15 32 68 91 Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Black bears in Arizona are found in a variety of habitats, including subalpine and montane conifer forests, riparian forests, evergreen woodlands, and chaparral. An interesting footnote to black bear distribution in the state is the absence of any sizeable population of black bears north of the Colorado River. Cubs are born in winter dens during January, usually in pairs, but larger litters are not uncommon. Cubs weigh only six to 12 ounces at birth and are helpless, but they grow and develop rapidly, emerging from the den with their mother in April. The mother stays with her cubs through the first summer and fall, and dens with them again the following winter. Female black bears in Arizona usually reach reproductive age in their fourth year, and generally breed every other year. Normal reproductive cycles in Arizona black bears may be adversely affected by drought, and/or poor physiological condition. Adult males weigh up to 350 pounds and adult females up to 250 pounds. Black bears are relatively longlived animals, with some individuals exceeding 20 years of age. The statewide population is estimated at 2,500 bears. Black bears are normally shy, secretive animals displaying high levels of intelligence and exploratory behavior. Although bears are generally most active in the early morning and late evening; they may alter their activity pattern to exploit sources of artificial food, becoming nocturnal at campgrounds and dumpsites. Nuisance activities are nearly always associated with artificial food sources (beehives, campgrounds, and livestock). Bears are usually solitary animals; the exceptions are family groups (mother Bob Miles Natural History Hunt Arizona 2009 133 Black Bear and cubs), breeding pairs, and congregations at feeding sites. Both adults and sub-adults are known to move long distances (100 miles) to exploit isolated pockets of food. The mobility of black bears sometimes leads them to appear in uncharacteristic habitats and to return from long distances after being moved. Most Arizona black bears hibernate from November through March, during which time they reduce their body temperature, heart rate, and metabolic function, while still remaining somewhat conscious in the den. Hunt History Bear hunting has a long history in Arizona. As late as 1928, bears were classified as predatory animals and could be shot or trapped at any time. In 1929, however, a new “game code” classified bears of all kinds as big game, provided a month-long open season, and prescribed a bag limit of one. Bears could not be trapped, but they could be taken with dogs. Later years were even more restrictive; cubs were protected in 1934, and in 1936, the bear season was closed south of the Gila River. The status of bears deteriorated drastically during World War II. In 1942 all of the state’s refuges were open to bear hunting and the season was reopened in Cochise and Graham counties at the request of stockmen. In 1944, month-long fall and spring hunts were authorized. The following year, bears lost their designation as game animals, and in 1949 a year-long season was authorized for Apache, Greenlee, Graham, and eastern Coconino counties, except during the seasons for other big-game species. After reinstating spring and 134 Hunt Arizona 2009 fall bear seasons in 1950, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission again opted for year-long seasons from 1951 to 1953. After 1954, bear regulations became more restrictive, tags were required to take one, and in 1968 the black bear was again classified as big game. This designation was appropriate as hunter interest in the species was increasing. Hunt success varied with weather conditions and population vagaries, but annual bear harvests ranged from 131 to 313 for the years 1964 through 1980. Relatively few bears were taken under the stock-taking clause, most of them being taken by sport hunters. Concern about the bear’s relatively low reproductive rate caused the Department to monitor the bear harvest more closely. Accordingly, mandatory checkout procedures were initiated in 1980. Other recent changes in regulations have included the authorization Black bear distribution of a permit-only spring season in select units, the elimination of bearbaiting as a method of take, and unit harvest objectives in which the season is closed after a certain number of female bears are taken. Black Bear Harvest Data Historic Summary of Black Bear Harvest1 Year 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Tags Issued 6638 5974 5798 6344 8264 8978 8454 8042 6009 7162 6839 6746 7055 8707 8985 8833 7820 8494 7178 6183 5258 4917 4816 5117 4272 4714 3711 2843 3217 3329 4376 4586 4462 4093 4461 4163 4413 4293 4535 4525 4521 4850 4840 6110 5950 4 Sport2 178 131 134 219 242 268 236 241 187 225 202 224 265 309 264 251 255 287 260 273 246 251 182 302 146 271 149 96 121 117 236 197 254 224 142 181 320 178 230 214 160 158 197 217 179 Depredation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 17 2 12 9 10 4 6 2 2 5 8 1 5 6 7 9 7 18 11 4 1 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 6 1 5 5 0 1 2 1 Other3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 3 14 0 19 6 13 5 46 6 16 34 11 2 40 19 11 Total Harvest 178 131 134 219 242 268 236 274 204 227 214 233 275 313 270 253 257 292 268 274 251 257 189 311 155 292 161 101 122 121 252 198 278 232 155 186 368 184 252 249 176 160 238 238 191 Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter. Estimated from a mail questionnaire from 1964-1987 and from mandatory check-outs from 1988-present. 3 Includes known kills other than sport or depredation (e.g., highway mortality, capture mortality, and illegal take). 4 2008 tags issued is preliminary pending a final audit. 1 2 Hunt Arizona 2009 135 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit 1 1 1 1 1 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 11M 11M 1 2 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2004 2006 Harvest Month of Sport Harvest Sport Harv. Sex of Sport Harv. Using Dogs Sport Depredation Other Male Female Spring2 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 7 1 1 5 4 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 9 7 6 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 23 0 1 14 15 8 0 9 3 7 4 0 0 12 0 1 7 8 4 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 1 13 16 3 0 17 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 7 2 6 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 7 8 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 13 0 0 9 10 3 0 4 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 7 6 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 3 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 8 0 0 10 0 0 5 8 2 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 6 8 3 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 9 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 6 4 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column. 136 Hunt Arizona 2009 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit 11M 17A 17A 17B 18A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 20B 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22N 22N 22N 22S 22S 22S 23 23 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23S 23S 23S 23S 23S 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24B 24B 24B 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 1 2 Year 2008 2004 2005 2008 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 Harvest Month of Sport Harvest Sport Harv. Sex of Sport Harv. Using Dogs Sport Depredation Other Male Female Spring2 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 7 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 0 0 7 11 4 0 0 6 5 3 1 0 12 0 0 2 10 2 1 0 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 7 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 2 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 16 0 0 12 11 5 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 18 0 0 14 10 8 0 1 2 15 0 0 0 13 0 0 9 8 5 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 19 0 0 12 8 11 0 1 3 14 0 0 0 17 0 1 9 12 5 0 2 1 12 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 1 12 3 0 0 10 4 1 0 0 12 0 1 1 6 6 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 8 8 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 8 3 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 10 1 15 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 2 5 17 7 0 10 7 2 4 1 0 26 0 0 4 20 6 0 5 11 7 1 2 0 30 0 1 9 16 14 0 0 10 13 7 0 0 29 2 1 11 18 11 0 1 5 18 5 0 0 26 0 0 12 13 13 0 4 4 14 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 2 6 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 9 1 4 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 3 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column. Hunt Arizona 2009 137 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit Year 29 30A 30A 30A 30A 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 34A 34A 34A 34A 34A 34B 35A 35A 35A 35A 35A 35B 35B 38M 38M Unknown Total Total Total Total Total Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2006 2008 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1 2 Harvest Month of Sport Harvest Sport Harv. Sex of Sport Harv. Using Dogs Sport Depredation Other Male Female Spring2 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 2 2 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 1 – – – – – – – – – – 160 5 11 58 107 53 3 31 63 45 16 2 0 158 0 2 48 114 44 7 30 58 45 13 5 0 197 1 40 70 118 79 7 37 34 93 25 1 0 217 2 19 40 121 95 12 60 9 116 12 2 0 179 1 11 50 122 57 11 56 11 85 14 2 0 36 67 33 2 19 39 28 10 1 30 72 28 4 19 37 28 8 3 36 60 40 4 19 17 47 13 1 18 56 44 6 28 4 53 6 1 28 68 32 6 31 6 47 8 1 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. For Archery-Only Spring Bear hunts ending in August or September, bear harvest occurring in August or September will be reflected in the appropriate month of harvest column. All other spring harvest will be reflected in the Spring column. 138 Hunt Arizona 2009 Mountain Lion (Felis concolor) In Arizona, mountain lions are absent only from the extremely arid southwest and those areas heavily impacted by human development. In general, the distribution of mountain lions in the state corresponds with the distribution of the animal’s major prey species—mule and white-tailed deer. Mountain lions may breed at any time of the year, and consequently litters may be born in any month. Summer is the peak period of kitten births, however, with litter sizes of two, three, and four being common. The kittens remain with their mother for 15 to 22 months learning the skills necessary for survival. Juvenile males tend to disperse long distances compared to the relatively short distances for young females. Mountain lions are essentially solitary animals. Adult females may be accompanied by kittens, but are normally not associated with other adult animals except for mating purposes. Mature males weigh up to 150 pounds and females 100 pounds. The statewide population is estimated at 2,500 mountain lions. While deer are the principal mountain lion prey species in Arizona, javelina, elk, and/or livestock can be major components of the diet. Mountain lions will almost always attempt to cover the uneaten portion of a kill with leaves or other debris. An entire deer can be consumed in two nights. An experienced observer is usually able to detect the presence of a mountain lion in an area through the presence of tracks, scrapes, kills, or other sign. George Andrejko Natural History Hunt Arizona 2009 139 Mountain Lion Mountain lions are specialized predators and consequently do not normally exist in high concentrations. They maintain spatial separation between each other, thereby assuring that each individual has the resources necessary to survive. If these separations are not maintained, mountain lions will kill each other, which is the normal method of population regulation in undisturbed mountain lion populations. The cryptic system of boundary marking employed by resident mountain lions serves to provide for mutual avoidance and survival. Mountain Mountain lion distribution lions in Arizona 140 Hunt Arizona 2009 feed almost exclusively on large prey, usually killing one deer-sized animal every six to 12 days. Considerable skill in executing stalks and more importantly in consummating the kill is required to avoid debilitating injury. Hunt History Lions were classified as a “predatory animal” by the territorial legislature and were subject to a statewide bounty of $50 dollars in 1919. This status continued until 1970 when the mountain lion was classified as a big-game animal and a tag was required to take one, even though ranchers and their agents could still take a depredating lion. A mandatory checkout procedure and other reporting requirements were instituted in 1982. Reporting information indicates that lion harvests have gradually increased over time. Recently, the annual kill has ranged between 250 and 350 animals, of which approximately 15 percent were taken by predator control agents. Mountain Lion Harvest Data Historic Summary of Mountain Lion Harvest1 Year Tags Issued 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3835 4214 4917 4896 5460 6261 7498 7964 7938 7799 7871 8069 7004 6876 7523 7936 8304 8495 3656 3046 3038 3177 3407 4156 4859 5552 5657 6590 6885 7478 8109 8274 8089 8964 10117 10931 10995 106295 Sport2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 172 120 190 172 219 238 248 229 283 204 191 316 221 184 246 191 205 183 130 188 179 201 188 215 234 225 269 289 247 276 326 264 218 247 204 221 256 264 Harvest Depredation3 Other4 181 0 198 0 200 0 201 0 230 0 189 0 266 0 264 0 243 0 215 0 242 0 231 0 197 0 267 0 286 0 257 0 257 0 226 0 217 0 278 0 0 0 48 0 15 0 22 0 19 1 14 0 4 0 12 0 7 0 2 0 9 1 8 1 7 1 9 0 19 7 25 0 31 5 24 1 65 1 40 1 25 1 28 5 38 12 35 6 31 1 38 2 48 3 52 1 49 2 53 0 58 0 50 5 66 12 31 1 41 0 36 5 28 5 42 5 Total 181 198 200 201 230 189 266 264 243 215 242 231 197 267 286 257 257 226 217 278 172 168 205 194 239 252 252 241 290 206 201 325 229 193 272 216 241 208 196 229 205 234 238 256 266 265 320 342 298 329 384 319 296 279 245 262 289 311 Sport Harvest Using Dogs – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 127 104 85 125 115 147 117 128 150 131 182 192 161 193 214 175 164 167 120 136 169 168 Male – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 109 82 77 108 107 113 106 120 126 119 134 150 126 133 176 144 107 123 103 108 146 142 Sex of Sport Harvest Female Unclassified – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 89 7 99 2 51 2 74 6 71 1 83 5 81 1 93 2 103 5 106 0 134 1 136 3 120 1 141 2 144 6 116 4 111 0 122 2 101 0 113 0 109 1 120 2 Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter. Estimated from a mail questionnaire from 1971-1987 and from mandatory check-outs from 1988-present. 3 As reported by Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board through June 30, 1970, and reported stock-killers since 1971. 4 Includes known kills other than sport or depredation (e.g., highway mortality, capture mortality, and illegal take). 5 2008 tags sold is preliminary. 1 2 Hunt Arizona 2009 141 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2B 2B 3B 3B 3B 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4A 4A 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6B 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 Harvest Sport 2 2 3 3 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 6 11 6 6 2 1 4 4 6 4 4 3 11 1 6 8 4 5 2 4 6 7 5 2 5 5 2 4 8 3 8 Depredation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 Hunt Arizona 2009 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sport Harvest Using Dogs 2 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 4 9 6 4 0 0 1 3 2 4 2 2 11 1 5 7 3 3 1 3 5 6 4 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 Sex of Sport Harvest Male Female 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 4 2 4 7 4 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 3 0 4 1 2 7 4 1 0 4 2 5 3 4 0 1 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 6 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 0 2 2 2 3 5 0 3 4 4 Jan. to March 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 5 8 4 3 0 0 1 3 1 4 1 2 6 1 2 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 4 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 3 Month of Sport Harvest Apr. to July to Oct. to June Sept. Dec. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 10 11M 11M 11M 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12B 12B 13A 13A 13B 13B 13B 13BS 13BS 13BS 15A 15A 15B 15B 15B 15BW 15C 15C 15CS 15D 15D 16A 16A 16A 16AS 17A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 18BS 18BS 18BS 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19B Year 2008 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2005 2008 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2005 2007 2008 2005 2004 2006 2008 2005 2006 2004 2007 2008 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 Harvest Sport 11 1 2 1 8 5 8 11 9 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 1 10 8 1 3 8 7 5 7 7 4 2 2 4 1 6 4 8 8 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 3 2 1 Depredation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sport Harvest Using Dogs 8 1 2 1 8 4 7 11 5 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 – – 1 0 3 2 7 1 8 5 1 2 6 5 5 6 6 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 5 6 2 2 0 2 3 3 3 3 2 0 Sex of Sport Harvest Male Female 6 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 4 3 2 4 4 6 5 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 – – – – 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 5 2 1 0 2 8 4 4 0 1 3 0 6 2 2 5 3 2 5 2 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 3 3 1 3 3 5 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 Jan. to March 9 0 1 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 – – 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 5 0 2 4 1 3 4 6 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 3 5 1 1 0 Month of Sport Harvest Apr. to July to Oct. to June Sept. Dec. 