Hunt Arizona 2011 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 Robert R. Woodhouse........................................................... Roll Norman W. Freeman............................................... Chino Valley Jack F. Husted...........................................................Springerville J.W. Harris.........................................................................Tucson Robert E. Mansell..........................................................Winslow 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 Bob Broscheid............................................................... Deputy Director ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Mike Senn............................................................Wildlife Management Ty Gray........................................................Information and Education John Bullington.............................................................. Special Services Leonard Ordway............................................................Field Operation 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 — Raul Vega, 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 ©June 2011 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����������������������������������������������147 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������148 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�����������������������������������������������������������153 Natural History����������������������������������������153 Hunt History��������������������������������������������154 White-winged Dove�����������������������������������155 Natural History����������������������������������������155 Hunt History��������������������������������������������156 Mourning Dove������������������������������������������156 Natural History����������������������������������������156 Hunt History��������������������������������������������157 Cottontail Rabbit����������������������������������������157 Natural History����������������������������������������157 Hunt History��������������������������������������������158 Tree Squirrels����������������������������������������������158 Natural History����������������������������������������158 Hunt History��������������������������������������������159 Band-tailed Pigeon�������������������������������������159 Natural History����������������������������������������159 Hunt History��������������������������������������������159 Blue Grouse������������������������������������������������159 Natural History����������������������������������������160 Hunt History��������������������������������������������160 Pheasant�����������������������������������������������������160 Natural History����������������������������������������160 Hunt History��������������������������������������������160 Small Game Harvest Data��������������������������161 Pronghorn Antelope Natural History���������������������������������������������42 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������43 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������45 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������� 48 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������51 Elk Natural History���������������������������������������������56 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������57 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������58 Harvest Data������������������������������������������������61 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������� 64 Turkey Natural History���������������������������������������������80 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������81 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������82 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������� 84 Hunt Data�����������������������������������������������������87 Javelina Natural History���������������������������������������������96 Hunt History�������������������������������������������������97 Survey Data��������������������������������������������������98 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������103 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������106 Bighorn Sheep Natural History������������������������������������������� 117 Hunt History����������������������������������������������� 118 Survey Data������������������������������������������������ 119 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������123 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������124 Successful Hunter Scores���������������������������128 Measurement Data������������������������������������129 Hunt Application Data�������������������������������131 Buffalo Natural History�������������������������������������������132 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������133 Survey Data������������������������������������������������134 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������136 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������137 Black Bear Natural History�������������������������������������������139 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������140 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������141 Hunt Data���������������������������������������������������142 Mountain Lion Natural History�������������������������������������������145 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������146 Predators Coyotes�������������������������������������������������������165 Natural History����������������������������������������165 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������165 Bobcats������������������������������������������������������166 Natural History����������������������������������������166 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������166 Foxes����������������������������������������������������������166 Natural History����������������������������������������167 Hunting and Trapping History�����������������167 Skunks��������������������������������������������������������167 Natural History����������������������������������������168 Trapping History��������������������������������������168 Furbearers Beaver��������������������������������������������������������169 Natural History����������������������������������������169 Trapping History��������������������������������������170 Muskrat������������������������������������������������������170 Natural History����������������������������������������170 Trapping History��������������������������������������170 Raccoon������������������������������������������������������170 Natural History����������������������������������������171 Trapping and Hunt History����������������������171 Ringtail�������������������������������������������������������171 Natural History����������������������������������������171 Trapping History��������������������������������������171 Otter�����������������������������������������������������������172 Natural History����������������������������������������172 Trapping and Hunt History����������������������172 Weasel��������������������������������������������������������172 Natural History����������������������������������������172 Trapping History��������������������������������������172 Badger��������������������������������������������������������173 Natural History����������������������������������������173 Trapping History��������������������������������������173 Trapping������������������������������������������������������173 Predator and Furbearer Harvest Data�������������������������������������������175 Waterfowl Natural History�������������������������������������������176 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������177 Survey and Harvest Data����������������������������179 Sandhill Crane Natural History�������������������������������������������181 Hunt History�����������������������������������������������182 Harvest Data����������������������������������������������183 Other Birds and Mammals Pigeon (Rock Dove)������������������������������������184 Natural History and Status����������������������184 House (English) Sparrow����������������������������184 Natural History and Status����������������������184 European Starling���������������������������������������185 Natural History and Status����������������������185 Peach-faced Lovebird���������������������������������185 Natural History and Status����������������������185 American Crow�������������������������������������������185 Natural History and Status����������������������186 Coati�����������������������������������������������������������186 Natural History and Status����������������������186 Gunnison’s Prairie Dog�������������������������������187 Natural History and Status����������������������187 Black-tailed Prairie Dog������������������������������187 Natural History and Status����������������������187 Specially Protected Mammals��������������������187 Bats������������������������������������������������������������187 Natural History and Status����������������������187 Black-footed Ferret�������������������������������������188 Natural History and Status����������������������188 Hualapai Mexican Vole������������������������������188 Natural History and Status����������������������188 Jaguar���������������������������������������������������������189 Natural History and Status����������������������189 Jaguarundi��������������������������������������������������189 Natural History and Status����������������������189 Ocelot���������������������������������������������������������189 Natural History and Status����������������������190 Otter (see Furbearers)��������������������������������190 Porcupine���������������������������������������������������190 Natural History and Status����������������������190 Gray Wolf���������������������������������������������������191 Natural History and Status����������������������191 Game Management Unit Map����������������� 193 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 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 2011-2012 Hunting Regulations. A summary of 2010 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 2011 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 21 bonus points, for example, were drawn for their first choice hunt at over 99 times the rate of applicants with no bonus points (100.0 percent versus 0.6 percent). General elk applicants with 20 bonus points were drawn for their first choice hunt at over 85 times the rate of applicants with no bonus points (100 percent versus 14.7 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 2010 draw, the average applicant for elk tags had about 2.8 bonus points while those applying for antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, and deer tags had 6.3, 7.6, 7.6, and 1.8 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 2010 Fall Draw (Section A) and individual bonus points going into the 2011 Fall Draw (Section B). For antelope and elk, the tables are a summary of group bonus points resulting from the 2011 Antelope and Elk Draw (Section A) and individual bonus points going into the 2012 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 2010 FALL DRAW Percent Drawn Group Bonus No. Hunters per during the 2010 Points going into Bonus Point Fall Draw within the 2010 Fall going into the a Bonus Point Draw 2010 Fall Draw grouping 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 14,568 27,152 15,560 4,360 1,720 1,055 803 503 372 308 305 231 288 137 Hunt Arizona 2011 56.8% 66.3% 66.8% 55.4% 45.8% 33.2% 34.0% 19.3% 14.3% 14.3% 10.5% 15.2% 16.3% 20.4% B GOING INTO 2011 FALL DRAW Individual Bonus Points going into the 2011 Fall Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2011 Fall Draw Resident 110,955 26,222 8,269 3,455 1,542 887 564 355 272 248 160 86 62 28 Nonresident 7,310 2,623 1,752 1,048 1,058 1,038 799 624 519 444 363 270 379 182 Total 118,265 28,845 10,021 4,503 2,600 1,925 1,363 979 791 692 523 356 441 210 How to Use Survey and Harvest Data Bonus Points by Species Antelope (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A B RESULTS OF THE 2011 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2012 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Individual Bonus Group Bonus Bonus Point going the 2011 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point Points going into the Points going into into the 2011 within a Bonus going into the 2012 Fall Draw 2012 Fall Draw the 2011 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping Resident Nonresident Total 0 1,300 0.4% 1 93,791 5,685 99,476 1 1,706 1.3% 2 8,778 1,369 10,147 2 1,818 2.6% 3 5,466 1,027 6,493 3 1,565 3.6% 4 3,695 582 4,277 4 1,279 3.6% 5 2,828 613 3,441 5 1,271 3.9% 6 2,794 591 3,385 6 1,384 4.3% 7 2,394 554 2,948 7 1,219 4.6% 8 2,038 380 2,418 8 1,013 5.2% 9 1,709 339 2,048 9 1,024 3.3% 10 1,653 252 1,905 10 960 4.8% 11 1,394 250 1,644 11 846 5.9% 12 1,197 190 1,387 12 756 5.2% 13 1,077 119 1,196 13 621 6.0% 14 826 123 949 14 532 7.9% 15 717 94 811 15 507 5.3% 16 675 67 742 16 451 6.4% 17 591 39 630 17 329 6.4% 18 435 21 456 18 270 7.4% 19 331 16 347 19 198 20.2% 20 200 8 208 20 58 65.5% 21 67 1 68 21 8 87.5% 22 14 1 15 23 5 0 5 Elk (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A B RESULTS OF THE 2011 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2012 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Points Individual Bonus Bonus Point going the 2011 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2011 Points going into the into the 2011 within a Bonus going into the 2012 Fall Draw Fall Draw 2012 Fall Draw Fall Draw Point grouping Resident Nonresident Total 0 12,034 18.8% 1 105,152 11,139 116,291 1 20,611 28.3% 2 34,394 4,588 38,982 2 18,700 31.7% 3 18,554 3,179 21,733 3 10,589 32.6% 4 10,061 1,837 11,898 4 5,839 35.1% 5 5,718 1,958 7,676 5 3,559 34.5% 6 3,449 1,601 5,050 6 2,635 33.4% 7 2,128 1,593 3,721 7 1,741 34.7% 8 1,308 1,138 2,446 8 1,154 31.6% 9 900 818 1,718 9 861 25.9% 10 665 640 1,305 10 647 18.4% 11 472 514 986 11 513 22.0% 12 361 395 756 12 413 22.8% 13 247 314 561 13 260 13.9% 14 188 255 443 14 219 13.7% 15 176 137 313 15 178 19.1% 16 120 112 232 16 111 24.3% 17 69 61 130 17 90 28.9% 18 47 46 93 18 34 58.8% 19 15 19 34 19 2 100% 20 1 3 4 20 1 100% 21 2 0 2 22 1 1 2 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 B RESULTS OF THE 2010 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2011 FALL DRAW Percent Drawn Group Bonus No. Hunters per during the 2011 Individual Bonus Points going into Bonus Point going No. Hunters per Bonus Point Spring Draw Points going into the the 2011 into the 2011 going into the 2011 Fall Draw within a Bonus 2011 Fall Draw Spring Draw Spring Draw Point grouping (Spring hunts) Resident Nonresident Total 0 1,786 46.7% 1 108,843 4,627 113,470 1 4,051 63.7% 2 10,047 232 10,279 2 2,978 72.4% 3 1,893 81 1,974 3 934 84.2% 4 461 43 504 4 228 77.2% 5 148 27 175 5 101 63.4% 6 105 26 131 6 46 32.6% 7 66 12 78 7 28 17.9% 8 42 13 55 8 24 12.5% 9 32 1 33 9 15 20.0% 10 18 4 22 10 13 23.1% 11 17 6 23 11 13 30.8% 12 15 4 19 Javelina (Accrue bonus points through both the spring and fall draws; Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A B RESULTS OF THE 2010 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2011 FALL DRAW No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Group Bonus Points Individual Bonus Bonus Point going the 2011 Spring Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2011 Points going into into the 2011 within a Bonus Point going into the 2011 Fall Draw Spring Draw the 2011 Fall Draw Spring Draw grouping (Spring hunts) Resident Nonresident Total 0 5,158 96.0% 1 108,233 5,223 113,456 1 8,173 97.9% 2 5,598 334 5,932 2 2,725 99.1% 3 169 90 259 3 154 100% 4 26 46 72 4 13 100% 5 10 24 34 5 6 50% 6 3 28 31 6 2 100% 7 5 17 22 8 3 3 6 9 2 3 5 10 4 3 7 11 4 0 4 12 1 0 1 Bighorn (Section A does NOT reflect individuals who purchased a bonus point) A B RESULTS OF THE 2010 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2011 FALL DRAW Percent Drawn during Individual Bonus Group Bonus No. Hunters per Bonus the 2010 Fall Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point Points going into the Points going into Point going into the within a Bonus going into the 2011 Fall Draw 2011 Fall Draw the 2010 Fall Draw 2010 Fall Draw Point grouping Resident Nonresident Total 0 420 0.24% 1 99,854 5,304 105,158 1 497 0.00% 2 2,733 1,360 4,093 2 474 0.00% 3 1,685 1,120 2,805 3 443 0.23% 4 1,376 719 2,095 4 282 0.35% 5 999 749 1,748 5 388 0.26% 6 995 729 1,724 6 431 1.39% 7 840 600 1,440 7 479 0.42% 8 733 521 1,254 8 503 1.59% 9 740 456 1,196 9 538 0.56% 10 732 414 1,146 10 496 0.81% 11 652 306 958 11 379 1.58% 12 445 233 678 12 341 0.29% 13 409 213 622 13 371 1.08% 14 380 214 594 14 291 1.72% 15 343 158 501 15 312 1.28% 16 327 145 472 16 305 1.64% 17 307 118 425 17 296 1.01% 18 278 120 398 18 240 2.50% 19 251 79 330 19 217 2.30% 20 215 54 269 20 257 2.72% 21 238 41 279 21 245 9.80% 22 228 12 240 4 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 B RESULTS OF THE 2010 FALL DRAW GOING INTO 2011 FALL DRAW Group Bonus No. Hunters per Percent Drawn Individual Bonus Points going into Bonus Point goduring the 2010 Fall No. Hunters per Bonus Point Points going into the 2010 Fall ing into the 2010 Draw within a Bonus going into the 2011 Fall Draw the 2011 Fall Draw Draw Fall Draw Point grouping 0.0% Resident Nonresident Total 0 18 0.0% 1 105,517 4,561 110,078 1 420 0.0% 2 1,170 251 1,421 2 1 0.0% 3 702 161 863 3 14 0.0% 4 538 96 634 4 11 0.0% 5 407 62 469 5 8 12.5% 6 329 52 381 6 9 0.0% 7 291 39 330 7 15 0.0% 8 262 26 288 8 11 0.0% 9 217 24 241 9 4 0.0% 10 164 20 184 10 15 0.0% 11 163 6 169 11 9 0.0% 12 147 4 151 12 9 0.0% 13 113 8 121 13 14 0.0% 14 85 4 89 14 19 0.0% 15 90 0 90 15 14 0.0% 16 84 0 84 16 9 0.0% 17 67 1 68 17 10 20.0% 18 64 2 66 18 5 20.0% 19 51 0 51 19 9 0.0% 20 36 0 36 20 5 0.0% 21 28 0 28 21 1 0.0% 22 20 0 20 22 1 0.0% 23 14 0 14 23 2 0.0% 24 12 0 12 24 2 0.0% 25 7 0 7 No tags were available in the 20% Bonus Pass of the draw 26 17 0 17 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 2 4 5 1 1 1 2 34 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 2 0 1 35 Bear (Spring draw only) A B RESULTS OF THE 2011 SPRING DRAW GOING INTO 2012 SPRING DRAW Group Bonus No. Hunters per Percent Drawn during Individual Bonus Points Points going into Bonus Point going the 2011 Spring Draw No. Hunters per Bonus Point going into the 2012 the 2011 into the 2011 within a Bonus Point going into the 2012 Spring Draw Spring Draw Spring Draw Spring Draw grouping (Spring) Resident Nonresident Total 0 56 67.9% 1 108,268 4,489 112,758 1 126 74.6% 2 782 22 804 2 58 70.7% 3 136 3 139 3 31 71.0% 4 44 1 45 4 9 44.4% 5 12 0 15 6 19 5 24 7 21 0 21 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 75,000-80,000 post-hunt adults in 2009. 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 2011 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 2009, 45,037 hunters (for draw hunts) reported taking fewer than 8,700 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 70,000-75,000 post-hunt adults in 2009. 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 2011 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, and seeing two generations running together is not 8 Hunt Arizona 2011 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. Hunt History 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, nearly 40 percent in 1998 , and 42 percent in 2009. 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 2009 2010 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 1006 993 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 4380 4581 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 1683 1960 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 26 68 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 7095 7602 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 23 38 22 43 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2009 2010 Bucks 35 58 32 49 136 25 145 151 367 227 247 266 221 177 159 266 263 291 291 211 222 164 152 131 149 170 145 113 101 147 171 165 202 226 306 329 315 296 283 424 439 444 425 461 568 483 466 479 541 538 620 484 475 422 405 451 475 550 636 544 581 684 658 529 621 10 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 1876 1928 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 95 195 183 178 336 312 267 404 471 528 538 690 544 493 551 567 742 671 634 528 518 588 729 569 679 679 499 711 558 761 777 738 738 800 799 571 555 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 30 50 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 3006 3154 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 28 32 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 30 29 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit MULE DEER 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3A/3C 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 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12A East 12A East 12A East 12A East Year Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2010 7 8 9 6 11 6 5 12 8 6 14 9 16 31 16 12 15 17 8 4 15 10 8 14 11 15 14 18 17 35 26 28 25 14 11 24 15 8 18 21 17 18 30 21 25 21 16 30 23 25 34 38 8 12 5 7 13 11 21 15 46 5 44 38 39 35 41 26 36 41 44 75 29 31 38 41 44 106 75 38 43 37 19 5 34 20 19 45 16 112 103 59 91 112 106 122 109 92 48 79 60 40 116 78 77 101 105 75 69 109 99 78 76 133 206 217 45 71 61 22 41 42 88 133 172 23 197 96 16 20 18 18 20 15 15 9 11 11 18 31 18 61 45 6 18 16 6 2 10 10 8 12 11 26 37 20 40 54 46 50 43 40 21 37 28 17 39 39 34 28 47 29 37 50 29 36 28 45 72 89 26 25 18 2 12 19 27 61 118 17 142 71 0 1 3 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 0 1 2 0 0 0 62 64 71 50 68 62 64 96 48 48 70 81 78 198 136 56 76 70 33 11 59 40 35 71 38 153 154 97 148 203 178 200 177 146 80 141 107 65 173 138 129 147 182 125 136 180 144 145 128 208 312 344 79 113 84 31 66 99 136 210 338 45 383 205 18 23 22 23 31 15 11 16 28 19 37 22 36 29 21 32 35 46 42 80 44 50 42 31 69 13 14 31 19 31 25 23 23 15 23 30 25 20 16 27 22 18 29 28 36 19 16 38 30 19 17 18 18 17 8 32 32 26 24 11 27 22 22 40 41 57 44 69 56 37 34 12 38 35 47 76 41 58 60 16 42 43 32 40 29 50 42 27 69 23 36 34 44 48 43 41 39 43 44 47 47 43 34 50 44 28 45 39 54 46 29 46 37 34 35 41 58 35 30 9 29 45 31 46 69 74 72 74 Hunt Arizona 2011 11 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 12A West 2006 12A West 2007 12A West 2008 12A West 2009 12A West 2010 12B 2006 12B 2008 12B 2009 12B 2010 12B West 2007 12B West 2008 13A 2006 13A 2007 13A 2008 13A 2009 13A 2010 13B 2006 13B 2007 13B 2008 13B 2009 13B 2010 15 2006 15A/15B 2008 15A 2009 15A 2010 15B 2009 15B 2010 16A 2006 16A 2007 16A 2008 16A 2009 16A 2010 17A 2006 17A 2007 17A 2008 17A 2009 17A 2010 17B 2006 17B 2007 17B 2008 17B 2009 17B 2010 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 18A 2009 18A 2010 18B 2006 18B 2007 18B 2008 18B 2009 18B 2010 19A 2006 19A 2007 19A 2008 19A 2009 19A 2010 19B 2006 19B 2007 19B 2008 19B 2009 19B 2010 20A 2006 20A 2007 12 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 92 99 67 100 41 62 2 18 17 86 57 46 40 25 5 23 40 48 34 25 43 11 5 7 1 7 6 9 14 12 6 7 8 5 15 15 1 6 18 17 11 11 6 12 20 16 5 28 25 22 19 25 19 9 16 6 27 19 20 18 32 24 8 16 336 314 210 354 208 183 1 67 116 277 161 107 74 50 37 69 59 61 76 88 110 22 18 16 0 2 22 27 34 37 32 24 30 27 51 43 21 69 80 51 47 56 24 62 71 81 18 161 76 41 54 110 87 49 56 67 83 54 44 43 81 67 34 47 265 304 161 286 105 133 0 33 74 140 114 65 28 21 26 33 38 25 48 37 63 1 7 6 0 1 8 7 8 15 12 3 9 4 14 11 12 26 15 19 12 21 2 16 36 25 4 42 22 23 25 38 21 17 29 30 24 9 20 19 18 20 6 14 0 5 15 0 6 5 0 0 0 6 6 12 3 1 0 0 6 18 0 0 0 1 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 13 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 0 2 0 1 0 0 693 722 453 740 360 383 3 118 207 509 338 230 145 97 68 125 143 152 158 150 216 35 30 29 1 10 36 43 56 64 51 34 47 36 80 69 34 101 113 87 70 88 32 90 127 122 27 244 123 95 98 173 127 76 101 103 136 95 84 82 131 112 48 77 27 32 32 28 20 34 200 27 15 31 35 43 54 50 14 33 68 79 45 28 39 50 28 44 350 27 33 41 32 19 29 27 19 29 35 5 9 23 33 23 20 25 19 28 20 28 17 33 54 35 23 22 18 29 9 33 35 45 42 40 36 24 34 79 97 77 81 50 73 0 49 64 51 71 61 38 42 70 48 64 41 63 42 57 5 39 38 50 36 26 24 41 38 13 30 15 27 26 57 38 19 37 26 38 8 26 51 31 22 26 29 56 46 35 24 35 52 45 29 17 45 44 22 30 18 30 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 20A 2008 20A 2009 20A 2010 20B 2006 20B 2007 20B 2008 20B 2009 20B 2010 20C 2006 20C 2007 20C 2008 20C 2009 20C 2010 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 21 2009 21 2010 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 22 2009 22 2010 22 South 2009 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23 2009 23 2010 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24A 2009 24A 2010 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 24B 2009 24B 2010 25M 2006 26M 2006 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 2009 27 2010 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 28 2009 28 2010 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 29 2009 29 2010 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30A 2009 30A 2010 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 2 12 26 34 25 19 18 20 43 23 29 18 30 14 18 21 20 10 42 31 27 35 21 1 30 30 30 26 25 7 6 22 29 19 5 24 22 14 28 1 4 51 77 42 36 55 19 26 25 18 18 19 27 30 21 23 21 32 31 32 26 10 25 8 18 61 82 85 71 36 60 58 142 75 66 67 93 48 68 77 51 84 119 113 138 118 105 14 122 123 101 121 104 53 60 60 93 72 43 90 82 32 106 8 5 239 294 190 241 279 157 184 123 146 173 161 171 150 115 110 217 186 155 157 160 100 123 49 10 11 26 28 19 15 12 26 52 28 28 29 36 25 19 37 17 34 69 56 60 51 45 4 62 52 46 66 43 17 33 42 41 36 42 47 43 18 57 2 2 57 108 72 95 88 59 72 50 63 84 37 24 28 11 25 67 66 68 33 87 37 79 29 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 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 30 84 134 147 115 71 90 104 237 126 123 114 159 87 105 135 88 128 230 200 225 204 171 19 214 205 177 213 172 82 101 124 163 128 90 161 147 64 191 11 11 347 479 304 372 422 236 282 198 229 275 217 222 208 147 158 305 284 255 222 273 147 228 89 11 20 32 40 35 53 30 34 30 31 44 27 32 29 26 27 39 12 35 27 20 30 20 7 25 24 30 21 24 13 10 37 31 26 12 27 27 44 26 13 80 21 26 22 15 20 12 14 20 12 10 12 16 20 18 21 10 17 20 20 16 10 20 16 56 18 32 33 27 42 20 45 37 37 42 43 39 52 28 48 33 40 58 50 43 43 43 29 51 42 46 55 41 32 55 70 44 50 98 52 52 56 54 25 40 24 37 38 39 32 38 39 41 43 49 23 14 19 10 23 31 35 44 21 54 37 64 59 Hunt Arizona 2011 13 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 30B 2009 30B 2010 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 31 2009 31 2010 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 32 2009 32 2010 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 33 2009 33 2010 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34A 2009 34A 2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 34B 2010 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35A 2009 35A 2010 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 35B 2009 36A 2006 36A 2007 36A 2008 36A 2009 36A 2010 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 36B 2009 36B 2010 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 36C 2009 36C 2010 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37A 2009 37A 2010 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 37B 2009 37B 2010 39 2006 39 2007 39 2008 39 2009 14 Hunt Arizona 2011 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 24 14 20 24 23 11 12 28 34 33 33 20 7 5 8 8 12 0 10 1 1 12 1 5 1 9 8 12 3 5 3 1 6 5 1 22 13 7 17 12 12 11 11 7 8 10 2 5 9 7 5 17 16 8 4 8 5 17 31 18 8 11 11 7 124 82 127 143 135 73 128 231 340 272 329 268 52 22 47 60 108 4 35 5 4 29 20 16 8 40 27 46 27 49 20 12 16 22 1 183 182 71 128 150 105 77 137 101 66 56 40 30 45 44 6 21 15 20 15 24 25 36 39 68 46 50 25 30 58 26 35 42 42 23 44 59 112 94 49 85 15 10 17 16 49 1 17 5 1 7 10 9 5 17 17 18 11 12 9 6 11 13 0 56 76 46 63 47 51 33 80 60 25 11 19 20 13 20 3 10 6 5 13 11 18 28 22 45 26 9 10 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 19 3 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 3 11 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 207 125 185 210 200 107 184 318 492 418 414 403 74 37 75 84 169 5 62 11 6 48 31 30 14 69 52 76 41 67 32 19 33 40 2 278 273 127 219 213 171 122 228 168 99 77 61 59 68 71 14 48 37 33 32 44 50 81 92 131 80 70 50 41 19 17 16 17 17 15 9 12 10 12 10 7 13 23 17 13 11 0 29 20 25 41 5 31 13 23 30 26 11 10 15 8 38 23 100 12 7 10 13 8 11 14 8 7 12 18 5 17 20 16 83 81 107 40 27 33 20 47 79 26 17 22 44 23 47 32 28 29 31 32 34 26 33 35 15 32 29 45 36 27 45 25 49 100 25 24 50 56 63 43 63 39 41 24 45 50 69 59 0 31 42 65 49 31 49 43 58 59 38 20 48 67 29 45 50 48 40 25 87 46 72 78 56 66 57 18 40 13 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Mule Deer (continued) 39 2010 40 2006 40 2007 40 2008 40A 2009 40A 2010 40B 2010 41 2006 41 2007 41 2008 41 2009 41 2010 42 2006 42 2007 42 2008 42 2009 42 2010 43A 2006 43A 2007 43A 2008 43A 2009 43A 2010 43B 2006 43B 2007 43B 2008 43B 2009 43B 2010 44A 2006 44A 2007 44A 2008 44A 2009 44A 2010 45 2006 45 2007 45 2008 45 2009 45 2010 White-tailed Deer 1 2007 1 2008 4 2007 4 2008 4 2009 4 2010 5 2010 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6A 2009 6A 2010 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 6B 2009 6B 2010 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 8 2009 8 2010 19A 2006 19A 2009 19A 2010 21 2006 Bucks Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 11 9 3 2 7 3 4 23 20 26 28 12 32 16 47 18 15 2 3 6 2 1 1 3 8 4 1 24 24 29 15 14 27 26 19 30 46 63 20 7 8 10 10 7 152 52 55 60 42 137 43 104 72 47 8 17 12 7 5 12 11 24 31 8 102 76 73 38 47 54 60 56 80 111 20 10 3 3 1 4 4 76 24 21 12 17 64 17 43 12 27 3 4 3 3 2 5 3 13 6 1 41 18 37 2 22 20 18 15 12 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 94 39 13 13 18 17 15 255 96 105 100 72 233 76 195 102 89 13 29 21 12 8 18 17 45 41 10 167 118 139 55 83 102 105 90 122 209 17 45 43 25 70 30 57 15 38 47 47 29 23 37 45 25 32 25 18 50 29 20 8 27 33 13 13 24 32 40 39 30 50 43 34 38 41 32 50 43 38 10 40 57 50 46 38 20 40 47 40 41 17 57 38 24 25 43 40 42 27 54 19 13 40 24 51 5 47 37 30 27 15 44 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 17 26 22 25 15 4 4 2 7 5 2 2 13 10 5 2 3 3 25 10 1 2 5 10 3 3 47 53 51 79 35 10 13 9 23 5 0 6 24 15 13 6 7 6 51 6 0 0 3 2 4 3 19 10 19 19 10 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 3 2 12 13 7 7 83 90 92 126 62 15 18 15 32 10 2 8 46 26 19 8 11 10 95 0 200 0 80 10 0 0 36 49 43 32 43 40 31 22 30 100 33 54 67 38 33 43 50 49 60 0 0 60 20 133 100 40 19 37 24 29 10 8 44 9 0 0 25 7 8 0 14 17 29 Hunt Arizona 2011 15 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Bucks White-tailed Deer (continued) 21 2007 17 21 2008 20 21 2009 20 21 2010 39 22 2006 29 22 2007 78 22 2008 38 22 2009 48 22 2010 51 23 2006 29 23 2007 19 23 2008 28 23 2009 26 23 2010 22 24A 2006 25 24A 2007 29 24A 2008 37 24A 2009 15 24A 2010 26 24B 2006 45 24B 2007 46 24B 2008 34 24B 2009 34 24B 2010 46 27 2006 15 27 2007 19 27 2008 18 27 2009 14 27 2010 27 28 2006 0 28 2008 1 28 2009 3 28 2010 2 29 2006 20 29 2007 23 29 2008 22 29 2009 20 29 2010 28 30A 2006 17 30A 