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Hunt Arizona 2009 143 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 21W 21W 21W 21W 22 22 22 22 22 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 23 23 23 23 23 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24B 24B 24B 24B 24B 27 27 27 27 27 27BC 27BC 27BC 27-P 27-P 28 Year 2005 2006 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2007 2008 2005 2008 2004 Harvest Sport 1 1 2 9 5 7 5 5 1 2 6 3 6 3 4 4 5 1 2 1 2 6 4 6 3 1 20 4 5 8 14 3 1 2 4 4 11 12 16 17 12 7 10 13 11 9 5 3 3 2 7 16 5 3 5 13 1 1 1 3 1 1 Depredation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 144 Hunt Arizona 2009 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sport Harvest Using Dogs 0 0 0 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 3 1 0 1 2 3 3 5 3 1 14 4 5 7 9 2 1 0 4 3 8 5 10 10 10 3 4 10 7 7 3 1 3 1 4 6 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 Sex of Sport Harvest Male Female 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 3 3 2 3 4 4 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 0 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 10 9 3 1 4 1 5 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 2 6 5 9 3 6 10 9 7 6 6 5 2 5 5 10 3 8 3 4 5 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 4 5 11 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 Jan. to March 0 0 1 6 4 5 3 3 0 1 4 1 4 0 4 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 0 9 3 2 4 5 2 1 1 4 3 6 4 5 8 4 3 1 5 2 2 2 0 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Month of Sport Harvest Apr. to July to Oct. to June Sept. Dec. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 4 4 1 6 1 3 4 2 0 6 1 0 3 1 3 5 3 3 2 1 0 7 1 0 6 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 30A 30A 30A 30A 30A 30B 30B 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 34A 34A 34A 34A 34A 34B 34B 34B 34B 35A 35A 35A 35A 35B 35B 35B 35B 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B 36C 36C 36C 36C Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2006 2007 2008 Harvest Sport 2 2 2 5 3 7 8 7 4 9 11 7 5 6 3 0 8 8 4 4 3 6 6 12 10 13 9 11 5 16 15 6 7 9 13 10 3 5 10 5 3 1 5 5 2 1 2 2 6 3 5 5 10 8 3 6 6 3 2 6 3 1 Depredation 16 11 10 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 4 7 13 5 4 9 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sport Harvest Using Dogs 2 1 1 3 2 3 6 5 4 7 9 6 3 5 1 – 4 4 1 2 1 1 5 4 5 9 3 5 1 13 7 2 3 5 4 4 3 3 9 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 3 2 2 7 5 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 Sex of Sport Harvest Male Female 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 3 5 5 2 3 1 7 2 4 7 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 1 – – 4 4 3 5 0 4 2 2 3 0 5 1 2 4 6 6 5 5 6 7 6 3 7 4 3 2 12 4 7 8 1 4 4 3 3 6 3 10 4 5 2 1 1 4 8 2 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 2 3 4 1 6 4 4 4 0 3 2 4 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 1 Jan. to March 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 3 5 1 – 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 4 7 2 4 0 9 3 4 3 4 5 3 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 Month of Sport Harvest Apr. to July to Oct. to June Sept. Dec. 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 – – – 1 0 4 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 9 0 1 5 0 1 5 2 1 4 2 0 5 0 1 4 4 1 2 4 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 Hunt Arizona 2009 145 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2004-2008 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit Year 37A 37A 37A 37B 37B 37B 37B 37B 40A 42 42 42 42 42M 44A 44A 44A Total Total Total Total Total Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 2004 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2004 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Harvest Sport 1 1 2 1 8 4 3 8 1 2 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 247 204 221 256 264 89 83 84 89 85 Depredation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 41 36 28 42 11 17 14 10 14 146 Hunt Arizona 2009 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 5 0 0 2 2 2 Sport Harvest Using Dogs 0 1 0 1 6 3 3 4 0 2 0 0 3 – 1 0 1 168 120 136 169 168 68 59 62 66 64 Sex of Sport Harvest Male Female 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 3 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 – – 1 0 0 1 1 0 123 122 103 101 108 113 146 109 142 120 50 50 50 50 49 51 57 43 54 46 Jan. to March 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 – 0 0 0 120 88 95 128 101 49 43 43 50 38 Month of Sport Harvest Apr. to July to Oct. to June Sept. Dec. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 – – – 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 15 90 15 21 80 29 16 81 24 18 85 30 19 109 9 6 36 7 10 39 13 7 37 9 7 33 11 7 41 Small Game Quail Arizonans have the privilege of hunting three species of quail—four, if the few California quail found along the Little Colorado River drainage in Apache County are included. These are the Gambel’s quail, scaled quail, and Mearns’ or Montezuma quail. Another quail, formerly found in Arizona, the masked bobwhite, is listed federally as an endangered species. Of the above species, the Gambel’s or desert quail is by far the best known. Found in most of the state’s counties, these birds are often hunted in open desert country where they are more apt to run or flush than hold for a dog. The Gambel’s jaunty, plumed topknot, carried by both sexes, makes for ready identification, along with the male’s bright russet cap, black face and bib, and cream-colored belly marked with a black horseshoe. As with all species of quail, the young of the year can be distinguished through their first winter by their spotted secondary wing coverts. Adult males average only about 6 ounces; the slightly smaller females between 5.7 and 5.9 ounces. The handsome—rather than gaudy—scaled quail is the second most commonly encountered quail in Arizona. A bird of the open country of eastern Arizona, this quail too is more likely to run than hold. Both sexes of this species display white, conical crests, hence the common name of “cottontop.” The scaled appellation is appropriate, however, as the birds possess a distinctive scalloping on the breast, nape and belly. Otherwise, their overall color is tan above with a mixture of beige, grays, and whites below. A generally bigger bird than the Gambel’s quail, adult male “scalies” average about 7.3 ounces, females 6.7 ounces. Mearns’ quail are the largest and most striking, yet also the most secretive of Arizona’s quails. Male Mearns’ quail have white and black harlequin-marked heads, capped by a russet shock of feathers that form an ill-fitting crest. These cock quail also possess handsome brown and black checkered backs interlaced with white darts, and white-spotted black flanks similar to a guinea fowl’s. Their breasts and underparts are a rich mahogany that turns to black at the rump, which terminates in a stubby, almost non-existent tail. The hens are cinnamon colored with brown, black and buff markings. In winter, the males average about 6.9 ounces, the females about 6.2 ounces. Long, scythe-shaped claws that are used for digging show that these birds are grounddwellers, and they hold so well to a dog that this species has come to be known as Arizona’s greatest game bird. Bob Miles Natural History Gambel’s quail The sexes of all Arizona quails show some differences in plumage, and all of the species form seasonal pair bonds Hunt Arizona 2009 147 Bob Miles Small Game Scaled quail that last through incubation and brood-raising. Clutch and brood sizes are often large, ranging up to a dozen or more chicks, and both the cock and the hen care for the young. Individual birds have short life spans, however, and population sizes tend to fluctuate widely from year to year. All Arizona species form fall and winter coveys that are likely to remain in the same general area where they were raised. Each species has its own habitat preferences. The Gambel’s quail is found throughout the Sonoran and Mojave deserts upward in elevation through semi-desert grassland and chaparral to the edges of pinyonjuniper woodland and pine forest—wherever mesquites and other brushy cover occur. The scaled quail is a bird of semidesert grasslands and the Gambel’s quail distribution 148 Hunt Arizona 2009 Chihuahuan desert, preferring open plains and foothills; the Mearns’ quail prefers oak woodlands and oak savannas in the southeastern portions of the state where grass cover is abundant enough to conceal its presence. Although all three major species of Arizona quail have formed pair bonds by March, they each have different breeding seasons. Gambel’s quail breed only in spring and early summer, and breeding intensity and success are directly related to the amount of rainfall received during the previous October through March. The breeding season of scaled quail is more complex. They breed in spring after wet winters, but also during the summer months after the monsoons have started. Mearns’ quail nest only after the summer monsoon season, and often postpone breeding until after the summer solstice when the days are getting shorter. The factors determining the population levels of the various species also differ. The numbers of Gambel’s quail are related more to the success of the hatch than to carry-over from the previous year. Scaled quail numbers are determined by both the success of the hatch and the number of birds surviving from the year before. Mearns’ quail generally have good hatching success, and their highly fluctuating numbers are determined largely by how many birds survive the winter. All of the birds experience relatively high winter mortality. The scaled and Mearns’ quail are more dependent on grass cover for over-winter survival than is the Gambel’s quail, and hence are more sensitive to livestock grazing pressures than the Gambel’s. Hunt History By the turn of the century, quail hunting had become a popular pastime in Arizona, and a generous season and lack of a bag limit gave the state a reputation for harboring “game-hogs.” Then, in 1909, the territorial legislature limited quail hunting to an open season of October 16 through January 31, an arrangement that was retained in the state game code of 1912 along with a bag limit of 25 quail. In 1929 quail numbers must have been thought to be in need of improvement, as the season was shortened to November 1 through December 31, and the following year the newly appointed Arizona Game and Fish Commission reduced the bag limit to 15 quail per day. There was no season on Mearns’ or “fool quail” as this species was commonly known. Scaled quail distribution have often entertained proposals to lower the 15-bird bag limit to a lesser number in an attempt to “spread out the harvest.” Quail hunting in Arizona has always had its ups and downs. The top year in recent times was in 1979 when nearly 100,000 hunters reported harvesting more than 2.5 million quail. Since then, quail numbers and hunter interest have fallen off, with hunter numbers ranging from 44,000 to 75,000 each year between 1990 and 1999. The reported harvest of Gambel’s quail during this same period has fluctuated from slightly more than 300,000 to just over 1.3 million, causing some hunters and wildlife managers to wonder if a long-term decline in quail numbers may have occurred. White-winged Dove This bird’s hefty size and rounded off tail give the “whitewing” the appearance of being half dove and half pigeon, hence the older name of “Sonora pigeon.” Whitewings differ from the more widespread mourning dove in having an overall grayer plumage, a white-tipped tail, and the white wing epaulets that give the bird its name. Unless pressed by gunners, the whitewing’s flight also appears slower, less purposeful, and more pigeonlike than the mourning dove’s. Adults can be distinguished by an unfeathered bright blue eye patch, red feet, and eyes that range from yellow-orange to orange-red. By way of contrast, birds of the year have dull purplish-brown feet and are marked mostly in grays, whites, and browns. Adult males are especially handsome birds, their brownish heads crowned in reddish purple with areas on the neck flecked with gold, green, and purple iridescence. The average weight of an adult male is about 5.5 ounces, although birds weighing up to 8 ounces have been recorded. Natural History Bob Miles During the years that followed, quail seasons and bag limits varied in response to quail numbers and the success of the hatch, which in some years, such as 194648, was so poor that no season was authorized. It was believed that unless the ratio of young to adult quail observed on Mearns’ quail distribution summer surveys was less than 2.1:1 a hunt could not be justified, and even when there was a season, it might be only two days long with a five-bird bag limit. Then, in the 1950s and early 1960s, research showed that hunting mortality was compensatory to natural mortality, and a standardized season from mid-October through the end of the month, followed by another season from November 1 through the end of January, gradually became the norm, along with a 15-bird bag limit. Later, the month of November was also opened to quail hunting and the closing date delayed until mid-February. This season, which applies to both Gambel’s and scaled quail, has continued to the present day. In 1960 a two-day season on Mearns’ quail was authorized for a limited area in the Santa Rita Mountains. Hunting was shown to have a negligible effect on this species also, and this season too was gradually expanded. Today, the season opens in mid-November in deference to the bird’s late nesting habits, and continues to midFebruary. This bird and season has become so popular with bird dog hunters that recent Commission meetings Mearns’ quail There are two types of whitewinged dove populations in Arizona, a thinly scattered population found throughout the Sonoran Desert and the surrounding countryside (including towns and residential neighborhoods), and colonial populations that nest collectively along river bottoms adjacent to agricultural areas. Most of the desert and residential area whitewings nest only once and migrate out of the state prior to the opening of the dove season on September 1. The colonial whitewings, however, usually nest twice before departing for their wintering areas in Hunt Arizona 2009 149 Small Game events occurred with little or no influence on the onset of migration. Once migration is underway, the departure is often rapid, the adults usually leaving before the juveniles. Hunt History A favorable combination of nesting cover and grain crops resulted in two great heydays of white-winged dove hunting in Arizona. The first of these was in the years prior to World War I, and the second was during the years after World War II. So plentiful were these birds that the bag limit was 25 per day and 50 in possession. Numbers peaked in the 1960s when, in 1968, an all-time record harvest of more than 3/4 million was reached. Since then, declining nesting habitat and the virtual replacement of grain farming by cotton and alfalfa have greatly reduced whitewing hunting opportunities. But after reaching a low of 86,000 birds in 1980, whitewing harvests have again gradually increased. Although subject to half-day hunting and reduced bag limits, hunter numbers have stabilized during the past five years when an average of between 25,000 to 30,000 hunters have taken to the field, bagging from 122,000 to180,000 whitewings a year. Mourning Dove This is the most common and widely occurring game bird in Arizona, and the dove’s trim, streamlined body, accentuated by its tiny head and sharply tapered tail is familiar to even the most casual observer of birds. This dove can also be differentiated from its white-winged cousin by its overall brown color, a lack of white on all but the outer tail feathers, the presence of black spots on the upper wing surfaces, and the distinctive rattling whistle that is emitted by the bird’s wing feathers when it takes flight. The more richly colored adult males can usually be distinguished at all times of the year from the browner females by their pinkish rose breasts, flecks of metallic green and other iridescence on the napes of their necks, and their slate blue crowns. Adult males weigh about 4.3 ounces, females about 4 ounces, with an occasional male weighing up to 6 ounces. Juvenile birds can be identified up to 4 or 5 months of age by the white tipping on the margins of their wing feathers. Arizona Game and Fish Department. southwestern Mexico. These are the whitewings that are most often present after September 1, and which contribute most to the harvest. Males of both populations begin courtship as soon as they arrive in Arizona in late April and early May. By late May, nesting is at its peak, both sexes sharing in the incubation of the eggs and the feeding and brooding of the two young squabs, most of which hatch toward the end of June. Fed a highly nutritious “pigeon-milk” by their parents, the squabs are usually fledged by late June or July. Should grains or other high-energy foods be available, the colonial-nesting birds will now attempt another nesting, while the “desert birds” begin migrating south. As the second nesting comes to a close in late July and August, both the juvenile birds and their parents form gregarious White-winged dove distribution flocks in selected roost sites adjacent to favored feeding fields, which unlike those selected by mourning doves, are often composed of standing crops of barley, maize, and safflower. The stimuli for the mass migration from cultivated valleys that takes place about September 1 are not completely understood. Summer storms, a drop in nighttime temperatures, food shortages, and harassment by hunters have all been suggested as reasons for the movement. Nonetheless, there have been years when all of these White-winged dove 150 Hunt Arizona 2009 Natural History Mourning doves occur from the lowest elevations along the Colorado River upward through forests of ponderosa pines to 8,500 feet. Their staple foods throughout the year are primarily small seeds and cultivated grains. Although some doves can be found nesting northward. The generally larger eastern cottontail (28-52 ounces) is found in the mountains of southeastern and central Arizona where it occupies many of the same habitats as the Coues white-tailed deer. The most abundant and important rabbit by far, however, is the desert cot- Hunt History tontail (26.5-44 ounces), which is found in every county in the state up to elevations exceeding 7,000 feet. Prior to statehood this species was hunted primarily in conjunction with white-winged dove, and spring and summer shooting over grain fields was a common occurrence. In 1929, however, state and federal regulations curtailed the mourning dove season in Arizona to between September 1 and December 15, and established a 20-bird bag limit. As with the white-winged dove, the glory days of mourning dove shooting were in the 1960s and 1970s, when more than 100,000 hunters reported harvesting up to 2.5 million mourning doves a year. Although still ranked as one of Arizona’s two most important game birds, mourning dove hunting has since fallen off due to urban expansion, changing farm practices, and more restrictive season arrangements. Questionnaire surveys indicate that during the past 10 years, an average of from 45,000 to 60,000 hunters bagged from 1 million to 1.3 million doves each year. Cottontail Rabbit Three species of cottontail occur in Arizona: the mountain cottontail, eastern cottontail, and desert cottontail. The smallest of these (22-30 ounces) is the relatively short-eared mountain cottontail, which is largely restricted to elevations above 7,500 feet from the Mogollon Rim Mary Ireland on the ground in open prairies, the best nesting habitats are brushlands and woodlands within the Sonoran Desert. Here, the woeful call of breeding males can be heard as early as February, and pairs have been known to attempt as many as seven nestings in a single season. Productivity may therefore be high even though the usual clutch size is only two eggs. Incubation takes only about 15 days, and is accomplished by both parents, as is the brooding and feeding of the nearly naked squabs. The young doves are fed Mourning dove distribution regurgitated “pigeon milk” by both parents, and they grow and develop rapidly. Fledglings leave the nest only 12 to 14 days after hatching. Even in southern Arizona, nesting is essentially over by mid-August, and some of the early-hatched juveniles have already migrated by late July. By the first week of September, the migration of most nesting populations is usually underway, the juveniles typically leaving before the adults. Cottontail rabbit Natural History Despite, or perhaps because of, their relative abundance, little is known about the life histories of Arizona cottontails. Only one study has been conducted on desert cottontails, and none on eastern and mountain cottontails. Although we know that cottontail rabbits may vary from amazing abundance in one year to relative scarcity the next, we have little insight as to what factors other than winter rainfall control their numbers. Promiscuous and prolific, cottontails feeding on green growth may have up to five litters of two to four young a year. But, although the desert cottontail is able to breed throughout the year, most young rabbits are produced in spring Cottontail rabbit distribution Hunt Arizona 2009 151 Small Game when the new growth of plants is most available. At other times of the year, selected foods include twigs, newly emerging grasses, weeds, and even cacti. Cottontails rarely drink, and free water does not appear to be a requirement for either their survival or reproduction. Hunt History The cottontail hunting season has always been yearlong in Arizona, and the bag limit has been 10 rabbits per day for many years. Although some hunters consider cottontail hunting with a .22 rifle as their primary sport, cottontails traditionally have been taken in Arizona in conjunction with dove and quail hunting. As a consequence of the wide fluctuations in both cottontail and quail numbers, the annual take of cottontails is highly erratic, ranging from a reported high of about 850,000 rabbits in 1979 to less than 56,000 in 1998. The mean number of hunters reportedly hunting this animal during the past 10 years has been 18,662, and their average take has been 91,915 rabbits per year. Tree Squirrels No fewer than four species and eight subspecies of tree squirrels can be found in Arizona’s forests. Of these, the Abert’s or tassel-eared squirrel is the most widespread and contributes most to the annual squirrel harvest. This Natural History Bob Miles Abert’s Squirrels 152 Hunt Arizona 2009 squirrel, with its easily discernible ear tufts, along with its close relatives, the black-bellied and white-tailed Kaibab squirrels, are exclusively inhabitants of ponderosa pine forests and the life cycles of the squirrels and the tree are remarkably interTree squirrel distribution twined. Less well known is the also white-bellied Arizona gray squirrel and its close relative, the rust-colored Chiricahua fox squirrel, both of which inhabit riparian deciduous forests and oak woodlands south of the Mogollon Rim. Another species is the chicaree or red squirrel (actually more olive or gray than red in Arizona), which is restricted to the higher forests of spruce and fir above 8,500 feet elevation. Both the tasseleared and gray squirrels average a little under 1.5 pounds in weight, while the diminutive red squirrel averages just over 0.5 pounds. Tassel-eared squirrels have but one breeding season a year, which is closely correlated with the production of the staminate flowers of ponderosa pine in late April, May, or early June. After a lengthy chase, the female comes into estrus for only one day. She will later give birth to a single litter of from two to four young in a nest made of pine boughs. Throughout the summer, the squirrels feed on the seeds of developing cones as well as on underground fungi or truffles that grow under mature pine trees. These foods are the most nutritious for the squirrel, and only when they are exhausted does the animal resort to feeding on the inner bark of pine twigs—the discarded terminals of which are often seen littering the forest floor. These “clippings” of inner bark are only an emergency food, however, and if deep snow-cover or other factors force the squirrel to rely entirely on this food source, the animal will eventually go into shock and die. Only after years of research was it learned that the periods of tassel-eared squirrel scarcity and abundance were related to the amount of snow-cover and the availability of underground fungi. Most squirrel mortality is during the late winter, and when snow covers the ground for 80 or more days, the mortality rate exceeds the squirrel’s rather modest recruitment rate. Hunting apparently has little effect on the animal’s numbers as other research shows the lowest monthly mortality is during the October and November hunting season. Hunt History Tree squirrels have an uneven history as game in Arizona. Having gone from being totally ignored at the time of statehood, to having a limited season in conjunction with the deer and turkey seasons in the 1920s, the season was closed in 1935 due to a perceived lack of squirrels. Too many squirrels in the 1940s resulted in a re-opening of the season, and squirrel hunt regulations have since been liberalized gradually until every species and most subspecies are now subjected to limited hunting. Even the once sacrosanct Kaibab squirrel is now hunted, and the only totally protected squirrel is the federally endangered Graham Mountain spruce squirrel. The tassel-eared or Abert’s squirrel is the major game species, however, and the numbers of tree squirrel hunters and harvest depends largely on the vagaries of tassel-eared squirrel numbers. Questionnaire data collected since the early 1960s show that the peak number of hunters was in 1986 when 21,402 squirrel hunters took to the field and bagged nearly 165,000 squirrels for a hunter success of 2.5 squirrels per day. Since 1990 the number of hunters has generally averaged between 12,000 and 18,000 a year with the average annual harvest being between 50,000 and 100,000 tree squirrels. Band-tailed Pigeon About the size of a domestic pigeon, adult bandtails average just a little less than 8 ounces in weight, the females weighing about 0.8 ounces less than the males. Both sexes have an overall blue-gray appearance, and it is only after close inspection that one notices the male’s rosier breast and more iridescence on the nape of the neck; otherwise, the sexes are similar. In autumn, adults can be differentiated from their young by the adult’s chrome-yellow bills and feet, white crescent at the nape of the neck, and the dark gray band across the top of the tail that gives the bird its name. Hunt History Bandtail hunting has an erratic history in Arizona. After the season was closed in 1951 for a perceived lack of birds, interest in band-tailed pigeons waned until a study was initiated in the “four-corner” states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah in the 1960s. These studies included an experimental season, which opened in 1968, and continued through 1972. Hunt information showed a limited but dedicated interest in the band-tailed pigeon as a game bird with the maximum number of hunters and birds harvested being 1,067 hunters and 3,545 pigeons in 1970. The numbers of both pigeons and pigeon hunters has since fallen off with only 146 bandtails reportedly taken in 1996. Now it appears that band-tailed pigeon numbers may again Blue grouse distribution be inching upward. Blue Grouse Blue grouse are bluish-gray, chickenlike birds restricted in Arizona to elevations above 8,500 feet in mixed conifer and aspen forests. As a consequence, these birds are only found in the White, Blue, Escudilla, Chuska, and Buckskin (North Kaibab) mountains, and on the San Francisco Peaks where they were introduced in the mid-1970s. Males are measurably larger than females, 2-year-old “cocks” weighing up to 3 pounds as opposed to the adult female’s average weight of between 1.75 to 2 pounds. In comparison, first-year birds or poults typically weigh only 16 to 28 ounces during the early days of the September hunting season. Natural History Bandtails are birds of the mountains and usually nest in mixed conifer forests, ponderosa pine forests, or in dense stands of evergreen oaks and pines between 4,500 and 9,100 feet elevation. As migratory birds, bandtails are usually only present in Arizona from late March thorough midOctober. Breeding generally takes place sometime in May and may continue through the summer, with some birds nesting twice and even three times in some years. The normal clutch is one glossy white egg, or occasionally two, so that the species’ reproductive potential is low. After feeding on acorns and other fall mast crops, most Arizona bandtails migrate southward to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico to spend the winter months. Natural History Band-tailed pigeon distribution Blue grouse in Arizona do not migrate downhill during the winter months as they do in the more northern Hunt Arizona 2009 153 Small Game states. Instead, they spend the winter roosting in Douglas-fir trees, subsisting on needles until spring when the males form small “leks” or strutting grounds, which they occupy from April through June. Oftentimes these leks are located on a fallen log or in a small clearing in the forest, where the cock attempts to engage any hen that comes his way with soft “hooting” displays and “flutter flights.” The peak of mating activity usually takes place during the last part of May or the first week of June, after which the male goes off to leave the hen to nest and raise the chicks on her own. Most broods are hatched between mid-June and mid-July during which time the hen and poults feed primarily on forbs and insects. Four to six is an average brood size, the young staying with the hen through the fall months. Fall usually finds the hens and poults at the edge of mountain meadows and in old burns feeding on forbs, while the now solitary males tend to favor aspen thickets and other dense cover. Hunt History The first legal season on blue grouse in Arizona did not take place until 1964 when 33 hunters spent 49 days to harvest 44 grouse. Since that time, a variety of grouse season dates have been authorized, but the number of grouse hunters has remained low due to the birds general scarcity and the steep terrain and high elevations of their habitat. Hunter numbers have never reached 800 in any given year, and the annual harvest since 1973 has been only 300 to 700 grouse. Pheasant Several attempts have been made to establish these natives of Asia as resident game birds in Arizona, the most recent being in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the small white-winged race of the ring-necked pheasant found in Afghanistan was released in farmlands along the Gila, San Pedro, and other river valleys. A handsome, unmistakable bird, both sexes of this pheasant have long pointed tails, but it is the cocks or roosters that are unrivaled in their plumage. Possessing iridescent green heads offset by ear-tufts and a crimson-wattled cheek patch, the Ring-necked pheasant rooster also has a purplish chest, a distribution 154 Hunt Arizona 2009 soot-colored belly, distinctively dotted golden flanks, white wing epaulets, and a handsomely barred tail. Cocks usually weigh more than 2.5 pounds, while the beige- and sand-colored hens average between 1.5 and 2 pounds. Both sexes, but especially the males, typically give a cackle on being flushed that once heard is always remembered. Natural History Pheasant populations persisting in Arizona are largely confined to agricultural areas having a relatively high humidity (e.g., citrus orchards in the Yuma and Mesa areas) or high enough in elevation to escape the desiccating heat of Sonoran Desert summers (e.g., the Virgin River and Verde River valleys). In such locations, a rooster will acquire a harem of from one to three hens, with mating commencing in early April. By mid-May most of the hens are nesting and of no further interest to him, and he will abandon his territorial patrols by the end of the month. The peak of hatching is during the last week of May, the most arid time in Arizona, which is one of the reasons why pheasants have not become established here. The youngsters are covered with yellow and brown down, striped in brown and black, and are remarkably self-sufficient. After only about two weeks, they are capable of flight and remain with the hen for only another two months or so before making their own way in the world. Pheasants roost on the ground or the low branches of trees, and the typical hiding cover is a patch of rank weeds, a stand of cattails, or a dense jungle of salt-cedars. Primary foods are cultivated greens and grains—alfalfa, barley sprouts, and kernels of maize, barley, and corn. Hunt History Pheasants have always been a specialty game bird in Arizona, and are only taken by a small cadre of hunters, who either obtain one of the limited hunt permits periodically available, hunt with falcons, or hunt with a bow and arrows. With the cessation of the Department’s experimental pheasant program in 1973, hunter numbers have never exceeded 100 in any given year and the annual harvest excluding birds taken in game farms has been less than 50 birds. Small Game Harvest Data Summary of Small Game Harvest Information Year Hunters1 MOURNING DOVE 1998 57,645 1999 56,157 2000 54,114 2001 49,305 2002 63,821 2003 55,672 2004 45,933 2005 62,745 Hunter Days Days/Hunter Licensed Harvest Junior Harvest Total Harvest Harvest/Day2 226,622 229,623 209,722 229,943 233,002 253,989 191,651 270,826 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.7 3.7 4.6 4.2 4.3 1,263.242 1,278,193 1,231,542 1,419,539 1,437,071 1,332,458 1,064,373 1,635,491 29,573 44,487 41,773 61,934 48,466 46,400 50,285 67,648 1,292,815 1,322,680 1,273,315 1,481,473 1,485,537 1,378,858 1,114,658 1,703,139 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.3 5.6 6.0 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. 2004 2005 2006 36,926 33,244 71,497 137,049 131,795 273,665 3.7 4.0 3.8 835,763 825,550 1,803,250 52,051 75,464 61,324 887,814 901,014 1,864,574 6.1 6.3 6.8 Dove were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007. The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data. 2007 36,506 153,124 4.2 Includes early and late hunters. 2 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. 978,577 38,980 1,017,557 6.6 1 Year Hunters WHITE-WINGED DOVE 1998 30,454 1999 26,689 2000 28,652 2001 21,180 2002 35,747 2003 26,598 2004 20,962 2005 29,057 Hunter Days Days/Hunter Licensed Harvest Junior Harvest Total Harvest Harvest/Day1 92,631 89,709 87,868 77,462 107,525 86,120 69,104 98,411 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4 165,190 135,226 124,261 97,026 178,907 142,269 80,896 134,519 15,549 7,903 4,434 5,915 6,747 5,442 5,459 5,465 180,739 143,129 128,695 102,941 185,654 147,711 86,355 139,984 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.4 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. 2004 2005 2006 13,656 12,636 30,017 39,865 36,196 86,255 2.9 2.9 2.9 68,647 64,717 216,138 4,103 7,322 20,346 72,750 72,039 236,484 1.7 1.8 2.5 Dove were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007. The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data. 1 2007 14,959 49,893 3.3 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. Year Hunters COTTONTAIL RABBIT 1998 13,765 1999 14,366 2000 12,447 2001 12,959 2002 10,744 2003 13,614 2004 12,819 2005 18,696 85,868 Hunter Days Days/Hunter 76,231 62,033 63,039 62,005 56,970 65,741 74,571 93,314 5.5 4.3 5.1 4.8 5.3 4.8 5.8 5.0 4,994 Licensed Harvest Junior Harvest 53,174 59,661 56,429 50,403 43,693 39,092 73,223 77,011 2,564 2,593 1,129 3,242 1,143 11,968 9,417 3,416 90,862 1.8 Total Harvest Harvest/Day1 55,738 62,254 57,558 53,645 44,836 51,060 82,640 80,427 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. 2004 11,329 53,276 2005 13,404 75,581 2006 12,895 78,804 2007 7,015 163,222 1 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. 