2007 17 30A 2008 31 30A 2009 28 30A 2010 18 30B 2006 20 30B 2007 43 30B 2008 36 30B 2009 24 30B 2010 19 31 2006 33 31 2007 20 31 2008 18 31 2009 12 31 2010 25 32 2006 25 32 2007 49 32 2008 32 32 2009 26 32 2010 19 33 2006 53 33 2007 96 33 2008 83 33 2009 52 33 2010 83 34A 2006 30 16 Hunt Arizona 2011 Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 63 66 63 74 112 173 108 100 110 73 54 95 61 52 77 73 75 75 52 110 107 69 89 106 49 55 43 31 62 1 2 8 1 121 120 104 112 120 106 70 68 69 81 93 112 116 126 53 82 79 81 70 64 89 189 133 91 114 208 368 408 192 323 170 12 17 12 11 17 62 43 28 25 34 20 52 11 14 28 26 36 15 13 46 29 39 25 48 15 21 20 9 14 2 0 2 0 39 17 14 19 23 29 17 19 10 15 30 77 39 11 14 22 17 15 15 17 16 43 30 14 22 64 155 140 106 113 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 8 5 2 4 8 18 2 1 1 8 92 103 95 124 158 313 189 176 186 136 94 175 98 88 130 129 148 105 92 203 182 142 150 200 79 95 81 54 104 3 3 13 3 181 163 140 153 171 152 105 120 107 114 145 236 194 164 90 138 117 115 99 106 131 289 200 133 159 333 637 633 351 520 289 27 30 32 53 26 45 35 48 46 40 35 29 43 42 32 40 49 20 50 41 43 49 38 43 31 35 42 45 44 0 50 38 200 17 19 21 18 23 16 24 46 41 22 22 38 31 19 36 40 25 22 17 39 28 26 24 29 17 25 26 20 27 26 18 19 26 19 15 15 36 40 28 23 47 37 55 18 27 36 36 48 20 25 42 27 57 28 45 31 38 47 29 23 200 0 25 0 32 14 13 17 19 27 24 28 14 19 32 69 34 9 26 27 22 19 21 27 18 23 23 15 19 31 42 34 55 35 48 Deer Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Deer Survey Data Unit Year Bucks White-tailed Deer (continued) 34A 2007 39 34A 2008 38 34A 2009 19 34A 2010 26 34B 2006 30 34B 2007 25 34B 2008 20 34B 2009 12 34B 2010 18 35A 2006 29 35A 2007 22 35A 2008 31 35A 2009 12 35A 2010 23 35B 2006 34 35B 2007 33 35B 2008 32 35B 2009 33 35B 2010 39 36A 2006 25 36A 2007 31 36A 2008 24 36A 2009 16 36A 2010 31 36B 2006 28 36B 2007 24 36B 2008 37 36B 2009 50 36B 2010 22 36C 2006 42 36C 2007 20 36C 2008 32 36C 2009 17 36C 2010 26 37A 2006 2 37A 2007 1 37A 2008 3 37A 2009 1 37A 2010 2 37B 2006 0 37B 2007 1 37B 2009 1 37B 2010 1 Does Fawns Unclassified Total Bucks/100 Does Fawns/100 Does 211 138 78 75 101 102 80 67 66 52 72 76 45 58 102 88 75 126 113 106 133 103 110 106 143 77 154 159 143 143 86 78 68 87 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 71 50 40 31 47 41 16 22 17 28 28 38 12 23 57 38 28 33 33 44 54 54 52 42 57 31 78 83 44 46 24 39 26 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 11 2 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 6 5 2 5 1 9 1 4 1 7 5 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 326 233 138 143 180 173 116 101 104 109 124 145 72 110 198 161 140 193 194 176 222 182 185 184 229 132 272 292 210 233 130 150 114 131 4 2 5 4 4 2 3 1 2 18 28 24 35 30 25 25 18 27 56 31 41 27 40 33 38 43 26 35 24 23 23 15 29 20 31 24 31 15 29 23 41 25 30 200 100 150 50 100 0 50 100 34 36 51 41 47 40 20 33 26 54 39 50 27 40 56 43 37 26 29 42 41 52 47 40 40 40 51 52 31 32 28 50 38 20 100 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2011 17 Deer Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1 Deer Harvest Percent Mule Deer Whitetail Success Total Bucks A-less Bucks A-less 1946 – – – – 4733 – 991 – 5724 – 1947 – – – – 6420 – 1152 – 7572 – 1948 – – – – 7358 – 1347 – 8705 – 1949 – – – – 7465 386 1203 – 9054 – 1950 – – – – 9009 798 1175 – 10982 – 1951 – – – – 9618 658 1234 – 11510 – 1952 – – – – 10575 2707 1490 – 14772 – 1953 – – – – 12590 3948 1791 – 18329 – 1954 – – – – 11662 6425 1500 – 19587 – 1955 – – 53791 – 15220 5483 1489 300 22492 42 1956 – – 64123 – 16175 8943 2066 357 27541 43 1957 – – 56499 – 15307 4859 1808 593 22567 40 1958 – – 76358 259876 17994 9840 3394 1702 32930 43 1959 – – 78102 290686 16329 7769 3105 1687 28890 37 1960 – – 87986 318806 19291 8380 3871 1111 32653 37 1961 – – 91120 350200 22459 8307 3891 843 35500 39 1962 – – 93337 373035 16658 7579 3211 983 28431 31 1963 – – 92594 371619 14082 6262 2859 1463 24666 27 1964 – – 86867 335508 12613 2362 3207 1116 19298 22 1965 – – 87548 316911 11357 2002 2871 741 16971 19 1966 – – 88230 354586 12158 2040 2390 597 17185 20 1967 – – 90361 365358 12350 1388 2404 258 16400 18 1968 – – 88253 359684 12298 741 2722 205 15966 18 1969 – – 91575 358833 12203 567 2124 78 14972 16 1970 – – 97113 395038 13167 420 2197 35 15819 16 1971 – 77437 67263 256100 9129 334 1517 18 10998 16 1972 66905 74096 63269 241882 9137 338 1653 17 11145 18 1973 83334 75200 64120 243322 11114 402 2080 22 13618 21 1974 79664 82650 72352 255592 11715 533 3221 0 15469 21 1975 80929 79750 69262 253721 12576 408 2870 0 15854 23 1976 86829 83125 72049 228763 10578 261 2656 0 13495 19 1977 83593 84265 72472 255850 9871 6 2295 24 12196 17 1978 84017 81675 69709 264624 9075 38 2247 40 11400 16 1979 85072 78215 66451 270068 10347 0 3207 54 13608 21 1980 94285 79409 66909 278520 11111 0 3480 46 14637 22 1981 92679 77755 66308 274028 10825 0 3466 38 14329 22 1982 91673 83045 71123 296368 12187 0 3965 34 16186 23 1983 71826 94285 77106 309699 12767 0 4173 51 16991 22 1984 72989 92545 82618 328231 17102 0 7030 75 24207 29 1985 80014 92345 84079 333156 16292 273 6782 110 23457 28 1986 82982 94871 84687 331015 16493 2961 5829 86 25369 30 1987 84145 87340 79557 304440 15081 2191 4777 92 22141 28 1988 85084 79135 72796 290084 13744 1781 4505 75 20105 28 1989 84485 75925 69974 277264 13516 694 4293 84 18587 27 1990 82911 76620 70901 284643 11278 2809 4368 62 18517 26 1991 79466 68304 63109 256780 12101 0 5268 76 17445 28 1992 85343 68910 64143 256592 11997 0 5639 75 17711 28 1993 87558 70348 65151 260399 11879 0 5489 58 17426 27 1994 92904 68849 63330 256856 10867 0 5336 0 16203 26 1995 92139 63708 58649 242281 8824 0 4876 0 13700 23 1996 88529 57570 52679 212116 7229 0 4091 0 11320 22 1997 89627 51222 47210 195719 6065 0 4154 33 10252 22 1998 88329 46694 42753 173577 5877 0 4095 7 9979 24 1 Muzzleloader hunt data included up until 1984. Juniors-0nly hunt data not included in this table. 2 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. Year2 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued 18 Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters Hunter Days Deer Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Deer Hunts1 1 2 Year2 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 92104 85091 83808 84384 86546 90057 83264 85534 68625 62236 64469 61818 47065 46072 44978 42020 37260 36665 37918 38138 39834 41958 43783 43993 42970 41677 41110 38368 33905 33395 34883 35016 37002 38770 40468 40584 175908 166780 170820 163098 144027 136377 144949 147433 158215 157646 164403 167638 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 5924 310 5025 188 5226 623 4540 0 3753 0 4037 0 4357 0 4811 0 5388 0 5215 0 6323 0 4818 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 3264 8 4121 0 3369 0 3595 0 3937 0 4515 0 4214 0 4158 0 4362 0 5094 0 5205 0 5122 0 Total Percent Success 9506 9334 9218 8135 7690 8552 8571 8969 9750 10309 11528 9940 22 22 22 21 23 26 25 26 26 27 28 24 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 2009 2010 299 403 608 837 1076 1155 1497 1897 2427 2571 2863 2855 2815 2634 2581 2520 2668 3364 3645 350 150 275 339 706 603 808 1224 1250 1625 1510 980 1030 1280 1332 1769 2109 2049 2186 336 148 264 331 649 543 763 1100 1134 1449 1394 904 923 1143 1219 1633 1941 1898 2034 1386 569 1073 1450 2262 2083 2502 2719 2959 3858 4117 2704 2711 3258 4469 5601 6032 5980 6723 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 64 342 269 367 364 616 137 488 194 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 0 288 0 288 0 Total Percent Success 149 95 172 195 199 194 305 681 619 804 640 459 428 443 503 834 926 981 970 44 64 65 59 31 36 40 61 55 55 46 51 46 39 41 51 48 52 48 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2009 2010 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 1532 1480 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 1023 1049 664 739 840 664 821 1110 996 1074 1189 1437 1667 1456 1309 1179 1008 949 822 782 874 675 679 768 807 873 940 952 952 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 4439 4688 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 0 253 0 176 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 29 0 25 0 Mule Deer Bucks A-less 225 0 296 0 122 0 Deer Harvest Whitetail Bucks A-less 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Percent Success 211 211 197 160 191 269 149 236 237 287 316 283 203 191 180 183 137 194 161 182 152 216 219 246 257 282 201 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 30 21 Total Percent Success 225 296 122 14 17 14 Summary Of Archery Deer Hunts (Draw Hunts) 20 Year 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days 2008 2009 2010 1167 1512 1258 1912 1900 920 1607 1719 862 10373 11418 6123 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Harvest Data Summary of Archery Deer Hunts (Over-the-Counter 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 2008 19837 2009 20236 20101 20850 1 2010 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 15070 16131 16791 – – – – – 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 117624 127080 136101 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 0 536 0 713 0 613 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 0 418 0 571 0 475 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 954 1284 1088 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 5 6 5 Hunt Arizona 2011 21 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (In the unit column, E = early or 1st season, M = 2nd season, T = 3rd season, and L = late or 4th season) 1 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 200 1435 200 12.2 185 830 33 0 5 0 38 21 1 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 200 817 200 21.8 181 831 17 0 0 0 17 9 1 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 260 628 260 33.3 227 964 59 0 2 0 61 27 1 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 260 1069 260 19.2 239 1128 55 0 0 0 55 23 1 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 260 895 260 19.3 237 1115 61 0 2 0 63 27 2 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 90 551 90 14.0 86 464 14 0 0 0 14 16 2 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 80 355 80 19.4 77 387 37 0 0 0 37 48 2 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 80 354 80 17.8 67 341 27 0 0 0 27 40 2 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 80 418 80 15.1 74 348 34 0 0 0 34 46 2 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 100 358 100 23.2 98 537 24 0 0 0 24 24 3A/3C 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 150 971 148 13.4 138 743 46 0 0 0 46 33 3A/3C 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 200 964 200 17.3 191 883 68 0 0 0 68 36 3A/3C 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 300 1001 300 25.5 296 1331 123 0 0 0 123 42 3A/3C 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 300 1542 300 16.6 293 1332 132 0 8 0 140 48 3A/3C 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 350 1912 350 16.5 330 1600 138 0 0 0 138 42 4 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 150 775 150 16.6 134 756 16 0 0 0 16 12 4 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 150 414 150 20.8 139 739 18 0 2 0 20 14 4 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 150 386 150 29.5 139 823 24 0 0 0 24 17 4 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 150 474 150 20.3 143 691 29 0 2 0 31 22 4 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 175 433 175 22.2 166 888 20 0 0 0 20 12 4 Hopi 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 5 3 5 100.0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 450 2816 450 13.0 419 1885 93 0 12 0 105 25 5 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 450 1866 450 20.8 432 2080 69 0 10 0 79 18 5 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 400 1553 400 23.2 376 1912 59 0 0 0 59 16 5 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 350 1367 350 22.8 338 1649 63 0 0 0 63 19 5 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 330 1407 331 20.3 304 1671 57 0 0 0 57 19 5 Hopi 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 20 9 20 100.0 20 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 6A 2006 MD 10/27-11/05 275 2419 275 10.7 259 1162 88 0 0 0 88 34 6A 2007 MD 10/26-11/04 325 1992 325 14.8 311 1506 74 0 0 0 74 24 6A 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 400 1846 400 20.7 366 1495 76 0 0 0 76 21 6A 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 425 1741 425 22.2 399 1698 55 0 0 0 55 14 6A 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 425 1467 425 24.0 393 1677 96 0 0 0 96 24 6A E 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 400 317 400 56.5 362 1612 0 0 60 0 60 17 6A E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 250 170 250 74.7 233 907 0 0 31 0 31 13 6A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 200 135 200 59.3 187 789 0 0 49 0 49 26 6A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 200 203 200 58.1 190 772 0 0 52 0 52 27 6A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 175 196 175 41.8 163 663 0 0 16 0 16 10 6A M 2007 WT 11/02-11/11 200 76 200 82.9 181 821 0 0 36 0 36 20 6A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 200 168 200 56.0 198 819 0 0 34 0 34 17 6A M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 200 124 200 50.8 174 684 0 0 31 0 31 18 6A M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 175 94 175 78.7 173 736 0 0 25 0 25 14 6A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 465 50 8.6 44 286 0 0 16 0 16 36 6A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 344 50 10.2 44 262 0 0 21 0 21 48 6A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 75 482 75 12.9 69 444 0 0 42 0 42 61 6A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 75 556 75 10.1 73 540 0 0 35 0 35 48 6A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 75 517 75 11.6 73 417 0 0 21 0 21 29 6B 2006 MD 11/10-11/19 190 274 190 33.2 180 823 48 0 0 0 48 27 6B 2007 MD 11/09-11/18 250 387 250 40.3 240 1185 36 0 0 0 36 15 6B 2008 MD 11/07-11/13 275 332 275 48.5 250 1091 25 0 0 0 25 10 6B 2009 MD 11/06-11/12 275 233 275 57.9 248 972 32 0 0 0 32 13 6B 2010 MD 11/05-11/11 275 244 276 62.7 270 1083 39 0 0 0 39 14 6B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 20 12 20 75.0 20 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 6B E 2007 WT 10/26-11/04 20 22 20 54.5 20 87 0 0 3 0 3 15 6B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 55 21 55 81.0 49 206 0 0 8 0 8 16 6B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 55 4 55 100.0 50 174 0 0 9 0 9 18 6B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 55 34 55 88.2 51 211 0 0 9 0 9 18 6B/08 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 112 50 21.4 46 254 0 0 21 0 21 46 6B/08 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 166 50 15.7 50 352 0 0 21 0 21 42 6B/08 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 25 125 25 10.4 23 102 0 0 12 0 12 52 6B/08 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 25 89 25 19.1 25 200 0 0 7 0 7 28 6B/08 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 25 103 25 17.5 25 168 0 0 7 0 7 28 7 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 800 2562 798 23.0 723 3093 131 0 2 0 133 18 7 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 800 1644 800 35.2 759 3338 187 0 11 0 198 26 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, and L = late or 4th season. 22 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 7 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 800 1492 800 40.8 743 3571 138 0 0 0 138 19 7 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 800 1397 800 41.2 767 3756 140 0 0 0 140 18 7 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 800 1265 800 47.2 742 3563 107 0 0 0 107 14 8 2006 MD 10/27-11/05 500 2114 500 20.3 466 2034 169 0 0 0 169 36 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 8 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 600 1372 600 34.3 574 2384 128 0 0 0 128 22 8 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 600 1306 600 38.2 576 2588 96 0 0 0 96 17 8 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 50 34 50 70.6 46 209 0 0 2 0 2 4 8 2007 WT 10/26-11/04 50 46 50 60.9 44 179 0 0 4 0 4 9 8 2008 WT 10/24-11/02 75 35 75 91.4 68 345 0 0 15 0 15 22 8 2009 WT 10/23-11/01 75 57 75 66.7 71 253 0 0 19 0 19 27 8 2010 WT 10/22-10/31 75 84 75 46.4 69 296 0 0 8 0 8 12 9 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 400 979 400 29.0 372 1751 144 0 2 0 146 39 9 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 400 986 400 30.3 378 1844 119 0 0 0 119 31 9 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 400 737 400 42.3 367 1669 109 0 0 0 109 30 9 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 400 853 400 35.2 361 1892 128 0 0 0 128 35 9 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 400 650 400 44.9 374 1940 40 0 0 0 40 11 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 10 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 750 875 750 51.5 706 3442 118 0 4 0 122 17 10 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 750 806 751 61.7 706 3452 61 0 0 0 61 9 12A CHAMP 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 10 31 10 29.0 7 24 7 0 0 0 7 100 12A CHAMP 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 10 49 10 20.4 10 20 9 0 0 0 9 90 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 E 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 250 952 250 19.1 232 1187 137 0 0 0 137 59 12AE E 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 150 808 150 13.9 142 625 91 0 0 0 91 64 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 12AE L 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 50 1431 50 3.1 48 276 35 0 0 0 35 73 12AE L 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 35 888 35 3.7 33 184 21 0 0 0 21 64 12AW CHAMP 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 10 53 10 17.0 10 54 6 0 0 0 6 60 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 E 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 700 3568 700 14.7 667 3195 388 0 0 0 388 58 12AW E 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 600 3039 600 14.9 576 3189 254 0 0 0 254 44 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 12AW L 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 175 2524 177 5.8 165 844 133 0 0 0 133 81 12AW L 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 175 2555 175 4.8 164 1031 94 0 0 0 94 57 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 E 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 25 155 25 11.6 25 107 18 0 0 0 18 72 12B E 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 25 136 25 8.8 25 125 10 0 0 0 10 40 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 12B L 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 10 429 10 1.4 10 50 7 0 0 0 7 70 12B L 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 10 423 10 1.7 10 66 6 0 0 0 6 60 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 12BW E 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 125 429 125 16.1 119 525 91 0 0 0 91 76 12BW E 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 150 398 150 17.1 146 826 49 0 0 0 49 34 12BW L 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 65 788 65 7.0 62 337 51 0 0 0 51 82 12BW L 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 65 948 65 5.9 59 325 43 0 0 0 43 73 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 23 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 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 13A 2009 AA 11/13-11/22 50 1332 50 2.6 49 236 49 0 0 0 49 100 13A 2010 AA 11/12-11/21 55 1400 55 3.1 55 218 50 0 0 0 50 91 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 13B 2009 AA 11/06-11/15 55 2973 55 1.8 55 316 48 0 0 0 48 87 13B 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 55 2742 56 2.0 56 356 47 0 0 0 47 84 16A 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 600 757 598 59.6 561 2674 127 0 0 0 127 23 16A 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 650 558 650 88.0 597 2845 127 0 0 0 127 21 16A 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 650 485 650 100.0 576 2699 105 0 0 0 105 18 16A 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 650 441 650 100.0 608 2822 93 0 0 0 93 15 16A 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 650 405 650 99.0 572 2778 72 0 0 0 72 13 17A 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 375 675 375 40.0 343 1635 80 0 0 0 80 23 17A 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 375 634 371 42.9 341 1697 61 0 0 0 61 18 17A 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 350 585 350 49.4 326 1424 74 0 0 0 74 23 17A 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 350 560 350 51.4 339 1569 93 0 0 0 93 27 17A 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 400 559 400 60.8 378 1700 82 0 0 0 82 22 17B 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 400 847 400 35.1 357 1443 78 0 0 0 78 22 17B 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 400 550 400 53.8 366 1520 67 0 0 0 67 18 17B 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 400 534 400 58.1 389 1709 77 0 0 0 77 20 17B 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 450 547 450 66.0 409 1838 107 0 0 0 107 26 17B 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 450 574 450 63.2 430 2004 103 0 0 0 103 24 18A 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 600 592 600 63.3 541 2658 96 0 0 0 96 18 18A 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 600 421 600 90.7 554 2859 95 0 0 0 95 17 18A 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 600 439 600 98.6 547 2921 117 0 0 0 117 21 18A 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 650 519 650 90.9 600 2929 148 0 0 0 148 25 18A 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 650 477 650 98.7 594 3052 100 0 0 0 100 17 18B 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 550 886 549 46.4 507 2109 153 0 0 0 153 30 18B 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 600 712 600 62.9 574 2541 123 0 0 0 123 21 18B 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 650 593 650 87.5 603 2569 168 0 0 0 168 28 18B 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 350 441 350 63.3 313 1160 82 0 0 0 82 26 18B 2009 AA 11/06-11/12 350 182 350 98.4 323 1326 49 0 0 0 49 15 18B 2010 AA 10/22-10/28 350 346 350 77.7 331 1302 93 0 0 0 93 28 18B 2010 AA 11/05-11/11 375 187 375 98.9 340 1371 51 0 0 0 51 15 19A 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 400 893 400 33.6 387 1604 139 0 4 0 143 37 19A 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 450 705 450 45.4 431 1744 143 0 4 0 147 34 19A 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 450 789 450 47.3 437 1770 148 0 7 0 155 35 19A 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 525 869 525 44.8 498 1935 200 0 6 0 206 41 19A 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 525 975 575 47.6 548 2436 205 0 4 0 209 38 19B 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 200 224 199 52.7 183 872 49 0 0 0 49 27 19B 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 250 269 250 59.9 230 1126 46 0 0 0 46 20 19B 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 300 223 300 81.6 283 1384 53 0 0 0 53 19 19B 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 350 210 350 90.0 327 1526 70 0 0 0 70 21 19B 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 350 194 350 95.4 332 1620 76 0 0 0 76 23 20A 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 550 1472 550 31.3 501 2040 159 0 0 0 159 32 20A 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 600 1130 596 45.4 564 2330 167 0 0 0 167 30 20A 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 700 1031 700 55.3 650 3040 113 0 0 0 113 17 20A 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 700 991 700 59.0 653 2702 155 0 0 0 155 24 20A 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 700 989 700 58.6 645 2836 97 0 0 0 97 15 20B 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 300 473 300 43.1 272 983 48 0 0 0 48 18 20B 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 350 312 350 74.0 332 1204 61 0 0 0 61 18 20B 2008 AA 11/14-11/23 350 283 350 77.0 322 1273 35 0 0 0 35 11 20B 2009 AA 11/13-11/22 350 267 350 84.3 332 1341 70 0 0 0 70 21 20B 2010 AA 11/12-11/21 350 296 350 78.7 298 1275 49 0 0 0 49 16 20C E 2006 AA 10/27-11/01 300 337 300 60.8 266 823 68 0 0 0 68 26 20C E 2007 AA 10/26-10/31 350 275 350 86.2 318 1105 102 0 0 0 102 32 20C E 2008 AA 10/31-11/06 300 412 300 56.8 276 959 69 0 0 0 69 25 20C E 2009 AA 10/30-11/05 325 315 325 73.3 306 1122 85 0 0 0 85 28 20C E 2010 AA 10/29-11/04 325 295 325 77.3 294 1063 47 0 0 0 47 16 20C L 2006 AA 11/03-11/12 150 217 150 47.0 136 577 18 0 0 0 18 13 20C L 2007 AA 11/02-11/11 200 121 200 87.6 182 749 42 0 0 0 42 23 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, and L = late or 4th season. 24 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 20C L 2008 AA 11/07-11/13 250 98 250 99.0 227 869 62 0 0 0 62 27 20C L 2009 AA 11/06-11/12 250 120 250 94.2 230 934 24 0 0 0 24 10 20C L 2010 AA 11/05-11/11 250 67 250 100.0 215 828 43 0 0 0 43 20 21 2006 MD 11/10-11/19 400 823 400 36.3 368 1495 71 0 0 0 71 19 21 2007 MD 11/09-11/18 450 581 450 55.2 426 1842 104 0 0 0 104 24 21 2008 MD 11/07-11/13 450 668 450 46.7 419 1553 82 0 0 0 82 20 21 2009 MD 11/06-11/12 500 812 500 47.0 463 1673 93 0 0 0 93 20 21 2010 MD 11/05-11/11 550 648 551 61.0 512 1841 101 0 0 0 101 20 21 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 350 114 350 100.0 317 1300 0 0 69 0 69 22 21 E 2007 WT 10/26-11/04 400 197 400 93.4 380 1640 0 0 62 0 62 16 21 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 460 167 460 99.4 429 1597 0 0 93 0 93 22 21 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 475 231 475 99.6 429 1549 0 0 102 0 102 24 21 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 525 207 525 99.0 492 1772 0 0 120 0 120 24 21 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 318 50 12.6 41 239 0 0 17 0 17 41 21 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 281 50 13.5 47 228 0 0 19 0 19 40 21 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 20 217 20 6.5 20 114 0 0 10 0 10 50 21 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 25 238 25 9.7 25 143 0 0 12 0 12 48 21 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 30 326 30 7.1 30 174 0 0 8 0 8 27 22 2006 MD 10/27-11/05 500 1293 498 29.3 473 2073 79 0 0 0 79 17 22 2007 MD 10/26-11/04 600 952 600 42.9 566 2445 99 0 0 0 99 17 22 2008 MD 10/24-11/02 625 924 625 47.4 583 2529 88 0 0 0 88 15 22 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 600 791 600 53.6 554 2065 97 0 0 0 97 18 22 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 600 839 600 51.0 555 1992 69 0 0 0 69 12 22 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 500 434 500 59.4 458 2123 0 0 78 0 78 17 22 E 2007 WT 10/26-11/04 500 365 500 69.6 441 1806 0 0 107 0 107 24 22 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 660 379 660 91.8 622 2384 0 0 121 0 121 19 22 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 675 489 675 77.7 630 2360 0 0 131 0 131 21 22 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 700 397 700 90.9 664 2520 0 0 144 0 144 22 22 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 749 50 5.5 50 289 0 0 18 0 18 36 22 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 522 50 6.1 48 271 0 0 33 0 33 69 22 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 25 464 25 4.5 25 154 0 0 17 0 17 68 22 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 25 508 25 3.7 25 168 0 0 10 0 10 40 22 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 25 482 25 4.6 22 167 0 0 15 0 15 68 23 2006 MD 10/27-11/05 525 1772 524 24.2 506 2316 97 0 0 0 97 19 23 2007 MD 10/26-11/04 575 1494 575 32.7 555 2488 121 0 0 0 121 22 23 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 610 1432 610 36.2 555 2354 98 0 0 0 98 18 23 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 625 1332 625 39.2 604 2361 152 0 0 0 152 25 23 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 700 1478 700 36.7 657 2743 121 0 0 0 121 18 23 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/05 425 402 425 47.8 397 1698 0 0 82 0 82 21 23 E 2007 WT 10/26-11/04 600 457 600 61.3 551 2458 0 0 120 0 120 22 23 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 575 446 575 64.6 526 2009 0 0 104 0 104 20 23 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 575 450 575 62.4 541 2139 0 0 132 0 132 24 23 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 575 513 575 61.0 528 2063 0 0 121 0 121 23 23 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 872 50 4.7 43 209 0 0 11 0 11 26 23 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 747 50 5.8 44 244 0 0 27 0 27 61 23 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 85 905 85 7.1 76 321 0 0 51 0 51 67 23 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 85 953 85 6.3 81 450 0 0 50 0 50 62 23 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 85 1095 85 7.0 74 439 0 0 39 0 39 53 24A 2006 MD 11/10-11/19 175 547 175 24.5 162 664 51 0 0 0 51 31 24A 2007 MD 10/26-11/04 140 435 140 25.5 138 660 63 0 0 0 63 46 24A 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 165 440 165 33.0 156 591 52 0 0 0 52 33 24A 2009 MD 11/06-11/15 200 559 200 32.0 198 1017 69 0 0 0 69 35 24A 2010 MD 11/12-11/21 300 540 300 43.1 279 1282 89 0 0 0 89 32 24A E 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 550 359 550 73.3 526 2315 0 0 175 0 175 33 24A E 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 600 381 600 79.8 566 2354 0 0 159 0 159 28 24A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 355 188 355 97.3 331 1217 0 0 127 0 127 38 24A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 450 282 450 80.9 419 1757 0 0 117 0 117 28 24A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 450 251 450 97.2 438 1648 0 0 137 0 137 31 24A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 355 219 355 91.8 323 1323 0 0 58 0 58 18 24A M 2009 WT 10/30-11/05 475 90 475 100.0 448 1650 0 0 102 0 102 23 24A M 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 475 155 475 96.1 435 1659 0 0 126 0 126 29 24A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 533 50 8.1 50 266 0 0 25 0 25 50 24A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 451 50 9.3 47 232 0 0 24 0 24 51 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 25 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 24A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 30 309 30 7.1 28 92 0 0 21 0 21 75 24A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 449 40 7.6 36 278 0 0 15 0 15 42 24A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 378 40 6.9 40 204 0 0 21 0 21 53 24B 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 450 642 449 42.7 390 1639 53 0 0 0 53 14 24B 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 450 491 448 64.2 435 1883 59 0 0 0 59 14 24B 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 450 452 450 68.1 427 1450 95 0 0 0 95 22 24B 2009 MD 11/13-11/22 500 530 500 66.2 464 1952 111 0 0 0 111 24 24B 2010 MD 11/12-11/21 550 481 550 71.3 526 2298 86 0 0 0 86 16 24B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 250 100 250 100.0 231 806 0 0 54 0 54 23 24B E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 250 137 250 97.8 230 743 0 0 67 0 67 29 24B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 305 140 305 98.6 287 918 0 0 62 0 62 22 24B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 350 146 350 97.3 317 1102 0 0 126 0 126 40 24B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 375 226 375 85.8 351 1233 0 0 121 0 121 34 24B M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 200 113 200 69.0 177 738 0 0 40 0 40 23 24B M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 250 110 250 97.3 224 943 0 0 54 0 54 24 24B M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 305 152 305 96.1 295 1109 0 0 91 0 91 31 24B M 2009 WT 10/30-11/05 350 80 350 100.0 318 1156 0 0 65 0 65 20 24B M 2010 WT 10/29-11/04 375 38 375 100.0 345 1163 0 0 68 0 68 20 24B L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 356 50 10.4 45 205 0 0 23 0 23 51 24B L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 379 50 9.2 50 269 0 0 27 0 27 54 24B L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 25 225 25 8.0 20 130 0 0 7 0 7 35 24B L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 35 271 35 9.6 35 315 0 0 18 0 18 51 24B L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 300 40 8.0 34 194 0 0 24 0 24 71 27 E 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 725 2454 725 22.0 676 3107 132 0 0 0 132 20 27 E 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 725 1914 725 30.4 653 2900 186 0 0 0 186 28 27 E 2008 MD 11/07-11/13 900 1696 900 43.2 839 3509 203 0 0 0 203 24 27 E 2009 MD 11/06-11/12 900 1584 900 41.3 823 3614 162 0 0 0 162 20 27 E 2010 MD 11/05-11/11 900 1444 900 49.4 839 3450 203 0 0 0 203 24 27/28 E 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 150 100 150 59.0 139 694 0 0 24 0 24 17 27/28 E 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 150 103 150 64.1 131 681 0 0 36 0 36 27 27/28 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 350 142 350 95.8 311 1309 0 0 72 0 72 23 27/28 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 450 235 450 93.6 426 1690 0 0 107 0 107 25 27/28 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 500 243 500 98.8 447 1835 0 0 131 0 131 29 27/28 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 265 50 15.5 42 215 0 0 19 0 19 45 27/28 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 192 50 17.7 46 246 0 0 15 0 15 33 27/28 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 15 140 15 9.3 13 72 0 0 8 0 8 62 27/28 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 20 194 20 7.7 20 136 0 0 11 0 11 55 27/28 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 20 228 20 7.5 17 110 0 0 11 0 11 65 28 E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 400 439 399 54.7 381 1355 76 0 0 0 76 20 28 E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 400 355 400 73.2 385 1455 86 0 0 0 86 22 28 E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 400 451 400 63.0 385 1540 96 0 0 0 96 25 28 E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 425 460 425 64.6 403 1506 157 0 0 0 157 39 28 E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 425 523 425 60.8 410 1707 115 0 0 0 115 28 28 L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 400 336 400 62.2 380 2138 82 0 0 0 82 22 28 L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 400 282 400 78.7 371 1743 117 0 0 0 117 32 28 L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 400 228 400 95.2 373 1349 139 0 0 0 139 37 28 L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 425 263 425 97.3 397 1552 117 0 0 0 117 29 28 L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 425 237 425 94.1 395 1596 96 0 0 0 96 24 29 E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 125 83 125 96.4 100 382 7 0 0 0 7 7 29 E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 75 84 75 67.9 66 259 13 0 0 0 13 20 29 E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 75 103 75 57.3 70 228 41 0 0 0 41 59 29 E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 75 114 75 62.3 71 265 20 0 0 0 20 28 29 L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 125 62 125 98.4 106 465 14 0 0 0 14 13 29 L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 150 123 150 82.9 145 543 48 0 0 0 48 33 29 L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 75 43 75 100.0 68 265 18 0 0 0 18 26 29 L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 75 51 75 80.4 63 219 40 0 0 0 40 63 29 L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 75 45 75 93.3 64 249 17 0 0 0 17 27 29 T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 275 39 275 100.0 233 829 0 0 50 0 50 21 29 T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 275 39 275 89.7 256 1054 0 0 34 0 34 13 29 T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 250 46 250 100.0 209 848 0 0 57 0 57 27 29 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 400 185 400 97.8 337 1142 0 0 49 0 49 15 29 E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 400 154 400 100.0 320 1054 0 0 66 0 66 21 29 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 285 162 285 99.4 252 924 0 0 45 0 45 18 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, and L = late or 4th season. 26 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 29 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 285 167 285 97.6 273 1005 0 0 74 0 74 27 29 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 260 133 260 100.0 243 898 0 0 46 0 46 19 29 M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 450 229 449 95.2 387 1683 0 0 72 0 72 19 29 M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 400 186 400 96.2 374 1598 0 0 58 0 58 16 29 M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 275 89 275 100.0 247 848 0 0 75 0 75 30 29 M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 275 72 275 97.2 232 857 0 0 50 0 50 22 29 M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 250 73 250 91.8 216 811 0 0 29 0 29 13 29 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 75 297 74 18.2 69 412 0 0 7 0 7 10 29 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 75 284 75 21.8 67 292 0 0 30 0 30 45 29 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 180 40 13.9 36 215 0 0 19 0 19 53 29 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 239 40 13.4 40 229 0 0 15 0 15 38 29 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 211 40 14.7 38 185 0 0 11 0 11 29 30A E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 300 277 300 80.1 287 882 55 0 0 0 55 19 30A E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 300 247 300 96.0 288 964 112 0 0 0 112 39 30A E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 325 389 325 71.0 305 1021 124 0 0 0 124 41 30A E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 350 427 350 70.5 335 1194 166 0 0 0 166 50 30A E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 350 447 350 67.3 324 1166 95 0 0 0 95 29 30A L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 350 298 349 96.3 320 1621 61 0 0 0 61 19 30A L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 300 211 300 95.3 287 1215 102 0 0 0 102 36 30A L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 325 150 325 92.7 301 1109 102 0 0 0 102 34 30A L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 350 163 350 100.0 332 1181 149 0 0 0 149 45 30A L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 350 119 350 100.0 333 1219 128 0 0 0 128 38 30A T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 175 16 168 100.0 135 496 0 0 57 0 57 42 30A T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 225 20 225 85.0 192 639 0 0 56 0 56 29 30A T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 225 9 225 100.0 208 785 0 0 61 0 61 29 30A E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 250 28 250 100.0 203 618 0 0 54 0 54 27 30A E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 250 69 250 100.0 212 631 0 0 52 0 52 25 30A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 200 70 200 78.6 167 538 0 0 38 0 38 23 30A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 225 62 225 96.8 195 625 0 0 36 0 36 18 30A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 225 39 208 100.0 183 637 0 0 28 0 28 15 30A M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 275 93 275 90.3 247 1000 0 0 54 0 54 22 30A M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 275 49 275 100.0 240 1002 0 0 52 0 52 22 30A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 200 24 194 100.0 163 543 0 0 47 0 47 29 30A M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 225 29 214 100.0 201 658 0 0 60 0 60 30 30A M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 225 10 220 100.0 186 623 0 0 59 0 59 32 30A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 75 192 75 24.5 71 357 0 0 16 0 16 23 30A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 75 128 75 32.8 73 336 0 0 19 0 19 26 30A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 149 40 20.8 38 181 0 0 17 0 17 45 30A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 149 40 17.4 36 194 0 0 15 0 15 42 30A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 126 40 15.1 33 140 0 0 13 0 13 39 30B E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 400 265 399 98.9 344 1160 65 0 0 0 65 19 30B E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 350 272 350 98.5 334 1226 68 0 0 0 68 20 30B E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 400 374 400 93.0 393 1577 93 0 0 0 93 24 30B E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 425 363 425 95.6 405 1368 175 0 0 0 175 43 30B E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 450 524 450 77.3 414 1609 92 0 0 0 92 22 30B L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 400 312 400 94.2 369 1985 61 0 0 0 61 17 30B L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 350 223 350 99.6 327 1725 101 0 0 0 101 31 30B L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 400 145 400 100.0 369 1469 92 0 0 0 92 25 30B L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 425 173 424 100.0 372 1364 140 0 0 0 140 38 30B L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 450 188 450 100.0 421 1664 105 0 0 0 105 25 30B T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 150 16 131 100.0 116 413 0 0 30 0 30 26 30B T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 100 19 100 100.0 68 255 0 0 34 0 34 50 30B T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 100 9 100 77.8 88 300 0 0 33 0 33 38 30B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 250 33 250 100.0 211 583 0 0 51 0 51 24 30B E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 250 35 250 100.0 220 725 0 0 30 0 30 14 30B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 150 36 150 94.4 117 384 0 0 23 0 23 20 30B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 150 36 150 86.1 132 483 0 0 39 0 39 30 30B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 150 29 150 100.0 147 502 0 0 43 0 43 29 30B M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 250 38 249 89.5 226 941 0 0 50 0 50 22 30B M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 250 26 250 92.3 204 880 0 0 43 0 43 21 30B M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 150 25 118 96.0 111 475 0 0 30 0 30 27 30B M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 150 10 150 100.0 121 426 0 0 19 0 19 16 30B M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 150 15 150 100.0 130 470 0 0 33 0 33 25 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 27 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 30B L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 77 50 33.8 47 216 0 0 16 0 16 34 30B L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 115 50 27.0 48 179 0 0 21 0 21 44 30B L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 75 145 75 32.4 73 357 0 0 34 0 34 47 30B L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 100 166 100 34.3 92 492 0 0 56 0 56 61 30B L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 100 175 100 36.0 96 553 0 0 43 0 43 45 31 E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 100 302 100 27.5 83 248 13 0 0 0 13 16 31 E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 150 222 150 50.0 146 552 35 0 0 0 35 24 31 E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 150 265 150 47.5 148 526 55 0 0 0 55 37 31 E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 150 285 150 43.9 143 652 17 0 0 0 17 12 31 L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 200 278 200 47.5 174 818 76 0 0 0 76 44 31 L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 300 493 300 46.5 274 1282 64 0 0 0 64 23 31 L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 150 99 150 82.8 146 581 31 0 0 0 31 21 31 L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 150 112 150 85.7 146 521 40 0 0 0 40 27 31 L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 150 101 150 91.1 148 549 34 0 0 0 34 23 31 T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 300 90 300 96.7 256 1024 0 0 85 0 85 33 31 T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 250 103 250 76.7 229 870 0 0 46 0 46 20 31 T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 200 58 200 96.6 184 624 0 0 59 0 59 32 31 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 450 319 450 80.3 395 1285 0 0 104 0 104 26 31 E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 550 319 550 97.8 497 1763 0 0 127 0 127 26 31 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 325 298 325 74.5 290 1048 0 0 93 0 93 32 31 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 300 187 300 89.8 270 1098 0 0 61 0 61 23 31 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 250 164 250 89.0 229 753 0 0 85 0 85 37 31 M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 550 380 550 69.2 509 2236 0 0 145 0 145 28 31 M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 550 290 546 87.9 506 2390 0 0 97 0 97 19 31 M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 325 112 326 97.3 295 1192 0 0 64 0 64 22 31 M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 250 83 250 100.0 234 867 0 0 57 0 57 24 31 M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 200 90 200 95.6 188 762 0 0 46 0 46 24 31 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 100 696 100 12.4 91 511 0 0 43 0 43 47 31 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 100 618 100 11.2 96 465 0 0 55 0 55 57 31 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 125 644 125 15.1 120 688 0 0 75 0 75 63 31 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 165 780 165 16.8 161 1025 0 0 67 0 67 42 31 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 165 638 165 19.1 158 1124 0 0 73 0 73 46 32 E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 450 1077 450 36.4 421 1304 108 0 0 0 108 26 32 E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 200 667 199 27.3 187 592 68 0 0 0 68 36 32 E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 450 956 450 44.2 422 1432 142 0 0 0 142 34 32 E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 450 823 450 46.1 421 1515 120 0 0 0 120 29 32 E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 400 768 400 44.9 380 1386 54 0 0 0 54 14 32 L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 450 767 449 42.5 428 1872 94 0 0 0 94 22 32 L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 600 692 596 56.1 553 2251 165 0 0 0 165 30 32 L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 450 355 450 67.9 431 1708 100 0 0 0 100 23 32 L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 450 389 450 74.0 425 1578 119 0 0 0 119 28 32 L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 400 315 400 73.3 369 1391 45 0 0 0 45 12 32 T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 460 161 460 95.0 410 1513 0 0 117 0 117 29 32 T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 500 172 500 98.3 438 1805 0 0 93 0 93 21 32 T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 450 117 450 99.1 401 1511 0 0 111 0 111 28 32 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 650 501 649 71.5 597 1999 0 0 202 0 202 34 32 E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 650 428 649 92.5 597 1999 0 0 186 0 186 31 32 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 500 387 500 81.9 449 1508 0 0 156 0 156 35 32 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 500 317 500 93.1 461 1716 0 0 161 0 161 35 32 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 475 266 475 94.0 429 1558 0 0 140 0 140 33 32 M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 650 463 650 64.1 560 2341 0 0 169 0 169 30 32 M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 650 406 648 77.6 593 2631 0 0 156 0 156 26 32 M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 500 260 500 98.1 432 1626 0 0 123 0 123 28 32 M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 500 212 500 99.5 457 1670 0 0 104 0 104 23 32 M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 475 187 475 96.3 438 1761 0 0 102 0 102 23 32 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 200 1144 200 12.6 178 901 0 0 81 0 81 46 32 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 175 880 175 14.0 162 768 0 0 90 0 90 56 32 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 541 40 5.7 40 169 0 0 29 0 29 73 32 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 570 40 4.7 38 198 0 0 24 0 24 63 32 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 540 40 5.9 37 197 0 0 21 0 21 57 33 E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 350 418 349 62.9 323 1084 57 0 0 0 57 18 33 E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 350 319 350 72.7 325 1077 46 0 0 0 46 14 33 E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 350 341 350 70.1 319 1120 39 0 0 0 39 12 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, and L = late or 4th season. 28 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 33 E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 250 240 250 67.9 235 861 56 0 0 0 56 24 33 E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 225 262 225 62.6 223 881 40 0 0 0 40 18 33 L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 250 230 249 63.9 226 1001 33 0 0 0 33 15 33 L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 250 161 250 77.6 224 937 26 0 0 0 26 12 33 L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 250 101 250 100.0 241 945 23 0 0 0 23 10 33 L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 250 106 250 100.0 243 907 29 0 0 0 29 12 33 L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 225 109 225 100.0 204 822 18 0 0 0 18 9 33 T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 650 400 650 77.5 621 2204 0 0 208 0 208 33 33 T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 650 466 650 58.4 582 2201 0 0 186 0 186 32 33 T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 680 296 680 93.6 623 2263 0 0 242 0 242 39 33 E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 725 837 725 55.1 678 2112 0 0 269 0 269 40 33 E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 750 786 743 61.1 692 2244 0 0 265 0 265 38 33 E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 650 956 650 49.4 614 2113 0 0 272 0 272 44 33 E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 650 987 650 50.7 610 2017 0 0 256 0 256 42 33 E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 670 872 670 53.2 613 2055 0 0 234 0 234 38 33 M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 725 837 723 47.0 667 2847 0 0 244 0 244 37 33 M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 750 799 750 49.7 718 2955 0 0 260 0 260 36 33 M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 650 452 650 73.5 612 2231 0 0 223 0 223 36 33 M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 650 424 650 74.3 603 2168 0 0 202 0 202 33 33 M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 700 540 702 73.5 653 2520 0 0 202 0 202 31 33 L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 150 1499 150 8.5 142 717 0 0 80 0 80 56 33 L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 150 1464 149 9.2 143 637 0 0 95 0 95 66 33 L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 1217 40 3.3 40 243 0 0 30 0 30 75 33 L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 1341 40 2.8 40 309 0 0 19 0 19 48 33 L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 1260 40 3.2 37 240 0 0 27 0 27 73 34A E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 75 284 75 24.3 75 280 16 0 0 0 16 21 34A E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 25 168 25 14.3 20 83 3 0 0 0 3 15 34A E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 25 153 25 15.0 20 102 2 0 0 0 2 10 34A E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 25 152 25 16.4 23 96 13 0 0 0 13 57 34A E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 25 205 25 11.2 25 89 7 0 0 0 7 28 34A T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 550 161 550 100.0 515 2047 0 0 125 0 125 24 34A T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 600 162 600 98.8 515 1865 0 0 123 0 123 24 34A T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 600 167 600 98.8 533 1865 0 0 126 0 126 24 34A E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 750 459 750 97.8 689 2276 0 0 147 0 147 21 34A E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 800 438 800 97.7 713 2287 0 0 147 0 147 21 34A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 600 428 600 93.2 537 1834 0 0 159 0 159 30 34A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 625 375 625 91.5 590 1975 0 0 185 0 185 31 34A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 650 402 650 90.5 594 2022 0 0 116 0 116 20 34A M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 750 661 749 71.7 703 2991 0 0 126 0 126 18 34A M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 750 514 750 88.1 705 3040 0 0 117 0 117 17 34A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 600 299 600 98.0 550 2022 0 0 145 0 145 26 34A M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 625 324 625 94.1 572 2279 0 0 113 0 113 20 34A M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 650 239 650 97.1 601 2119 0 0 122 0 122 20 34A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 150 700 150 16.7 132 676 0 0 47 0 47 36 34A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 150 590 150 20.3 146 847 0 0 72 0 72 49 34A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 513 40 6.6 35 170 0 0 14 0 14 40 34A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 476 40 6.7 40 235 0 0 15 0 15 38 34A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 504 40 5.4 38 240 0 0 24 0 24 63 34B E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 100 138 98 55.1 87 288 19 0 0 0 19 22 34B E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 100 139 100 57.6 100 339 16 0 0 0 16 16 34B E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 100 162 100 51.9 96 327 23 0 0 0 23 24 34B E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 100 134 100 65.7 97 335 22 0 0 0 22 23 34B E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 100 152 100 53.3 97 313 16 0 0 0 16 16 34B L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 100 139 100 44.6 89 369 31 0 0 0 31 35 34B L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 100 136 100 58.1 93 347 40 0 0 0 40 43 34B L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 100 108 100 76.9 96 369 20 0 0 0 20 21 34B L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 100 75 100 92.0 92 355 31 0 0 0 31 34 34B L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 100 73 100 78.1 72 274 11 0 0 0 11 15 34B T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 100 34 100 100.0 92 355 0 0 12 0 12 13 34B T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 100 27 100 100.0 85 324 0 0 27 0 27 32 34B T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 100 25 100 80.0 89 347 0 0 16 0 16 18 34B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 175 47 175 100.0 158 512 0 0 24 0 24 15 34B E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 175 43 175 100.0 155 509 0 0 36 0 36 23 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 29 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 34B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 150 57 150 100.0 138 514 0 0 34 0 34 25 34B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 150 40 150 100.0 136 429 0 0 45 0 45 33 34B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 150 45 150 91.1 141 480 0 0 21 0 21 15 34B M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 200 67 200 100.0 190 824 0 0 15 0 15 8 34B M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 200 56 200 100.0 188 871 0 0 32 0 32 17 34B M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 150 53 150 92.5 119 440 0 0 17 0 17 14 34B M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 150 41 150 100.0 133 533 0 0 25 0 25 19 34B M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 150 19 152 100.0 125 436 0 0 13 0 13 10 34B L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 162 50 18.5 45 223 0 0 23 0 23 51 34B L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 156 50 19.9 48 226 0 0 28 0 28 58 34B L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 137 40 19.0 34 198 0 0 16 0 16 47 34B L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 114 40 19.3 40 286 0 0 14 0 14 35 34B L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 121 40 20.7 40 189 0 0 5 0 5 13 35A T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 200 48 200 95.8 187 778 0 0 52 0 52 28 35A T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 250 64 250 96.9 222 869 0 0 54 0 54 24 35A T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 250 28 250 100.0 228 847 0 0 37 0 37 16 35A E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 300 106 300 100.0 255 864 0 0 36 0 36 14 35A E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 400 90 400 100.0 358 1274 0 0 80 0 80 22 35A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 300 119 300 89.1 275 1064 0 0 94 0 94 34 35A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 325 130 325 90.8 287 1058 0 0 76 0 76 26 35A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 325 159 323 96.9 300 1133 0 0 89 0 89 30 35A M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 250 101 250 95.0 230 1018 0 0 47 0 47 20 35A M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 300 141 300 95.7 278 1277 0 0 53 0 53 19 35A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 300 81 300 100.0 281 1067 0 0 33 0 33 12 35A M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 325 70 325 100.0 290 1023 0 0 70 0 70 24 35A M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 325 83 325 100.0 285 1113 0 0 33 0 33 12 35A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 214 50 14.0 50 256 0 0 15 0 15 30 35A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 203 50 23.2 48 253 0 0 28 0 28 58 35A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 271 40 12.9 40 184 0 0 18 0 18 45 35A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 298 40 10.7 38 276 0 0 19 0 19 50 35A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 281 40 11.0 37 257 0 0 15 0 15 41 35B T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 250 53 251 98.1 218 774 0 0 69 0 69 32 35B T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 300 95 297 91.6 261 1046 0 0 79 0 79 30 35B T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 300 67 300 94.0 261 1022 0 0 56 0 56 21 35B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 400 178 400 100.0 362 1136 0 0 67 0 67 19 35B E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 500 165 500 100.0 447 1407 0 0 104 0 104 23 35B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 400 203 400 100.0 351 1259 0 0 110 0 110 31 35B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 425 213 425 99.1 391 1421 0 0 112 0 112 29 35B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 425 175 423 95.4 378 1430 0 0 96 0 96 25 35B M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 400 312 398 85.9 356 1526 0 0 59 0 59 17 35B M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 450 237 450 99.6 418 1694 0 0 82 0 82 20 35B M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 400 185 400 97.8 367 1427 0 0 83 0 83 23 35B M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 425 196 425 100.0 398 1629 0 0 87 0 87 22 35B M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 425 155 425 100.0 374 1446 0 0 87 0 87 23 35B L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 50 261 46 13.0 46 260 0 0 14 0 14 30 35B L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 50 239 50 18.0 43 198 0 0 15 0 15 35 35B L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 206 40 15.5 40 170 0 0 15 0 15 38 35B L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 216 40 14.4 35 243 0 0 14 0 14 40 35B L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 267 40 11.2 36 208 0 0 23 0 23 64 36A E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 350 579 350 52.2 324 1101 82 0 0 0 82 25 36A E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 350 466 350 68.0 325 1124 58 0 0 0 58 18 36A E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 350 513 350 57.5 331 1267 71 0 0 0 71 21 36A E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 375 520 375 64.4 348 1221 122 0 0 0 122 35 36A E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 375 584 375 55.7 341 1267 55 0 0 0 55 16 36A L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 450 620 450 58.9 432 1842 105 0 0 0 105 24 36A L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 450 459 450 74.1 406 1963 69 0 0 0 69 17 36A L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 450 324 450 93.2 429 1614 83 0 0 0 83 19 36A L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 450 309 450 96.8 412 1587 56 0 0 0 56 14 36A L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 450 307 450 93.2 438 1773 54 0 0 0 54 12 36A T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 350 41 336 92.7 307 1066 0 0 101 0 101 33 36A T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 400 66 400 92.4 357 1388 0 0 84 0 84 24 36A T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 400 33 400 87.9 364 1203 0 0 61 0 61 17 36A E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 400 180 400 100.0 370 1150 0 0 82 0 82 22 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, and L = late or 4th season. 