4.7 5.6 6.1 9.6 44,642 59,638 80,308 109,781 1,470 3,543 3,224 10,398 46,112 63,181 83,352 120,179 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.7 Hunt Arizona 2009 155 Small Game Harvest Data Summary of Small Game Harvest Information (continued) Year QUAIL 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Hunters Hunter Days Days/Hunter 60,639 60,104 47,885 52,432 41,312 51,511 44,142 74,991 286,954 311,586 242,432 287,878 179,413 274,155 220,032 394,749 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.5 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 Gambel’s Licensed Harvest Scaled Mearns’ 754,211 708,764 415,487 712,215 311,997 674,652 500,739 1,455,007 58,765 44,595 42,201 52,204 35,889 28,795 24,129 55,516 15,532 29,200 70,081 38,556 32,695 44,250 18,532 33,917 Junior Harvest Total Harvest Harvest/ Day1 11,750 11,671 9,433 11,584 2,872 12,192 21,577 23,409 840,258 794,230 537,202 814,559 383,453 759,889 654,977 1,566,849 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.8 2.1 2.7 2.5 3.9 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. Gambel’s 2004 39,130 146,479 3.7 2005 45,644 192,910 4.2 2006 55,736 220,938 4.0 2007 37,623 239,350 6.4 Scaled 2004 3,429 11,206 3.3 2005 3,956 13,640 3.4 2006 4,012 13,110 3.3 2007 6,302 41,404 6.6 Mearns’ 2004 4,103 17,024 4.1 2005 3,366 10,274 3.1 2006 6,734 36,393 5.4 2007 6,743 34,850 5.2 1 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. Year Hunters TREE SQUIRREL 1998 7,765 1999 15,039 2000 9,181 2001 8,972 2002 6,473 2003 7,274 2004 6,217 2005 10,755 477,465 861,392 670,407 481,410 9,982 23,678 15,259 47,265 21,127 18,069 78,374 80,918 5,634 17,478 14,328 7,562 483,099 878,870 684,735 488,972 3.3 4.6 3.1 2.0 429 531 0 567 10,411 26,209 15,259 47,832 0.9 1.8 1.2 1.2 490 709 430 1,260 21,617 18,778 78,804 82,178 1.2 1.8 2.2 2.4 Hunter Days Days/Hunter Licensed Harvest Junior Harvest Total Harvest Harvest/Day1 20,277 47,201 23,479 23,241 20,353 24,935 14,892 27,201 2.6 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.1 3.4 2.4 2.5 41,253 83,574 49,904 39,751 22,914 26,171 14,999 38,442 1,433 3,413 2,274 5,129 2,022 3,950 2,713 2,410 42,686 86,987 52,178 44,880 24,936 30,121 17,712 40,852 2.0 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. 2004 6,246 15,370 2.5 2005 7,263 29,642 4.1 2006 5,946 14,543 2.4 2007 9,138 29,430 3.2 1 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. Year Hunters BLUE GROUSE Hunter Days Days/Hunter 17,024 31,591 18,985 40,018 3,674 3,307 3,654 2,458 Licensed Harvest Harvest/Day1 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. The data is not comparable to historic data. 2004 2005 2006 2007 980 1,004 860 945 Year Hunters CHUKAR PARTRIDGE 2,511 3,336 1,934 2,899 2.6 3.4 2.2 3.1 367 295 287 630 0.15 0.09 0.15 0.22 Hunter Days Days/Hunter Licensed Harvest Harvest/Day1 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. The data is not comparable to historic data. 2007 156 252 Hunt Arizona 2009 819 3.3 189 0.23 20,698 34,898 22,639 42,476 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4 Small Game Harvest Data Summary of Small Game Harvest Information (continued) Year Hunters BAND-TAILED PIGEON 2004 612 2005 590 2006 501 Hunter Days Days/Hunter Licensed Harvest 1,531 886 1,791 2.5 1.5 3.6 919 1,122 2,006 Junior Harvest Total Harvest Kill/Day1 919 1,122 2,006 0.6 1.3 1.1 0 0 0 Band-tailed pigeons were separated from the traditional Small Game questionnaire and surveyed using the new Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon questionnaire in 2007. The sample of hunters surveyed was derived for the list of Migratory Bird Stamp purchasers. The data is not comparable to historic data. 2007 647 1,595 2.5 1,757 324 2,081 1.3 Summary of Willow Springs Quail Check Station Data No. of Hunter Days No. of Quail Bagged No. of Gambel’s No. of Scaled Quail Per Day No. of Adult Quail Classified No. of Young Quail Classified Percent Young in the Bag 2005-06 214 614 609 5 2.9 Gambel’s 129 240 65 Scaled 1 1 – 2006-07 323 202 181 3 0.6 Gambel’s 108 29 21 Scaled 1 1 – 2007-08 62 120 114 6 1.8 Gambel’s 66 40 38 Scaled 2 3 – 2008-09 133 264 222 0 2.0 Gambel’s 25 96 79 Scaled 0 0 – Summary of Freeman Road Quail Check Station Data No. of Hunter Days No. of Quail Bagged No. of Gambel’s No. of Scaled Quail Per Day 2005-06 256 675 675 0 2.6 2006-07 248 219 219 0 0.9 2007-08 161 162 162 0 1.0 2008-09 131 270 234 0 2.1 No. of Adult Quail Classified No. of Young Quail Classified Percent Young in the Bag Gambel’s 73 272 79 Gambel’s 50 21 30 Gambel’s 61 32 34 Gambel’s 26 138 84 Summary of Punkin Center Quail Check Station Data No. of Hunter Days No. of Gambel’s Quail Per Day 2005-06 218 1436 6.6 2006-07 94 184 2.0 2007-08 – 69 – 2008-09 102 285 2.8 No. of Adult Quail Classified No. of Young Quail Classified Percent Young in the Bag Gambel’s 228 1139 83 Gambel’s 64 38 37 Gambel’s 11 4 – Gambel’s 30 116 79 Hunt Arizona 2009 157 Small Game Harvest Data Mearns’ Quail Wing Barrel Data - Reported Data Year 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 158 # of Birds Harvested 142 101 90 1047 1068 509 332 644 244 421 750 703 275 202 115 153 166 236 642 1312 888 361 606 399 591 778 2295 Hunt Arizona 2009 # of Hunter Days Birds/Day 34 135 1.1 113 44 144 277 367 181 188 305 213 195 319 256 172 133 150 142 128 132 226 414 297 133 218 142 186 217 539 0.9 2.0 0.0 3.8 2.9 2.8 1.8 2.1 1.1 2.2 2.4 2.7 1.6 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.3 Hours Hunted % Juvenile Birds/Hour 192 526 77.2 59.5 0.27 488 84.9 76.7 83.7 80.9 68.4 69.4 71.5 83.4 55.9 79.7 75.6 78.4 72.9 45.6 75.3 75.2 71.1 72.7 75.5 73.8 79.7 74.1 77.6 73.5 69.4 81.9 72.7 546 1173.5 1513.5 764.5 1521.5 810 943 1437.3 1199 814.5 590 606.5 697 494.5 539 1015 1710.25 1199.5 608 937 486 735 766 2044 0.21 0.89 0.71 0.43 0.42 0.30 0.45 0.52 0.59 0.34 0.34 0.19 0.22 0.34 0.44 0.63 0.77 0.74 0.59 0.65 0.82 0.80 1.02 1.12 Predators Predatory mammals as defined by A.R.S. 17-101 are coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and skunks. Bobcats are the only predator also classified as a fur-bearer with an export tag required to ship a bobcat pelt out of state. There are no closed seasons or bag limits on any predator. A word of caution: because of small sample sizes and vagaries in the sample frame of the hunt questionnaires, caution should be used in interpreting the annual harvests of both predators and furbearers. Most of these data are insufficient for making year-to-year comparisons, and are useful only in determining longterm harvest trends. Coyotes Arizona’s premier predator is also an important fur resource. Found throughout Arizona, the coyote is probably the state’s most familiar animal. Even where coyotes are not often seen, campers can hear their choruses of howls, yelps, and barks on almost any night. The animal’s pointed ears, narrow nose, generally brown coat color, and black-tipped tail, which is usually held downward, help differentiate coyotes from dogs and wolves. The head and body length of coyotes is about 2 to 3 feet with the tail adding another foot or so. Adult males are larger than females, the two sexes averaging about 21 and 17 pounds, respectively. A very large male may attain a weight of 35 pounds. Contrary to popular belief, coyotes do not readily interbreed with either dogs or wolves. such items are available (This is a peculiar choice of options). In urban areas, garbage, domestic cats, and small dogs are sometimes taken. Coyotes form strong pair bonds, usually breeding between mid-January and March 15. After a twomonth gestation period, from one to several young are born in a den or burrow; the average litter size being about five pups. The pups are fed regurgitated food by both parents. They leave the den when about 8 to 10 weeks old. A coyote’s home range may encompass up to 12 square miles during the spring and summer, with individual animals roaming up to 100 miles or more. Besides the ever-present threat of starvation, coyotes are also susceptible to diseases such as rabies and mange and human-caused mortality. Hunting and Trapping History The sport harvest of coyotes has been relatively stable during the past 10 years, about 13,000 hunters taking an average of between 30,000 and 40,000 coyotes a year. Most of these animals are taken while “varmint Coyotes are opportunists, feeding mainly on small mammals, but also on carrion, bird eggs, and vegetable matter such as manzanita and juniper berries. They also prey on pronghorn fawns, dead fish, and insects when Bob Miles Natural History Coyote Hunt Arizona 2009 159 Predators calling,” while hunting other game, or simply as opportunities arise. Formerly, trappers rivaled sport hunters in the number of coyotes taken, but the reported take of trapped coyotes during the past 10 years has averCoyote and bobcat distribution aged only a little more than 1,000 a year—a far cry from the yearly harvests of 10,000 or more coyotes reported in the late 1970s. Although some of this decline may be due to coyote population vagaries, the principal reason for this reduced take is undoubtedly a decline in trapping effort. Bobcats Found throughout the state in broken and brushy country, the bobcat, sometimes called wildcat, while rarely seen, is Arizona’s most common wild feline. Usually an overall orange to gray in color with black markings, these medium-sized cats have a length of from 2 to 2 feet and weigh between 12 and 30 pounds. The underparts are whitish, and small ear tufts are usually present. The bobcat’s most distinguishing characteristic, however, is its short, 5 inch tail, which is always less than 1/4 of the length of its head and body. This feature, coupled with the animal’s black spotting, can be used to distinguish bobcats from any other feline in Arizona, wild or domestic. Natural History Little is known about Arizona’s bobcats. Their principal prey are cottontail rabbits and jackrabbits, but they also take both smaller mammals such as pack rats and larger mammals including the young of some big game species. Snakes and lizards are also part of the bobcat’s diet. Bobcats require two years to mature and attain breeding age. The breeding season in Arizona is poorly documented, but appears to be mostly in late winter or early spring. The gestation period is from 50 to 60 days so that the one to three young are usually born in spring or early summer. As in most cats, the female raises the kittens alone, nursing them for two months before teaching them to hunt on their own. Hunting and Trapping History Sport hunters report taking between 1,200 and 1,300 bobcats a year. Most of these animals are taken while pursuing other game or by predator calling. This harvest appears relatively stable when compared to the numbers of bobcats trapped and tagged for export. Ten years ago the numbers of bobcats reportedly harvested and trapped were about equal, and 20 years ago the number of bobcats trapped was approximately seven times that taken by sport hunters. As recently as 1987, the number of bobcats trapped was reported to exceed 6,500, and more than 5,000 export tags were issued to trappers and fur dealers wanting to ship bobcat pelts out of state (Table 3). Fewer than 500 bobcats have reportedly been trapped each year since 1994. Bob Miles Foxes Bobcat 160 Hunt Arizona 2009 There are three species of foxes in Arizona–the red fox, kit fox, and gray fox. Of these, the 5- to 9-pound gray fox with its rust, black, and grizzled coloring and black longitudinally striped tail is by far the most common, occurring wherever there are mountains, wooded country, and broken terrain. The yellowish and paler red fox is of similar size (2-foot head and body with a 12 Bob Miles to 16 inch tail) but is uncommon in Arizona, occurring only in the northeast portions of the state. It can be differentiated from other foxes by its white-tipped tail and black ears. The 15 to 20 inch long kit fox has large, outsized ears, a 9- to 12-inch tail, and weighs less than 4 pounds. This diminutive fox is pale gray or buff in color, with a black-tipped tail. It is most often seen at night in valleys and on sandy plains in the southwestern deserts. For all three species, the sexes are similar in size and pelage. Natural History Gray foxes are the most often Gray fox seen fox in that they are the most numerous species and are often active during daylight hours. And, although they favor brushy habitats, rock piles, and desert washes, they also climb trees and can be found in wooded areas. Kit foxes, on the other hand, prefer sandy areas, are almost exclusively nocturnal, and spend much of the day underground. Hunting and Trapping History More than 95 percent of the foxes taken and trapped in Arizona are undoubtedly the widely spread gray fox, the red fox occurring mostly on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Although kit foxes are remarkably easy to trap, their fur is of little value. Whatever the species, the annual take of about 3,500 foxes by predator callers and incidental hunters has been relatively stable in recent years despite any population changes due to rabies and other debilitating factors. Although the take by trappers once greatly exceeded the total taken by hunters, the average number of foxes trapped during the past 10 years was far less than the sport harvest. Kit fox distribution Skunks At least four species of skunks are found in Arizona. All of the species have scent glands on either side of their anal sphincter which secrete a secretion of musk that gives them their malodorous reputation. This defensive reaction and their striking white on black color patterns are usually enough to deter all but the most determined predator. Omnivorous, mostly nocturnal foragers, skunks are highly susceptible to the rabies virus. Indeed, early Arizonans so associated rabies with skunks that some species were termed “hydrophobia cats.” The most common of the species by far is the catsized striped skunk that occurs throughout Arizona and constitutes the vast majority of the road-killed mammals seen on the state’s highways. The striped skunk is not only Arizona’s most frequently seen skunk, it is also the largest. Weights range from about 2 pounds for an adult female to an occasional 10 pounds or more for an obese male. The species always displays a thin white stripe on its face, even though the striping pattern may vary between individuals and populations. The usual markings, however, are two lateral stripes that form a chevron, merging toward the back of the head. The tail, which usually shows some white, is always shorter in length than the approximately footlong body. Although “stripees” live almost everywhere but in the most extreme deserts, they are most often found near water. These skunks are active throughout the year and do not hibernate even in northern Arizona; the males instead form communal dens with several females. Hunt Arizona 2009 161 Predators The closely related hooded skunk is the striped skunk’s Mexican counterpart. It is generally confined to southeastern Arizona, although specimens have reportedly been taken as far north as FlagGray fox, striped skunk, and staff and the spotted skunk distribution Mogollon Rim. Somewhat leaner than the striped skunk, hooded skunks weigh from 1 to 2 pounds and have a 12 to 16 inch long body. As for all species of skunks found in Arizona, the males are larger than the females. The white stripes on this animal are often solidly joined to form one large white streak down the center of the back, or in some individuals, are so totally separated that the skunk appears nearly solid black. The hooded skunk also differs from the striped skunk in that its foot-long tail is longer than its body. Both animals have the thin white stripe on the face and have the same general preferences for riparian habitats. There is no problem distinguishing the western spotted skunk, also known as the civet. The average length of this diminutive fellow, including the tail, is only about 15 inches. Females average less than a pound; males are about a pound and a half. This skunk is also faster and more agile than its larger cousins. The spotted skunk’s overall color is black with a white triangular patch on the forehead and a white spot under each ear. Five or six broken white stripes run down the neck, back, and sides, giving the impression of blotches or spots, and the animal its name. The animal’s hair is finer than that of the other species, and the tail is tipped in white. Although reported from every county in Arizona, the spotted skunk appears to favor rocky, mountainous areas. The large, 2- to six-pound hognosed skunk is also easily identified by its entirely white back and tail and lack of any stripe Hooded skunk distribution on the forehead. 