30 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 36A E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 450 140 446 100.0 404 1291 0 0 120 0 120 30 36A E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 350 156 350 94.9 333 1071 0 0 88 0 88 26 36A E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 400 136 399 97.8 370 1215 0 0 124 0 124 34 36A E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 450 124 450 87.1 405 1443 0 0 117 0 117 29 36A M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 550 268 550 100.0 500 1953 0 0 137 0 137 27 36A M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 550 215 550 100.0 499 2268 0 0 72 0 72 14 36A M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 450 86 436 100.0 409 1348 0 0 80 0 80 20 36A M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 475 83 475 100.0 414 1444 0 0 83 0 83 20 36A M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 500 83 406 100.0 349 1231 0 0 79 0 79 23 36A L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 100 238 100 26.1 96 617 0 0 38 0 38 40 36A L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 100 242 100 27.3 91 441 0 0 35 0 35 38 36A L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 212 40 10.4 37 265 0 0 15 0 15 41 36A L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 210 40 13.3 38 307 0 0 19 0 19 50 36A L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 217 40 13.4 35 315 0 0 14 0 14 40 36B E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 150 323 147 33.7 138 405 43 0 0 0 43 31 36B E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 175 242 175 62.8 167 574 51 0 0 0 51 31 36B E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 200 304 200 56.9 188 658 77 0 0 0 77 41 36B E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 225 357 225 51.8 218 673 113 0 0 0 113 52 36B E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 225 425 225 49.2 208 745 75 0 0 0 75 36 36B L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 150 167 150 55.1 147 631 58 0 0 0 58 39 36B L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 225 214 225 75.7 223 910 40 0 0 0 40 18 36B L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 200 102 200 94.1 179 710 41 0 0 0 41 23 36B L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 225 91 225 100.0 212 775 41 0 0 0 41 19 36B L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 225 64 225 95.3 197 706 41 0 0 0 41 21 36B T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 700 129 700 96.9 663 2481 0 0 153 0 153 23 36B T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 775 164 775 98.2 695 2803 0 0 179 0 179 26 36B T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 825 127 825 100.0 728 2763 0 0 204 0 204 28 36B E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 1000 598 1000 99.8 895 2946 0 0 202 0 202 23 36B E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 1025 477 1025 98.1 934 3236 0 0 211 0 211 23 36B E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 800 449 800 87.3 743 2745 0 0 201 0 201 27 36B E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 825 476 825 93.3 756 2688 0 0 267 0 267 35 36B E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 850 407 850 94.6 768 2812 0 0 249 0 249 32 36B M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 1000 644 998 93.6 925 3829 0 0 208 0 208 22 36B M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 1025 571 1025 98.2 946 4259 0 0 159 0 159 17 36B M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 800 314 800 97.1 735 2733 0 0 171 0 171 23 36B M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 825 293 825 98.3 738 2688 0 0 153 0 153 21 36B M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 850 203 814 97.0 725 2706 0 0 206 0 206 28 36B L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 200 796 200 17.3 198 1080 0 0 99 0 99 50 36B L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 200 634 200 24.4 184 930 0 0 98 0 98 53 36B L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 40 473 40 6.1 34 201 0 0 25 0 25 74 36B L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 40 511 40 7.0 36 204 0 0 19 0 19 53 36B L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 40 430 40 6.3 38 295 0 0 20 0 20 53 36C E 2006 MD 10/27-11/01 100 224 100 39.3 96 372 28 0 0 0 28 29 36C E 2007 MD 10/26-10/31 100 180 100 48.3 100 356 44 0 0 0 44 44 36C E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 125 213 125 50.2 121 489 24 0 0 0 24 20 36C E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 150 128 150 94.5 145 476 52 0 0 0 52 36 36C E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 150 154 150 75.3 134 535 39 0 0 0 39 29 36C L 2006 MD 11/03-11/12 100 198 100 40.9 98 444 26 0 0 0 26 27 36C L 2007 MD 11/02-11/11 100 120 100 58.3 90 431 35 0 0 0 35 39 36C L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 125 109 125 81.7 115 461 25 0 0 0 25 22 36C L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 150 110 150 99.1 122 516 31 0 0 0 31 25 36C L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 150 81 150 95.1 137 535 17 0 0 0 17 12 36C T 2008 WT 11/28-12/04 150 42 150 100.0 136 608 0 0 34 0 34 25 36C T 2009 WT 11/27-12/03 175 39 175 87.2 161 626 0 0 58 0 58 36 36C T 2010 WT 11/26-12/02 175 38 175 84.2 163 630 0 0 70 0 70 43 36C E 2006 WT 10/27-11/01 325 247 321 82.6 297 906 0 0 90 0 90 30 36C E 2007 WT 10/26-10/31 350 154 350 100.0 328 1109 0 0 91 0 91 28 36C E 2008 WT 10/24-10/30 200 102 200 91.2 188 613 0 0 53 0 53 28 36C E 2009 WT 10/23-10/29 200 91 200 94.5 180 652 0 0 50 0 50 28 36C E 2010 WT 10/22-10/28 200 93 200 90.3 184 618 0 0 69 0 69 38 36C M 2006 WT 11/10-11/19 325 181 325 86.7 300 1105 0 0 110 0 110 37 36C M 2007 WT 11/09-11/18 350 180 350 93.3 318 1291 0 0 47 0 47 15 36C M 2008 WT 11/07-11/13 200 59 202 100.0 155 542 0 0 47 0 47 30 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 31 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) 36C M 2009 WT 11/06-11/12 200 43 200 81.4 182 653 0 0 46 0 46 25 36C M 2010 WT 11/05-11/11 200 50 200 100.0 195 760 0 0 54 0 54 28 36C L 2006 WT 12/15-12/31 75 462 75 13.0 72 387 0 0 26 0 26 36 36C L 2007 WT 12/14-12/31 75 330 75 18.8 68 307 0 0 36 0 36 53 36C L 2008 WT 12/12-12/31 100 415 100 17.1 100 609 0 0 62 0 62 62 36C L 2009 WT 12/11-12/31 125 455 125 16.7 114 714 0 0 53 0 53 46 36C L 2010 WT 12/10-12/31 125 425 125 17.9 117 627 0 0 53 0 53 45 37A E 2008 MD 10/31-11/06 75 120 75 52.5 65 272 12 0 0 0 12 18 37A E 2009 MD 10/30-11/05 75 162 75 42.6 75 248 30 0 0 0 30 40 37A E 2010 MD 10/29-11/04 75 193 75 36.3 72 280 3 0 0 0 3 4 37A L 2006 MD 11/10-11/19 200 283 197 51.2 179 866 21 0 0 0 21 12 37A L 2007 MD 11/09-11/18 150 212 150 57.1 143 707 7 0 0 0 7 5 37A L 2008 MD 11/14-11/20 75 103 75 64.1 63 247 6 0 0 0 6 10 37A L 2009 MD 11/13-11/19 75 90 75 51.1 71 247 12 0 0 0 12 17 37A L 2010 MD 11/12-11/18 75 46 75 65.2 71 309 9 0 0 0 9 13 37B E 2008 AA 10/31-11/06 250 466 250 46.4 243 924 52 0 2 0 54 22 37B E 2009 AA 10/30-11/05 300 606 300 44.1 274 1030 79 0 0 0 79 29 37B E 2010 AA 10/29-11/04 350 688 350 44.3 339 1283 57 0 5 0 62 18 37B L 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 500 1113 500 36.7 463 2019 44 0 2 0 46 10 37B L 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 500 876 500 49.7 476 2213 87 0 2 0 89 19 37B L 2008 AA 11/14-11/20 250 310 250 58.4 243 920 27 0 3 0 30 12 37B L 2009 AA 11/13-11/19 300 374 300 59.4 292 1125 62 0 3 0 65 22 37B L 2010 AA 11/12-11/18 350 368 350 67.1 335 1430 57 0 4 0 61 18 39/40 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 300 493 300 50.1 280 1196 50 0 0 0 50 18 39/40 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 300 406 300 60.3 270 1099 95 0 0 0 95 35 39/40 E 2008 AA 10/31-11/06 150 320 150 39.7 138 499 23 0 0 0 23 17 39/40 E 2009 AA 10/31-11/05 150 310 150 41.6 140 487 101 0 0 0 101 72 39/40 E 2010 AA 10/29-11/04 150 472 150 27.8 141 472 57 0 0 0 57 40 39/40 L 2008 AA 11/07-11/13 150 134 150 55.2 135 506 44 0 0 0 44 33 39/40 L 2009 AA 11/06-11/12 150 187 150 47.1 132 457 32 0 0 0 32 24 39/40 L 2010 AA 11/05-11/11 150 96 150 57.3 135 529 29 0 0 0 29 21 41 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 400 690 400 49.9 383 1510 105 0 0 0 105 27 41 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 475 648 475 58.2 429 2002 138 0 0 0 138 32 41 2008 AA 11/07-11/16 475 630 475 62.5 445 1993 60 0 0 0 60 13 41 2009 AA 11/06-11/15 500 701 500 60.8 462 2133 98 0 0 0 98 21 41 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 500 715 500 59.2 461 2183 49 0 0 0 49 11 42 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 300 333 300 63.4 278 1383 56 0 0 0 56 20 42 2007 AA 11/02-11/11 300 394 300 58.9 280 1231 90 0 0 0 90 32 42 2008 AA 11/07-11/16 300 318 300 65.7 271 1150 48 0 0 0 48 18 42 2009 AA 11/06-11/15 300 409 300 58.4 286 1362 62 0 0 0 62 22 42 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 300 358 300 65.6 279 1260 69 0 0 0 69 25 43/44 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 650 676 650 74.3 579 2667 105 0 0 0 105 18 43/44 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 650 600 650 80.7 606 2773 158 0 0 0 158 26 43/44 2008 AA 11/07-11/16 650 606 650 84.2 606 3096 147 0 0 0 147 24 43/44 2009 AA 11/06-11/15 700 615 700 84.9 633 3143 170 0 0 0 170 27 43/44 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 600 686 600 71.6 566 3072 142 0 0 0 142 25 45 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 275 287 274 75.3 230 969 46 0 0 0 46 20 45 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 275 253 275 89.7 249 1126 54 0 0 0 54 22 45 2008 AA 11/07-11/16 275 257 275 82.9 249 1062 32 0 0 0 32 13 45 2009 AA 11/06-11/15 275 275 275 81.5 252 1145 48 0 0 0 48 19 45 2010 AA 11/05-11/14 275 271 275 81.5 244 1095 57 0 0 0 57 23 FTHU 2006 AM 11/17-11/25 10 22 10 45.5 10 38 7 0 0 0 7 70 FTHU 2007 AM 11/16-11/25 10 30 10 30.0 8 20 8 0 0 0 8 100 FTHU 2008 AM 11/01-12/31 10 35 10 25.7 8 47 3 0 0 0 3 38 FTHU 2009 AM 11/01-12/31 10 25 10 40.0 10 48 4 0 0 0 4 40 FTHU 2010 AM 11/19-11/28 10 28 10 35.7 10 70 1 0 0 0 1 10 FTHU 2006 AW 11/17-11/25 75 27 68 100.0 65 283 0 0 22 0 22 34 FTHU 2006 AW 12/15-12/30 125 97 125 90.7 106 603 0 0 48 0 48 45 FTHU 2007 AW 11/16-11/25 70 28 67 100.0 60 255 0 0 23 0 23 38 FTHU 2007 AW 12/14-12/31 130 105 130 99.0 127 741 0 0 72 0 72 57 FTHU 2008 AW 11/01-12/31 70 34 65 100.0 63 241 0 0 27 0 27 43 FTHU 2008 AW 11/01-12/31 130 112 140 98.2 130 601 0 0 85 0 85 65 FTHU 2009 AW 11/01-12/31 70 23 57 100.0 55 238 0 0 22 0 22 40 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, and L = late or 4th season. 32 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success General (continued) FTHU 2009 AW 11/01-12/31 130 130 140 91.5 126 665 0 0 52 0 52 41 FTHU 2010 AW 11/19-11/28 70 25 50 100.0 42 177 0 0 15 0 15 36 FTHU 2010 AW 12/17-12/30 130 114 140 96.5 130 632 0 0 47 0 47 36 FTHU CHAMP 2006 DD 11/17-11/25 10 11 10 90.9 7 15 0 0 0 5 5 71 FTHU CHAMP 2007 DD 11/16-11/25 10 11 10 90.9 10 28 2 0 7 0 9 90 Juniors-only 3A/3C 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 100 330 100 27.9 98 290 71 0 2 0 73 74 3A/3C 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 125 444 125 25.7 125 478 68 0 0 0 68 54 7 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 75 146 75 45.2 71 193 57 0 0 0 57 80 7 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 75 237 75 25.7 70 220 47 0 0 0 47 67 10 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 100 252 98 32.5 98 394 32 0 0 0 32 33 10 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 100 191 100 39.8 95 376 43 0 0 0 43 45 10 2008 AA 10/10-10/19 100 186 100 48.4 96 398 28 0 0 0 28 29 10 2009 AA 10/09-10/18 100 117 100 59.8 97 353 44 0 0 0 44 45 10 2010 AA 10/08-10/17 100 112 100 56.3 94 442 21 0 0 0 21 22 12AW 2006 ALS 11/10-11/16 100 424 99 19.8 79 196 0 64 0 0 64 81 12AW 2007 ALS 11/09-11/12 400 422 400 83.6 363 828 0 269 0 0 269 74 12AW 2008 ALS 11/14-11/17 600 438 599 95.9 520 1240 0 364 0 0 364 70 12AW 2009 ALS 11/13-11/16 200 406 200 43.3 181 372 0 138 0 0 138 76 12AW 2010 ALS 10/08-10/11 250 354 250 57.6 231 442 0 194 0 0 194 84 16A 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 20 28 20 53.6 18 85 7 0 0 0 7 39 16A 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 20 33 20 45.5 18 58 4 0 0 0 4 22 16A 2008 AA 10/10-10/19 20 24 20 70.8 20 76 13 0 0 0 13 65 16A 2009 AA 10/09-10/18 20 37 20 43.2 20 98 2 0 0 0 2 10 17B 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 60 104 60 38.5 52 170 16 0 0 0 16 31 17B 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 60 63 60 61.9 57 242 17 0 0 0 17 30 17B 2008 AA 10/10-10/19 60 49 60 79.6 55 231 5 0 0 0 5 9 17B 2009 AA 10/09-10/18 60 72 60 66.7 58 204 22 0 0 0 22 38 17B 2010 AA 10/08-10/17 60 81 61 65.4 61 246 27 0 0 0 27 44 18B 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 50 95 50 36.8 43 155 17 0 0 0 17 40 18B 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 50 69 50 53.6 50 220 11 0 0 0 11 22 18B 2008 AA 11/21-11/30 75 62 75 77.4 66 239 23 0 0 0 23 35 18B 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 75 79 75 67.1 69 342 33 0 0 0 33 48 18B 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 100 103 101 76.7 96 417 37 0 0 0 37 39 20A 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 30 86 30 30.2 30 79 17 0 0 0 17 57 20A 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 50 93 50 37.6 48 126 22 0 0 0 22 46 20A 2008 AA 10/10-10/19 100 111 100 70.3 93 323 33 0 0 0 33 35 20A 2009 AA 10/09-10/18 100 91 100 80.2 94 315 46 0 0 0 46 49 20A 2010 AA 10/08-10/17 100 124 100 62.9 91 309 36 0 0 0 36 40 20C 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 100 105 99 58.1 84 294 28 0 0 0 28 33 20C 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 100 75 100 81.3 93 361 24 0 0 0 24 26 20C 2008 AA 11/21-11/30 100 66 100 100.0 94 363 29 0 0 0 29 31 20C 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 125 88 125 96.6 113 381 24 0 0 0 24 21 20C 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 125 64 125 100.0 109 435 26 0 0 0 26 24 22 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 50 126 50 35.7 47 148 10 0 15 0 25 53 22 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 85 148 85 41.9 79 249 12 0 29 0 41 52 23 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 150 425 146 29.6 139 575 47 0 24 0 71 51 23 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 150 432 150 30.1 142 494 52 0 33 0 85 60 23 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 150 409 150 35.7 144 490 45 0 12 0 57 40 23 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 175 328 175 46.0 171 535 62 0 28 0 90 53 23 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 175 402 175 35.3 165 519 38 0 16 0 54 33 27 2006 AA 10/06-10/15 100 343 100 26.5 91 331 49 0 3 0 52 57 27 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 100 325 100 29.2 95 392 58 0 8 0 66 69 27 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 140 269 140 43.9 128 370 63 0 15 0 78 61 27 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 150 286 150 33.2 143 467 87 0 7 0 94 66 27 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 150 308 151 40.3 143 415 85 0 14 0 99 69 28/29/30 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 150 443 150 32.7 144 384 65 0 27 0 92 64 31/32 28/29/30 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 150 465 150 31.6 147 444 33 0 30 0 63 43 31/32 28/29/30A 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 100 352 100 25.3 97 292 48 0 19 0 67 69 31/32 32 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 150 269 150 46.1 142 525 22 0 25 0 47 33 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 33 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success juniors only (continued) 32 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 150 195 150 60.5 144 551 36 0 27 0 63 44 33 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 175 148 175 76.4 168 565 12 0 58 0 70 42 33 2007 AA 10/05-10/14 250 295 249 67.8 234 766 12 0 132 0 144 62 33 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 150 297 150 43.4 142 346 6 0 79 0 85 60 33 2008 AA 11/21-11/27 150 120 150 73.3 144 468 2 0 28 0 30 21 33 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 150 308 150 41.9 137 393 8 0 65 0 73 53 33 2009 AA 11/20-11/26 150 126 150 69.0 136 453 6 0 39 0 45 33 33 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 150 298 150 46.0 133 405 5 0 85 0 90 68 33 2010 AA 11/19-11/25 150 131 150 71.0 135 403 0 0 43 0 43 32 36A 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 200 176 200 79.0 186 742 18 0 38 0 56 30 36A 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 200 111 200 94.6 171 699 32 0 17 0 49 29 36A 2008 AA 10/10-10/16 50 39 50 71.8 48 150 10 0 15 0 25 52 36A 2008 AA 11/21-11/27 150 61 150 96.7 142 488 15 0 14 0 29 20 36A 2009 AA 10/09-10/15 50 92 50 43.5 43 109 5 0 16 0 21 49 36A 2009 AA 11/20-11/26 150 68 150 89.7 124 424 16 0 13 0 29 23 36A 2010 AA 10/08-10/14 50 96 50 44.8 50 161 3 0 24 0 27 54 36A 2010 AA 11/19-11/25 150 48 150 97.9 128 434 0 0 26 0 26 20 36B 2008 AA 11/21-11/27 50 29 50 89.7 42 139 10 0 10 0 20 48 36B 2009 AA 11/20-11/26 50 53 50 67.9 50 157 15 0 11 0 26 52 36B 2010 AA 11/19-11/25 50 60 50 71.7 50 178 2 0 17 0 19 38 36C 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 25 47 25 42.6 16 52 3 0 2 0 5 31 42 2006 AA 11/17-11/26 75 43 75 93.0 64 238 16 0 0 0 16 25 42 2007 AA 11/16-11/25 75 48 75 89.6 67 272 18 0 0 0 18 27 42 2008 AA 11/21-11/30 75 55 75 96.4 72 267 24 0 0 0 24 33 42 2009 AA 11/20-11/29 75 66 75 92.4 65 229 22 0 0 0 22 34 42 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 75 66 75 89.4 72 260 26 0 0 0 26 36 FTHU 2007 AA 11/10-11/25 10 8 10 100.0 10 44 0 0 4 0 4 40 FTHU 2008 AA 11/08-11/23 10 15 10 53.3 10 17 3 0 3 0 6 60 FTHU 2009 AA 11/13-11/29 10 12 14 100.0 11 32 4 0 5 0 9 82 FTHU 2010 AA 11/11-11/28 10 16 13 81.3 13 49 1 0 4 0 5 38 Muzzleloader 3B 2006 AA 11/10-11/19 70 166 70 28.3 53 248 15 0 0 0 15 28 3B 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 70 124 70 44.4 68 356 15 0 0 0 15 22 3B 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 80 119 80 48.7 78 397 19 0 0 0 19 24 3B 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 100 138 100 49.3 91 515 23 0 0 0 23 25 3B 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 100 106 100 49.1 89 427 11 0 0 0 11 12 6B 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 190 243 190 55.6 170 733 45 0 7 0 52 31 6B 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 250 224 250 76.3 242 1193 55 0 2 0 57 24 6B 2008 AA 10/24-10/30 275 184 275 84.8 253 1106 35 0 11 0 46 18 6B 2009 AA 10/23-10/29 275 172 275 97.7 262 1008 52 0 10 0 62 24 6B 2010 AA 10/22-10/28 275 163 275 96.9 253 1125 32 0 0 0 32 13 12AE 2006 AA 11/10-11/16 50 333 50 11.4 44 212 22 0 0 0 22 50 12AE 2008 AA 11/14-11/20 50 518 50 6.9 48 239 37 0 0 0 37 77 12AE 2010 AA 11/05-11/11 50 292 51 12.7 49 274 18 0 0 0 18 37 12BW 2007 AA 11/09-11/18 35 305 35 6.9 35 188 32 0 0 0 32 91 12BW 2009 AA 11/13-11/19 35 270 35 8.5 35 166 26 0 0 0 26 74 15 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 175 162 175 77.2 154 702 55 0 0 0 55 36 15 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 175 158 175 84.8 158 762 47 0 0 0 47 30 15 2008 AA 10/24-11/02 200 145 200 100.0 187 948 43 0 0 0 43 23 15 2009 AA 10/23-11/01 200 142 200 99.3 190 990 59 0 0 0 59 31 15 2010 AA 10/22-10/31 200 150 200 100.0 177 979 31 0 0 0 31 18 20B 2006 AA 10/27-11/05 150 65 150 100.0 130 515 16 0 0 0 16 12 20B 2007 AA 10/26-11/04 150 38 150 100.0 132 569 18 0 0 0 18 14 20B 2008 AA 10/31-11/09 150 26 150 100.0 134 532 23 0 0 0 23 17 20B 2009 AA 10/30-11/08 150 39 150 100.0 131 544 22 0 0 0 22 17 20B 2010 AA 10/29-11/07 150 28 150 100.0 126 549 19 0 0 0 19 15 34A 2006 AA 11/03-11/12 100 106 99 53.8 86 427 3 0 0 0 3 3 34A 2007 AA 11/02-11/11 100 87 100 78.2 85 412 12 0 0 0 12 14 34A 2008 AA 11/14-11/20 100 65 100 83.1 90 408 18 0 4 0 22 24 34A 2009 AA 11/13-11/19 100 52 100 98.1 91 372 24 0 7 0 31 34 34A 2010 AA 11/12-11/18 100 71 100 73.2 93 367 17 0 4 0 21 23 35 E 2006 AA 11/03-11/12 75 29 75 58.6 64 313 0 0 11 0 11 17 35 E 2007 AA 11/02-11/11 50 29 50 69.0 50 239 14 0 4 0 18 36 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, and L = late or 4th season. 34 Hunt Arizona 2011 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Hunters Hunt Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Days MD-Buck MD-Aless WT- Buck WT-Aless Total Success Muzzleloader (continued) 35 E 2008 AA 10/31-11/06 50 39 50 41.0 48 227 9 0 4 0 13 27 35 E 2009 AA 10/30-11/05 50 35 50 42.9 41 175 11 0 9 0 20 49 35 E 2010 AA 10/29-11/04 50 30 50 66.7 50 286 11 0 5 0 16 32 35 L 2006 AA 12/15-12/31 50 209 50 15.8 45 252 11 0 7 0 18 40 35 L 2007 AA 12/14-12/31 50 173 50 22.5 47 279 18 0 7 0 25 53 35 L 2008 AA 12/12-12/31 50 260 50 16.5 46 233 15 0 19 0 34 74 35 L 2009 AA 12/11-12/31 50 247 50 15.4 48 277 16 0 2 0 18 38 35 L 2010 AA 12/10-12/31 50 201 50 20.4 48 229 12 0 12 0 24 50 39/40/41/42 2006 AA 12/15-12/31 50 394 50 10.2 47 239 18 0 0 0 18 38 39/40/41/42 2007 AA 12/14-12/31 50 347 50 11.0 46 294 19 0 0 0 19 41 39/40/41/42 2008 AA 12/12-12/31 50 385 50 10.9 46 322 14 0 0 0 14 30 39/40/41/42 2009 AA 12/11-12/31 50 418 50 10.3 50 315 15 0 0 0 15 30 39/40/41/42 2010 AA 12/10-12/31 50 426 50 9.2 45 332 21 0 0 0 21 47 FTHU 2006 AA 12/15-12/31 15 17 15 76.5 14 85 5 0 4 0 9 64 FTHU 2007 AA 12/14-12/30 10 21 10 38.1 10 58 3 0 0 0 3 30 FTHU 2008 AA 10/24-12/31 10 17 10 35.3 10 44 4 0 2 0 6 60 FTHU 2009 AA 12/11-12/30 10 19 13 52.6 13 77 5 0 1 0 6 46 FTHU 2010 AA 12/17-12/30 10 10 13 60.0 12 71 1 0 4 0 5 42 FTHU 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 10 3 10 100.0 10 49 3 0 0 0 3 30 Muzzleloader – Juniors-only 15 2010 AA 11/19-11/28 20 7 20 85.7 16 80 12 0 0 0 12 75 16A 2006 AA 12/15-12/31 30 83 30 30.1 25 120 10 0 0 0 10 40 16A 2007 AA 12/14-12/31 30 113 30 23.9 30 120 10 0 0 0 10 33 16A 2008 AA 12/19-12/31 30 86 30 29.1 28 135 10 0 0 0 10 36 16A 2009 AA 12/18-12/31 30 90 30 28.9 26 101 17 0 0 0 17 65 16A 2010 AA 12/17-12/31 30 81 30 33.3 26 137 9 0 0 0 9 35 archery deer – draw units 1 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 190 74 190 145 890 10 0 0 0 10 7 1 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 190 93 190 100.0 168 991 22 0 0 0 22 13 3A/3C 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 150 79 150 140 1099 16 0 0 0 16 11 3A/3C 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 150 115 150 73.0 132 959 29 0 0 0 29 22 7 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 800 147 417 100.0 355 1972 43 0 0 0 43 12 7 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 400 151 400 100.0 352 2147 32 0 0 0 32 9 12A 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 1000 580 1000 862 5664 130 0 0 0 130 15 12B 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 15 13 15 12 66 0 0 0 12BW 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 75 2 65 29 152 0 0 0 12A/12B 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 1090 814 1090 92.0 999 6694 180 0 0 0 180 18 12AB 2010 AA 8/20-9/9 850 865 850 670 794 5552 88 0 0 0 88 11 13A 2008 AA 8/22-9/11 45 40 45 36 251 15 0 0 0 15 42 13A 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 40 119 40 16.0 40 355 16 0 0 0 16 40 13A 2010 AA 8/20-9/9 40 127 40 21.0 38 322 19 0 0 0 19 50 13B 2008 AA 8/21-9/11 30 232 30 28 279 11 0 0 0 11 39 13B 2009 AA 8/21-9/10 30 220 30 10.0 28 272 17 0 0 0 17 61 13B 2010 AA 8/20-9/9 30 226 30 5.0 30 249 15 0 0 0 15 50 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, and L = late or 4th season. Hunt Arizona 2011 35 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 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 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 12A 12A 12B 12B 36 Year Hunters Hunter Days 2006 2007 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2006 2007 673 657 305 48 38 49 39 40 502 527 493 180 149 188 125 125 414 288 452 294 273 990 873 787 491 399 1259 1357 1427 834 766 343 503 425 251 202 1268 1367 551 651 623 680 395 435 167 163 170 106 139 1021 844 702 520 578 277 479 327 231 309 1391 1362 62 58 2953 3136 1497 136 278 246 178 202 2139 2628 2196 766 782 957 554 784 1466 1050 1942 1421 1237 4397 3807 3570 2457 2107 5761 5620 6465 3744 3541 1391 2297 2156 978 986 5977 6948 3119 2764 2752 3065 1706 2290 678 609 622 501 690 5018 4277 3109 2375 2747 1004 2297 1879 1296 1860 7949 7710 238 225 Hunt Arizona 2011 Mule Deer Buck A-less 18 0 19 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 13 0 19 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 23 0 18 0 5 0 12 0 4 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 57 0 38 0 9 0 4 0 10 0 4 0 5 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 0 14 0 13 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 19 0 4 0 19 0 4 0 158 0 110 0 4 0 5 0 DEER HARVEST Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 18 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 Total 18 19 36 0 0 4 5 0 13 19 36 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 13 15 4 13 5 0 10 0 8 29 36 10 18 4 10 4 10 0 57 43 9 4 15 8 5 13 4 0 0 5 0 9 14 13 0 9 9 19 4 19 4 158 110 4 5 Percent Success 3 3 12 0 0 8 13 0 3 4 7 0 0 5 4 3 1 0 3 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 0 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 4 1 8 1 11 8 6 9 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit Year Hunters Hunter Days 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 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 21 2006 2007 2006 2007 2008 2010 2009 2006 2007 2008 2010 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 97 105 286 245 170 215 198 26 10 9 13 14 207 264 188 226 224 484 393 273 236 166 603 412 470 482 412 335 393 224 318 273 365 355 291 294 390 251 235 318 405 408 255 230 233 212 197 1017 906 595 535 462 374 451 367 371 287 352 340 259 318 291 766 546 633 1695 1486 962 1618 1330 84 34 22 45 29 849 1400 752 1272 1089 1937 2134 1177 1551 905 2905 1726 2165 2843 2398 1549 1889 1154 1397 1497 1725 1649 1530 1508 2250 1039 1012 1521 1932 1748 1272 1156 989 1065 1152 5687 5433 3114 3373 2546 1567 2100 1306 1874 1470 1796 1928 1257 1706 1766 2808 Mule Deer Buck A-less 13 0 14 0 48 0 19 0 4 0 13 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 0 9 0 14 0 9 0 35 0 5 0 13 0 5 0 0 0 26 0 24 0 18 0 14 0 9 0 4 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 13 0 4 0 5 0 13 0 10 0 9 0 4 0 10 0 9 0 14 0 9 0 4 0 5 0 9 0 10 0 13 0 62 0 53 0 4 0 43 0 40 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 9 0 0 0 10 0 22 0 14 0 9 0 9 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Total 13 14 48 19 4 13 19 0 0 4 0 0 13 10 9 14 9 35 5 13 5 0 26 24 18 14 9 4 5 4 5 13 4 5 13 10 9 4 10 9 14 9 4 5 9 10 13 62 53 4 43 40 4 0 0 14 9 0 10 22 14 9 13 Percent Success 13 13 17 8 2 6 10 0 0 44 0 0 6 4 5 6 4 7 1 5 2 0 4 6 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 7 6 6 1 8 9 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 8 4 3 2 Hunt Arizona 2011 37 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 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 25M 26M 26M 26M 26M 26M 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 30A 30A 30A 30A 30A 30B 30B 30B 30B 30B 31 31 31 31 31 32 38 Year Hunters Hunter Days 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 921 989 983 1107 1690 1601 1025 1113 1170 1774 1525 1266 1320 1304 700 561 698 766 677 612 623 707 718 672 14 4 4 44 139 89 173 130 775 595 707 511 708 277 302 304 294 273 326 302 242 352 260 335 273 228 241 260 357 360 300 429 394 528 432 456 376 350 845 4090 4711 4770 5755 8688 8137 4335 5411 6154 8332 7748 6250 6832 7332 3534 3121 3767 4307 4477 2975 3414 3731 4303 4218 43 22 45 110 671 604 1007 843 3719 3016 3244 3151 4101 1351 1654 1499 1484 1443 1743 1884 1271 1961 1546 1739 1621 1257 1209 1667 2157 2445 1552 3223 2694 2482 2143 2309 1942 2039 3741 Hunt Arizona 2011 Mule Deer Buck A-less 24 0 9 0 39 0 29 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 11 0 64 0 34 0 9 0 29 0 13 0 4 0 10 0 18 0 10 0 13 0 9 0 5 0 18 0 14 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 19 0 4 0 31 0 29 0 36 0 10 0 45 0 4 0 19 0 9 0 10 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 13 0 14 0 18 0 4 0 5 0 13 0 14 0 22 0 4 0 10 0 13 0 19 0 22 0 13 0 24 0 13 0 5 0 4 0 13 0 DEER HARVEST Whitetail Buck A-less 0 0 13 0 5 0 11 0 97 0 53 0 31 0 52 0 47 0 37 0 34 0 36 0 82 0 72 0 35 0 19 0 18 0 43 0 9 0 9 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 19 0 31 0 10 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 18 0 24 0 22 0 39 0 45 0 18 0 5 0 13 0 10 0 13 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 14 0 31 0 18 0 5 0 18 0 10 0 0 0 13 0 Total 24 22 44 40 115 53 31 68 58 101 68 45 111 85 39 29 36 53 22 18 10 22 14 26 0 0 0 0 10 9 19 4 44 48 67 20 72 4 19 13 10 9 22 34 35 53 63 22 10 26 24 35 4 15 22 33 53 31 29 31 15 4 26 Percent Success 3 2 4 4 7 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 8 7 6 5 5 7 3 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 7 10 11 3 6 8 9 4 10 1 6 4 3 3 7 11 14 15 24 7 4 11 10 13 1 4 7 8 13 6 7 7 4 1 3 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 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 37B 37B 37B 37B 37M 38M 38M 38M 38M 38M 39/40 39/40 39/40 Year Hunters Hunter Days 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 782 577 622 520 1413 1429 1230 1657 1416 1144 1103 935 1070 991 493 350 327 361 350 431 417 398 511 511 233 235 197 241 229 1034 964 899 930 722 889 786 738 665 542 585 441 523 390 350 383 408 251 347 385 621 537 510 650 744 48 233 288 251 279 314 185 206 174 3730 2819 3854 2470 7350 7542 6308 9540 8959 6083 6478 5633 6398 6701 2152 1971 1646 1850 1793 2760 3328 2501 4009 4070 924 1501 1481 1778 1560 5563 5226 4648 5329 4352 4195 4028 3467 3729 3178 2685 2316 2698 2154 2084 1756 2095 1154 1898 2254 3006 2412 2635 3377 3774 370 1400 2115 1839 1841 2425 1021 1146 895 Mule Deer Buck A-less 19 0 12 0 19 0 0 0 19 0 38 0 22 0 25 0 5 0 31 0 24 0 18 0 56 0 27 0 18 0 5 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 34 0 49 0 43 0 27 0 40 0 37 0 9 0 14 0 9 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 9 0 10 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 9 0 4 0 13 0 24 0 22 0 24 0 27 0 9 0 14 0 13 0 DEER HARVEST Whitetail Buck A-less 10 0 6 0 10 0 9 0 34 0 53 0 85 0 95 0 35 0 18 0 48 0 13 0 31 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 13 0 26 0 19 0 45 0 77 0 27 0 13 0 38 0 18 0 24 0 27 0 18 0 14 0 9 0 5 0 13 0 18 0 16 0 13 0 14 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 29 18 29 9 53 91 107 120 40 49 72 31 87 63 18 5 8 19 13 26 24 54 87 31 13 38 31 24 27 49 48 58 48 40 58 53 22 28 18 9 10 0 15 13 13 0 9 10 22 0 0 0 19 9 4 17 24 22 34 27 9 14 13 Percent Success 4 3 5 2 4 6 9 7 3 4 7 3 8 6 4 1 2 5 4 6 6 14 17 6 6 16 16 10 12 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 2 2 0 4 4 3 0 4 3 6 0 0 0 3 1 8 7 8 9 12 9 5 7 7 Hunt Arizona 2011 39 Deer Hunt Data 5-Year: 2005-2009 Archery Deer Harvest (Over-the-Counter hunts only) Unit 39/40 39/40 41 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42M 42M 43/44 43/44 43/44 43/44 43/44 45 45 45 45 45 46A 46B 47M 47M 47M 47M 47M Year Hunters Hunter Days 2010 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2006 2007 2008 2010 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 278 212 273 283 291 308 341 445 551 327 304 363 40 9 224 192 130 282 188 35 62 27 19 18 4 9 44 72 45 43 76 1891 1489 1329 1530 1924 2033 1986 2267 3658 2152 1580 1896 216 18 1268 1189 698 1793 920 154 187 148 173 148 13 35 158 374 197 159 493 40 Hunt Arizona 2011 Mule Deer Buck A-less 9 0 5 0 4 0 14 0 9 0 24 0 13 0 22 0 29 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 0 4 0 10 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 9 5 4 14 9 24 13 22 29 4 10 0 0 0 40 0 0 9 10 4 10 9 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 Percent Success 3 2 1 5 3 8 4 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 18 0 0 3 5 11 16 33 0 22 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 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 7,000-7,500 post-hunt adults in 2009. 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. 