162 Hunt Arizona 2009 Moreover, the elongated and slightly up-turned snout is largely naked, and the long claws on the feet are almost bear-like in appearance. This species occurs primarily in southeastern Arizona although specimens have been obtained from as far north as Flagstaff and the Hualapai Mountains. Natural History All of the skunks are more or less omnivores, feeding on grasshoppers and other insects, grubs, worms, mice, lizards, bulbs, carrion, and garbage. Some individuals even take to raiding hen houses, taking not only the eggs, but chickens as well. Even the hog-nosed skunk, which digs for most of its food, will eat fruits and carrion on occasion. The striped, hooded, and hog-nosed skunks all mate in late winter and early spring, and produce from two to four young in April or May. The spotted skunk breeds in late September and early October, but the fertilized egg remains in a state of arrested development until March or April when implantation occurs with the two to four young being born about a month later. The Hog-nosed skunk distribution young of all the skunk species are raised and on their own by early fall. Few skunks live more than a year or two. Trapping History Formerly a major furbearer, striped skunks in Arizona have dropped in average take to fewer than 100 per year since 1995. This is in some ways unfortunate, as uncontrolled populations of these animals are prone to rabies and constitute a health hazard to other carnivores, as well as to humans. Although the amount is undoubtedly small, it would be interesting to know what percent of the number of skunks trapped constitutes spotted and hog-nosed skunks. George Andrejko Furbearers Coati Fur-bearing mammals are defined as muskrats, raccoons, otters, weasels, bobcats, beavers, badgers, and ringtails. Of these, only the bobcat is also considered a predatory animal. All mammals not classified as game mammals, predatory animals, or furbearers are considered “nongame mammals.” These include opossums, coatis, black-footed ferrets, Gunnison’s prairie dogs, black-tailed prairie dogs, wolves, jaguars, ocelots, and porcupines. Of these, only Gunnison’s prairie dogs and coatis may be taken during an open season, with the bag limit on coatis being one per calendar year. No season for the taking of jaguars, ocelots, wolves, or porcupines exists. Beaver There is no mistaking a beaver–no other Arizona rodent even comes close to weighing between 30 and 60 pounds and exceeding two feet in length. Moreover, the beaver is uniquely adapted to an aquatic existence with a flattened, naked, nine to 10 inch long, oar-like tail, webbed hind feet, dense fur, and eyes positioned high on the head. Both sexes are similar in size and possess pungent scent glands called “castors” on either side of their anus. Arizona specimens are typically a light yellowish cinnamon color in contrast to the browner animals found in other states. Beavers were at one time found nearly everywhere in Arizona that there was permanent water. With settlement, and the desiccation of the state’s streams, beaver populations declined. This habitat loss, and in some cases, heavy trapping pressure, caused beavers to disappear from such former strongholds as the San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers. Introductions and natural colonizations have since enabled the beaver to recover much of its former distribution, if not numbers, and these animals can now be found along several permanent streams, some of the larger river stretches, certain shallow lakes, and even a few dirt-lined canals. Natural History The beaver’s diet is almost exclusively plant material with the bark of cottonwoods, aspen, and willow trees being especially important. Other reported foods include tamarisk or salt-cedar, mesquite, and the roots of such tuberous aquatic plants as cattail and bulrush. Even in those places where beavers are rarely seen, their activities are conspicuous–chiseled and felled trees, brush dams along small streams and backwaters, and stick houses or “lodges” constructed either as a separate residence or within the beaver dam itself. Even more common are “bank houses,” dens excavated in river or canal banks. Whatever its construction, the den will be located above the water line, lined with cattails and grasses, and will provide a nursery area for the two to four “kits” or young beavers born in the spring. Beaver distribution Hunt Arizona 2009 163 Furbearers Trapping History The average annual number of beavers trapped greatly declined since 1991 and is now virtually insignificant. Even if the fur market recovers, this species will probably never again be an important fur-bearer in Arizona due to the limitations on trapping and the limited areas of quality beaver habitat remaining. Muskrat A large water vole, this rodent is about a foot long with thick, silky fur and a naked, eight to 11 inch tail flattened on the side. The sexes are similar in size and weigh from 2 to 4 pounds. Most muskrats in Arizona are rusty reddish brown in color; young animals are darker than the adults, some being nearly black. Although the muskrat is highly adapted to an aquatic existence, its hind feet, while comparatively large, are not webbed like those of a beaver’s. Muskrats can be found along most of Arizona’s perennial rivers and permanent marshes. Although they forsake most small streams, they can also be found along dirt-lined canals. Never particularly abundant other than locally (e.g., Muskrat distribution Montezuma Well and Peck’s Lake off of the Verde River), muskrats have disappeared from some areas (e.g., the San Pedro River) and invaded others. between March and October. The usual litter size is five or six. Trapping History Muskrats were never an important fur animal in Arizona, and the number trapped has been virtually nil since the late 1980s. Given the low state of the fur market and the limited distribution of this aquatic mammal, this status is likely to continue. Raccoon This medium sized carnivore is readily identified by its heavy-set body, grizzled brownish-gray appearance, black facial mask, and banded tail. The sexes are similar and measure from about 1 feet to 2 1/3 feet in length with an eight to 12 inch tail that is alternately ringed in light and dark. Weights range from about 12 to 35 pounds. A relatively common animal along Arizona’s perennial streams, lakes, and reservoirs, raccoons can also be found near some of the larger stock tanks and in rural areas where permanent water is available. Although not often seen in the wild because of its nocturnal habits, the raccoon’s distinctive five-toed tracks are commonly observed in mud around stock tanks and along river courses. These animals are adept climbers as well as swimmers. Raccoons are omnivores, eating whatever food is available–aquatic insect larvae, beetle grubs, fish, frogs, Primarily a vegetarian, the muskrat feeds on aquatic grasses, pondweed, cattail roots, and the leaves of seep willows. Although many muskrats live in bank burrows, these animals also construct distinctive conical houses of shredded cattails and other marsh vegetation in quiet waters. These dens, which may serve as feeding areas, shelter areas, or nursery sites are all entered through submerged passageways. The nursery dens are the most elaborate, typically consisting of several chambers some of which are lined with grass and soft vegetation. Muskrats in Arizona are reported to breed during every month of the year, but most of the young are born 164 Hunt Arizona 2009 Pat O’Brien Natural History Raccoon crayfish, wild fruits, and even carrion. In certain areas, these animals can be a nuisance, not only raiding garbage cans, but also committing depredations on poultry houses, corn fields, and fruit trees. Nonetheless, raccoon meat is considered edible by some people, Raccoon and ringtail and the animal is distribution considered more a game species than a furbearer. and eyes appear oversized, and the latter are outlined in white making them seem even larger. The legs are short, and the hind feet can be rotated 180 degrees like those of a tree squirrel, enabling the animal to descend vertical surfaces. Weights vary from 2 to 3 pounds, the males being slightly larger than the females. Primarily a night-time animal, ringtails can be extremely bold and unconcerned about the presence of humans. Calls consist of a repertoire of barks, chirps, growls, howls, and yips. Ringtails are most common in the rocky regions of southern and western Arizona with the Grand Canyon being especially favored with the presence of these animals. About the only areas devoid of ringtails are flat, alluvial valleys in that the animal prefers rocky hillsides, canyons, rock-walled houses, and mine shafts. Natural History Natural History Raccoons have been little studied in Arizona, and their life history here is not well documented. The two to five young are presumably born in spring in a den that may be located in a rocky crevice, brush-pile, or hollow tree. The young remain with the female until the fall when they are left to find their own way in the world. Trapping and Hunt History Both pursued with dogs as game, and trapped as a furbearer, the raccoon is somewhat unique in that it is the only animal in Arizona that can be legally taken with a firearm at night. Because of their limited distribution near water, “coons” have never been important furbearers, and annual harvests from trapping have rarely exceeded 1,000 pelts. With the decline in trapping activity over the past 10 years, this take has been reduced to only a few dozen raccoons a year. Although its nocturnal habits make for few incidental takings, the raccoon’s status as a game animal appears more stable. Hunt questionnaire data from general license buyers indicate an annual harvest of another 1,200 animals a year. Most of this harvest is undoubtedly by hunters with hounds. The ringtail’s diet varies with the seasons but usually consists of small mammals, birds, lizards, and insects, as well as plant fruits, e.g., tomatillo berries. In farm areas, the ringtail may be an important predator on chickens and other poultry. Generally, four young are born in the spring. Trapping History Not having a particularly valuable pelt, the relatively easily trapped ringtail is most often trapped during times when fur prices and trapping activity are high. These animals can also be quite common, and in past years ringtails contributed substantially to the state’s fur harvest. The take in ringtails has dropped off significantly in recent years, however, and now consists of only a couple of dozen animals. Ringtails have long, slender bodies from 14 to 16 inches in length with bushy, equally long black and white banded tails. The fur is a soft grayish brown with black-tipped hairs. Both the ears Bob Miles Ringtail Ringtail Hunt Arizona 2009 165 Furbearers Otter in natural shelters under rocks, logs, flood debris, or in river banks. Litter sizes vary, but usually consist of two or three pups. Weaning requires approximately three months, after which the young disperse. Wonderfully adapted to an aquatic existence, the otter’s elongated body terminates in a streamlined tail that tapers from a thick base to a pointed tip. Also contributing to the otter’s fusiform shape is its flat- Trapping and Hunt History Otters were never numerous enough in Arizona to provide an important fur resource, although old photos show these animals being trapped and otherwise taken for their pelts prior to 1930. Secondhand reports indicate that some otters may also have been killed as fish predators. Whatever its past status, this species is now completely protected in Arizona and has been for many years. Bob Miles Weasel Otter tened head and small ears, the openings of which can be closed at will. The legs too are short, and the hind feet are webbed to the toes. The color of the densely furred coat is a rich chocolate brown with whitish underparts. Adults generally weigh from 12 to 20 pounds with lengths ranging from about 3 feet to just over 4 feet. The otter’s webbed, rhomboid tracks are easily distinguishable from the also webbed, but elongated hind tracks of the beaver. Once found throughout the Salt, Verde, Little Colorado, and probably also the Gila, and Colorado river systems, this species is now confined to the Verde River and its major tributaries where it was reintroduced in the early 1980s. Natural History Although most otter activity is at night, hunting is by sight as well as touch, and clear streams appear to be favorite haunts. The otter’s usual fare is fish, waterbirds, turtles, eggs, and crawfish, the latter now being the most conspicuous food item in their droppings. The breeding season in Arizona is uncertain, but otters elsewhere usually breed in late winter or early spring. Mating usually occurs in the water. Pregnancy lasts about two months, but because of delayed implantation gestation may take up to a year. Dens are located 166 Hunt Arizona 2009 Only one species of weasel occurs in Arizona–the longtailed weasel, which is readily identified by its dark brown coat and orangish underparts. Some white is often present on the head, and some animals may turn all white in winter. Male weasels are larger than the females, the animals ranging in length from 8 to 10 inches with the black-tipped tail adding another 4 to 6 inches. Weights range from 7 to 12 ounces for males and from 3 to 7 ounces for females. Voice is a highpitched shriek. Weasels in Arizona are largely restricted to high elevation wooded areas such as the Kaibab Plateau, Mogollon Rim, Chuska-Lukachukai mountains, and southern Arizona’s sky-islands. Natural History Weasels are voracious predators, taking cottontail rabbits, hares, and rodents much larger than themselves. They also take birds, snakes, and lizards. Weasels breed in midsummer, but, because of delayed implantation, the four to eight young are not born until the following spring. Usually nests in old burrows or under rock piles and other debris. Trapping History Otter distribution No record is kept of the number of trappers who claim to take this animal. The number of weasels trapped in Arizona is assumed to be very low, however, due to the animal’s limited distribution and numbers, small pelt, and the current low number of trappers. A short, squat, medium-sized Long-tailed weasel distribution member of the weasel family, the badger is readily recognized by its grizzled gray, white, and black fur, cheek stripes, short legs, long claws, and the white stripe down its head and back. Adults may weigh from about 10 to 20 pounds and are approximately 20 inches long, with the tail adding another 4 to 6 inches in length. Widely distributed, the badger occurs almost anywhere in Arizona having ground suitable to dig in and excavate burrows. Natural History Badgers feed primarily on burrowing rodents such as prairie dogs and ground squirrels but also take snakes, lizards, and insects on occasion. Mating in these usually solitary animals takes place in the summer, the young being born the following spring due to delayed implantation. Primarily a nocturnal animal, badgers are sometimes encountered during the early morning hours. Trapping History Although the take of badger pelts averaged more than a 1,000 a year in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the number of these animals recently trapped in Arizona is virtually insignificant. A few badgers are undoubtedly also taken incidental to pursuing other game, but these numbers too must be very small. Probably less than 50 badgers a year are Badger distribution taken in the state. Bob Miles Badger Juvenile badger Trapping Trapping has had a long and interesting history in Arizona. Indeed, the first Anglo-American explorers to Arizona were trappers who worked the state’s waterways for beaver in the 1820s and 1830s. Since that time, the popularity of trapping has fluctuated widely with the vagaries of the fur trade, the numbers of trappers and animals trapped increasing when fur prices were high, and decreasing when numbers were low. The popularity of beaver skin hats prior to 1850 fueled the early interest in trapping beaver in the Gila and Colorado river systems. Raccoon coats were popular in the 1920s as were a number of other furs. The most recent surge in trapping activity in Arizona was generated by prohibitions in the trade of spotted Neotropical cats during the 1970s. Spotted cat fur was then being highly used by foreign fashion houses as trim on ladies coats. This ban increased the demand and price for legal spotted cats, and the prices paid for bobcat pelts soared through the mid-1980s when they plummeted due to changes in fashion decorum. Depredation activities have also greatly influenced the amount of trapping activity. Trapping was widely practiced around the turn of the 19th century due to generous bounties being paid on everything from coyotes to wolves. In addition to commercial trapping for furs and bounties, many ranchers and homesteaders also trapped, both to protect their livelihood and Hunt Arizona 2009 167 Furbearers to help make ends meet. Nor was all of the trapping carried out in the private sector; both the federal Predatory and Rodent Control branch of the U. S. Biological Survey and the state Arizona Game and Fish Commission employed professional trappers after 1915, and the federal government continues to do so. One of the oddest situations occurred in the late 1940s and early 1950s when the price of pelts was low. Plagued by complaints of beaver damaging irrigation canals, the Arizona Game and Fish Department hired crews of beaver trappers to reduce the number of depredation complaints. Generally speaking, fur prices and trapping activity were high during the 1890s, and again during and shortly after World War I. After declining in the early 1920s, prices again rose in the mid-1920s before again falling in the 1930s. Prices picked up again during World War II, but collapsed shortly afterward before reaching another bottom in the 1950s. Prices gradually improved through the 1960s, and then accelerated in the early 1970s until the price of coyote and bobcat pelts peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, competition from highly realistic faux fur and the declining use of fur in the highly volatile fashion industry have lowered fur prices even further. Another severe blow to the trapping industry was received in 1994 when a public initiative was passed in Arizona banning the use of leg-hold steel traps on public lands. Although trapping is still legal on private lands, all of these events served to depress the trapping industry until there are now fewer than 150 licensed trappers in the state of Arizona. Summary of Predator and Furbearer Harvest Year Hunters Hunter Days 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 13,004 11,130 11,342 12,395 13,835 15,710 11,442 10,595 10,558 9,521 10,128 9,028 13,083 10,125 13,910 13,997 12,279 11,134 14,535 15,385 13,570 10,489 12,365 13,346 19,263 96,598 75,258 71,954 78,797 85,793 114,411 82,558 58,855 99,284 83,913 76,131 81,931 86,968 93,425q 93,425 119,052 106,681 68,727 100,626 101,679 132,768 68,404 93,589 104,243 120,712 Bobcats 1,212 958 817 1,012 655 911 1,011 408 676 317 1,274 1,262 907 880 791 547 3,235 630 1,463 1,539 1,538 1,484 3,257 4,076 1,769 Harvest Coyotes Foxes 24,877 3,231 25,062 3,980 19,780 1,361 19,478 1,391 26,933 1,555 36,771 2,960 24,527 1,896 28,234 1,281 27,876 1,664 17,075 952 23,275 1,140 18,299 1,796 30,455 3,156 22,378 1,395 30,350 2,337 37,929 3,516 33,469 8,134 19,231 2,306 45,781 4,934 42,526 7,028 33,589 5,587 22,054 2,239 46,253 5,566 35,354 4,272 46,716 5,014 Raccoons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,079 805 534 1,101 240 2,215 2,977 382 948 2,382 932 1,164 123 248 114 592 The Small Game questionnaire was modified to collect unit specific data. Sample no longer weighted in analysis. The data is not comparable to historic data. In 2004 and 2005, the historic survey format and the new unit specific survey format were run simultaneously. Beginning in 2006, only the new unit specific survey format was used. 2004 2005 2006 2007 168 12,615 12,695 13,970 18,969 Hunt Arizona 2009 114,146 220,426 182,180 279,935 2,388 2,775 2,006 2,332 22,107 35,960 45,133 54,701 3,368 4,429 2,426 2,962 245 118 215 3,781 Predator and Furbearer Harvest Data Summary of Trapping Numbers and Harvest Data For Predators and Furbearers 1 Trapping No. of Licensed No. of Year Trappers Trappers 1976-77 1,820 1,732 1977-78 1,621 1,070 1978-79 1,233 1,281 1979-80 2,098 1,888 1980-81 2,008 1,834 1981-82 2,219 1,964 1982-83 1,746 1,609 1983-84 1,129 1,006 1984-85 1,127 1,038 1985-86 1,129 1,022 1986-87 1,163 1,029 1987-88 1,315 1,165 1988-89 852 695 1989-90 444 348 1990-91 222 161 1991-92 265 189 1992-93 234 202 1993-94 194 181 1994-95 109 85 1995-96 34 24 1996-97 84 57 1997-98 86 46 1998-99 81 57 1999-00 75 58 2000-01 64 32 2001-02 66 29 2002-03 65 13 2003-04 122 58 2004-05 140 82 2005-06 122 76 2006-07 140 83 2007-08 133 94 2008-092 192 113 1 2 Coyote 17,963 13,732 17,882 16,605 14,858 25,379 17,436 11,763 13,188 11,263 14,198 13,335 6,397 3,140 1,135 2,214 2,372 2,683 654 178 1,307 1,437 1,213 1,096 182 305 274 635 710 820 670 806 707 Bobcat 7,272 4,695 6,754 6,648 9,537 8,036 5,928 4,827 5,399 4,942 6,421 6,609 3,174 1,253 322 878 723 1,362 181 55 251 286 312 144 109 97 37 267 432 742 957 944 1,124 Skunk 3,187 554 1,052 4,119 4,119 4,115 4,164 3,275 2,478 3,082 2,400 2,537 1,255 590 154 336 300 271 170 46 89 61 114 144 83 25 35 97 72 119 188 123 268 Trapping Harvest Muskrat Ringtail Badger 793 642 1,609 301 356 595 76 1,098 1,316 593 2,055 1,065 2,949 3,222 1,124 14 4,027 1,384 42 2,964 1,105 0 2,371 874 235 3,096 705 111 2,649 697 18 3,851 780 23 4,475 748 25 1,968 281 0 1,091 89 0 174 33 0 403 151 0 258 69 12 372 44 0 157 24 0 12 8 41 30 11 3 15 21 0 8 27 0 29 17 0 19 10 0 3 7 0 8 2 0 31 25 0 12 70 0 17 33 1 35 26 0 49 41 0 33 35 Raccoon 5,230 520 891 894 823 1,127 690 518 951 735 876 834 241 190 67 84 49 74 24 0 57 49 114 37 35 7 8 23 21 25 19 169 14 Beaver 65 57 8 268 83 117 21 0 52 40 87 127 80 202 28 52 9 0 0 0 19 52 16 0 3 9 10 3 9 13 10 22 5 Fox 14,334 12,648 17,585 21,780 28,059 29,124 20,856 15,857 20,776 18,065 21,000 22,009 14,516 5,210 1,807 2,864 3,445 5,312 1,647 144 648 685 798 470 240 143 54 312 423 484 751 1,008 1,173 Not including Indian Reservations. 2008-09 data is preliminary. Hunt Arizona 2009 169 Waterfowl Bob Miles produce a few broods of Mexican ducks and blackbellied whistling ducks each year. The principal duck species nesting in Arizona are mallards (especially in the White Mountains), pintails, cinnamon teal, redheads, and ruddy ducks. In addition to these “big five,” smaller numbers of gadwall, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, and ring-necked ducks are produced in northern Arizona marshes. Even less common are the occasional pair of canvasbacks, shovelers, and American widgeon. Most of the ducks that migrate through or winter in Arizona are from the Great Basin or “intermountain” states, with significant numbers of pintails and green-winged teal coming from the prairie states and provinces. Arizona also hosts a few nesting Canada geese or honkers. These birds, which were introduced by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, are found primarily on shallow lakes east of the White Mountains between 6,000 and 7,500 feet elevation. Far more important to hunters are the more than 15,000 Canada geese that make their winter home in Arizona. The great majority of these birds are referred to as the Rocky Mountain Population of Canada goose, which nest in the intermountain states. A large goose, the males or ganders typically weigh about 9.75 pounds, the females about 8.25 pounds. The vast majority of these geese, along with several hundred snow geese, winter along the lower Colorado River on Cibola, Havasu, and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges, and in a few central Arizona locations such as Roosevelt Lake. A few whitefronted geese also pass through the state in September on their way to unknown wintering locales in Mexico. The numbers of both nesting and wintering water- Drakes Natural History Arizona’s waterfowl can be grouped into two general classes—ducks, geese, and coots that nest in the state, and those that merely winter here or migrate through. The number of waterfowl raised in Arizona each summer, although few, is of great importance because these birds represent our state’s breeding stock. The much more abundant migrants, though present only for limited periods of time between August and March, constitute most of Arizona’s waterfowl harvest. Hunt regulations have been designed to accommodate both groups. Arizona’s principal waterfowl nesting grounds are the natural and modified marshes found above the Mogollon Rim and in the White Mountains. Most of these marshlands depend on winter precipitation and snow-melt rather than groundwater, are more or less seasonal, and are mostly located above 7,000 feet elevation. Examples include Mormon Lake and Marshall Lake on the Coconino Plateau, and Basin Lake and Nelson Reservoir in the White Mountains. Farm ponds and other small wetlands in the southeastern and southern parts of the state can also be expected to 170 Hunt Arizona 2009 fowl in Arizona vary sporadically from year to year depending on the vagaries of winter precipitation in the Great Basin region. Wet years generally see an increase in waterfowl production, while drought years result in fewer ducks Watershed being produced. A serious problem facing both nesting and migrating waterfowl is that our wetlands are increasingly difficult to manage for ducks and geese because of the limited occurrence of these habitats and the competing uses resulting from Arizona’s human population boom. Nesting waterfowl require protection from disturbance, and many former nesting sites are no longer productive due to the introduction of predatory game fish and summerlong recreational use. One bright note of late has been the creation of wetlands using treated sewage effluent. These “municipal marshlands” are primarily managed as waterfowl nesting and resting areas. Working in conjunction with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and U.S. Forest Service, cities such as Pinetop-Lakeside, Show Low, and Sedona have developed a number of these nutrient-rich and highly productive wetlands that are heavily used by waterfowl, as well as a variety of other wetland dependent species. Hunt History When Anglo-Americans first arrived in Arizona, they found migrating and wintering waterfowl concentrated along the state’s few major rivers. The lower Colorado and Gila rivers were especially noted as havens for waterfowl, with great clouds of the birds seen along the muddy banks by explorers, fur trappers, and steamboat passengers. Nor were nesting waterfowl in short supply; travelers across northern Arizona reported that they flushed a myriad of ducks in the shallow marshes on the San Francisco Plateau. Unlike other states, early Arizona never experienced market hunting for waterfowl as a major enterprise. Prior to statehood, most duck shooting, when not for sport, was for personal subsistence. Settlers not only hunted waterfowl during spring, fall, and winter, they also gathered the ducks’ eggs in spring. Gradually, with the development of the state’s economies, this subsistence hunting gave way to sport-hunting, and irrigation ponds, canals and stock tanks became increasingly important waterfowl hunting locales. By the time that America entered World War I, waterfowling was one of the state’s most popular outdoor pastimes—one that even attracted the attention of Arizona’s often elected Governor George P. Hunt. Being migratory birds, ducks and geese came under the protection of the federal government with the passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Arizona, unlike a number of other states, did not challenge the federal jurisdiction over migratory birds, and, prior to the Treaty’s enactment, had even passed a number of protective measures for waterfowl. These included closing the hunting season during the spring months and prohibiting the gathering of eggs from nesting birds. All through the 1920s, and even into the drought years of the 1930s, waterfowl hunting was as popular a sport in Arizona as quail or dove hunting, if for no other reason than one got so much more game meat for the number of shells expended. The drought years of the 1930s were hard on America’s waterfowl populations, and it soon became apparent that nesting and other wetland habitats would have to be purchased and preserved if the public was to continue hunting ducks and geese. In 1934, a federal law was passed requiring persons 16 years of age and older to purchase a “duck stamp” if they wanted to hunt waterfowl. Soon after, a program was initiated to create a series of national wildlife refuges, many of which were primarily for waterfowl. From the 1940s through the 1950s Arizona saw the creation of two national waterfowl refuges on the Colorado River—Imperial and Havasu—as well as the acquisition of state wildlife areas such as Mittry Lake on the Colorado River, and Arlington and Robbins Butte on the middle Gila River. A number of waterfowl studies also started at this time, and banding investigations showed the value of managing waterfowl by flyways, a concept that was formalized in the hunt regulations in 1948. As a result, Arizona is included in the Pacific Flyway, which includes the Great Basin states as well as those on the Pacific Coast. Major hunting restrictions incurred during the past 50 years have included limiting the take of such species as canvasbacks and redheads, closing certain portions of refuges and management areas to provide undisturbed resting and feeding places, and imposing the use of nontoxic steel shot rather than lead shot for the taking of waterfowl. Recently, favorable habitat conditions and resulting waterfowl production throughout the United States and Canadian breeding grounds has led to liberal season lengths and bag limits; although, long term declines of pintail and scaup have resulted in those species having bag limit restrictions. The federal government, in conjunction with participating states, coordinates three major waterfowl surveys each year. The first of these, which does not include Arizona, is the “Breeding Ground Survey,” which attempts to measure the coming year’s productivity by Hunt Arizona 2009 171 Waterfowl estimating the number of nesting ducks present on the continent’s major nesting grounds in Alaska, Canada, and in the prairie states. The results of this survey are strongly linked to fall forecast flights of ducks and corresponding harvest frameworks. The “Winter Area Survey,” which does include Arizona, is also conducted each year, and tallies the number of waterfowl using major wintering areas in the southern United States and Mexico. The number of birds counted on these surveys in Arizona has generally declined from the 1960s, when up to 42,000 ducks were observed in a given year, until the 1980s and ’90s when counts often tallied less than 10,000. Conversely, the total number of Canada geese observed has increased from around 7,500 birds in 1960 to an average of 20,000 geese throughout the 1980s and ’90s. The 1999 and 2000 survey revealed an increase in total ducks observed at about 35,000 with geese decreasing down to around 15,000 birds. The increase in ducks corresponds with the recent increase in the breeding ground surveys and the fall flight forecast. The third survey is the annual hunt questionnaires sent to duck stamp purchasers requesting information on the number of ducks and geese bagged. Since 1979, to better evaluate the data obtained from this survey, Arizona has tried to maintain a standardized waterfowl season of approximately 100 days with a seven-bird bag limit (certain species excepted). As a result, Arizona’s waterfowl regulations do not greatly vary from year-toyear, and bag-limit regulations do not provide for bonus 172 Hunt Arizona 2009 (or penalty) points for taking certain species of waterfowl. The sample size of the state’s hunt questionnaire survey greatly improved in 1988 when waterfowl hunters were required to purchase an Arizona waterfowl stamp in addition to a federal stamp. The number of waterfowl hunters has fluctuated over the years, as much in response to duck stamp price increases as to any change in waterfowl numbers. Hunter numbers have been in a general downward trend since the mid-1980s, when more than 12,500 hunters took to the field, to the late 1990s when only about half that number participated. Recent estimates indicate that hunter numbers are again headed upward, and the long-term average of between 10,000 and 12,000 duck hunters a year may again be realized. Waterfowl hunting is nonetheless a resource-regulated sport, and Arizona’s limited wetland areas will never accommodate high densities of hunters. Annual waterfowl harvest figures are also sporadic. Estimates range from more than 150,000 ducks being harvested during the fall and winter of 1979-80, to less than 18,000 ducks being taken in 1990-91. The average annual take during the past three years has nonetheless been more than 50,000 birds. Goose harvests tend to be more predictable, with hunters usually claiming between 2,000 and 4,000 Canada geese and a few snows each year. Last year, however, survey estimates showed hunters taking 6,275 geese, the highest number since 1986-87. Waterfowl Survey and Harvest Data Summary of January Waterfowl Survey1 Year 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Ducks 27,455 10,965 33,320 25,050 19,665 27,115 24,950 44,455 20,565 34,700 42,220 27,100 24,465 22,260 21,370 21,304 32,342 19,425 40,091 11,020 17,880 19,212 23,123 19,684 19,785 9,828 2,280 4,680 3,451 18,326 29,240 10,550 4,043 5,176 9,450 7,306 12,189 9,623 3,330 6,317 4,617 7,114 4,724 7,961 7,605 11,933 10,019 9,776 35,0812 Mergansers No survey 1,350 1,545 1,335 1,810 965 995 610 1,985 1,795 2,775 4,395 4,185 4,145 4,967 3,298 12,963 3,980 4,127 4,854 7,301 3,552 2,584 4,682 2,661 1,775 1,000 700 32 220 2,110 281 71 202 581 830 3,204 2,321 1,108 298 1,061 1,894 1,108 826 364 881 330 220 1,749 Coots 19,255 4,780 12,155 22,060 41,725 8,570 25,480 31,840 20,385 24,055 17,615 19,055 19,065 40,625 27,752 15,900 53,962 12,278 27,706 9,839 16,674 15,649 17,194 12,935 24,305 17,831 2,800 1,900 1,850 3,160 4,265 3,033 1,781 1,026 816 162 510 1,337 797 1,409 1,117 1,135 808 143 603 1,051 1,209 2,356 757 Canada Geese 7,375 5,155 4,210 3,050 3,515 2,860 2,860 3,640 3,770 5,865 6,046 5,526 5,940 6,650 7,142 4,431 5,744 3,602 4,370 3,052 3,135 3,502 4,241 4,745 5,357 2,534 3,545 3,511 4,339 4,962 13,992 9,170 10,835 13,373 16,831 17,619 23,042 14,131 23,930 22,594 26,974 31,897 18,733 22,596 22,607 21,078 15,326 18,598 14,164 Snow Geese 1,200 1,150 1,395 1,400 1,970 900 330 215 255 335 471 583 520 805 551 229 213 192 259 500 262 221 706 503 502 228 0 4 0 7 6 2,500 34 2,527 865 1,443 2,621 1,103 2,229 1,303 2,830 4,434 1,207 1,265 1,653 2,941 1,927 1,325 2,965 In 2001, this summary was revised to include Waterfowl from Cibola, Havasu and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.Refuge data was collected by Refuge personnel. 2 Resulting from excellent habitat condition. 3 In 1999, the biologists conducting the survey changed; therefore, the observation rate may have changed. 4 Resulting from poor habitat conditions (drought). 5 Good late winter precipitation. Several lakes that had been nearly dry for years (specifically, San Carlos Reservoir) had water. 1 Hunt Arizona 2009 173 Waterfowl Survey and Harvest Data Summary of January Waterfowl Survey1 (continued) Year 19993 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20055 2006 2007 2008 2009 Ducks 29,979 29,376 36,191 20,498 4 22,489 25,895 48,186 16,974 16,626 18,360 13,865 Mergansers 995 450 713 53 220 219 443 633 329 292 339 Coots 12,036 12,924 17,802 22,053 9,517 not counted 43,185 12,727 16,680 30,973 9,338 Canada Geese 21,040 9,169 14,670 11,250 13,351 7,777 14,921 13,849 17,578 7,695 10,619 Snow Geese 2,352 446 976 983 261 349 1,250 911 603 750 726 In 2001, this summary was revised to include Waterfowl from Cibola, Havasu and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.Refuge data was collected by Refuge personnel. 2 Resulting from excellent habitat condition. 3 In 1999, the biologists conducting the survey changed; therefore, the observation rate may have changed. 4 Resulting from poor habitat conditions (drought). 5 Good late winter precipitation. Several lakes that had been nearly dry for years (specifically, San Carlos Reservoir) had water. 1 Summary of Arizona Waterfowl Harvest Year Stamps Issued 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 8,299 1987-881 1988-89 7,104 1989-90 6,750 1990-91 6,292 1991-92 5,264 1992-93 5,383 1993-94 5,371 1994-95 5,107 1995-96 6,598 1996-97 6,908 1997-98 6,957 1998-99 7,951 1999-00 8,521 2000-01 9,019 2001-02 7,733 2002-03 6,775 2003-04 6,733 2004-05 6,334 2005-06 6,519 2006-07 6,776 2007-08 7,071 2008-09 5,580 1 State waterfowl stamp implemented. 