42 Hunt Arizona 2011 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. Hunt Arizona 2011 43 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 2009 2010 44 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 892 913 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2883 3182 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 596 620 538 520 869 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 4 6 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 4299 4970 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 31 18 29 27 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2006-2010 Antelope Survey Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3B 3B 3B 3B North 3B North 3B South 3B South 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 Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 Bucks 68 55 48 51 56 49 60 33 23 24 21 16 35 19 12 32 15 14 29 28 66 29 34 36 49 18 21 10 13 5 11 12 26 15 5 17 7 45 56 61 39 33 32 24 18 24 35 9 23 37 32 22 33 77 83 53 52 6 2 6 3 5 4 7 5 Does 205 218 160 223 176 162 149 121 80 108 91 105 125 67 45 241 129 79 106 145 111 84 150 143 182 78 73 46 41 18 35 30 72 65 53 98 54 166 210 173 105 154 60 95 81 73 111 22 61 57 56 78 109 142 152 121 102 14 5 6 0 16 20 19 25 Fawns 21 37 29 43 81 20 26 7 7 8 9 29 17 3 11 46 29 12 16 40 14 15 26 15 37 17 9 9 8 4 4 10 27 7 7 5 6 11 55 14 7 64 14 27 12 9 41 1 22 15 19 33 20 47 23 38 45 11 4 1 0 7 4 3 3 Uncl. 0 0 1 0 3 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Total 294 310 238 317 316 241 237 161 110 140 121 152 177 89 68 319 173 105 151 213 191 128 210 194 268 113 103 65 62 27 50 52 125 87 65 120 67 222 321 248 151 251 106 146 112 106 187 32 106 109 107 133 164 266 258 212 199 31 11 13 4 28 28 29 33 Bucks/100 Does 33 25 30 23 32 30 40 27 29 22 23 15 28 28 27 13 12 18 27 19 59 35 23 25 27 23 29 22 32 28 31 40 36 23 9 17 13 27 27 35 37 21 53 25 22 33 32 41 38 65 57 28 30 54 55 44 51 43 40 100 31 20 37 20 Fawns/100 Does 10 17 18 19 46 12 17 6 9 7 10 28 14 4 24 19 22 15 15 28 13 18 17 10 20 22 12 20 20 22 11 33 38 11 13 5 11 7 26 8 7 42 23 28 15 12 37 5 36 26 34 42 18 33 15 31 44 79 80 17 44 20 16 12 Hunt Arizona 2011 45 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2006-2010 Antelope Survey Data Unit 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12A/12B 12A/12B 12A/12B 12A/12B 12A/12B 13A 13A 13A 13A 13A 13B 13B 13B 13B 13B 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 46 Year 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 Hunt Arizona 2011 Bucks 3 4 73 32 70 42 67 26 24 18 18 30 12 42 30 23 42 126 44 35 41 12 12 9 3 7 0 44 40 15 24 8 21 21 18 10 13 2 5 3 2 11 2 10 20 17 78 30 33 17 10 42 7 10 14 16 40 25 44 25 16 86 75 117 118 Does 10 17 93 98 177 197 248 55 95 115 126 179 62 61 85 60 105 324 89 117 101 93 37 36 14 13 22 148 137 79 73 59 34 52 47 39 47 5 25 12 5 2 18 50 60 54 74 55 33 19 40 89 72 68 98 67 157 49 146 93 118 155 156 156 271 Fawns 0 5 22 21 58 42 60 30 30 19 24 46 8 27 23 5 25 56 10 25 15 29 4 11 3 3 4 29 7 6 15 7 13 2 17 11 14 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 5 9 12 2 2 7 9 20 4 5 21 10 39 13 58 42 31 52 51 66 68 Uncl. 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 26 188 153 305 282 375 111 149 152 168 255 82 132 138 88 172 506 143 177 157 135 53 56 20 23 26 221 184 101 112 74 68 75 82 61 74 12 35 17 9 14 21 63 85 80 164 87 68 43 59 151 86 83 133 94 236 87 248 160 165 293 282 339 457 Bucks/100 Does 30 24 78 33 40 21 27 47 25 16 14 17 19 69 35 38 40 39 49 30 41 13 32 25 21 54 0 30 29 19 33 14 62 40 38 26 28 40 20 25 40 550 11 20 33 31 105 55 100 89 25 47 10 15 14 24 25 51 30 27 14 55 48 75 44 Fawns/100 Does 0 29 24 21 33 21 24 55 32 17 19 26 13 44 27 8 24 17 11 21 15 31 11 31 21 23 18 20 5 8 21 12 38 4 36 28 30 80 16 17 40 50 6 6 8 17 16 4 6 37 23 22 6 7 21 15 25 27 40 45 26 34 33 42 25 Pronghorn Antelope Survey Data 5-year: 2006-2010 Antelope Survey Data Unit 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 21 21 21 21 21 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 30A 30A 30A 30A 30A 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 34B 34B 34B 34B 34B 35 35 35 35 35 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B Year 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Bucks 94 105 108 98 68 73 27 15 15 18 58 5 10 5 9 6 0 1 41 14 34 37 55 16 19 33 15 17 5 13 11 18 24 14 12 18 9 6 2 8 5 5 2 4 Does 293 143 245 221 236 278 82 47 38 60 73 11 16 11 23 18 1 3 67 41 89 108 100 38 49 47 40 61 14 25 14 36 35 56 43 65 53 43 1 8 14 4 8 10 Fawns 65 26 17 22 23 78 36 30 13 22 40 1 6 7 6 4 0 2 5 17 12 18 23 11 33 16 10 15 2 6 2 3 4 10 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Uncl. 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 452 277 370 341 327 429 145 92 75 100 171 17 32 23 38 28 1 6 113 73 135 164 179 65 101 96 65 93 21 47 27 57 63 80 73 86 63 50 3 16 19 10 11 15 Bucks/100 Does 32 73 44 44 29 26 33 32 39 30 79 45 63 45 39 33 0 33 61 34 38 34 55 42 39 70 38 28 36 52 79 50 69 25 28 28 17 14 200 100 36 125 25 40 Fawns/100 Does 22 18 7 10 10 28 44 64 34 37 55 9 38 64 26 22 0 67 7 41 13 17 23 29 67 34 25 25 14 24 14 8 11 18 42 5 2 2 0 0 0 25 13 10 Hunt Arizona 2011 47 Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Antelope Hunts (Juniors-Only Hunts listed separately) Year 1941 1942 1943 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 1 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6781 5895 4291 5178 6769 6493 5594 6161 6435 6340 7680 9138 9751 9557 9493 9888 9571 7978 7357 7965 8354 8682 9035 8988 8812 9047 10095 11204 11888 12933 14116 15138 16728 17168 16989 16450 20082 22727 25822 Permits Issued 400 750 1072 606 520 835 1233 1340 1600 955 445 305 490 990 1200 1411 1215 1281 1413 1278 1180 1336 800 810 1124 909 997 1219 1213 1196 974 970 880 844 713 730 835 834 841 780 740 591 647 647 601 574 528 645 652 656 651 556 543 497 459 450 437 360 353 Hunters Hunter Days 387 721 991 575 502 794 1201 1283 1561 914 430 296 476 974 1174 1373 1173 1257 1377 1248 1150 1297 782 791 1103 896 972 1205 1181 1163 937 796 849 810 683 713 814 795 810 768 728 571 640 633 587 565 507 633 640 650 630 545 534 484 454 442 428 350 345 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2445 2293 1983 1713 1955 1816 1513 1502 1904 1816 1701 1621 1526 1177 1374 1341 1366 1225 1105 1496 1411 1427 1308 1214 1248 1088 943 898 929 807 825 Bucks 286 487 522 437 382 548 739 828 1146 578 297 205 317 589 722 687 559 690 724 652 542 667 352 406 589 559 480 642 685 652 522 425 415 427 444 456 506 521 558 584 533 426 489 488 424 442 417 484 521 534 540 435 427 407 402 356 357 295 283 Harvest Does/Fawns1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 53 39 125 25 20 27 2 0 28 0 20 21 31 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harvest classifications prior to 1968 are unavailable for some hunts. In these cases, all harvest has been listed as bucks. 48 Hunt Arizona 2011 Total 286 487 522 437 382 548 739 828 1146 578 297 205 317 589 722 755 612 729 849 677 562 694 354 406 617 559 500 663 716 670 522 425 415 427 444 456 506 521 558 584 533 426 489 488 424 442 417 484 521 534 540 435 427 407 402 356 357 295 283 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 Pronghorn Antelope Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Antelope Hunts (Juniors-Only Hunts listed separately) 1st Choice Harvest Permits Hunters Hunter Days Issued Applicants Bucks Does/Fawns1 Total 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 2009 17480 525 506 1490 432 0 432 2010 16382 502 496 1451 427 0 427 1 Harvest classifications prior to 1968 are unavailable for some hunts. In these cases, all harvest has been listed as bucks. Year Historic Summary of Juniors-Only Antelope Hunts Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1st Choice Applicants 443 485 509 664 761 776 Permits Issued 15 15 15 15 12 12 Hunters Hunter Days Bucks 15 29 13 15 41 12 15 22 13 15 26 14 12 39 8 12 39 5 2005 to 2010 No juniors hunts offered Percent Success 86 88 89 89 85 86 Harvest Does/Fawns 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 12 13 14 8 5 Percent Success 87 80 87 93 67 42 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 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 70 49 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 68 56 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 2009 2010 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 1399 1208 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 97 103 103 113 106 87 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 94 108 103 87 154 135 181 166 206 361 316 378 370 441 481 486 495 460 302 261 254 245 289 212 199 240 292 297 336 320 413 358 407 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 70 49 Hunt Arizona 2011 49 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 2009 2010 50 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 2007 1880 Hunt Arizona 2011 Permits Issued 50 50 100 119 160 210 225 225 236 289 339 364 423 473 497 508 484 549 657 666 683 671 611 585 587 588 558 536 514 433 416 415 400 399 394 380 360 Hunters Hunter Days 37 25 57 93 142 170 214 203 218 268 315 345 401 451 475 475 456 521 631 615 621 617 568 549 560 562 516 503 493 408 388 392 361 370 371 343 334 168 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 2123 2249 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 89 111 119 101 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 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 89 111 119 101 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 35 30 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Firearms 1 2006 1 2007 1 2008 1 2009 1 2010 2A 2006 2A 2007 2A 2008 2A 2009 2A 2010 2C 2006 2C 2007 2C 2008 2C 2009 2C 2010 3A 2006 3A 2007 3A 2008 3A 2009 3A 2010 3B 2006 3B North 2006 3B North 2007 3C 2006 3C 2007 3C 2008 3C 2009 3C 2010 4A 2006 4A 2007 4A 2008 4A 2009 4A 2010 4A (Hopi) 2010 4B 2006 4B 2007 4B 2008 4B 2009 4B 2010 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2008 5A 2009 5A 2010 5A (Hopi) 2010 5B 2006 5B 2007 5B 2008 5B 2009 5B 2010 5B (Hopi) 2010 6A 2006 6A 2007 6A 2008 6A 2009 6A 2010 6B South 2010 7 2006 7 2007 7 2008 7 2009 CN=Camp Navajo Dates 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 30 30 30 20 20 30 30 35 30 30 15 8 5 5 10 15 20 25 25 15 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 15 10 10 10 12 3 5 10 15 15 15 6 6 10 15 11 4 7 5 20 20 17 3 3 3 3 5 5 2 55 65 50 55 3805 3988 2691 1986 1889 779 950 702 667 594 508 390 217 160 218 606 835 644 711 493 273 94 331 166 228 175 132 145 964 889 628 540 533 3 314 555 406 438 454 357 422 353 368 506 2 651 609 733 876 843 7 224 355 172 162 199 41 3225 4339 2085 1876 Permits Issued 30 31 30 20 20 30 30 35 30 30 15 8 5 5 10 15 20 25 25 15 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 15 10 10 10 12 3 5 10 15 15 15 6 6 10 15 11 4 7 5 20 20 17 3 3 3 3 5 5 2 55 65 50 55 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.6 2.5 2.4 0.8 1.4 0.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.6 3.1 2.0 1.5 3.2 1.2 2.4 3.1 2.3 4.5 2.1 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.9 2.3 33.3 1.3 1.1 3.2 3.2 2.2 1.7 1.2 2.3 4.1 2.2 100.0 1.1 0.8 2.6 2.3 1.5 14.3 1.3 0.8 1.2 3.1 2.0 2.4 1.6 1.2 1.9 2.1 30 31 30 20 20 30 30 35 27 30 15 7 4 5 10 15 19 25 25 15 5 5 5 5 7 5 7 5 14 10 10 10 12 3 5 8 14 15 15 6 6 10 11 11 4 6 5 20 18 17 3 3 3 3 5 5 2 55 65 48 55 90 82 86 58 59 67 64 75 71 107 47 23 11 12 22 25 45 77 100 36 9 8 16 13 19 16 18 25 28 37 24 33 24 3 11 46 36 60 75 28 26 22 15 32 9 18 6 83 60 60 4 8 6 16 27 31 2 148 198 103 167 Harvest Hunt Success 25 26 28 18 16 27 28 33 25 24 14 5 3 5 10 12 18 23 20 14 5 5 3 3 7 5 4 3 13 8 9 9 12 1 5 6 11 15 10 6 6 10 11 11 3 5 5 15 8 16 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 49 51 44 46 83 84 93 90 80 90 93 94 93 80 93 71 75 100 100 80 95 92 80 93 100 100 60 60 100 100 57 60 93 80 90 90 100 33 100 75 79 100 67 100 100 100 100 100 75 83 100 75 44 94 100 100 100 100 60 60 100 89 78 92 84 Hunt Arizona 2011 51 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Firearms (continued) 7 2010 9 2006 9 2007 9 2008 9 2009 9 2010 10 2006 10 2007 10 2008 10 2009 10 2010 12 2006 12 2007 12 2008 12 2009 12 2010 13A 2006 13A 2007 13A 2008 13A 2009 13A 2010 13B 2006 13B 2007 13B 2008 13B 2009 13B 2010 17A 2006 17A 2007 17A 2008 17A 2009 17A 2010 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 18A 2009 18A 2010 18B 2006 18B 2007 18B 2008 18B 2009 18B 2010 19A 2006 19A 2006 19A North 2007 19A North 2008 19A North 2009 19A North 2010 19A South 2007 19A South 2008 19B 2006 19B 2007 19B 2008 19B 2009 19B 2010 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 21 2009 21 2010 30A 2006 30A 2007 CN=Camp Navajo Dates 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/15-9/20 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 9/11-9/17 9/10-9/16 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/15-9/20 9/08-9/17 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 9/11-9/17 9/10-9/16 9/14-9/19 9/05-9/14 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 52 Hunt Arizona 2011 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 40 20 20 25 25 20 50 50 60 60 70 2 2 2 2 2 35 40 40 30 30 20 25 20 20 10 4 4 4 4 4 15 15 15 15 10 30 30 30 35 35 15 10 15 15 40 40 10 10 40 40 50 60 60 5 7 10 12 15 8 10 1394 828 1011 753 659 601 4450 5795 4571 3928 4187 91 132 64 44 47 485 805 491 430 359 364 185 183 168 117 217 292 163 216 165 579 662 453 333 261 500 796 442 591 482 926 520 927 534 923 775 463 292 1655 2006 1385 1443 1174 253 280 329 258 338 214 290 Permits Issued 40 20 20 25 25 20 50 50 60 60 70 2 2 2 2 2 35 40 40 30 30 20 25 20 20 10 4 4 4 4 4 15 14 15 15 10 30 31 30 35 35 15 10 15 15 40 40 10 10 40 40 50 60 60 5 7 10 12 15 8 10 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 2.4 2.1 1.4 2.4 2.3 2.8 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.6 2.2 1.5 3.1 0.0 4.3 3.5 3.2 5.9 4.7 5.0 4.1 4.3 7.1 8.3 3.4 1.8 1.4 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.7 3.1 5.0 2.1 4.5 3.2 5.8 1.6 1.7 1.3 2.4 3.1 3.6 1.1 2.4 2.0 1.5 2.9 2.9 3.6 2.0 2.5 2.4 3.9 2.7 2.8 2.1 40 20 20 25 25 20 48 49 60 60 69 2 2 2 2 2 34 40 36 29 27 17 24 20 20 9 4 4 4 4 4 15 14 15 15 10 27 30 29 33 35 15 9 15 13 37 39 10 10 39 40 48 56 60 5 7 8 12 15 6 10 114 53 48 69 82 60 132 144 146 212 230 4 14 20 11 5 86 94 80 106 73 34 94 55 51 53 5 4 4 10 4 29 33 35 30 30 55 79 86 93 128 33 12 23 15 59 51 16 25 97 84 105 139 144 17 20 21 35 48 11 18 Harvest Hunt Success 36 19 19 24 18 17 41 45 53 52 61 2 2 2 2 2 30 40 31 25 26 14 17 18 11 3 4 4 4 4 4 14 12 8 15 8 21 28 27 33 28 12 9 15 13 37 36 10 10 37 38 43 45 50 4 6 5 11 14 6 8 90 95 95 96 72 85 85 92 88 87 88 100 100 100 100 100 88 100 86 86 96 82 71 90 55 33 100 100 100 100 100 93 86 53 100 80 78 93 93 100 80 80 100 100 100 100 92 100 100 95 95 90 80 83 80 86 63 92 93 100 80 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Firearms (continued) 30A 2008 30A 2009 30A 2010 31/32 2006 31/32 2007 31/32 2008 31/32 2009 31/32 2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 34B 2009 34B 2010 Muzzleloader 2B 2006 2B 2007 2B 2008 2B 2009 2B 2010 3B North 2008 3B North 2009 3B North 2010 3B South 2008 8 2006 8 2007 8 2008 8 2009 8 2010 15A/15B 2006 15A/15B 2007 15A/15B 2008 15A/15B 2009 15A/15B 2010 17B 2006 17B 2007 17B 2008 17B 2009 17B 2010 18A 2006 18A 2007 18A 2008 18A 2009 18A 2010 19A 2006 19A N2007 19A S2007 19A N2008 19A N2009 19A N2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 34B 2010 35 2006 35 2007 35 2008 35 2009 35 2010 Archery 1 2006 1 2007 CN=Camp Navajo Dates Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/15-9/20 9/14-9/19 9/12-9/18 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 8 8 9 4 3 3 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 166 139 178 330 271 183 290 225 254 236 116 142 152 8 8 9 4 4 3 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 3.0 2.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.7 8 8 9 4 4 2 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 8 11 11 14 17 7 29 9 1 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 3 3 2 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 88 100 100 75 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/05-9/14 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/04-9/10 9/03-9/09 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/04-9/10 9/03-9/09 9/08-9/13 9/07-9/12 9/05-9/11 9/03-9/12 9/08-9/17 9/07-9/16 9/05-9/14 9/04-9/13 9/03-9/12 35 30 30 30 30 8 5 5 2 35 35 35 35 20 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 5 15 15 5 20 20 20 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 446 534 342 313 237 74 71 84 23 516 681 526 493 351 35 44 23 26 27 60 104 82 55 70 185 307 218 137 99 289 289 79 320 265 289 28 37 18 25 59 79 65 39 26 35 30 30 30 30 8 5 5 2 35 35 35 35 20 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 5 15 15 5 20 20 20 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 5.2 3.6 4.7 5.1 6.8 8.1 5.6 2.4 4.3 4.1 2.8 4.4 4.5 3.7 5.7 0.0 4.3 3.8 3.7 5.0 1.9 3.7 0.0 2.9 4.3 1.6 4.1 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 2.5 3.4 5.7 2.4 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 3.4 2.5 1.5 2.6 0.0 35 29 28 30 30 8 5 5 2 35 33 33 33 20 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 9 10 5 15 10 5 20 20 20 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 132 108 128 123 168 45 5 25 5 126 122 148 154 114 1 4 10 2 10 4 18 3 9 13 46 33 25 27 20 20 12 17 45 38 46 1 0 1 4 6 6 3 0 7 21 16 14 14 16 5 5 1 1 19 23 23 19 6 1 2 0 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 8 9 8 7 3 14 10 2 19 20 17 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 60 55 50 47 53 63 100 20 50 54 70 70 58 30 50 100 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 80 90 89 70 60 93 100 40 95 100 85 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 30 30 283 289 30 30 7.8 7.3 27 26 176 212 6 2 22 8 Hunt Arizona 2011 53 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year archery (continued) 1 2008 1 2009 1 2010 3A 2010 3A/03C 2006 3A/03C 2007 3A/03C 2008 3A/03C 2009 3B 2006 3B 2007 3B North 2006 3B North 2007 3B North 2008 3B North 2009 3B North 2010 3B South 2008 3B South 2009 3B South 2010 4B 2006 4B 2007 4B 2008 4B 2009 4B 2010 5A 2006 5A 2007 5A 2008 5A 2009 5A 2010 5A H2010 5B 2006 5B 2007 5B 2008 5B 2009 5B 2010 5B H2010 6B 2006 6B 2007 6B 2008 6B 2009 6B N2010 7 2009 7 2010 10 2010 10/18 2006 10/18 2007 10/18 2008 10/18 2009 11M 2006 11M 2007 11M 2008 11M 2009 11M 2010 12 2006 12 2007 12 2008 12 2009 12 2010 15A/15B 2006 15A/15B 2007 15A/15B 2008 15A/15B 2009 CN=Camp Navajo 54 Dates 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 Hunt Arizona 2011 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 30 20 20 10 25 25 25 10 10 10 20 20 20 15 15 5 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 10 7 3 10 10 10 10 9 1 25 25 25 25 10 5 5 60 100 100 100 85 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 208 198 158 41 128 133 108 71 49 36 34 83 37 64 32 18 6 30 117 91 96 73 68 26 42 42 38 66 0 114 100 105 82 103 0 87 69 55 51 25 123 66 365 610 852 598 468 56 50 31 30 28 18 20 21 20 12 15 35 10 25 Permits Issued 30 20 20 10 25 25 25 10 10 10 20 20 20 15 15 5 5 5 19 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 10 7 3 10 10 10 10 9 1 25 25 25 25 10 5 5 60 100 100 100 85 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 10.6 6.1 8.2 14.6 13.3 6.8 12.0 11.3 12.2 16.7 38.2 6.0 29.7 14.1 12.5 11.1 33.3 16.7 9.4 13.2 13.5 16.4 13.2 7.7 11.9 9.5 13.2 10.6 7.0 6.0 7.6 8.5 4.9 14.9 14.5 21.8 19.6 16.0 2.4 4.5 11.8 10.7 8.5 10.4 12.2 7.1 6.0 12.9 10.0 14.3 11.1 20.0 4.8 15.0 25.0 26.7 5.7 20.0 16.0 30 17 19 10 21 21 25 10 10 10 18 19 20 15 15 5 5 5 16 20 17 20 18 5 5 5 10 7 3 10 10 10 10 9 0 23 21 25 25 10 5 5 56 88 94 83 76 5 3 5 0 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 227 93 154 72 144 129 190 120 60 59 114 136 115 114 135 45 50 40 114 125 144 136 131 36 22 10 93 81 26 73 83 96 75 57 0 133 167 200 168 62 40 63 316 539 575 535 446 51 37 34 0 41 63 45 31 38 30 23 32 13 16 Harvest Hunt Success 2 3 3 2 1 3 4 0 1 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 5 7 2 5 0 16 25 28 17 21 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 2 1 4 3 7 18 16 20 5 14 16 0 10 0 11 26 25 20 13 0 0 40 6 25 0 20 0 0 20 60 30 0 67 0 20 0 30 33 0 14 20 28 20 100 0 29 28 30 20 28 0 0 20 0 60 20 75 60 0 50 25 100 75 Pronghorn Antelope Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year archery (continued) 15A/15B 2010 17B 2006 17B 2007 17B 2008 17B 2009 17B 2010 18A 2010 18B 2009 18B 2010 19A (early) 2006 19A (early) 2007 19A (early) 2008 19A (early) 2009 19A (early) 2010 19A (late) 2006 19A (late) 2007 19A (late) 2008 19A (late) 2009 19A (late) 2010 19B North 2006 19B North 2007 19B North 2008 19B North 2009 19B North 2010 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 21 2009 21 2010 27 South 2010 31/32 2006 31/32 2007 31/32 2008 31/32 2009 31/32 2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 34B 2009 34B 2010 35 2006 35 2007 35 2008 35 2009 35 2010 CN 2006 CN 2006 CN 2007 CN 2008 CN 2009 CN 2010 CN=Camp Navajo Dates 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/03 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/11-8/24 8/10-8/23 8/08-8/21 8/07-8/20 8/06-8/19 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 8/25-9/07 8/25-9/07 8/24-9/06 8/22-9/04 8/21-9/03 8/20-9/02 Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants 4 5 5 5 5 5 15 25 25 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 6 6 4 2 4 4 4 4 23 52 84 61 45 31 67 51 70 281 286 235 281 262 106 134 94 89 82 180 207 155 131 127 37 28 47 37 38 58 67 44 50 44 57 39 37 35 33 29 71 71 64 45 38 4 2 6 4 2 4 Permits Issued 4 5 5 5 5 5 15 25 25 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 6 6 4 2 4 4 4 4 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 17.4 9.6 4.8 4.9 8.9 12.9 10.4 11.8 17.1 8.5 9.1 14.0 11.0 9.5 14.2 14.9 20.2 6.7 15.9 9.4 8.7 11.0 13.0 11.0 8.1 17.9 21.3 18.9 5.3 3.4 7.5 15.9 12.0 22.7 8.8 0.0 2.7 2.9 0.0 3.4 7.0 7.0 9.4 8.9 10.5 100.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 4 5 5 5 5 5 13 24 22 36 32 40 35 36 40 40 40 31 38 19 20 20 20 18 8 10 8 10 10 5 7 10 10 10 7 1 1 1 0 1 9 10 10 6 4 2 2 4 4 0 4 9 25 22 30 23 20 105 159 153 234 225 215 180 250 224 236 220 191 206 95 86 145 64 91 38 62 58 40 63 33 48 88 57 35 36 6 12 1 0 13 55 37 60 42 34 20 12 30 6 0 28 Harvest Hunt Success 0 4 2 2 5 3 0 6 9 4 7 22 15 18 11 7 20 12 24 8 14 11 16 11 0 0 2 5 0 1 2 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 80 40 40 100 60 0 25 41 11 22 55 43 50 28 18 50 39 63 42 70 55 80 61 0 0 25 50 0 20 29 30 20 50 14 0 0 100 0 11 30 70 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2011 55 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 30,000-35,000 post-hunt adults as of 2009. 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 56 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 9,450 elk taken in 2009. 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 2011 57 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 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 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 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 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 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 ¹ Includes spikes 58 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 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 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 Elk Survey Data Historic Summary of Elk Survey Data Year Spike Bull Cow Calf 2007 2008 2009 2010 ¹ Includes spikes 473 336 446 415 1077 1186 1133 816 4328 3764 4698 3508 1641 1448 1858 1199 Unclassified Total 2 29 75 4 7521 6763 8210 5942 Bulls ¹ /100 Cows 36 40 34 35 Calves/100 Cows 38 38 40 34 5-Year: 2006-2010 Elk Survey Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2A 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 7E 7E Year Spike Adult Bull Cow Calf Unclassified Total 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 81 82 66 109 72 1 2 17 54 34 37 21 8 5 8 12 16 40 23 20 16 28 7 9 5 7 6 30 11 19 19 13 15 16 25 15 8 31 21 18 21 25 99 38 6 23 31 48 14 8 20 13 16 11 164 113 189 201 148 1 4 65 122 34 61 37 13 10 12 26 23 42 56 55 33 60 25 45 19 17 2 82 57 89 59 70 34 86 85 112 41 118 39 60 44 56 111 61 59 114 27 38 18 18 41 19 40 24 544 501 673 973 597 0 32 311 395 173 317 162 38 46 51 164 65 255 140 133 195 281 81 100 27 56 44 263 154 156 98 71 194 241 240 261 103 574 202 348 216 236 657 344 193 443 172 117 144 73 212 110 159 66 174 217 257 357 234 0 17 134 193 85 139 89 15 19 10 92 26 75 63 58 80 83 30 43 5 16 17 98 66 72 47 17 73 82 59 60 44 182 54 91 93 59 209 121 58 155 53 60 62 37 82 24 71 34 62 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 51 0 1 1 0 1 0 1025 913 1185 1700 1051 2 55 527 764 326 554 309 74 80 81 294 130 417 282 266 324 452 143 197 56 96 69 473 289 336 225 172 316 425 409 448 196 908 316 517 374 376 1076 564 319 735 283 314 238 137 356 166 287 135 Bulls¹/ 100 Cows 45 39 38 32 37 19 26 45 39 31 36 55 33 39 23 60 32 56 56 25 31 40 54 89 43 18 43 44 69 80 117 25 42 46 49 48 26 30 22 30 34 32 29 34 31 34 74 22 36 29 29 35 53 Calves/ 100 Cows 32 43 38 37 39 53 43 49 49 44 55 39 41 20 56 40 29 45 44 41 30 37 43 19 29 39 37 43 46 48 24 38 34 25 23 43 32 27 26 43 25 32 35 30 35 31 51 43 51 39 22 45 52 Hunt Arizona 2011 59 Elk Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Elk Survey Data Unit 7E 7E 7E 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 18B 19B 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22N 22S 23 23 23 23 23 23N 27 27 27 27 27 CN CN CN CN Year Spike Adult Bull Cow Calf Unclassified 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2010 15 5 5 30 41 6 15 9 35 14 6 27 29 23 23 23 20 3 13 17 0 11 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 47 40 25 31 49 0 2 23 11 30 20 17 0 18 6 10 33 25 11 35 12 36 43 40 10 41 38 26 21 7 38 23 29 50 18 111 53 85 66 69 40 47 57 62 26 0 7 9 7 11 6 128 115 100 80 82 3 1 101 88 124 45 85 9 45 38 28 49 28 9 25 63 8 77 76 34 205 328 165 166 132 223 146 98 157 149 320 315 178 269 110 109 175 165 185 79 0 0 15 14 23 13 329 278 274 287 332 6 3 196 204 342 184 255 28 214 116 143 391 275 180 385 232 301 50 37 5 91 103 67 90 53 78 51 43 47 45 137 81 74 78 38 52 48 67 81 31 2 0 6 2 8 3 145 113 92 124 110 2 2 65 69 154 92 96 11 63 32 58 166 88 87 175 103 87 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 36 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 ¹ Include spikes CN = Camp Navajo 60 Hunt Arizona 2011 Total 185 158 56 367 510 264 292 201 374 234 188 281 241 627 472 368 433 220 216 287 289 339 145 4 9 30 25 42 22 649 546 491 525 574 11 8 385 373 650 350 453 48 346 192 244 639 416 287 620 410 432 Bulls¹/ 100 Cows 75 59 44 35 24 19 22 12 33 25 36 49 32 42 24 61 32 65 49 37 35 39 44 60 64 48 46 53 56 46 39 39 50 100 63 49 45 35 40 32 29 38 27 21 19 11 16 32 15 Calves/ 100 Cows 65 49 15 44 31 41 54 40 35 35 44 30 30 43 26 42 29 35 48 27 41 44 39 40 14 35 23 44 41 34 43 33 33 67 33 34 45 50 38 39 29 28 41 42 32 48 45 44 29 Elk Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Elk Hunts Year 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 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 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7811 7730 8379 9843 11888 10812 12644 16078 18623 19504 20511 23198 26745 27041 28198 28286 26507 29572 28780 31121 33437 34995 37289 38965 41616 41415 49054 51919 60849 63582 63003 66013 66823 Permits Issued – – – – – – – – – – – – 2850 4250 6023 5476 6288 2985 2225 1750 1275 1483 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5561 5675 5972 5758 5915 6145 5935 5800 5850 5385 5720 6060 6005 6730 6385 6300 6955 7975 8585 9718 10491 11579 14683 14891 14229 11683 12110 Hunters 266 249 230 169 238 229 581 1167 2047 498 1616 2200 2675 3685 5788 5192 6015 2846 2096 1581 1074 1321 1136 1661 1492 2266 3184 4060 4941 5687 6526 5845 5771 5208 4866 5177 5321 5685 5088 5528 5792 5502 5456 5479 5093 5522 5757 5791 6450 6202 6164 6785 7796 8389 9349 10207 11309 14382 14613 13897 11398 11832 Hunter Days – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 27227 21248 23808 26294 22409 24344 26554 22952 24529 24741 24496 25782 27613 26477 25600 28980 29148 30811 34757 38157 46962 50862 46444 41591 43552 Bulls 137 76 47 68 77 76 114 223 152 103 246 453 290 413 467 302 380 176 207 115 123 181 282 312 343 402 528 566 590 709 745 613 551 500 742 423 460 437 443 478 556 571 534 584 796 816 732 995 1159 1155 1209 1376 1473 1790 2047 2028 2011 2201 2368 2553 2590 2423 Spikes 8 9 18 17 27 19 19 96 98 0 0 0 0 1 41 42 124 58 58 29 0 0 0 93 104 110 180 163 185 241 304 279 266 239 407 279 296 368 317 438 376 510 485 499 606 735 776 1031 1169 1115 1010 1165 1144 1233 1207 1351 962 1121 794 936 583 664 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 ¹ In some years prior to 1960, spikes and calves were not differentiated from bulls and cows. Hunt Arizona 2011 61 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 2009 50032 18174 17408 77711 2505 413 2010 51137 18900 18021 83439 2640 414 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 3396 2303 Calves 556 475 375 309 288 405 376 340 373 371 427 217 Total 7399 7415 7330 6349 5240 6112 5585 6544 6502 6715 6741 5574 Percent Success 49 50 42 40 40 42 38 41 40 40 39 31 Historic Summary of Juniors-Only Elk Hunts Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1st Choice Applicants 269 291 409 654 927 1372 2022 2416 2705 2744 2744 2668 2462 2580 3017 2817 2998 3581 Permits Issued 75 100 175 200 400 1185 1200 1370 1088 1076 1076 1025 1161 1142 1181 1335 1335 1347 Hunters 75 100 173 195 391 1162 1173 1352 1066 1054 1054 996 1123 1100 1100 1288 1273 1309 Hunter Days 233 233 466 526 1061 3017 2959 3744 2923 2891 2891 2555 3139 3286 3286 3786 3862 4081 Bulls 0 0 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 0 0 Harvest Cows 23 59 94 101 208 574 638 543 498 470 470 532 459 532 618 573 658 547 Calves 8 6 9 14 31 88 68 50 51 62 62 76 68 53 59 92 103 46 Total 31 65 103 115 239 662 706 593 549 532 532 608 527 585 677 665 761 593 Percent Success 41 65 60 59 61 57 60 43 52 50 50 61 47 53 60 52 60 45 Bulls 1 6 43 37 36 37 57 51 56 42 47 116 46 145 133 128 96 172 163 159 225 209 186 Spikes 1 0 7 2 9 8 12 16 12 12 3 11 8 16 12 6 5 26 24 38 27 13 21 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 Calves 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 3 4 10 10 4 18 14 36 38 22 23 20 28 47 21 4 Total 8 6 50 39 76 59 95 87 141 138 97 150 222 264 348 410 279 346 424 423 498 478 312 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 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 62 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 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 Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters 77 49 194 124 149 197 200 194 222 225 223 263 405 450 729 753 703 919 1076 1148 1118 1437 977 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 Elk Harvest Data Historic Summary of Muzzleloader Elk Hunts (continued) Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1st Choice Applicants 5457 4814 4672 5238 4858 4723 5523 4900 Permits Issued 1087 1325 1276 1161 1206 1386 1336 1246 Hunters 1054 1279 1217 1101 1179 1327 1285 1195 Hunter Days 4332 5082 5116 4743 4963 6139 6344 5980 Bulls 180 255 203 229 208 253 280 255 Spikes 17 20 31 33 45 59 31 33 Harvest Cows 147 245 161 164 200 236 202 161 Calves 24 28 28 5 36 35 28 12 Total 368 548 423 431 489 583 541 461 Percent Success 35 43 35 39 41 41 42 39 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 954 979 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 73 60 Harvest Cows 46 68 91 48 61 93 80 136 125 161 188 254 191 381 459 479 754 750 514 547 631 475 998 922 541 737 584 890 776 458 357 356 253 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 