174 Hunt Arizona 2009 Hunters Hunter Days 10,904 10,995 8,438 11,636 12,508 12,750 7,139 5,101 3,455 2,513 3,062 3,389 3,701 4,138 5,228 5,513 5,387 5,964 6,455 5,677 3,821 4,885 4,804 4,459 4,658 4,001 4,630 3,775 57,184 46,356 39,470 63,366 64,508 76,502 53,425 33,683 20,606 16,324 19,885 22,464 23,286 30,041 34,187 35,784 36,433 42,853 39,861 44,431 28,534 35,146 32,810 31,373 30,736 28,107 33,020 30,305 Harvest Ducks 81,091 61,733 46,820 109,279 79,653 114,753 87,400 34,662 23,576 17,683 19,703 23,241 22,907 35,971 41,390 41,603 47,363 61,685 51,028 48,788 33,950 35,128 37,211 35,421 42,450 42,771 49,782 37,494 Geese 5,169 3,714 3,357 4,300 4,994 6,261 5,243 4,054 2,273 2,219 1,936 3,631 2,723 3,009 3,184 3,247 2,796 2,911 6,275 4,504 4,183 2,859 2,969 3,051 2,625 1,996 2,431 1,666 Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Portions of three distinct populations of sandhill cranes winter in Arizona. Cranes from both the Rocky Mountain (RM) and Mid-Continent (M-C) populations winter in the Sulphur Springs and Gila River valleys in southeastern Arizona. Other sandhills from the Lower Colorado River Valley (LCRV) population winter along the lower Colorado River, primarily on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, and below Gillespie Dam on the Gila River. RM cranes nest primarily in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah, while cranes from the LCRV population mostly nest in northeastern Nevada. The Bob Miles Natural History Hunt Arizona 2009 175 Sandhill Crane nesting range of the M-C population includes much of Canada and Alaska. Birds from this latter population pass through the central plains before staging on the Platte River where they continue on to their wintering grounds in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. Wintering areas selected by sandhill cranes feature shallow-water roosting sites with low or sparse vegetation including playa lakes and sandbars along shallow, braided river channels. Another requirement is the close proximity of harvested fields of grain, such as corn and milo. High-energy grains are needed to maintain the birds in sufficient condition to make their return migration in mid-to-late February. Cranes leave their roosting areas in early morning, usually about sunrise, to fly to feeding areas where they typically spend from three to four hours eating. During midday the cranes return to the roost, or go to a nearby loafing area, which is commonly a grassland or wetland. In the late afternoon, cranes sometimes revisit their feeding area before returning to their nighttime roosts. Sandhill cranes in the western United States nest in high elevation shallow marshes and wet meadows. Adult pairs do not nest until they are at least four or five years old, and typically have very poor success the first year or two. Cranes commonly lay two eggs, but only about one-third of the successful nesters are able to raise two young or “colts.” In dry years, when wetlands shrink, predators, especially coyotes, take a heavy toll on the flightless young. During recent dry years the proportion of young-of-the-year birds in the fall population has been around four percent. Even in good production years, young-of-the-year birds rarely comprise more than 12 percent of the fall population. Depending on habitat conditions, sandhills begin congregating in local agricultural areas, called pre-mi- 176 Hunt Arizona 2009 gration staging sites, in late August. Migration to wintering areas begins in September, the birds typically migrating in a few, high-altitude flights to traditional stopover areas. For cranes of the three populations that winter in AriSandhill crane distribution zona, the major stopovers are the Platte River in Nebraska for the M-C, San Luis Valley in Colorado for the RM, and wetlands near Lund, Nevada, for the LCRV. Cranes begin arriving on their wintering areas between late September and mid-October. Hunt History A generally uncommon species in Arizona, sandhill cranes were protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In the early 1970s, however, counts of around 1,000 cranes wintering in Sulphur Springs Valley prompted concern that these birds might eventually cause crop damage. By 1980 more than 4,000 cranes were being tallied, and a limited hunt of 100 permits was authorized in 1981. This hunt was gradually expanded as crane numbers continued to increase and fears that the birds would winter elsewhere subsided. As of 1998, more than 300 permits were being authorized and census figures showed a wintering population of nearly 25,000 sandhill cranes in Sulphur Springs Valley. Sandhill Crane Harvest Data Summary of Sandhill Crane Harvest Mid-Winter Permits Total Survey1 Authorized Applicants 1981 4,350 100 234 1982 5,640 100 279 1983 8,550 100 356 1984 8,350 100 239 1985 11,500 150 436 1986 11,450 150 239 1987 11,070 300 378 1988 6,670 300 505 1989 11,730 300 451 1990 11,990 165 512 1991 10,000 300 326 1992 2,4704 300 342 1993 12,740 300 381 1994 9,210 300 390 1995 24,190 270 390 1996 12,500 315 443 1997 21,050 315 389 19985 24,616 310 440 1999 21,650 310 456 2000 21,131 310 383 2001 22,928 310 356 2002 21,327 310 349 2003 31,443 310 397 2004 29,208 325 367 2005 30,570 365 333 2006 28,156 365 353 2007 36,823 365 295 2008 29,103 375 368 Year Permits Issued2 100 100 100 104 150 150 300 300 300 165 296 300 300 300 270 315 315 321 309 305 310 310 306 311 333 353 309 318 Hunters Afield 55 55 77 72 121 124 212 228 219 139 255 258 217 227 211 256 235 232 242 218 235 253 248 263 261 222 254 261 Hunter Days 119 95 152 110 234 217 406 446 473 275 517 532 401 464 423 521 430 450 518 389 468 489 497 319 548 559 442 485 Percent Harvest 42 73 55 69 92 138 193 207 158 123 216 176 174 113 157 141 193 151 113 203 180 239 189 192 277 180 311 162 Hunter Success 49 78 55 74 46 69 57 58 47 53 54 48 50 32 48 38 47 40 33 57 52 58 48 59 66 55 72 48 Draw Odds3 42.7 35.8 28.1 41.8 34.4 62.8 79.7 59.4 66.5 32.3 92.0 87.7 78.7 76.9 69.2 71.1 81.0 72.9 68.0 80.9 87.1 88.8 77.1 84.7 95.8 97.4 99.3 84.5 The Mid-Winter Survey occurs in December and January. The survey conducted in December 2008 and January 2009 is labeled 2008. The data listed is only for the Willcox Playa and surrounding areas. 2 Permits Issued includes any tags via the draw and first-come, first-serve. 3 Draw Odds is the number of permits issued through the draw divided by total applicants in the draw. 4 Poor survey conditions. 5 As of 1998, Sandhill crane check stations will be conducted every 3rd year (2008, 2011, 2014, etc.). Data will be based on the hunter questionnaire results unless a check station is conducted; then, harvest numbers will be taken from the check station results. Reminder questionnaires were sent if necessary. 1 Hunt Arizona 2009 177 Other Birds and Mammals The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects all birds except rock doves, European starlings, house sparrows, and all other non-native species. However, the federal government permits the states to open a season on certain birds and waterfowl. Mammals that are not classified as big or small game, predators, or furbearers are considered nongame and are managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission as “other mammals.” Many of these mammals can be hunted by licensed individuals throughout the calendar year, with notable exceptions presented below. While there are no bag limits on most of these species, most nongame mammals are not hunted. As a result, harvest data for these species are not available. greens and insects. During the nonbreeding season, pigeons form large roosting and feeding flocks. Pigeons were introduced from Eurasia in the late 1800s and have become established throughout the United States. Pigeon (Rock Dove) Pigeons are closely associated with human developments including towns, parks, and agricultural landscapes. In their native settings, they nest along the seashore on airy cliffs and in rocky crevices or caves. In urban areas, they commonly nest on high-rise buildings, billboards, bridges and other structures. They average 12.5 inches in length. The coloration is highly variable, the most common being a dark gray head and neck with green and purplish iridescence on the neck, a back of lighter gray, and a whitish rump. The tail has a black band and the wings two black bars. The call is a soft coo familiar to most homeowners. Natural History and Status Pigeons nest year round in Arizona, building messy nests of sticks and roots. Nests are often placed under an overhang of some sort such as under eaves or bridges. The eggs are white. The species can raise four or five broods of one or two young in a single year. As with other pigeons, both sexes feed the young regurgitated “crop milk” exclusively for the first few days. After approximately five days, the young begin eating seeds and are soon eating the adult diet of grains and sometimes 178 Hunt Arizona 2009 George Andrejko Birds House (English) Sparrow House (English) Sparrow House sparrows are common residents of cities and farms statewide. These brownish, conical-billed sparrows are approximately 5 inches in length. The males sport black bibs and beaks, white cheeks, blue-gray caps, chestnut napes, and black-streaked backs. Females are slightly smaller and less distinctive, with grayish, pale underparts, light-buff eye streaks, and striped backs. The house sparrow’s lively calls and songs consist of chirps and cheeps that are familiar to almost every homeowner. Natural History and Status House sparrows nest from February through early summer, often having three broods per year. The nests, which may contain four to seven white to bluish colored eggs with gray or brown markings, are messy, woven affairs that may be located in eaves, palm fronds, bird houses, or most any other suitable site. House sparrows will nest in cavities and aggressively compete with native species for nest sites. When they are not nesting, house sparrows commonly form flocks of up to a dozen or more birds. Highly adaptable, they feed on a wide variety of seeds, fruits, and insects. This resourceful bird greedily accepts almost any human handout and are commonly encountered foraging for morsels at fastfood restaurants. House sparrows were introduced to Arizona from Europe via railroad cars from the East, and have been breeding residents since at least the early 1900s. They arrived in Tucson in 1903-04, had reached Winslow, Holbrook, and other railroad towns by 1909, and were widespread throughout the state by 1915. Despite its lack of protection, the species remains widely distributed, wherever humans and agricultural fields are found. woodpecker holes in saguaros or trees. Like the house sparrow, starlings are considered a pest species because they compete for nest sites with native species such as purple martins, woodpeckers and bluebirds. European Starlings will even evict nesting birds and destroy their eggs. Starlings typically lay four to six blue eggs and can raise two or three broods each year. When the species is not nesting, they form large communal roosts, which may contain hundreds of birds A more recent arrival than the house sparrow, European starlings were first recorded in Arizona in 1946 near Lupton, with the first nest reported near Glendale in 1954. The species is now both a breeding resident and a migrant in the vicinities of Phoenix, Tucson, Kingman, Yuma, and other Arizona cities and towns. Peach-faced Lovebird European Starling (Starling) In Africa peach-faced lovebirds prefer dry, open country including wooded savannas, palm groves, and arid mountain slopes. In Arizona they are primarily found among the ornamental plantings in desert urban and residential settings. Although locally established in and around the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, they do not venture into the surrounding desert lands. They are small, bright green, parrot-like birds with a pinkish face and light-colored bill. Regular visitors to many backyard water and feeding stations, they have also been observed feeding on cactus fruit, apples, palm fruit, and seed pods. European Starlings are found in a wide variety of habitats, but are most numerous in or near human settlements that provide open, grassy areas for foraging and trees or structures for nesting. This dark, 8-inch, meadowlark-sized bird is a common resident of city parks, residential areas and agricultural lands below 7,500 feet elevation. Although usually found in urban, suburban and agricultural settings, starlings are also found in the desert, usually near small towns or dwellings. Starlings can be differentiated from other black birds by their short tails, robust build, narrow and light-colored bills, and short, pointed, brown wings. Both sexes are iridescent black in summer, and heavily speckled in winter. Starlings eat a varied diet including insects, fruits and seeds. When feeding, they walk, rather than hop, from site to site. Their principal call is a guttural squeak, although they also mimic other birdcalls. Natural History and Status Like many other parrots, peach-faced lovebirds are cavity nesters and will take up residence in woodpecker holes in saguaros, under tile roof openings, and in untrimmed palm fronds. Lovebirds nest in groups and thus far there has been no evidence that they compete with native birds for nest sites. In Arizona, most nesting occurs from April through May. They will lay from three to eight eggs per clutch, possibly rearing two broods per year. The first free-ranging flock of peachfaced lovebirds in the Phoenix area was reported in 1987 near the border of Mesa and Apache Junction, and by the mid-1990s local flocks and colonies of lovebirds were discovered throughout the eastern half of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. Natural History and Status American Crow (Crow) george Andrejko European starlings reside in Arizona year-round and can initiate breeding activities as early as mid-January in warm areas of the state. Most breeding activity occurs from April to July, but nesting has been reported into early fall. Starlings take up residence in cavities such as European starling In Arizona, American crows are far outnumbered by their larger and more heat-tolerant relative: the common raven. Crows occur as local breeding residents in the more open areas of the Mogollon Rim, along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in the higher portions of the Navajo Indian Reservation, and along the Hunt Arizona 2009 179 Other Birds and Mammals San Francisco River. This shiny, all black 1.5-foot-long bird can be differentiated from the larger raven by its smaller beak and tail, smoother plumage, and distinctive “caw” call. Also unlike ravens, crows rarely soar, but instead flap their wings when flying directly from point to point. Because of crop depredations, an open season on this species is authorized from September 1 through December 31. Natural History and Status American crows are native to North America and reach their highest densities in the northeastern United States. They form large communal roosts during much of the year, sometimes in groups large enough to be problematic in towns or industrial areas. During the breeding season, however, the species is most often observed in smaller family units. They typically place their nests in well-hidden areas of their nest trees, generally close to the trunk. Nests are made of dead sticks, bark, corn stalks, twine, and cow dung, and lined with soft materials. Crows lay from three to nine bluishgreen eggs marked with brown speckles. They feed on a variety of foods including insects, carrion, small mam- mals and birds, bird eggs and grains, including some agricultural crops. Numbers have probably increased significantly since European settlement because of agricultural developments and timber clearing. Human developments have also enabled breeding range expansions into portions of the West and Midwest. Mammals Coati This relative of the raccoon is usually seen individually or in small bands called “troops.” The lone males or “solos” may weigh up to 12 pounds, and greatly exceed the smaller 5.5- to 7-pound females in size. From 2.5 to just over 4 feet in length, coatis are approximately the size of a small dog. They range in color from ochre to cinnamon brown to nearly chocolate. Their most distinctive characteristics, however, are their clownmarked faces and faintly banded, tapered tails that commonly exceed 2 feet in length, giving coatis the superficial appearance of monkeys. Bob Miles Natural History and Status Black-tailed prairie dog 180 Hunt Arizona 2009 Also known as chulos, coatis are semi-arboreal animals rarely found far from trees. Like tree squirrels, coatis have jointed hind feet, allowing the animals to descend the trunks of trees headfirst. These largely diurnal mammals are found primarily in mountains and canyons in the southeastern quarter of the state. Their principal habitats are Madrean oak-pine woodland and riparian deciduous forest. Highly omnivorous, their principal foods are lizards, insect larvae, bird eggs, acorns, fruits, and other mast. Troops of coatis, which may range in size from one or two to up to 40 animals, are typically composed of females, sub-adults, and weaned young of the year. Males leave the troop when about 2 years old, after which they associate with the females only during the spring breeding season. Nursing females leave the troop for four to six weeks after giving birth. From one to six young are born in June or July. Born helpless in a den or hollow tree, the youngsters remain with their mother until old enough to forage with the troop in the fall. Coati numbers fluctuate markedly, and at least two major population declines have been reported for Arizona. Recently, however, they appear to be expanding their range northward and are now common in such places as Aravaipa Canyon and the Sierra Ancha, where they were unheard of prior to 1970. Current hunt management authorizes a seven-month season, and a bag limit of one coati per calendar year. Gunnison’s Prairie Dog Prairie dogs are robust, diurnal ground squirrels that live in underground colonies called “dogtowns.” Their tails are relatively short, less than 25 percent of the body length. The animals get their name from their doglike barks, which warn the colony of intruders. Male Gunnison’s prairie dogs are just over a foot long, with 2-inch, grayish to white-tipped tails. Adult males weigh about 1.75 pounds and females less than 1.5 pounds. Male and female are similar in appearance, both a pale buff in color. The species is now largely restricted to Great Basin grasslands above the Mogollon Rim, although colonies formerly extended south and east of Prescott to the Dewey and Dugas areas, as well as to the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Natural History and Status Gunnison’s prairie dog colonies tend to be small, and usually contain fewer than 50 animals. Their burrow entrances are not typically built up into craters, unlike those of black-tailed prairie dogs. Gunnison’s prairie dogs enter torpor below ground during winter months, and breed in February-March. The three to four pups typically appear in June. Grasses, forbs, and sedges are the usual dietary items. Black-tailed Prairie Dog Slightly larger than the Gunnison’s prairie dog, this 15-inch-long rodent is yellowish tan in color with a usually dusky-tipped 3-inch tail. Male black-tailed prairie dogs average about 2 pounds; the females about 1.9 pounds. Unlike those of Gunnison’s, the entrances to the burrows of black-tailed prairie dogs often have cratered mounds that can reach up to 3 feet in height. The underground burrow network may be extensive, and black-tailed prairie dog colonies were often large, especially those in the San Pedro and Sulphur Springs valleys Natural History and Status Black-tailed prairie dogs are active all year, and will come out on sunny days even in midwinter. The species breeds in late February; the young are born in March and appear in May. Dietary items include grass stems, grass roots, and shrubs. Black-tailed prairie dogs formerly occurred in the semidesert grasslands of southeastern Arizona south of the Gila River, westward to the vicinity of Fort Huachuca. They have been extirpated in Arizona since 1959, although a small colony on the Day Ranch 15 miles southeast of Duncan on the Arizona-New Mexico border persisted until 1974. An attempt to reintroduce this animal to the Appleton Research Ranch (near Sonoita) in the summer of 1974 failed. The species has recently been protected in Arizona, in the hope that individuals from three colonies in Sonora within five miles of the United States-Mexico border might recolonize our state. Specially Protected Mammals The following mammals are protected at all times because they are endangered species, resemble endangered species, or are otherwise deemed in need of protection due to low numbers or vulnerability. Bats Arizona, with 28 species of bats belonging to four families (ghost-faced, leaf-nosed, vesper, and free-tailed), has one of the most diverse bat faunas of any state. Ranging in abundance from the American free-tailed bat, which numbers in the millions, to the seldom-seen ghost-faced bat, Arizona’s bats are highly beneficial. They feed on insects and find their prey by emitting and receiving sonic waves—a process similar to sonar and known as echolocation. Each species has its own high-pitched call, some of which can be heard by human ears. Our largest bat species, the western mastiff bat, is about 7 inches long and has a wingspan of up to 18 inches. The western pipestrelle, at only 2.5-3 inches long is Arizona’s smallest bat. Some species, such as the spotted bat with its death’s-head markings and huge ears, are bizarre in appearance. Natural History and Status Although nearly all of Arizona’s bats are insectivores, two, the lesser long-nosed bat and the Mexican longtongued, feed on nectar and pollen. Some species, such as the red bat, are generally solitary, but most roost in colonies, selecting as their daytime retreat a particular cavern, rock fissure, or mine tunnel. Most bats are migratory, although a few over-winter by hibernating. To reduce competition, the various species use different habitats and feeding strategies. Pallid bats, for example, typically feed low to the ground; the western mastiff Hunt Arizona 2009 181 Other Birds and Mammals bat tends to hunt high over water or in the tree canopy. It is also an unfortunate fact that bats transmit rabies, with the result that they expose dozens of people a year to this potentially deadly virus. All bats are protected in Arizona due to their generally beneficial nature and the rarity of certain species. Colonial roost sites may also be protected, and certain caves have been declared “off-limits” because of their value to these intriguing flying mammals. Black-footed Ferret This uniquely North American mammal has always been extremely rare in Arizona, with only four specimens ever collected in the state. Until a reintroduction program began in 1996, the last ferret reported in Arizona was in 1931 when bubonic plague and rodent control programs killed off the ferret’s prairie dog prey. The black-footed ferret is a low slung, weasel-like animal less than 2 feet in length, with sooty black feet. The overall color is a yellow-buff, the face has a distinctive black mask, and the approximately 5-inch tail is tipped in black. Males are significantly larger than females, weighing about 2.25 pounds to the female’s 1.5 pounds. Natural History and Status Ferrets are almost exclusively restricted to prairie dog colonies, which provide most of the animal’s food. The ferret is primarily a nocturnal species. It breeds during mid-March or April, and after a gestation of 45 or so days give birth to from two to five young. The kits remain in a nest underground with their mother for 40 days or more and do not disperse to forage on their own until September, attaining breeding maturity at one year of age. The presence of ferrets can be detected by their tracks and diggings, which consist of 4-inch-deep trenches and lengthy piles of soil adjacent to prairie dog holes. Federally designated an endangered species in 1967, black-footed ferrets are the focus of an Arizona Game and Fish Department program to reintroduce captive-reared animals in Aubrey Valley. Although the project is still relatively young, some animals have already reproduced in the wild. Hualapai Mexican Vole Voles or meadow mice are dark brown, short-tailed (<1.5”) terrestrial rodents with short fur and small, rounded ears. The sexes are nearly identical in pelage and size. The Mexican vole, to which this race belongs, is widely distributed at higher elevations, with populations found in the White Mountains, the San Francisco Peaks, along the Mogollon Rim, and in such isolated ranges as the Sierra Ancha, Bradshaw Mountains, Navajo Mountain, and Hualapai Mountains. The latter population, and possibly those on the Hualapai Indian Reservation to the north, has been described as a separate subspecies due to its isolation. The identifying characters of this socalled Hualapai vole are not well defined, but are based on its having a smaller relative size, longer hind feet, and more cinnamon underparts than its closest neighbors. George Andrejko Natural History and Status Townsend’s big-eared bat 182 Hunt Arizona 2009 This 1.25-inch-long rodent prefers dry, grassy meadows and canyons in proximity to ponderosa pines, Gambel’s oaks, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and chaparral. As with most rodents, numbers may fluctuate from rare to abundant. Not as prolific as some other rodents, their litter sizes vary from one to four and average about 2.5. This isolated population of Mexican voles is protected as a Federally endangered species Jaguar More than 50 of these large, spotted cats have been documented from Arizona since 1900. Although there are some early records of what appear to be young jaguars, almost all of the animals taken or photographed after 1950 have been wandering males from Sonora, Mexico. The last recorded female in Arizona was taken in 1962. Borderland jaguars tend to be small when compared to those in South America. The males average from about 125 to 160 pounds; the females are smaller, averaging about 110 pounds—approximately the same as mountain lions. Adult jaguars stand about 2.25 feet to 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder. The males average about 7 feet in length and the females about 6 feet. The tail is relatively short, about 17 to 30 inches and less than half of the length of the head and body. Dorsal colors range from a pale yellow-buff to a golden orange. The black spots on the head and shoulders are relatively small, transforming to a complicated series of bars, splotches and broken rings or rosettes on the back, flanks, feet and tail. Underneath, the jaguar varies from a very pale gray to snow white with black markings. Although appearing garish in the open, jaguars are in fact wonderfully concealed in the dappled shadows of their wooded and scrubland habitats. The only New World “roaring cat,” jaguars call to each other by emitting a series of hoarse, rasping grunts. Natural History and Status Although jaguars have been recorded as far north as the Grand Canyon, most have been recovered or photographed in the borderland mountains in the southeastern quarter of the state. Found primarily in tropical thornscrub and deciduous forest in Mexico, most Arizona jaguars have been encountered in Madrean evergreen woodlands and scrub-invaded semidesert grassland. Several jaguars have been taken in proximity to water, and several have been taken in montane conifer forests, at least one above 9,000 feet elevation. Jaguars hunt mostly at twilight and at night, seeking a wide variety of prey. Prey items in Arizona have ranged from frogs to elk, but white-tailed deer, javelina, and coatis appear to be the most important natural prey. Livestock is taken when available, especially calves. Female jaguars reach sexual maturity at about 2.5 years. For biological and social reasons, most males do not breed until age 3 to 4. The breeding season in the Southwest borderlands appears to be in January or February, the young being born in spring after a 100day gestation period. The one or two cubs are weaned at about 22 weeks, but female offspring may remain with the mother for more than a year. The average life span of Sonoran jaguars is thought to be less than 10 years due to the scarcity of game and their persecution as stock-killers. Jaguars have been protected in Arizona by state law since 1969, and U.S. populations were declared an endangered species in 1997. Prior to this time, jaguars have at various times been considered as furbearers, predators, or nongame mammals. The Department is engaged in a Conservation Team working to conserve jaguars of the Arizona-New Mexico-Mexico borderlands. Jaguarundi These low slung, 10- to 20-pound felines require dense tropical vegetation and are usually found near water. The animal’s head and ears appear small for a cat, and the 1- to 2-foot tail is less than the body length. Two color phases of these uniformly colored cats occur—cinnamon and charcoal gray. Largely terrestrial, jaguarundis take to trees only when pursued by dogs, at which time they can display much arboreal agility. More diurnal than other wild felids, jaguarundis usually occur alone or in pairs. The species also emits a whistlelike call on occasion. Natural History and Status Jaguarundis feed on small mammals, such as cotton rats, as well as a variety of birds, lizards, and snakes. The breeding season varies with locality, but the gestation period is from 60 to 70 days after which from one to four kittens are born. This species has never been documented as occurring in our state, or even southward in Sonora, Mexico. Jaguarundis have been protected here since 1972, on the basis of visual reports and the possibility that this animal might occur in Arizona. The species is included here only because it remains federally listed in Arizona. Ocelot These 18- to 22-pound felines are not residents of Arizona, but rare visitors from Sonora, Mexico, where they occur primarily in tropical thornscrub. Their background color is a grayish or brownish orange color with black stripes and dots. Solitary and terrestrial, the “gato galavis,” as the species is known in Sonora, is largely nocturnal in its habits. Averaging about 22 pounds, male ocelots are slightly larger than the 19.5 pounds for the average female. The head and body length is approximately 3 to 3.5 feet, with the tail providing another 13 to 14 inches. Hunt Arizona 2009 183 Other Birds and Mammals Natural History and Status Only four specimens have been documented from Arizona since 1887. Two of these were male, one from the Huachuca Mountains and another from the Dragoon Mountains. The sex of the other two animals is unknown, as are the locations. The life history of the gato galavis in Sonora remains largely uninvestigated, but the litter size in other ocelot populations is one or two. The kittens’ eyes are shut for 2.5 weeks and they remain with their mother for 18 to 20 months. Most ocelots do not reach breeding maturity until 2 years old or more. Ocelots feed mostly on terrestrial mammals, such as cottontails, but reptiles are also taken. Adults may have a home range of 3,000 acres or more. Ocelots have been protected in Arizona since 1969. Any change in the species’ status is therefore difficult to ascertain, as any ocelots taken by trappers and/or predator control agents are unlikely to be reported. Otter (see Furbearers) Porcupine Natural History and Status Possessed of poor vision but with a good sense of smell, porcupines are active mainly at night. Habitats occupied include forested mountains, riparian forests, meadows, semidesert grasslands and even deserts. During the winter months, porcupines may feed almost exclusively on the inner bark of pine trees, although the bark of cottonwoods, mesquites, and ocotillos is also taken. Porcupines lose weight when feeding only on inner-bark, however, and also eat mistletoe, acorns, fungi, cactus fruit, and other mast when available. During the summer months, the species feeds on the ground and is frequently seen in mountain meadows feeding on grasses and sedges. Porcupines are fond of salt and will gnaw ax handles and other objects having this mineral. Solitary animals, porcupines den in hollow trees and burrows as well as in rocky outcrops and mine shafts, often using the same den site year after year. Females mature in one year, males in 2.5. Mating takes place in September and October, often in a tree, and is usually accompanied by highly vocal grunts, squeals, and shrieks. The males are very aggressive at this time and will fight any other males they happen to come upon. Gestation is seven months and the single offspring is born in late April or early May. The youngster, weighing about a pound, is highly developed and well able to care for itself, staying with the mother only through its first summer. Probably because of their slow-paced life style, porcupines can live up to 9 years of age—a relatively long time for a rodent. Although totally protected in Arizona, porcupines were unprotected for many years due to the damage inflicted on both mature ponderosa pines and pine seedlings, as evidenced by the trees’ girdled trunks and white areas of peeled bark. As recently as the 1950s, hunters were encouraged to kill any porcupines encountered. Densities of porcupines appear to vary with time, however, and the species now appears much reduced in comparison to George Andrejko These large, bulky rodents are unmistakable. The large head, long spines intermixed with equally long or longer blackish, brownish, and yellowish hair, and heavy claws make for instant identification. The males are bigger than the females, but the females have longer tails. Overall, the animal’s total length is about 2.5 feet, of which approximately 8 inches constitutes the tail. Weights range from 7.75 to 40 pounds depending on the porcupine’s age and condition. Porcupine 184 Hunt Arizona 2009 browns, blacks, and whites on backs and flanks. Adults are about 4.5 to 5.5 feet long, with 14 to 17 inch tails. The males are about 10 pounds heavier than the females, weighing between 65 and 85 pounds, versus the female’s 55 to 80 pounds. Perhaps the wolf ’s most distinctive trademark is its mournful howl, which is usually given in late fall and early winter, and which once heard, is never forgotten. Natural History and Status Bob Miles Wolves are mostly active at night and hunt by trailing and running their prey to ground. Their preferred habitats are rolling woodlands, level forests, open meadows, and grasslands. Wolves historically fed on deer, elk, pronghorn, cottontails, and mice but readily adapted to taking sheep and cattle when livestock were introduced to Arizona. For behavioral as well as biological reasons, wolves do not usually reach sexual maturity until they are about 2.5 years old. The breeding season in Arizona is between November and mid February, and the gestation period is 63 days. Den sites are selected by the female, and may consist of an enlarged burrow, hollow log, or a natural crevice. Four to eight sooty-brown pups are born in the spring and nursed for six to eight weeks. They are cared for by both parents. Although they are weaned in late fall, when they are 2.5 to 3 months old, the young wolves, especially the females, may remain with the parents for another year or so before dispersing. Wolves are social animals, but packs in Arizona have historically been small, usually consisting of from one or two to seven animals. Wolves can have very large home ranges and travel long distances in search of food and mates. Long persecuted as the state’s premier livestock predator, the last record of wild wolves breeding in Arizona was in 1944. In an attempt to reintroduce the species, captive-raised wolves, descended from Mexican stock, have been released in and near the Blue Range Primitive Area beginning in 1996. Mexican gray wolf numbers reported earlier. Nonetheless, porcupines may still cause problems locally and require relocation to other areas. Gray Wolf Now extirpated as a wild animal in Arizona, the gray wolf formerly occurred in small numbers throughout the eastern and northern portion of the state above 4,500 feet elevation. Southwestern wolves stand about 30 inches high at the shoulder, and differ from the much smaller (less than 35 pounds) coyotes by having heavier, deeper chests, impressive heads, shorter, thicker muzzles, larger nose pads, and a thicker neck that shows a ruff or mane when the animal’s hackles are raised. Wolves also have long, slender forelegs and a dark-tipped tail. Coat color varies with season and individuals, some animals being so light as to be nearly white and others so dark as to appear almost black. The usual pelage, however, is a grizzled mixture of grays, Hunt Arizona 2009 185  SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 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