27 21 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 1410 1313 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 25 24 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 2009 2010 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 20494 19423 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 5891 5714 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 5669 5554 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 47879 43636 Hunt Arizona 2011 63 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit General 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 1/2B/2C 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2A/2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B Year ES ES ES ES ES RV RV RV RV RV RV CH CH CH Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 65 50 65 36.0 63 233 0 0 25 2007 ALS 12/14-12/20 50 86 50 39.5 46 137 0 0 20 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 50 49 50 61.2 46 189 0 0 13 2009 ALS 12/11-12/17 50 50 50 54.0 42 132 0 0 20 2010 ALS 12/10-12/16 75 43 75 79.1 69 267 0 0 22 2006 ALS 12/08-12/12 30 6 28 100.0 25 89 0 0 8 2006 ALS 12/22-12/26 30 5 30 100.0 24 75 0 0 0 2007 ALS 12/07-12/11 30 21 30 66.7 30 98 0 0 11 2008 ALS 12/19-12/25 40 11 40 100.0 34 74 0 0 19 2009 ALS 12/18-12/24 40 16 40 100.0 38 143 0 0 22 2010 ALS 12/17-12/23 40 9 40 100.0 37 189 0 0 11 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 10 38 10 26.3 10 37 0 0 10 2009 ALS 10/09-10/15 10 23 10 26.1 10 16 0 0 8 2010 AE 10/15-10/21 10 108 10 7.4 8 25 5 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 40 5484 41 0.7 41 118 36 0 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 40 4591 40 0.9 40 120 37 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 425 4952 425 5.5 412 1809 147 59 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 425 3395 425 7.7 415 1807 179 62 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 425 3010 425 9.5 414 1853 167 58 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 425 1899 425 12.5 406 1827 183 35 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 425 2584 425 9.7 410 1814 171 51 0 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 105 820 105 7.3 101 271 0 0 64 67 127 0 0 49 2007 ALS 12/14-12/20 70 357 70 9.8 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 150 480 150 19.8 148 405 0 0 79 2009 ALS 12/11-12/17 150 415 150 23.1 136 381 0 0 92 2010 ALS 12/10-12/16 300 678 300 26.7 272 857 0 0 172 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 65 158 65 11.4 63 217 0 0 30 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 50 85 50 36.5 49 199 0 0 17 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 50 75 50 36.0 48 176 0 0 21 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 50 97 50 34.0 47 134 0 0 22 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 75 93 75 46.2 73 251 0 0 40 2008 ALSS 12/05-12/14 30 0 30 22 70 0 0 3 2009 ALSS 10/02-10/11 40 0 40 35 187 0 0 7 2010 ALSS 10/15-10/24 30 0 30 24 135 0 0 0 2008 ALS 9/12-9/21 40 12 40 100.0 35 190 0 0 5 2008 ALS 10/03-10/12 40 1 40 100.0 40 218 0 0 8 2008 ALS 10/17-10/26 30 3 30 100.0 30 135 0 0 2 2009 ALS 9/11-9/20 40 7 40 100.0 37 208 0 0 15 2009 ALS 10/16-10/25 30 1 30 100.0 28 123 0 0 10 2009 ALS 12/04-12/13 30 4 30 100.0 23 86 0 0 5 2010 ALS 9/10-9/19 40 9 40 100.0 36 245 0 0 5 2010 ALS 10/01-10/10 40 3 40 100.0 40 175 0 0 16 2010 ALS 12/03-12/12 30 3 30 100.0 27 123 0 0 5 2008 AE 9/12-9/21 20 69 20 24.6 20 82 5 2 0 2008 AE 10/03-10/12 20 37 20 16.2 20 104 10 2 4 2008 AE 10/17-10/26 15 5 15 40.0 15 75 0 0 4 2008 AE 12/05-12/14 15 4 15 50.0 15 69 2 2 2 20 113 9 0 0 2009 AE 9/11-9/20 20 87 20 11.5 2009 AE 10/02-10/11 20 15 20 46.7 20 118 7 2 2 2009 AE 10/16-10/25 15 8 15 37.5 13 62 2 0 2 2009 AE 12/04-12/13 15 16 15 37.5 15 109 6 0 0 2010 AE 9/10-9/19 20 83 20 9.6 20 113 11 2 0 2010 AE 10/01-10/10 20 84 20 15.5 17 100 9 0 0 2010 AE 10/15-10/21 15 4 15 50.0 14 95 3 1 0 2010 AE 12/03-12/12 15 4 15 75.0 15 75 4 0 0 2006 ALS 9/15-9/24 40 9 40 77.8 38 205 0 0 5 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 35 2 34 100.0 32 138 0 0 2 2006 ALS 10/20-10/29 25 7 25 100.0 25 148 0 0 0 2006 ALS 12/08-12/17 20 0 20 18 104 0 0 0 2007 ALS 8/24-9/06 25 4 25 100.0 21 135 0 0 2 2007 ALS 10/05-10/14 25 6 25 100.0 23 94 0 0 6 2007 ALS 10/19-10/28 20 3 20 100.0 19 73 0 0 7 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 10 5 9 2 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 20 13 28 26 8 0 11 19 22 14 10 10 5 36 37 206 241 225 218 222 68 56 89 97 181 32 17 24 25 40 3 9 0 5 8 4 20 13 5 5 16 5 7 16 4 6 9 11 4 6 13 9 5 4 7 2 0 0 2 6 10 Herd-Units: CC = Canyon Creek DL = Dry Lake ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla 64 Hunt Arizona 2011 HM = Hutch Mtn. M = Martinez ML = Marshall Lake MM = Melatone Mesa RV = Round Valley SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine VV = Verde Valley Hunt Success 40 43 28 67 38 32 0 37 56 58 38 100 100 63 88 93 50 58 54 54 54 67 84 60 71 67 51 35 50 53 55 14 26 0 14 20 13 54 46 22 14 40 19 35 80 27 40 45 55 31 40 65 53 36 27 18 6 0 0 10 26 53 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit General (continued) 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3CE 3A/3CE 3A/3CE 3A/3CE 3A/3CE 3A/4BN DL 3A/4BN DL 3A/4BN 3AW/4BN 3AW/4BN 3AW/4BN 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B CH 3B CH 3CW 3CW 3CW 3CW 3CW 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A (Hopi) 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A (Hopi) 4A (Hopi) 4B 4B 4B Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2007 ALS 12/07-12/16 20 6 19 100.0 18 99 0 0 3 2006 AE -9/24 20 147 20 10.2 20 108 10 0 0 2006 AE 10/06-10/15 15 31 15 12.9 15 78 4 0 0 2006 AE 10/20-10/29 15 15 15 33.3 14 87 2 0 0 2006 AE 12/08-12/17 10 12 10 50.0 10 25 0 0 0 2007 AE 8/24-9/06 10 41 9 17.1 9 41 4 4 0 2007 AE 10/05-10/14 10 37 10 18.9 10 45 8 0 0 2007 AE 10/19-10/28 10 11 10 18.2 8 46 4 0 0 2007 AE 12/07-12/16 10 26 9 15.4 9 45 0 0 2 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 25 2634 25 0.8 25 108 13 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 30 2552 30 1.1 30 103 29 0 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 40 2084 40 1.6 40 150 37 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 40 2450 40 1.4 40 143 37 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 190 582 187 12.9 185 817 65 15 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 190 907 190 13.0 175 698 55 19 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 250 463 250 24.8 243 1187 72 11 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 325 682 325 23.9 315 1432 99 32 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 375 687 375 25.9 367 1806 90 14 0 2006 ALS 10/13-10/18 265 651 265 24.4 250 883 0 0 106 2006 ALS 12/08-12/14 250 127 250 72.4 233 894 0 0 109 2007 ALS 10/12-10/17 265 791 264 22.9 258 866 0 0 128 2007 ALS 12/07-12/13 250 258 250 55.4 250 958 0 0 90 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 250 271 250 54.6 234 901 0 0 95 250 274 250 42.7 230 907 0 0 109 2009 ALS 12/11-12/17 2010 ALS 12/10-12/16 150 207 150 35.7 138 525 0 0 63 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 300 304 300 55.3 289 1180 0 0 102 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 300 196 300 57.1 280 1047 0 0 129 2008 ALS 10/24-10/30 300 547 300 40.6 288 1202 0 0 107 2009 ALS 10/23-10/29 300 643 300 36.1 289 1204 0 0 110 2010 ALS 10/22-10/28 250 517 250 28.2 246 1205 0 0 32 2009 ALS 8/07-8/16 75 41 75 100.0 73 518 0 0 12 2010 ALS 8/06-8/15 60 12 60 100.0 57 303 0 0 6 2010 AE 8/06-8/15 15 40 15 25.0 13 43 9 0 0 2006 ALS 10/13-10/26 75 35 75 82.9 73 395 0 0 11 2007 ALS 10/12-10/25 75 37 75 81.1 68 283 0 0 38 2008 ALS 10/03-10/16 75 41 75 100.0 70 342 0 0 18 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 20 827 20 1.6 18 80 17 2 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 150 391 150 16.6 146 744 21 15 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 150 430 150 17.0 145 694 28 16 0 2006 ALS 12/08-12/14 50 89 50 41.6 47 162 0 0 19 2006 ALS 12/15-12/31 150 227 150 39.2 147 735 0 0 66 2007 ALS 12/07-12/13 50 99 50 25.3 46 161 0 0 13 2007 ALS 12/14-12/30 150 203 150 48.8 142 793 0 0 43 2006 ALS 10/13-10/19 10 29 10 31.0 10 38 0 0 8 2007 ALS 10/12-10/18 10 30 9 26.7 8 39 0 0 5 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 150 158 150 60.1 148 533 0 0 57 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 150 180 150 43.9 140 550 0 0 60 2008 ALS 10/24-10/30 150 301 150 36.5 141 524 0 0 68 2009 ALS 10/23-10/29 150 320 150 38.4 146 566 0 0 71 2010 ALS 10/22-10/28 150 293 151 33.1 140 623 0 0 26 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 15 896 15 1.0 15 45 13 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 15 658 15 1.5 14 32 13 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 250 820 250 18.4 248 1174 39 26 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 250 765 250 22.0 246 1145 54 2 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 395 785 395 30.3 373 1755 77 14 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 400 668 400 36.5 388 1824 86 21 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 390 577 390 39.2 365 1650 90 18 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 10 7 10 100.0 10 20 5 0 0 2006 ALS 10/27-11/02 170 484 170 22.1 158 556 0 0 69 2007 ALS 10/26-11/01 100 347 100 22.2 98 372 0 0 33 2008 ALS 10/24-10/30 100 298 100 28.9 96 320 0 0 39 2009 ALS 10/23-10/29 100 298 100 28.2 98 336 0 0 65 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 97 350 97 21.1 93 388 0 0 25 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 3 0 3 3 9 0 0 1 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 3 4 3 25.0 3 5 0 0 3 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 585 25 2.4 25 107 16 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 50 1184 50 2.2 48 214 28 2 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 50 817 50 3.4 48 230 25 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 18 7 14 8 4 17 20 12 23 9 2 0 0 4 13 7 0 0 0 2 7 2 4 0 0 10 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 5 2 0 8 8 4 2 13 29 37 37 80 74 83 131 104 123 111 146 97 109 117 67 119 149 119 133 41 14 6 9 15 51 25 19 36 44 21 73 15 47 8 5 67 66 72 77 32 13 13 65 56 91 107 108 5 73 38 45 72 25 1 3 16 30 25 Hunt Success Hunt Arizona 2011 17 50 33 14 0 89 80 50 22 52 97 93 93 43 42 34 42 28 49 48 57 39 47 51 49 41 53 41 46 17 19 11 69 21 75 36 106 25 30 45 50 33 33 80 63 45 47 51 53 23 87 93 26 23 24 28 30 50 46 39 47 73 27 33 100 64 63 52 65 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year General (continued) 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4BN 4BN 4BN 4BN 4BN 4BN 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A (Hopi) 5A (Hopi) 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A (Hopi) 5A (Hopi) 5A/5BN (Hopi) 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN (Hopi) 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5A/5BN SM 5B 5B (Hopi) 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN (Hopi) 5BN (Hopi) 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 50 806 50 2.6 50 236 25 2 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 300 836 300 20.0 290 1325 48 15 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 300 750 300 23.6 296 1433 49 14 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 400 588 400 37.6 379 1808 71 18 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 400 409 400 47.2 381 1822 35 6 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 400 678 400 39.7 393 1842 64 12 0 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 200 63 200 100.0 189 840 0 0 29 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 100 69 100 62.3 96 347 0 0 45 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 100 125 100 52.0 98 446 0 0 14 2007 ALS 8/01-9/13 15 9 15 77.8 13 90 0 0 0 2007 ALS 10/12-11/01 15 1 15 100.0 15 95 0 0 5 2007 ALS 11/02-11/22 10 3 10 100.0 10 37 0 0 3 2007 ALS 11/30-12/31 5 0 5 5 13 0 0 1 2007 AE 8/01-9/13 5 76 5 3.9 5 67 5 0 0 2007 AE 11/30-12/31 5 23 5 0.0 3 3 0 0 3 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 25 1253 25 1.7 25 100 23 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 145 771 145 11.8 143 644 58 13 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 165 861 165 13.9 161 707 54 19 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 240 761 240 23.0 234 1136 73 6 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 315 759 315 28.9 307 1458 74 14 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 48 526 48 6.3 48 165 15 0 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 339 551 339 34.5 330 1617 56 11 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 2 5 2 40.0 2 4 0 0 0 11 7 11 100.0 11 33 0 0 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 350 1041 350 26.5 338 1332 0 0 166 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 200 319 200 30.7 189 714 0 0 72 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 300 763 299 27.9 292 1196 0 0 122 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 200 154 200 59.7 190 812 0 0 65 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 325 772 325 32.6 315 1226 0 0 146 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 220 180 220 61.7 211 940 0 0 52 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 300 718 300 33.7 287 1002 0 0 169 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 100 121 100 45.5 94 317 0 0 26 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 194 600 194 23.8 192 815 0 0 53 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 97 67 97 68.7 85 347 0 0 19 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 6 4 6 100.0 6 14 0 0 0 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 3 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 38 0 38 38 144 0 0 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 75 11 75 63.6 73 284 0 0 5 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 75 12 75 100.0 68 284 0 0 19 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 75 10 75 100.0 70 230 0 0 21 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 75 4 75 100.0 68 288 0 0 15 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 37 2 37 100.0 34 188 0 0 3 2010 AE 10/15-10/21 38 6 38 100.0 38 178 14 0 0 2006 AE 10/20-10/26 75 153 75 34.0 70 305 27 0 0 2007 AE 10/19-10/25 75 303 75 18.8 75 318 35 0 0 2008 AE 10/17-10/23 75 114 75 38.6 67 310 22 2 4 2009 AE 10/16-10/22 75 139 75 36.0 70 316 21 0 9 3 0 0 2010 AE 10/15-10/21 37 85 37 28.2 33 189 2010 B 11/26-12/02 831 2380 831 25.2 796 3637 230 29 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 19 16 19 93.8 16 78 7 2 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 1193 25 1.8 25 76 19 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 500 2205 500 13.9 484 1962 175 31 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 425 1565 425 15.9 394 1835 116 25 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 500 1375 500 19.9 476 2028 206 20 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 500 1447 500 22.8 489 2213 157 15 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 48 674 48 5.0 44 130 16 0 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 2 2 2 100.0 2 8 0 0 0 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 63 0 63 56 223 0 0 7 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 125 200 125 42.0 123 462 0 0 45 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 150 177 150 42.9 150 626 0 0 34 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 300 518 300 31.5 281 1033 0 0 104 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 150 75 150 82.7 143 540 0 0 39 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 14 10 15 4 19 2 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 14 5 27 63 63 89 41 76 35 45 14 0 5 3 1 5 3 23 71 73 79 88 15 67 0 0 177 78 136 75 161 56 188 28 58 19 2 0 0 7 19 24 17 3 14 27 35 28 30 3 259 9 19 206 141 226 172 16 0 7 56 36 118 44 Herd-Units: 66 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success 54 22 21 23 11 19 19 47 14 0 33 30 20 100 100 92 50 45 34 29 31 20 0 0 52 41 47 39 51 27 66 30 30 22 33 0 0 10 28 34 25 9 37 39 47 42 43 9 33 56 76 43 36 47 35 36 0 13 46 24 42 31 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit General (continued) 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN (Hopi) 5BN ML 5BN ML 5BN TT 5BN TT 5BN TT 5BN TT 5BN TT 5BN TT 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS HM 5BS MM 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A CH 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A CH 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV 6AN 6AN/6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 300 547 300 32.7 289 1031 0 0 131 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 100 96 100 51.0 98 382 0 0 22 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 386 722 386 32.8 374 1456 0 0 84 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 14 7 14 100.0 14 63 0 0 7 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 300 380 298 46.3 288 1044 0 0 104 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 300 401 299 39.9 287 1163 0 0 124 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 140 59 140 84.7 136 524 0 0 28 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 100 54 100 92.6 95 363 0 0 30 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 125 43 125 100.0 113 435 0 0 31 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 125 57 125 100.0 121 546 0 0 25 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 62 48 62 62.5 58 271 0 0 14 2006 AE 10/20-10/26 70 244 70 16.8 70 298 20 0 6 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 25 1599 25 1.2 25 80 23 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 255 1883 252 10.4 244 935 102 31 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 350 2033 347 12.5 339 1366 157 33 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 350 1627 350 16.8 343 1447 143 37 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 275 1244 275 16.6 266 1240 96 11 0 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 520 933 520 33.1 504 1745 0 0 226 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 625 2100 625 21.3 609 2092 0 0 316 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 550 384 549 47.4 521 1859 0 0 154 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 625 1986 625 25.2 612 2198 0 0 274 2008 ALS 12/12-12/18 420 312 420 60.3 396 1162 0 0 170 319 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 625 1889 625 27.2 600 2133 0 0 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 500 480 500 43.3 477 1549 0 0 166 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 625 2134 625 24.0 614 2455 0 0 172 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 375 275 375 56.0 352 1475 0 0 74 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 430 1178 429 27.2 414 1224 0 0 262 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 190 206 190 47.1 185 752 0 0 38 2006 B 11/24-11/30 860 8369 858 9.0 838 3268 317 134 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 860 7773 860 9.3 834 3805 277 104 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 950 6144 950 13.1 921 4084 340 59 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 950 5387 950 15.0 927 4112 314 70 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 125 2064 125 4.7 123 436 40 6 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 950 3770 950 18.7 933 4011 285 60 0 2009 B 11/20-11/26 10 69 10 11.6 10 42 4 0 0 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 535 1498 533 18.5 522 1975 0 0 226 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 700 1502 699 23.8 672 2700 0 0 247 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 845 1245 845 35.1 817 3127 0 0 299 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 900 1244 900 39.6 861 2924 0 0 310 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 930 1216 930 43.7 890 3595 0 0 275 2010 AE 11/19-11/25 25 63 25 25.4 23 104 2 0 6 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 25 20 25 55.0 21 73 0 0 6 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 25 17 25 76.5 21 88 0 0 8 2006 AE 11/24-11/30 10 64 10 9.4 10 40 5 0 0 2007 AE 11/23-11/29 10 50 10 14.0 10 48 3 0 3 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 50 1617 50 2.7 50 202 38 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 2044 25 1.0 25 98 20 1 0 55 176 55 18.8 55 187 0 0 22 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 75 137 75 32.8 75 277 0 0 32 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 75 171 75 26.9 75 260 0 0 28 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 75 146 75 33.6 73 254 0 0 28 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 75 177 75 24.9 71 304 0 0 12 2006 B 11/24-11/30 190 592 190 19.8 186 697 76 23 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 230 715 230 21.3 224 924 87 11 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 200 531 200 24.9 195 865 62 19 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 275 490 275 35.7 272 1172 87 13 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 275 379 275 47.0 266 1181 93 11 0 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 400 357 399 51.0 388 1530 0 0 101 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 450 261 448 76.2 417 1809 0 0 97 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 450 308 450 80.8 423 1922 0 0 80 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 400 208 400 84.6 371 1257 0 0 60 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 400 211 400 87.2 374 1596 0 0 83 2006 B 11/24-11/30 375 777 373 26.9 371 1620 113 27 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 400 1037 400 27.2 398 1789 100 37 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 425 764 425 36.6 418 1810 136 28 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 450 798 450 39.2 434 2152 90 35 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 75 293 75 14.3 75 241 30 4 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 425 504 425 51.2 404 1747 123 39 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 25 2 8 0 8 9 6 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 29 20 46 21 41 15 11 6 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 30 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 8 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 24 92 7 112 133 34 32 31 29 16 28 23 133 190 180 107 238 345 174 320 191 360 181 183 80 276 45 451 381 399 384 46 345 4 249 257 329 339 299 8 6 8 5 6 38 21 22 36 35 33 16 99 98 81 100 104 113 111 88 70 94 140 137 164 125 34 162 Hunt Success Hunt Arizona 2011 54 24 25 50 39 46 25 34 27 24 28 40 92 55 56 52 40 47 57 33 52 48 60 38 30 23 67 24 54 46 43 41 37 37 40 48 38 40 39 34 35 29 38 50 60 76 84 40 48 47 45 23 53 44 42 37 39 29 27 21 19 25 38 34 39 29 45 40 67 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year General (continued) 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 220 225 219 52.9 214 752 0 0 107 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 325 373 325 52.5 313 1224 0 0 104 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 325 304 325 60.2 305 1263 0 0 109 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 325 320 325 55.3 315 1254 0 0 118 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 200 324 200 37.3 197 815 0 0 25 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 260 46 260 100.0 250 955 0 0 104 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 25 1175 25 1.7 24 87 21 1 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 400 1780 400 15.5 389 1845 126 46 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 450 1757 450 18.5 437 2034 79 37 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 450 1367 450 25.2 442 2169 106 23 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 275 857 275 23.3 267 1242 67 25 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 325 926 325 29.7 314 1452 86 21 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 475 1015 475 32.7 459 1637 0 0 230 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 500 1019 499 35.3 486 1791 0 0 225 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 520 989 520 37.7 507 2059 0 0 206 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 520 951 520 38.0 502 2022 0 0 215 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 400 882 400 33.7 379 1723 0 0 95 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 260 49 260 87.8 248 901 0 0 99 2006 B 11/24-11/30 425 1706 424 16.1 418 1961 105 21 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 500 1741 500 17.5 481 2205 114 43 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 500 1298 500 27.0 491 2379 172 27 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 550 1355 550 28.6 546 2697 143 35 0 2010 B 10/22-10/25 100 967 100 6.3 95 338 25 5 0 550 893 550 36.3 538 2649 143 29 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 200 383 200 30.8 186 784 0 0 67 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 200 288 200 40.6 187 809 0 0 52 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 200 244 200 46.3 196 890 0 0 52 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 250 222 250 62.2 234 776 0 0 70 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 375 311 375 67.5 365 1664 0 0 95 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 25 4053 25 0.5 25 85 25 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 4224 25 0.6 25 84 22 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 3955 25 0.6 25 102 23 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 25 2421 25 1.0 25 131 20 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 265 1086 265 16.1 254 1172 106 11 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 300 1194 300 16.2 295 1380 143 14 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 275 900 275 18.9 268 1365 96 10 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 275 954 275 18.7 272 1324 93 12 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 275 743 275 22.5 248 1234 75 11 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 400 638 400 42.0 397 1535 0 0 175 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 400 409 400 54.8 385 1658 0 0 135 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 400 665 400 37.1 374 1499 0 0 152 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 400 245 398 72.7 378 1463 0 0 149 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 400 584 400 41.6 385 1546 0 0 212 2008 ALS 12/05-12/11 400 214 400 73.4 393 1688 0 0 146 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 400 650 400 41.2 379 1345 0 0 182 2009 ALS 12/04-12/10 400 234 400 81.2 376 1301 0 0 120 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 350 605 350 40.7 333 1355 0 0 76 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 350 179 350 89.4 340 1513 0 0 81 25 3228 25 0.7 25 108 22 0 0 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 3448 27 0.6 25 113 19 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 1784 25 0.8 25 86 25 0 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 50 3212 50 1.5 49 206 36 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 50 2457 50 1.7 50 162 45 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 400 1645 399 12.9 386 1861 108 15 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 450 1602 450 15.9 430 2056 131 11 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 450 1181 450 22.3 441 2089 150 17 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 500 1260 500 21.3 492 2470 122 18 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 500 1083 500 28.1 473 2320 143 8 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 800 841 800 54.3 770 3376 0 0 147 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 800 559 800 68.7 757 3839 0 0 163 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 600 646 600 51.7 574 2500 0 0 136 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 600 289 599 85.8 568 2956 0 0 156 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 8 14 6 27 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 36 30 36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 10 20 13 17 13 25 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 24 18 115 118 115 145 32 122 22 172 116 129 92 107 263 261 236 251 99 101 126 157 199 178 30 172 71 52 58 75 109 25 22 23 20 117 157 106 105 86 202 145 172 162 229 159 207 126 83 87 22 19 25 36 45 123 142 167 140 151 169 178 160 174 Herd-Units: 68 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success 54 38 38 46 16 49 92 44 27 29 34 34 57 54 47 50 26 41 30 33 41 33 32 32 38 28 30 32 30 100 88 92 80 46 53 40 39 35 51 38 46 43 59 40 55 34 25 26 88 76 100 73 90 32 33 38 28 32 22 24 28 31 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit General (continued) 10 10 10 10 10 10 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N Hunt Type Dates 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS 10/17-10/23 12/05-12/14 10/16-10/22 12/04-12/10 10/15-10/21 12/03-12/09 600 600 900 700 900 700 555 286 638 314 731 294 2008 B 10/03-10/16 60 2009 B 10/02-10/15 2010 B 2006 Draw Odds Hunters 600 600 900 700 900 700 55.5 93.7 73.7 99.7 61.7 98.3 576 567 863 668 850 666 2595 2938 3977 2842 3723 3512 192 60 19.3 60 60 178 60 21.3 9/24-10/14 60 426 60 ALS 10/20-12/17 400 133 2007 ALS 10/19-12/16 400 2008 ALS 10/03-10/16 2008 ALS 2009 Year Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Hunter Days Harvest Bull Hunt Success Spike Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 170 182 180 95 137 13 12 25 28 9 19 133 182 207 208 104 156 23 32 24 31 12 23 330 45 0 0 0 45 75 60 388 30 0 0 0 30 50 8.9 58 362 37 0 0 0 37 64 398 98.5 379 3578 0 0 77 14 91 24 127 398 100.0 392 4243 0 0 70 11 81 21 100 8 100 100.0 89 489 0 0 9 2 11 12 10/17-12/14 500 103 500 99.0 462 5351 0 0 70 15 85 18 ALS 10/02-10/15 100 16 100 100.0 94 537 0 0 17 2 19 20 2009 ALS 10/16-12/13 500 90 500 96.7 444 4821 0 0 80 9 89 20 2010 ALS 9/24-10/14 100 55 100 74.5 94 713 0 0 21 6 27 29 2010 ALS 11/05-12/09 600 60 600 100.0 520 4949 0 0 19 5 24 5 2006 AE 10/06-10/19 60 358 60 9.2 56 235 44 0 2 2 48 86 2006 AE 10/20-12/17 200 781 200 15.7 193 1945 44 7 22 0 73 38 2007 AE 10/05-10/18 60 255 60 12.5 60 375 32 0 3 0 35 58 2007 AE 10/19-12/16 200 648 195 16.8 191 1959 57 2 7 4 70 37 2008 AE 10/17-12/14 250 518 250 30.1 233 2476 60 6 19 0 85 36 2009 AE 10/16-12/13 250 446 250 33.9 233 2719 50 6 19 0 75 32 2010 AE 11/05-12/09 250 280 250 39.6 229 2289 41 5 5 0 51 22 0 0 0 0 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 0 16 11 20 16 6 5 0 5 3 4 0 8 4 10 2 5 5 3 0 6 4 9 27 29 26 20 26 79 107 114 84 55 50 40 15 10 0 11 19 8 20 11 28 8 100 100 60 60 44 75 90 97 87 67 87 53 50 40 2006 B 11/24-11/30 20 74 20 13.5 19 64 13 3 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 20 76 20 11.8 20 67 9 2 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 40 110 40 25.5 40 174 18 2 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 40 68 40 38.2 40 191 16 0 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 40 60 40 36.7 40 192 6 0 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 50 22 50 100.0 50 217 0 0 5 2006 ALS 12/01-12/07 20 10 20 100.0 13 37 0 0 0 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 50 39 50 79.5 45 218 0 0 5 2007 ALS 11/30-12/06 20 14 20 78.6 16 49 0 0 3 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 50 20 50 100.0 50 252 0 0 4 2008 ALS 12/05-12/14 40 7 40 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 50 36 50 88.9 40 185 0 0 6 2009 ALS 12/04-12/13 40 7 40 100.0 36 138 0 0 4 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 40 23 40 87.0 36 164 0 0 10 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 30 4 30 100.0 24 120 0 0 2 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 5 221 5 2.3 5 9 5 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 5 146 5 2.7 5 8 5 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 5 141 5 3.5 5 20 3 0 0 2007 B 11/30-12/06 5 80 5 6.3 0 0 0 0 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 10 24 10 12.5 10 50 6 0 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 10 38 10 15.8 9 30 4 0 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 12 39 12 10.3 12 47 9 0 0 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 30 1251 30 1.8 30 87 27 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 30 1213 30 2.0 30 81 29 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 30 959 30 2.4 30 90 26 0 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 30 876 30 2.1 30 158 20 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 30 747 30 3.1 30 81 26 0 0 2006 B 12/01-12/07 150 716 150 11.7 150 630 73 6 0 2006 B 12/08-12/14 220 495 220 21.0 214 949 92 15 0 2007 B 11/30-12/06 300 807 300 23.7 288 1358 102 12 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Arizona 2011 69 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year General (continued) 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23 CC 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23N 23S Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2007 B 12/08-12/14 320 393 320 36.1 307 1388 104 13 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 350 629 350 31.3 332 1451 95 13 0 2008 B 12/05-12/11 400 546 400 43.0 385 1819 87 35 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 400 611 400 38.1 390 1648 108 15 0 2009 B 12/04-12/10 470 403 470 60.0 439 1863 114 23 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 400 625 400 34.4 376 1545 119 20 0 2010 B 12/03-12/09 470 498 470 53.8 452 2198 111 18 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 130 272 130 29.4 126 390 0 0 70 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 225 319 225 47.3 220 820 0 0 71 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 225 355 225 42.3 221 771 0 0 121 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 175 315 175 36.8 167 608 0 0 73 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 175 315 175 36.2 168 656 0 0 51 2006 B 12/01-12/07 30 168 30 12.5 28 106 14 2 0 2007 B 11/30-12/06 30 67 30 20.9 28 124 9 0 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 30 56 30 32.1 28 99 15 2 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 30 60 30 28.3 26 95 11 0 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 30 56 30 26.8 28 131 19 2 0 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 15 18 15 27.8 14 30 0 0 7 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 15 9 15 77.8 15 53 0 0 2 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 30 29 30 48.3 30 116 0 0 10 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 25 30 25 50.0 25 87 0 0 15 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 25 34 25 41.2 25 69 0 0 13 2006 B 12/01-12/07 150 728 150 10.7 144 671 49 2 0 200 756 200 12.6 194 822 84 4 0 2007 B 11/30-12/06 2008 B 11/28-12/04 150 570 150 16.5 142 628 73 3 0 2008 B 12/05-12/11 150 224 150 25.0 143 665 54 0 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 150 704 150 13.4 146 660 52 2 0 2009 B 12/04-12/10 150 239 150 20.9 142 562 67 6 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 200 775 200 14.7 193 938 79 9 0 2010 ALS 12/03-12/09 100 78 100 48.7 94 370 0 0 23 2006 ALS 8/11-8/14 8 22 8 36.4 8 11 0 0 8 2006 ALS 8/18-8/21 8 4 8 50.0 8 17 0 0 5 2006 ALS 9/08-9/11 8 12 8 25.0 8 14 0 0 7 2006 ALS 9/15-9/18 8 7 8 42.9 8 8 0 0 8 2007 ALS 8/10-8/13 8 22 8 36.4 8 17 0 0 4 2007 ALS 8/17-8/20 8 2 8 50.0 7 19 0 0 3 2007 ALS 9/07-9/10 8 8 8 62.5 8 23 0 0 3 2007 ALS 9/14-9/17 8 15 8 40.0 8 24 0 0 6 2008 ALS 8/08-8/11 8 9 8 33.3 6 16 0 0 3 2008 ALS 8/15-8/18 8 2 8 50.0 6 21 0 0 0 2008 ALS 9/05-9/08 8 6 8 50.0 5 5 0 0 5 2008 ALS 9/12-9/15 8 9 8 44.4 8 20 0 0 4 2009 ALS 8/07-8/10 8 14 8 28.6 6 14 0 0 6 2009 ALS 8/14-8/17 8 1 8 100.0 8 11 0 0 5 2009 ALS 9/04-9/07 8 8 8 62.5 8 16 0 0 8 2009 ALS 9/11-9/14 8 5 8 80.0 8 21 0 0 7 2010 ALS 8/06-8/09 8 18 8 22.2 8 21 0 0 3 8/13-8/16 8 12 8 41.7 8 21 0 0 5 2010 ALS 2010 ALS 9/03-9/06 8 8 8 50.0 8 26 0 0 3 2010 ALS 9/10-9/13 8 7 8 71.4 8 28 0 0 2 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 20 1157 20 1.2 20 83 16 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 20 1511 20 1.3 20 51 19 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 15 1090 15 1.3 15 47 15 0 0 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 15 979 15 1.5 15 48 15 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 15 1552 15 0.9 15 68 15 0 0 2006 ALS 10/27-11/02 30 119 30 18.5 25 80 0 0 10 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 90 100 90 44.0 88 305 0 0 39 2007 ALS 12/07-12/13 100 126 100 38.1 89 283 0 0 35 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 120 152 120 50.0 113 459 0 0 46 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 120 184 120 40.2 118 457 0 0 48 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 20 110 20 10.9 20 87 0 0 7 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 15 385 15 1.6 14 52 11 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 14 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 117 108 122 123 137 139 129 78 80 135 88 54 16 9 17 11 21 8 4 13 15 13 51 88 76 54 54 73 88 28 8 5 8 8 4 4 3 6 3 0 5 6 6 5 8 7 3 5 3 2 16 19 15 15 15 10 39 40 51 50 7 11 Herd-Units: 70 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success 38 33 32 32 31 37 29 62 36 61 53 32 57 32 61 42 75 57 27 43 60 52 35 45 54 38 37 51 46 30 100 63 100 100 50 57 38 75 50 0 100 75 100 63 100 88 38 63 38 25 80 95 100 100 100 40 44 45 45 42 35 79 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit General (continued) 23S 23S 23S 23S 23S 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 24A 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 M 27 27 27 27 27 27 M 27 M 27 M 27 M 27 M 27S 27S 27S 27S 27S 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 28/31/32 CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2006 ALS 10/27-11/02 20 7 20 14.3 20 120 0 0 4 2006 ALS 12/15-12/21 20 14 20 42.9 19 76 0 0 4 2007 ALS 10/26-11/01 20 21 20 33.3 17 77 0 0 3 2007 ALS 12/07-12/13 20 6 20 100.0 16 64 0 0 0 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 20 17 20 64.7 18 70 0 0 0 2006 ALS 12/01-12/12 10 4 10 100.0 10 63 0 0 3 2007 ALS 11/30-12/11 10 1 10 100.0 7 33 0 0 0 2008 ALS 11/28-12/09 10 1 10 100.0 10 53 0 0 0 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 10 1 10 100.0 8 35 0 0 0 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 5 7 5 57.1 5 23 0 0 0 2006 AE 12/01-12/12 5 26 5 11.5 5 28 0 0 3 2007 AE 12/01-12/12 5 17 5 17.6 5 48 0 0 0 2008 AE 12/01-12/12 5 9 5 33.3 5 38 1 0 0 2009 AE 11/27-12/03 5 8 5 37.5 5 35 0 0 0 2010 AE 12/03-12/09 10 23 10 39.1 8 39 0 0 0 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 25 2465 25 1.0 24 105 15 0 0 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 1328 25 1.1 25 87 22 0 0 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 1925 25 1.3 22 84 21 0 0 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 25 1857 25 1.2 25 108 15 0 0 2006 B 11/24-11/30 350 1211 349 12.6 336 1528 99 6 0 2007 B 11/23-11/29 350 947 348 17.3 340 1625 113 10 0 2008 B 11/28-12/04 400 1045 400 17.1 385 1751 142 19 0 2009 B 11/27-12/03 400 992 400 22.8 386 1711 137 16 0 400 879 400 19.8 385 1730 126 23 0 2010 B 11/26-12/02 2009 ALS 8/14-8/20 30 0 30 26 137 0 0 4 2006 ALS 10/27-11/02 70 298 70 17.8 68 273 0 0 34 2007 ALS 10/26-11/01 150 349 150 25.8 143 580 0 0 59 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 170 375 170 27.7 160 647 0 0 71 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 180 389 180 27.2 178 631 0 0 86 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 180 396 180 29.3 160 568 0 0 62 2007 ALS 8/17-8/23 30 1 28 100.0 25 101 0 0 3 2008 ALS 8/15-8/21 30 2 30 100.0 12 66 0 0 6 2007 AE 8/17-8/23 20 28 16 32.1 16 59 8 0 0 2008 AE 8/15-8/21 20 14 20 92.9 17 60 3 0 0 2009 AE 8/14-8/20 20 14 20 78.6 18 78 2 0 5 2006 ALS 8/18-8/24 75 39 75 100.0 69 257 0 0 2 2007 ALS 8/17-8/23 50 12 50 100.0 48 191 0 0 4 2008 ALS 8/15-8/21 50 9 50 100.0 41 174 0 0 0 2009 ALS 8/14-8/20 50 3 50 100.0 50 226 0 0 4 2010 ALS 8/13-8/19 50 13 50 100.0 46 158 0 0 6 2006 ALS 10/06-11/02 15 7 15 71.4 12 30 0 0 12 2006 ALS 11/03-11/30 15 1 15 100.0 13 145 0 0 3 2006 ALS 12/01-12/31 15 19 15 63.2 15 173 0 0 0 2007 ALS 10/05-11/01 15 1 12 100.0 12 129 0 0 3 2007 ALS 11/02-11/29 25 2 25 100.0 23 127 0 0 2 2007 ALS 11/30-12/31 25 2 25 100.0 21 152 0 0 2 2008 ALS 10/03-10/30 15 1 15 0.0 15 99 0 0 0 2008 ALS 10/31-11/29 25 1 25 100.0 25 167 0 0 0 2008 ALS 11/28-12/29 25 0 25 13 46 0 0 0 2007 AE 10/05-11/01 10 43 10 9.3 10 64 6 0 0 2008 AE 10/03-10/30 10 34 10 14.7 10 40 0 5 0 2009 AE 10/02-10/29 10 24 10 20.8 8 23 3 0 3 2010 AE 10/01-10/28 10 23 10 21.7 10 30 10 0 0 2006 ALS 11/24-12/07 35 15 35 100.0 32 105 0 0 15 2006 ALS 11/24-12/07 5 7 5 42.9 5 23 0 0 3 2006 ALS 9/29-10/05 5 1 5 100.0 5 18 0 0 5 2006 ALS 9/29-10/05 2 1 2 100.0 2 8 0 0 0 2007 ALS 11/23-12/06 35 14 35 100.0 35 120 0 0 20 2007 ALS 11/23-12/06 5 12 5 41.7 4 8 0 0 3 2007 ALS 9/28-10/04 5 3 5 66.7 5 15 0 0 3 2007 ALS 9/28-10/04 2 1 2 0.0 1 5 0 0 1 2008 ALS 9/26-10/02 5 0 5 5 23 0 0 0 2008 ALS 9/26-10/02 2 4 2 0.0 2 9 0 0 2 2008 ALS 11/21-12/11 35 9 35 100.0 31 116 0 0 20 2008 ALS 11/21-12/11 5 12 5 41.7 5 22 0 0 2 2009 ALS 9/28-10/04 5 2 5 50.0 2 7 0 0 0 2009 ALS 9/28-10/04 2 5 2 20.0 2 9 0 0 1 2009 ALS 11/20-12/10 35 9 35 100.0 33 183 0 0 12 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 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 7 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 15 22 21 15 105 123 161 153 149 4 37 66 77 95 65 3 6 8 3 7 2 10 3 6 6 12 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 6 5 6 10 17 3 5 2 22 3 3 1 3 2 22 4 0 1 12 Hunt Success Hunt Arizona 2011 20 21 18 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 60 0 20 0 0 63 88 95 60 31 36 42 40 39 15 54 46 48 53 41 12 50 50 18 39 3 21 7 12 13 100 23 0 25 17 10 0 0 0 60 50 75 100 53 60 100 100 63 75 60 100 60 100 71 80 0 50 36 71 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year General (continued) CN CN CN CN CN CN DV CN DV CN DV CN DV CN DV CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN DV CN DV CN DV CN DV CN DV Juniors-only 1/2C 1/2C 1/2C 1/2C 1/2C 3A/3C 3A/3C 3A/3C 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 6AN/6AS 6AN/6AS 6AN/6AS 6AN/6AS 6AN/6AS 22 22N 22N 22N 23 23N 23S 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Hunt Type Dates 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 11/20-12/10 9/27-10/03 9/27-10/03 11/19-12/09 11/19-12/09 10/20-10/26 10/19-10/25 10/17-10/23 10/16-10/22 10/15-10/21 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 9/28-10/04 9/28-10/04 10/23-10/29 10/23-10/29 9/27-10/03 9/27-10/03 10/22-10/28 10/22-10/28 10/20-10/26 10/19-10/25 10/17-10/23 10/16-10/22 10/15-10/21 Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued 5 5 2 35 5 14 14 14 20 20 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 8 3 23 4 7 7 7 7 7 5 1 4 12 10 5 7 4 3 3 51 16 29 10 57 33 36 8 48 42 27 7 60 43 17 3 86 58 13 10 33 30 34 28 28 5 5 2 35 5 14 14 14 20 20 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 5 2 25 4 8 3 23 4 8 3 23 4 7 7 7 7 7 Draw Odds Hunters 60.0 100.0 25.0 100.0 50.0 40.0 57.1 50.0 100.0 100.0 9.8 6.3 44.8 10.0 8.8 6.1 30.6 12.5 8.3 4.8 55.6 14.3 13.3 4.7 52.9 33.3 9.3 5.2 46.2 0.0 18.2 20.0 20.6 17.9 17.9 5 5 2 35 5 12 13 14 20 19 5 2 25 4 4 2 23 4 5 2 21 4 6 3 23 4 7 3 23 4 6 7 7 7 7 Hunter Days 28 12 7 188 80 40 46 61 82 88 15 4 105 12 12 4 100 15 13 4 98 15 16 12 90 8 18 11 86 24 25 25 33 37 37 Harvest Bull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 2 6 0 0 2 Spike Cow Calf Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 10 0 6 7 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 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 4 0 1 10 0 8 7 4 11 3 5 2 9 4 3 2 5 1 5 2 4 4 4 0 14 4 4 1 6 0 4 6 2 0 2 80 0 50 29 0 67 54 29 55 16 100 100 36 100 75 100 22 25 100 100 19 100 67 0 61 100 57 33 26 0 67 86 29 0 29 0 14 6 12 5 9 25 10 7 0 7 11 2 40 45 68 55 29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 48 130 109 128 110 120 152 117 87 93 56 64 37 395 436 353 399 308 10 7 21 18 11 11 6 86 82 70 86 64 49 63 47 41 45 58 69 41 53 61 48 54 41 40 39 70 60 37 61 29 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 65 414 65 10.6 56 154 0 0 48 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 160 592 160 21.3 158 419 0 0 116 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 160 492 160 27.6 156 352 0 0 103 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 160 579 160 25.4 148 327 0 0 116 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 160 751 175 20.9 173 411 0 0 105 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 250 270 250 46.3 246 793 0 0 111 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 250 379 250 40.6 241 766 0 0 127 2010 ALS 10/15-10/21 250 458 250 32.8 248 774 0 0 107 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 220 425 220 37.2 214 679 0 0 80 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 220 429 220 36.4 207 635 0 0 93 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 100 227 100 39.2 96 264 0 0 49 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 100 226 100 38.5 93 263 0 0 53 303 0 0 35 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 100 258 97 28.3 90 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 765 1581 762 40.5 739 2170 0 0 355 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 765 1868 761 35.0 720 2046 0 0 391 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 765 1708 765 39.4 739 2200 0 0 285 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 765 1658 765 42.1 737 2302 0 0 344 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 765 1967 765 35.5 743 2432 0 0 279 2010 ALS 11/05-11/11 30 88 30 31.8 25 90 0 0 10 2007 ALS 10/12-10/18 20 67 20 16.4 18 76 0 0 7 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 30 96 30 28.1 30 83 0 0 19 2009 ALS 10/09-10/15 30 124 30 21.8 30 97 0 0 18 2010 ALS 11/05-11/11 30 59 30 44.1 30 71 0 0 11 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 20 61 20 27.9 18 63 0 0 11 2008 ALS 10/17-10/23 30 24 30 70.8 21 94 0 0 6 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Herd-Units: 72 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Juniors-only (continued) 23S 2009 ALS 10/16-10/22 30 32 30 43.8 24 107 0 0 0 27 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 95 160 95 29.4 91 283 0 0 49 Muzzleloader 1/2B/2C 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 40 1561 40 2.0 40 185 24 0 0 1/2B/2C 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 40 1515 40 2.0 40 139 39 0 0 1/2B/2C 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 40 1416 40 2.3 40 184 35 0 0 3A/3C 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 30 1295 30 2.1 30 113 26 0 0 3B 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 20 251 20 4.4 20 86 13 0 0 3B 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 20 310 20 1.9 20 87 13 0 0 3B 2008 BE 11/28-12/04 150 95 150 63.2 139 676 21 17 0 3B 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 20 355 20 4.5 20 100 16 0 0 3B 2009 BE 11/27-12/03 150 181 150 36.5 144 782 26 6 0 3B 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 20 320 20 3.1 18 88 14 0 0 3B 2010 BE 11/26-12/02 150 140 150 42.9 141 684 38 15 0 3B 2008 ALS 12/12-12/31 250 51 250 100.0 231 1267 0 0 95 3B 2009 ALS 12/11-12/31 250 111 250 99.1 234 1476 0 0 80 3B 2010 ALS 12/10-12/31 250 139 250 84.9 241 1594 0 0 81 4B 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 40 281 40 10.3 39 168 18 0 0 4B 2006 ALS 10/20-10/26 175 149 175 62.4 171 711 0 0 40 4B 2007 ALS 10/19-10/25 175 177 175 63.8 170 690 0 0 44 5A 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 24 267 24 7.1 24 105 16 0 0 5A (Hopi) 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 6A 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 50 1358 50 3.2 50 229 34 0 0 6A 2006 BE 11/17-11/23 390 1175 390 16.3 375 1571 139 30 0 390 1566 390 15.7 385 1674 125 44 0 6A 2007 BE 11/16-11/22 6A 2008 BE 11/14-11/20 450 1496 450 20.3 430 1952 131 38 0 6A 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 25 984 25 2.1 25 135 15 0 0 6A 2009 BE 11/13-11/19 400 1003 400 22.6 390 1864 156 20 0 6A 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 50 1036 50 3.9 50 258 37 1 0 6A 2010 BE 11/12-11/18 300 838 300 20.0 293 1417 88 17 0 6A 2006 ALS 11/17-11/23 250 328 250 37.8 231 997 0 0 68 6A 2007 ALS 11/16-11/22 325 294 325 37.8 320 1302 0 0 89 6A 2008 ALS 11/14-11/20 200 242 200 32.6 195 843 0 0 66 6A 2009 ALS 11/13-11/19 200 220 200 38.6 196 800 0 0 60 6A 2010 ALS 11/12-11/18 200 211 200 44.1 195 855 0 0 40 6AS 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 25 688 25 2.2 24 93 21 1 0 6B 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 25 277 25 5.8 25 125 14 1 0 8 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 150 181 150 43.1 139 617 0 0 51 8 2007 ALS 9/28-10/04 150 263 150 34.2 144 619 0 0 55 8 2008 ALS 9/26-10/02 150 237 150 38.8 146 593 0 0 70 8 2009 ALS 9/25-10/01 150 243 150 31.7 142 590 0 0 52 8 2010 ALS 9/24-9/30 125 277 125 31.0 120 470 0 0 35 9 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 25 1660 25 1.4 24 103 21 0 0 16A 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 3 14 3 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 16A 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 3 24 3 4.2 3 14 0 0 0 16A 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 3 13 3 7.7 3 12 2 0 0 16A 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 3 11 3 0.0 3 6 3 0 0 16A 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 3 22 3 13.6 0 0 0 0 0 21 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 5 89 5 3.4 5 16 5 0 0 5 62 5 8.1 5 20 5 0 0 21 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 22S 2006 BE 10/06-10/12 20 144 20 5.6 20 92 11 0 0 22S 2007 BE 9/28-10/04 40 172 40 12.2 37 181 15 0 0 22S 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 40 161 40 15.5 40 166 21 3 0 22S 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 40 187 40 16.0 40 199 18 3 0 22S 2010 BE 9/24-9/30 40 203 40 12.8 38 173 23 0 0 23S 2008 BE 9/26-10/02 15 272 15 3.7 15 68 10 0 0 27 2009 BE 9/25-10/01 25 463 25 3.2 25 103 19 2 0 CN 2007 ALSS 10/05-10/11 25 0 25 23 85 0 0 10 CN 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 25 0 25 20 95 0 0 2 CN 2006 ALS 10/06-10/12 5 4 5 100.0 3 13 0 0 0 CN 2007 ALS 10/05-10/11 5 3 5 66.7 5 30 0 0 1 CN 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 25 5 25 100.0 25 120 0 0 5 CN 2008 ALS 10/10-10/16 5 8 5 37.5 5 33 0 0 0 CN 2009 ALS 10/09-10/15 25 1 25 100.0 22 97 0 0 6 CN 2009 ALS 10/09-10/15 5 7 5 42.9 5 22 0 0 3 CN 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 25 3 25 100.0 23 100 0 0 5 CN 2010 ALS 10/08-10/14 5 7 5 57.1 3 13 0 0 0 CN 2006 AE 10/06-10/12 10 31 10 32.3 10 47 3 3 3 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Success Calf Total 0 6 0 55 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 7 10 2 0 0 3 16 18 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 24 39 35 26 13 13 38 16 32 14 53 105 84 88 18 40 48 16 1 34 169 169 169 15 176 38 105 70 104 73 70 42 22 15 54 71 88 62 38 21 0 0 2 3 0 5 5 11 15 24 21 23 10 21 10 2 0 1 5 0 9 4 5 0 9 60 98 88 87 65 65 27 80 22 78 38 45 36 37 46 23 28 67 100 68 45 44 39 60 45 76 36 30 33 37 36 22 92 60 39 49 60 44 32 88 0 67 100 100 100 55 41 60 53 61 67 84 43 10 0 20 20 0 41 80 22 0 90 Hunt Arizona 2011 73 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Muzzleloader (continued) CN 2006 AE 10/06-10/12 3 12 3 25.0 3 18 0 0 0 CN 2007 AE 10/05-10/11 10 24 10 25.0 10 39 3 0 1 CN 2007 AE 10/05-10/11 3 12 3 25.0 3 21 0 0 0 CN 2008 AE 10/10-10/16 10 27 10 25.9 10 50 0 0 0 CN 2008 AE 10/10-10/16 3 14 3 7.1 3 8 2 0 0 CN 2009 AE 10/09-10/15 10 24 10 20.8 10 47 1 0 1 CN 2009 AE 10/09-10/15 3 11 3 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 CN 2010 AE 10/08-10/14 10 13 10 15.4 5 30 0 0 0 CN 2010 AE 10/08-10/14 3 8 3 12.5 3 6 3 0 0 Archery (continued) 1/2B/2C 2006 B 9/22-10/05 150 2614 150 4.6 150 1214 70 0 0 1/2B/2C 2007 B 9/14-9/27 150 2847 150 3.9 144 1285 80 2 0 1/2B/2C 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 2241 150 5.3 148 1218 73 4 0 1/2B/2C 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 24 25 37.5 25 168 5 5 0 1/2B/2C 2009 B 9/11-9/24 150 2055 150 5.5 148 1242 66 2 0 1/2B/2C 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 28 25 25.0 25 223 4 0 0 1/2B/2C 2010 B 9/10-9/23 150 2187 150 6.0 148 1280 58 0 0 1/2B/2C 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 36 25 19.4 24 185 3 3 0 1/2B/2C 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 170 137 170 27.0 168 1026 0 0 41 1/2B/2C 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 51 50 9.8 50 308 0 0 10 1/2B/2C 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 62 75 30.6 73 520 0 0 10 1/2B/2C 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 75 75 75 28.0 69 465 0 0 23 1/2B/2C 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 100 68 100 27.9 92 605 0 0 22 3A/3C 2006 B 9/22-10/05 100 1463 100 5.5 100 770 63 0 0 B 9/14-9/27 100 1722 100 3.8 97 838 55 5 0 3A/3C 2007 3A/3C 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 1647 150 7.0 150 1271 86 0 0 3A/3C 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 10 25 100.0 25 194 6 0 0 3A/3C 2009 B 9/11-9/24 150 1498 150 7.2 148 1481 46 2 0 3A/3C 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 25 25 24.0 23 209 0 2 0 3A/3C 2010 B 9/10-9/23 125 987 127 9.1 125 1098 63 0 0 3A/3C 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 2 25 100.0 22 155 2 0 0 3A/3C 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 70 40 70 55.0 65 406 0 0 19 3A/3C 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 70 42 70 42.9 65 427 0 0 14 3A/3C 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 70 32 70 50.0 68 399 0 0 7 3A/3C 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 70 28 70 32.1 68 539 0 0 13 3A/3C 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 50 15 50 73.3 48 282 0 0 5 3B 2006 B 9/22-10/05 25 171 25 8.8 25 175 13 0 0 3B 2007 B 9/14-9/27 25 231 25 7.4 25 203 15 0 0 3B 2008 B 9/12-9/25 75 251 75 18.3 74 642 38 0 0 3B 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 11 25 63.6 25 196 6 0 0 3B 2009 B 9/11-9/24 75 342 75 10.8 75 857 10 0 0 3B 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 17 25 70.6 22 194 0 0 0 3B 2010 B 9/10-9/23 75 270 75 16.7 75 686 22 2 0 3B 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 16 25 50.0 25 189 0 2 0 3B 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 15 4 15 100.0 15 101 0 0 3 3B 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 15 22 15 31.8 15 94 0 0 2 3B 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 25 8 25 87.5 25 221 0 0 2 3B 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 25 17 25 29.4 25 145 0 0 5 3B 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 25 9 25 77.8 24 183 0 0 4 B 9/22-10/05 175 1269 175 11.3 171 1434 56 2 0 4A 2006 4A 2007 B 9/14-9/27 175 1242 175 11.0 171 1411 58 6 0 4A 2008 B 9/12-9/25 225 1179 225 13.5 219 1783 94 2 0 4A 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 19 25 100.0 19 106 0 6 0 4A 2009 B 9/11-9/24 225 1038 225 16.0 211 1945 60 0 0 4A 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 26 25 42.3 25 167 0 0 0 4A 2010 B 9/10-9/23 219 1097 219 14.6 219 1680 60 0 0 4A 2010 B 11/12-11/25 24 16 24 37.5 22 164 0 0 0 4A (Hopi) 2010 B 9/10-9/23 6 1 6 100.0 6 69 0 0 0 4A (Hopi) 2010 B 11/12-11/25 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 4A 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 295 152 295 55.9 289 1972 0 0 64 4A 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 80 39 80 17.9 74 392 0 0 36 4A 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 80 36 80 25.0 74 554 0 0 19 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Calf Total 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 50 0 0 67 20 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 70 82 77 10 68 4 58 6 47 12 10 26 22 63 60 86 6 48 2 63 2 21 16 9 13 7 13 15 38 6 10 0 24 2 3 2 2 5 5 58 64 96 6 60 0 60 0 0 0 66 38 19 47 57 52 40 46 16 39 25 28 24 14 38 24 63 62 57 24 32 9 50 9 32 25 13 19 15 52 60 51 24 13 0 32 8 20 13 8 20 21 34 37 44 32 28 0 27 0 0 0 23 51 26 Herd-Units: 74 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Archery (continued) 4A 4A 4A (Hopi) 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A (Hopi) 5A (Hopi) 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A (Hopi) 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN (Hopi) 5BN (Hopi) 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN 5BN (Hopi) 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 5BS 6A 6A 6A 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV 6A/19A/21 VV Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 80 31 80 58.1 80 544 0 0 21 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 78 55 78 38.2 76 498 0 0 20 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 2 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 2006 B 9/22-10/05 150 390 150 15.1 144 1270 22 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 150 416 151 14.7 146 1314 44 0 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 200 372 200 26.6 196 1747 57 4 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 11 25 100.0 23 153 0 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 200 436 200 22.5 194 1775 12 2 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 7 25 57.1 19 103 8 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 200 342 200 29.5 195 1630 42 2 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 3 25 100.0 23 179 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 50 24 50 70.8 50 324 0 0 7 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 24 50 37.5 50 336 0 0 6 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 50 15 50 73.3 50 333 0 0 6 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 50 27 50 63.0 50 372 0 0 3 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 50 21 50 52.4 50 384 0 0 9 2006 B 9/22-10/05 90 949 90 7.3 90 734 35 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 140 1164 140 9.5 138 1126 28 2 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 110 911 110 10.3 107 868 49 0 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 2 25 100.0 22 150 3 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 135 900 135 13.0 133 1311 39 2 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 25 25 28.0 21 163 6 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 155 866 155 16.4 150 1193 40 6 0 18 24 55.6 24 192 3 0 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 24 2010 B 9/10-9/23 5 0 5 5 40 0 0 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 1 0 1 1 11 1 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 220 166 220 48.2 216 1354 0 0 72 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 158 200 35.4 195 1332 0 0 60 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 135 121 135 37.2 128 919 0 0 17 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 100 118 100 35.6 96 817 0 0 17 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 78 68 78 35.3 74 541 0 0 11 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 2 0 2 2 12 0 0 1 2006 B 9/22-10/05 200 1030 200 11.3 198 1490 64 4 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 125 797 125 11.9 123 1039 31 2 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 175 797 174 13.9 172 1484 69 2 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 7 25 100.0 25 180 2 2 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 250 1058 250 15.9 244 2291 32 2 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 21 25 57.1 22 144 6 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 241 877 241 17.6 239 2155 45 2 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 24 25 24 48.0 21 152 0 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 9 2 9 100.0 9 50 2 2 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 200 71 200 74.6 196 1301 0 0 46 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 100 55 100 38.2 98 774 0 0 21 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 100 33 100 42.4 100 815 0 0 15 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 100 30 100 56.7 98 812 0 0 21 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 96 50 96 38.0 89 638 0 0 12 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 4 0 4 4 34 0 0 0 1742 195 8.6 193 1581 59 4 0 2006 B 9/22-10/05 195 2007 B 9/14-9/27 200 2111 200 7.8 197 1381 87 3 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 200 1796 200 8.7 197 1781 74 2 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 20 25 30.0 25 205 5 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 175 1298 175 11.3 173 1419 55 5 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 14 25 64.3 20 118 0 3 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 175 1342 175 11.5 170 1313 52 7 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 38 25 34.2 25 139 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 360 291 359 33.7 348 2290 0 0 102 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 192 200 27.6 198 1337 0 0 48 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 200 178 200 32.6 193 1424 0 0 43 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 100 123 100 31.7 94 751 0 0 13 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 100 139 100 25.9 88 576 0 0 28 2008 B 11/21-11/27 25 17 25 35.3 25 118 3 0 0 2009 B 11/20-11/26 25 13 25 46.2 22 128 3 2 0 2010 B 11/19-11/25 25 30 25 43.3 25 142 3 0 0 2007 ALSS 9/14-9/27 30 0 30 28 173 0 0 2 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 20 0 20 17 94 0 0 0 2006 AE 9/22-10/05 15 27 15 29.6 15 95 1 0 0 2007 AE 9/14-9/27 15 16 15 43.8 15 113 4 0 4 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 23 20 0 22 44 61 0 14 8 44 0 7 8 6 3 9 35 30 49 3 41 6 46 3 0 1 74 62 17 17 13 1 68 33 71 4 34 6 47 0 4 0 48 21 15 29 14 0 63 90 76 5 60 3 59 0 111 52 43 15 28 3 5 3 4 3 1 8 Hunt Success Hunt Arizona 2011 29 26 0 15 30 31 0 7 42 23 0 14 16 12 6 18 39 22 46 14 31 29 31 13 0 100 34 32 13 18 18 50 34 27 41 16 14 27 20 0 44 24 21 15 30 16 0 33 46 39 20 35 15 35 0 32 26 22 16 32 12 23 12 14 18 7 53 75 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Archery (continued) 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AN 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6AW 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7E 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2006 B 9/22-10/05 115 1062 115 8.9 115 920 40 2 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 115 1233 115 7.9 115 846 49 5 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 1074 150 11.3 146 1311 65 2 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 225 1230 225 14.9 220 2001 54 5 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 225 1057 225 14.5 221 1909 51 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 450 227 450 61.2 438 2880 0 0 99 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 186 199 31.2 193 1291 0 0 58 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 200 188 200 44.7 194 1301 0 0 39 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 150 137 150 35.0 146 1136 0 0 26 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 100 100 100 29.0 98 700 0 0 16 2006 B 9/22-10/05 115 824 115 6.8 113 816 32 6 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 115 745 115 12.1 115 944 37 2 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 945 150 12.1 148 1344 35 2 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 240 1028 240 16.8 234 2150 58 4 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 225 892 225 15.6 218 2055 38 5 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 450 192 450 77.1 438 2924 0 0 65 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 200 134 197 50.0 186 1322 0 0 42 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 175 140 175 50.7 173 1176 0 0 29 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 125 95 125 38.9 116 830 0 0 13 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 100 69 100 42.0 94 608 0 0 10 2006 B 9/22-10/05 55 217 55 14.7 55 414 20 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 55 281 55 14.6 54 412 11 0 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 75 243 75 17.7 73 680 23 2 0 198 75 24.7 75 689 16 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 75 2010 B 9/10-9/23 75 229 75 18.8 75 698 23 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 150 26 150 100.0 147 1091 0 0 20 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 50 24 50 54.2 50 403 0 0 9 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 50 16 50 68.8 47 420 0 0 16 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 50 23 50 60.9 49 416 0 0 13 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 50 20 50 55.0 48 333 0 0 5 2006 B 9/22-10/05 80 358 80 15.1 80 676 24 2 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 100 417 100 12.7 98 1000 17 0 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 100 299 100 20.4 98 806 24 2 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 5 25 100.0 23 212 2 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 100 327 100 21.4 96 915 25 0 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 23 25 69.6 25 204 2 2 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 100 289 100 21.8 96 763 21 2 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 19 25 47.4 23 179 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 100 42 100 54.8 95 639 0 0 24 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 100 32 95 75.0 91 656 0 0 13 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 100 78 100 46.2 96 758 0 0 10 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 100 20 100 90.0 95 719 0 0 21 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 100 39 100 84.6 96 735 0 0 8 2006 B 9/22-10/05 100 435 100 12.9 96 814 29 4 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 120 486 120 11.9 120 1093 36 0 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 130 357 130 20.4 130 1226 38 0 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 12 25 91.7 20 148 2 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 130 374 130 17.9 130 1120 21 6 0 8 25 100.0 25 175 6 0 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 2010 B 9/10-9/23 110 283 110 22.6 110 1002 31 0 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 26 25 53.8 21 190 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 150 58 150 100.0 146 848 0 0 35 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 75 35 75 42.9 70 498 0 0 13 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 36 75 66.7 75 489 0 0 11 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 75 21 75 81.0 71 440 0 0 25 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 50 22 50 81.8 50 322 0 0 11 2006 B 9/22-10/05 150 1097 150 9.3 150 1278 51 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 150 1086 150 9.0 148 1317 38 5 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 844 150 12.1 150 1352 72 0 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 14 25 78.6 25 163 3 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 125 777 125 10.4 118 1165 26 0 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 15 25 53.3 25 186 3 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54 67 59 51 101 58 41 28 16 38 39 37 62 43 65 44 31 17 10 20 11 25 16 23 23 9 16 14 5 26 17 26 2 25 4 23 0 24 15 10 21 8 33 36 38 2 27 6 31 0 37 15 13 25 11 51 43 72 3 26 3 Herd-Units: 76 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success 37 47 46 27 23 23 30 21 19 16 34 34 25 26 20 15 24 18 15 11 36 20 34 21 31 16 18 34 29 10 33 17 27 9 26 16 24 0 25 16 10 22 8 34 30 29 10 21 24 28 0 25 21 17 35 22 34 29 48 12 22 12 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Archery (continued) 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 7W 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 11M 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C Hunt Type Dates 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS B B B B B B B B B B ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS 9/10-9/23 11/12-11/25 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/11-9/24 9/10-9/23 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/11-9/24 11/13-11/26 9/10-9/23 11/12-11/25 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/11-9/24 9/10-9/23 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/11-9/24 11/13-11/26 9/10-9/23 11/12-11/25 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 11/14-11/27 9/11-9/24 11/13-11/26 9/10-9/23 11/12-11/25 9/22-10/05 9/14-9/27 9/12-9/25 9/11-9/24 9/10-9/23 9/22-10/05 10/06-10/19 9/14-9/27 9/28-10/11 9/12-9/25 9/26-10/09 9/11-9/24 9/25-10/08 9/10-9/23 9/24-10/07 9/22-10/05 10/06-10/19 9/14-9/27 9/28-10/11 9/12-9/25 9/26-10/09 9/11-9/24 9/25-10/08 9/10-9/23 9/24-10/07 125 25 225 100 75 75 50 125 125 125 25 175 25 175 25 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 75 25 100 25 100 25 125 150 150 25 150 25 150 25 100 75 75 75 75 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 681 26 85 60 40 37 43 739 878 677 10 609 21 682 34 14 32 9 33 29 2885 3314 2651 47 2511 52 2164 40 1664 1845 1052 16 1083 32 1221 21 42 18 56 14 33 317 107 399 139 253 158 247 123 185 253 41 9 43 13 55 31 53 10 38 42 2008 B 9/12-9/25 75 2009 B 9/11-9/24 2010 B 2006 ALS Year Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters 125 25 225 100 75 75 50 125 125 125 25 175 25 175 25 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 74 25 100 25 100 25 125 150 150 25 150 25 150 25 94 72 75 75 75 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 11.2 65.4 52.9 41.7 35.0 43.2 44.2 9.9 8.2 12.0 70.0 14.9 66.7 14.7 35.3 85.7 18.8 100.0 51.5 58.6 2.4 1.7 2.5 34.0 3.2 19.2 3.8 25.0 4.7 3.8 8.3 75.0 8.6 50.0 7.0 47.6 54.8 88.9 60.7 100.0 75.8 17.0 22.4 13.8 20.1 20.6 20.9 17.8 24.4 30.3 22.5 70.7 100.0 72.1 100.0 74.5 61.3 58.5 100.0 89.5 85.7 125 25 221 96 70 75 50 125 125 122 23 175 25 173 25 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 74 23 98 22 100 25 122 150 148 23 148 20 150 23 90 62 72 68 70 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 77 77 77 71 80 80 76 80 78 90 75 24.4 75 115 75 9/10-9/23 75 99 9/22-10/05 75 8 Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 1031 116 1417 683 503 600 421 1201 1330 1130 139 1639 179 1601 157 410 396 330 382 376 646 572 584 203 905 188 919 184 959 1403 1359 183 1448 136 1308 153 651 497 431 476 457 744 752 697 640 796 790 839 671 689 581 535 562 511 656 631 517 471 650 636 631 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 23 42 5 65 3 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 51 54 5 60 13 60 9 56 36 50 4 51 5 50 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 18 24 22 16 12 19 16 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 9 2 6 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 9 12 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 16 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 15 16 22 22 33 12 15 16 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 43 2 61 13 12 15 7 49 25 51 7 71 7 53 0 14 13 16 12 8 54 51 54 5 60 16 60 9 56 36 50 4 51 5 52 5 4 10 3 5 4 27 11 20 26 28 16 12 19 18 21 25 10 20 16 24 28 33 12 15 18 34 8 28 14 17 20 14 39 20 42 30 41 28 31 0 28 26 32 24 16 72 68 73 22 61 73 60 36 46 24 34 17 34 25 35 22 4 16 4 7 6 34 14 25 33 35 20 15 24 23 26 31 13 26 21 34 35 41 16 19 23 70 532 35 0 0 0 35 50 39.1 69 517 33 0 0 0 33 48 75 36.4 75 626 26 0 0 0 26 35 75 100.0 70 458 0 0 0 0 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Hunt Arizona 2011 77 Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Hunt Type Dates 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 75 7 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 2010 ALS 2006 2007 Year Archery (continued) 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 15A/15B/17/18/ 19B/20A/20C 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 19A 19A 19A 19A 19A 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22N 22N 22N 22N 22N 22S 22S 22S 22S 22S 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23N 23N 23N 23S 23S 23S 23S 27 27 27 27 27 27 Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters 76 100.0 61 398 2 75 100.0 60 75 2 75 100.0 9/10-9/23 75 3 75 AE 9/22-10/05 75 163 AE 9/14-9/27 75 141 Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 0 0 3 0 3 5 363 0 0 2 0 2 3 65 457 0 0 7 0 7 11 100.0 66 401 0 0 5 2 7 11 75 27.6 66 398 23 0 0 0 23 35 75 19.1 75 618 26 0 0 0 26 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 4 9 4 5 2 3 17 11 17 17 16 23 18 14 55 45 53 43 28 0 10 13 8 5 32 21 23 14 17 24 10 29 27 15 8 6 11 28 7 8 6 45 41 60 0 47 2 25 100 25 100 100 45 20 25 10 15 68 48 68 18 32 36 26 20 28 21 19 16 10 0 38 43 30 17 21 16 16 10 11 25 11 30 29 17 53 40 73 80 50 53 40 45 42 41 0 32 10 2006 B 9/22-10/05 4 14 4 14.3 4 12 1 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 4 8 4 37.5 4 26 0 4 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 4 17 4 5.9 4 20 1 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 4 9 4 44.4 4 26 4 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 4 10 4 30.0 4 8 4 0 0 2006 B 9/22-10/05 20 55 20 18.2 20 171 9 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 20 97 20 11.3 20 171 2 2 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 20 40 20 35.0 20 184 5 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 20 61 20 18.0 20 206 2 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 20 21 20 33.3 20 185 3 0 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 25 205 25 7.8 25 137 17 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 25 178 25 9.6 23 170 10 1 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 25 193 25 9.8 25 178 17 0 0 2006 ALS 11/17-11/30 100 38 99 73.7 96 608 0 0 11 2007 ALS 11/16-11/29 50 14 50 78.6 50 340 0 0 16 2008 ALS 11/14-11/27 70 15 70 100.0 64 443 0 0 19 436 0 0 18 2009 ALS 11/13-11/26 70 22 70 100.0 68 2010 ALS 11/12-11/25 70 30 70 100.0 70 463 0 0 12 2006 B 11/10-11/23 200 238 200 44.5 197 1397 46 9 0 2007 B 11/09-11/22 220 228 219 42.1 210 1609 34 11 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 300 172 300 79.7 281 2045 42 11 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 300 106 300 95.3 277 2191 30 13 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 300 125 300 94.4 285 2093 18 10 0 2006 B 11/10-11/23 20 19 20 57.9 20 175 0 0 0 2007 B 11/09-11/22 30 26 29 76.9 26 119 10 0 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 30 17 30 100.0 30 220 5 8 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 30 11 30 100.0 27 251 8 0 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 30 25 30 68.0 30 215 5 0 0 2006 B 11/10-11/23 150 142 150 52.8 150 1133 22 10 0 2007 B 11/09-11/22 150 154 150 41.6 130 936 18 3 0 2008 B 11/07-11/20 150 118 150 62.7 144 1082 21 2 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 150 73 150 89.0 143 1055 12 2 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 150 96 150 68.8 150 1061 14 3 0 2006 ALS 11/17-11/30 100 24 100 100.0 97 621 0 0 24 2007 ALS 11/16-11/29 100 18 98 100.0 95 552 0 0 10 2008 ALS 11/14-11/27 100 14 100 100.0 97 605 0 0 26 2009 ALS 11/13-11/26 100 18 100 100.0 92 660 0 0 27 2010 ALS 11/12-11/25 100 10 100 100.0 89 496 0 0 13 2008 B 9/12-9/25 15 594 15 2.2 15 135 8 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 15 381 15 2.9 15 158 6 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 15 401 15 3.2 15 139 11 0 0 223 28 0 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 35 438 35 4.1 35 2008 B 9/12-9/25 15 102 15 8.8 14 112 7 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 15 215 15 4.7 15 158 8 0 0 2010 B 9/10-9/23 15 386 15 2.3 15 156 6 0 0 2006 B 9/22-10/05 100 850 100 7.4 100 824 43 2 0 2007 B 9/14-9/27 100 883 100 7.0 97 838 39 2 0 2008 B 9/12-9/25 150 960 150 9.9 146 1357 60 0 0 2008 B 11/14-11/27 25 40 25 30.0 19 183 0 0 0 2009 B 9/11-9/24 150 846 150 10.3 148 1491 47 0 0 2009 B 11/13-11/26 25 11 25 63.6 20 145 2 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran Herd-Units: 78 CC = Canyon Creek HM = Hutch Mtn. MM = Melatone Mesa SM = East Sunset/West Sunset/Meteor Crater DL = Dry Lake M = Martinez MZ = Mazatzal TT = Twin Arrows/Two Guns/Grapevine ES (Unit 1) = Escudilla ML = Marshall Lake RV = Round Valley VV = Verde Valley Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunt Success Elk Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Archery (continued) 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28/31/32 28/31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN CN Year Hunt Type Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bull Spike Cow Calf Total 2010 B 9/10-9/23 150 800 150 10.1 150 1316 53 0 0 2010 B 11/12-11/25 25 33 25 48.5 23 173 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/22-10/05 145 54 145 66.7 136 805 0 0 21 2007 ALS 9/14-9/27 150 73 146 58.9 132 907 0 0 20 2008 ALS 9/12-9/25 75 52 75 46.2 65 498 0 0 8 2009 ALS 9/11-9/24 50 37 50 35.1 47 326 0 0 9 2010 ALS 9/10-9/23 50 21 50 71.4 46 371 0 0 4 2006 AE 9/22-10/05 5 12 5 25.0 5 50 0 0 0 2007 AE 9/14-9/27 5 13 5 30.8 5 38 3 0 0 2008 AE 9/12-9/25 5 4 5 50.0 5 30 5 0 0 2009 AE 9/11-9/24 5 9 5 33.3 4 23 1 0 0 2010 AE 9/10-9/23 5 5 5 40.0 5 30 3 0 0 2006 AE 9/22-10/05 5 3 5 66.7 3 25 0 0 0 2007 AE 9/14-9/27 5 3 5 100.0 5 20 0 0 0 2008 AE 9/12-9/25 5 8 5 37.5 5 30 0 0 0 2006 ALS 9/04-9/14 20 0 20 20 70 0 0 3 2006 ALS 9/04-9/14 3 0 3 3 21 0 0 1 2006 ALS 9/15-9/24 20 0 20 20 93 0 0 5 2006 ALS 9/15-9/24 3 3 3 100.0 3 28 0 0 2 2007 ALS 8/30-9/06 20 1 20 100.0 20 78 0 0 0 2007 ALS 8/30-9/06 3 0 3 3 15 0 0 0 2007 ALS 9/14-9/23 20 0 20 18 91 0 0 2 2007 ALS 9/14-9/23 3 2 3 100.0 3 27 0 0 0 0 20 16 89 0 0 0 2008 ALS 8/29-9/04 20 2008 ALS 8/29-9/04 3 1 3 100.0 3 21 0 0 0 2008 ALS 9/12-9/21 20 2 20 100.0 20 90 0 0 2 2008 ALS 9/12-9/21 3 3 3 33.3 3 21 0 0 0 2008 ALS 11/07-11/20 20 0 20 17 76 0 0 1 2008 ALS 11/07-11/20 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2009 ALS 8/28-9/03 20 0 20 20 98 0 0 0 2009 ALS 8/28-9/03 3 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 2009 ALS 9/18-9/27 20 1 20 100.0 20 136 0 0 4 2009 ALS 9/18-9/27 3 4 3 50.0 3 30 0 0 0 2009 ALS 11/06-11/19 20 0 10 10 70 0 0 0 2009 ALS 11/06-11/19 3 0 3 3 18 0 0 0 2010 ALS 8/27-9/02 20 0 20 20 114 0 0 0 2010 ALS 8/27-9/02 3 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 2010 ALS 9/17-9/26 20 0 20 20 86 0 0 6 2010 ALS 9/17-9/26 3 0 3 3 15 0 0 0 2010 ALS 11/05-11/18 10 0 6 6 54 0 0 0 2010 ALS 11/05-11/18 3 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 2006 AE 9/04-9/14 17 10 17 80.0 17 95 3 0 0 2006 AE 9/04-9/14 2 7 2 28.6 0 0 0 0 0 2006 AE 9/15-9/24 17 26 17 57.7 17 95 3 3 0 2006 AE 9/15-9/24 2 6 2 33.3 0 0 0 0 0 2007 AE 8/30-9/06 17 4 16 75.0 16 92 2 2 2 2007 AE 8/30-9/06 2 3 2 33.3 2 6 0 0 0 2007 AE 9/14-9/23 17 32 17 40.6 13 77 4 0 4 10 2 20.0 2 20 2 0 0 2007 AE 9/14-9/23 2 2008 AE 8/29-9/04 17 12 17 91.7 15 64 0 0 0 2008 AE 8/29-9/04 2 5 2 0.0 2 14 0 0 0 2008 AE 9/12-9/21 17 32 17 40.6 14 68 3 0 0 2008 AE 9/12-9/21 2 11 2 18.2 0 0 0 0 0 2008 AE 11/07-11/20 17 1 17 100.0 17 116 0 0 0 2008 AE 11/07-11/20 2 2 2 50.0 2 16 0 0 0 2009 AE 8/28-9/03 17 4 17 75.0 17 90 0 0 0 2009 AE 8/28-9/03 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2009 AE 9/18-9/27 17 32 17 37.5 17 107 5 3 2 2009 AE 9/18-9/27 2 8 2 25.0 2 16 0 2 0 2009 AE 11/06-11/19 17 0 8 8 62 0 0 0 2009 AE 11/06-11/19 2 0 2 2 28 0 0 0 2010 AE 8/27-9/02 17 5 17 60.0 17 75 0 0 7 2010 AE 8/27-9/02 2 5 2 40.0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 AE 9/17-9/26 17 29 17 37.9 17 92 7 3 0 2010 AE 9/17-9/26 2 8 2 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 2010 AE 11/05-11/18 8 1 8 100.0 8 46 0 0 0 2010 AE 11/05-11/18 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 BE = Early Bull, B = Bull, ALS = Antlerless, AE = Any Elk, CN = Camp Navajo, CH = CHAMP Hunt, DV = Disabled Veteran 0 0 2 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 23 20 8 12 4 0 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 7 0 10 0 0 0 Hunt Success Hunt Arizona 2011 35 0 17 15 12 26 9 0 60 100 25 60 0 0 0 15 33 25 67 10 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 18 35 38 0 62 100 0 0 21 0 0 0 59 100 0 0 41 59 0 0 79 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 80 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 81 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 139 282 2009 149 327 2010 126 179 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 202 783 361 298 334 733 358 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 18 28 14 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 693 617 772 1237 677 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 1.2 2.2 2.0 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 44 61 54 Poult Unclassified Total Poults/Hen Percent Young1 102 36 91 395 76 0 0 0 13 11 3 0 221 83 246 578 208 19 1.3 2.0 0.9 2.9 1.5 - 5-Year: 2006-2010 Turkey Survey Data Unit Year Tom Hen 1 2006 38 81 1 2007 29 18 1 2008 43 99 1 2009 36 136 1 2010 77 52 3B 2007 19 0 1 Percent young is calculated from classified birds only. 82 Hunt Arizona 2011 46 43 39 70 37 0 Turkey Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Turkey Survey Data Unit Year Tom Hen 3B 2009 1 5 3B 2010 0 4 3C 2006 4 14 3C 2007 1 19 3C 2008 11 15 3C 2009 15 27 3C 2010 0 8 4 2006 8 13 4 2007 2 8 4 2008 0 10 4 2009 0 12 4 2010 0 2 5A 2006 0 4 5A 2007 9 9 5A 2008 10 1 5A 2009 3 18 5A 2010 1 25 5B 2007 5 13 5B North 2009 2 0 5B South 2009 0 2 6A 2006 0 2 6A 2009 3 9 6A 2010 0 8 6B 2006 0 0 6B 2007 0 0 6B 2010 0 2 7 2006 5 20 7 2007 10 0 8 2009 8 0 8/10 2006 4 8 8/10 2007 8 42 8/10 2010 9 1 9 2006 5 0 9 2008 2 14 9 2009 0 1 9 2010 0 6 12A 2006 7 12 12A 2007 3 11 12A 2008 0 22 12A 2009 14 16 12A 2010 0 18 13A 2006 2 2 13A 2007 7 36 13A 2008 10 7 13A 2010 0 13 13B 2008 14 16 13B South 2007 5 10 22 2009 24 18 22 2010 14 8 23 2006 4 42 23 2008 9 16 23 2009 4 16 27 2006 0 19 27 2007 4 26 27 2008 39 82 27 2009 39 67 27 2010 25 32 1 Percent young is calculated from classified birds only. Poult Unclassified Total 0 24 41 47 6 26 0 34 31 35 33 7 14 23 0 30 27 12 0 8 10 6 21 0 0 2 10 0 0 33 19 10 0 18 4 22 34 31 56 50 72 3 0 3 2 0 4 16 0 31 32 37 49 95 93 128 95 0 0 0 19 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 28 59 86 32 85 8 55 41 45 45 9 45 41 11 51 58 30 2 10 12 18 29 11 3 5 35 10 8 45 69 20 5 34 5 28 53 45 78 80 90 7 43 20 15 30 22 58 22 77 62 57 68 125 214 234 157 Poults/Hen 0.0 6.0 2.9 2.5 0.4 1.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 3.5 2.8 3.5 3.5 2.6 0.0 1.7 1.1 0.9 4.0 5.0 0.7 2.6 1.0 0.5 4.1 0.5 10.0 1.3 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.1 4.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.7 1.1 1.9 3.0 Percent Young1 0 86 69 70 19 38 0 62 76 78 73 78 78 56 0 59 51 40 0 80 83 33 72 50 29 0 0 73 28 50 0 53 80 79 64 69 72 63 80 43 0 15 13 0 21 28 0 40 56 65 72 76 43 55 63 Hunt Arizona 2011 83 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Spring Turkey Hunts (juniors-only listed separately) Permits 1st Choice Permits Hunters Authorized Applicants Issued 1965 100 – – 79 1966 500 – – 417 1967 1100 – – 878 1968 1600 – – 1096 1969 2200 – – 1673 1970 2600 – – 1935 1971 2650 – – 2021 1972 2800 – – 1941 1973 2550 – – 1225 1974 2550 – 2550 1747 1975 3450 – 3450 2284 1976 4001 – 4001 1869 1977 4600 – 4600 2679 1978 4865 – 4865 2952 1979 4970 6275 3397 2853 1980 4950 7894 4594 2692 1981 4900 9143 4654 2542 1982 4960 9444 4821 2648 1983 4960 5106 4415 3073 1984 4620 4725 4107 3455 1985 4620 5863 4409 3382 1986 4620 6663 4548 3581 1987 4915 7132 4834 3734 1988 4710 8216 4688 3736 1989 4660 8171 4562 3691 1990 4595 8553 4577 3684 1991 4595 8044 4976 3994 1992 4725 6413 4701 3757 1993 4735 7260 4732 3820 1994 4805 7730 4793 3795 1995 4840 8591 4822 3806 1996 5020 9258 5007 3820 1997 5115 9312 5115 4021 1998 4719 9460 4724 3722 1999 4501 10260 4476 3497 2000 4840 11120 4840 3833 2001 5251 12815 5251 4232 2002 5471 12643 5470 4301 2003 5096 13819 5183 4234 2004 5157 16020 5158 4055 2005 5307 16355 5375 4264 2006 5593 14945 5599 4548 2007 6263 13583 6269 5092 2008 7007 13281 7001 5660 2009 7289 11885 7284 6108 2010 7130 11715 7125 5595 1 In 1997, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season. Year Hunter Days Total Harvest 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 25429 23584 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 1110 999 Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest 150 155 156 137 125 119 122 143 202 295 1574 1316 666 603 523 486 443 373 450 493 636 1094 4612 4477 30 34 30 27 23 23 24 51 105 82 324 222 Historic Summary of Juniors-only Spring Turkey Hunts Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 84 Permits Authorized 175 175 180 180 150 150 150 165 225 350 OTC OTC Hunt Arizona 2011 1st Choice Applicants 120 202 307 254 290 341 327 461 563 582 - Permits Issued 163 175 180 177 153 150 153 165 225 350 - 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 18 18 Percent Success 20 22 19 20 18 19 20 36 52 28 21 17 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Fall Turkey Hunts (juniors-only listed separately) Year1 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 1 2 Permits Authorized 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 1st Choice Applicants – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3951 5497 6123 6850 7322 7721 7766 7226 8972 9417 9451 12240 12774 14455 Permits Issued – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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 Hunters 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 Hunter Days – – – – – – – – – – – – 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 Total Harvest 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 Percent Success 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 Archery data are included in hunters, hunter days, and harvest from 1969-1990. In 2008, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season. Hunt Arizona 2011 85 Turkey Harvest Data Historic Summary of General Fall Turkey Hunts (juniors-only listed separately) continued Year1 2005 2006 2007 20082 2009 2010 1 2 Permits Authorized 4830 5310 5870 6100 6120 6820 1st Choice Applicants 11563 14910 9922 7820 6649 6172 Permits Issued 4832 5302 5868 5883 5860 6374 Hunter Days 10720 11224 14317 14096 13759 15748 Hunters 3811 3970 4664 4659 4667 5009 Total Harvest 1117 640 1087 902 1653 676 Percent Success 29 16 23 19 35 13 Archery data are included in hunters, hunter days, and harvest from 1969-1990. In 2008, the General season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season. 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 – 2009 OTC No Survey 2010 OTC No Survey 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 3844 3559 3381 1072 1245 1465 1533 1426 1479 1390 1739 2082 2539 2722 2583 2485 2630 2586 2820 2719 2151 1073 1485 4331 4692 6804 7258 7011 7684 7194 8435 10913 13320 13838 12627 12507 12890 12725 13818 14036 10468 5405 8058 20 19 55 59 26 37 44 96 103 120 190 138 71 160 174 140 221 103 81 113 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 7.5 7.6 Historic Summary of Archery Fall Turkey Hunts Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20101 1 Permits Authorized – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2010 data is preliminary. 86 1st Choice Applicants – – – Hunt Arizona 2011 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Dates Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot 1 2006 4/28-5/04 1 2006 5/05-5/25 1 2007 4/27-5/03 1 2007 5/04-5/24 1 2008 4/25-5/01 1 2008 5/02-5/22 1 2009 4/24-4/30 1 2009 5/01-5/21 1 2010 4/23-4/29 1 2010 4/30-5/20 3B 2006 4/28-5/25 3B 2007 4/27-5/03 3B 2007 5/04-5/24 3B 2008 4/25-5/01 3B 2008 5/02-5/22 3B 2009 4/24-4/30 3B 2009 5/01-5/21 3B 2010 4/23-4/29 3B 2010 4/30-5/20 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 3C 2009 4/24-4/30 3C 2009 5/01-5/21 3C 2010 4/23-4/29 3C 2010 4/30-5/20 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 4 2009 4/24-4/30 4 2009 5/01-5/21 4 2010 4/23-4/29 4 2010 4/30-5/20 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 5A 2009 4/24-4/30 5A 2009 5/01-5/21 5A 2010 4/23-4/29 5A 2010 4/30-5/20 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 5B 2009 4/24-4/30 5B 2009 5/01-5/21 5B 2010 4/23-4/29 5B 2010 4/30-5/20 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 6A 2009 4/24-4/30 6A 2009 5/01-5/21 CN = Camp Navajo Permits Authorized 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 425 450 450 475 500 525 500 525 500 525 150 100 100 100 100 125 125 125 125 150 125 100 175 175 175 175 175 175 325 200 200 250 250 250 250 250 250 200 200 225 225 225 225 175 225 150 200 275 150 150 150 150 150 150 100 100 275 275 300 300 350 350 350 350 2037 331 1755 321 1912 253 1623 236 1574 248 251 188 42 236 35 194 24 186 12 776 758 95 857 82 813 90 723 89 1224 719 107 700 98 689 72 585 70 831 160 755 114 734 105 588 183 537 99 799 516 110 481 62 415 72 374 78 1784 250 1706 322 1684 226 1288 212 425 450 450 475 500 525 500 525 500 525 150 100 100 100 100 125 125 125 125 150 125 100 175 175 175 175 175 175 325 200 200 250 250 250 250 250 250 200 200 225 225 223 225 175 225 150 200 275 150 150 150 150 150 150 100 100 275 275 300 300 350 350 350 350 20.2 43.5 23.9 54.5 24.9 61.3 28.2 65.7 30.2 51.2 40.2 38.3 90.5 37.7 88.6 45.4 100.0 47.8 100.0 19.1 15.8 27.4 20.0 63.4 21.0 36.7 24.2 49.4 24.4 26.0 53.3 31.6 62.2 31.5 70.8 35.9 72.9 21.2 56.9 26.6 60.5 28.1 71.4 28.6 54.6 26.3 56.6 29.8 24.2 56.4 28.1 64.5 34.0 59.7 26.5 64.1 15.4 27.6 17.2 33.5 20.4 38.5 26.0 50.9 354 363 394 380 435 409 438 454 423 416 119 82 93 78 80 105 105 105 100 136 111 89 158 149 161 149 153 142 243 159 160 189 192 206 204 206 194 158 163 207 180 189 174 166 190 126 159 232 124 131 117 107 127 140 64 80 230 228 245 241 304 296 311 292 1174 1340 1309 1383 1645 1593 1558 1754 1573 1544 633 304 459 346 351 421 475 520 432 584 395 383 651 693 827 616 1002 698 1021 675 640 755 760 854 934 865 841 543 642 779 812 742 673 763 821 472 583 958 572 578 481 401 621 582 275 271 914 925 854 1012 1343 1138 1286 1372 Harvest 129 79 163 91 107 43 141 85 106 98 25 16 15 15 15 15 9 15 8 82 54 40 64 22 24 35 18 31 60 43 17 47 28 25 22 36 18 51 14 43 17 21 16 33 26 22 26 45 20 24 20 6 9 6 11 6 45 52 55 42 46 24 32 28 Hunt Success 36 22 41 24 25 11 32 19 25 24 21 20 16 19 19 14 9 14 8 60 49 45 41 15 15 23 12 22 25 27 11 25 15 12 11 17 9 32 9 21 9 11 9 20 14 17 16 19 16 18 17 6 7 4 17 8 20 23 22 17 15 8 10 10 Hunt Arizona 2011 87 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Permits Authorized Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot (continued) 6A 2010 4/23-4/29 350 6A 2010 4/30-5/20 350 6B 2006 4/28-5/04 100 6B 2006 5/05-5/25 100 6B 2007 4/27-5/03 100 6B 2007 5/04-5/24 125 6B 2008 4/25-5/01 100 6B 2008 5/02-5/22 125 6B 2009 4/24-4/30 80 6B 2009 5/01-5/21 105 6B 2010 4/23-4/29 60 6B 2010 4/30-5/20 90 7 2006 4/28-5/25 275 7 2007 4/27-5/03 150 7 2007 5/04-5/24 150 7 2008 4/25-5/01 150 7 2008 5/02-5/22 175 7 2009 4/24-4/30 175 7 2009 5/01-5/21 200 7 2010 4/23-4/29 175 7 2010 4/30-5/20 200 8/10 2006 4/28-5/25 325 8/10 2007 4/27-5/03 200 8/10 2007 5/04-5/24 125 8/10 2008 4/25-5/01 200 8/10 2008 5/02-5/22 125 8/10 2009 4/24-4/30 250 8/10 2009 5/01-5/21 155 8/10 2010 4/23-4/29 250 8/10 2010 4/30-5/20 150 9 2006 4/28-5/25 40 9 2007 4/27-5/03 25 9 2007 5/04-5/24 25 9 2008 4/25-5/01 35 9 2008 5/02-5/22 35 9 2009 4/24-4/30 60 9 2009 5/01-5/21 50 9 2010 4/23-4/29 60 9 2010 4/30-5/20 50 12A 2006 4/28-5/04 225 12A 2006 5/05-5/25 225 12A 2007 4/27-5/03 250 12A 2007 5/04-5/24 250 12A 2008 4/25-5/01 300 12A 2008 5/02-5/22 300 12A 2009 4/24-4/30 350 12A 2009 5/01-5/21 350 12A 2010 4/23-4/29 300 12A 2010 4/30-5/20 300 13A 2006 4/28-5/25 20 13A 2007 4/27-5/03 15 13A 2007 5/04-5/24 10 13A 2008 4/25-5/01 20 13A 2008 5/02-5/22 10 13A 2009 4/24-4/30 25 13A 2009 5/01-5/21 15 13A 2010 4/23-4/29 25 13A 2010 4/30-5/20 15 13B South 2006 4/28-5/04 15 13B South 2006 5/05-5/25 15 13B South 2007 4/27-5/03 15 13B South 2007 5/04-5/24 15 13B South 2008 4/25-5/01 20 13B South 2008 5/02-5/22 15 CN = Camp Navajo Unit 88 Year Dates Hunt Arizona 2011 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 1212 284 394 73 373 45 355 47 332 53 261 49 433 388 68 402 58 320 69 294 43 1507 1110 160 1002 82 946 92 832 105 71 113 13 108 20 113 3 92 14 253 80 230 79 202 42 233 25 172 62 33 32 5 22 4 27 5 17 1 48 22 35 11 42 6 350 350 100 100 100 125 100 125 80 105 60 90 275 150 150 150 175 175 200 175 200 325 200 125 200 125 250 155 250 150 40 25 25 35 35 60 50 60 50 225 225 250 250 300 300 350 350 300 300 20 15 10 20 10 25 15 25 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 26.6 49.3 23.9 47.9 26.0 73.3 23.7 70.2 22.6 54.7 20.7 42.9 43.9 27.3 80.9 27.9 67.2 43.8 95.7 43.2 100.0 20.4 17.9 33.8 18.8 42.7 26.1 33.7 29.4 47.6 31.0 22.1 30.8 31.5 85.0 49.6 100.0 51.1 100.0 71.9 100.0 81.7 100.0 87.1 100.0 76.8 100.0 89.0 100.0 51.5 46.9 100.0 86.4 100.0 55.6 100.0 58.8 100.0 31.3 40.9 40.0 72.7 40.5 100.0 310 291 85 77 87 99 92 96 61 86 42 74 220 133 115 124 137 146 169 131 154 290 164 98 177 104 202 140 194 124 32 21 22 26 30 49 45 51 36 167 177 186 155 203 215 275 249 184 150 16 12 3 15 9 22 15 13 8 15 15 7 15 17 11 1383 1263 344 335 370 418 408 357 314 338 171 278 906 505 481 468 695 662 921 603 751 1368 669 369 774 498 927 664 919 580 97 66 117 120 118 189 143 214 179 630 721 763 573 832 879 1089 1006 738 658 33 38 10 55 21 80 54 47 30 51 56 22 45 74 45 11 18 20 12 20 22 21 4 6 7 5 8 37 47 25 24 17 33 20 10 10 46 50 13 66 13 26 10 21 10 17 13 3 6 5 4 5 5 4 33 27 53 17 48 32 39 24 32 18 5 3 0 5 1 7 2 3 0 5 6 5 8 1 2 4 6 24 16 23 22 23 4 10 8 12 11 17 35 22 19 12 23 12 8 6 16 30 13 37 13 13 7 11 8 53 62 14 23 17 8 11 10 11 20 15 28 11 24 15 14 10 17 12 31 25 0 33 11 32 13 23 0 33 40 71 53 6 18 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Permits Authorized Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot (continued) 13B South 2009 4/24-4/30 25 13B South 2009 5/01-5/21 20 13B South 2010 4/23-4/29 20 13B South 2010 4/30-5/20 15 17/18B 2006 4/28-5/25 30 17/18B 2007 4/27-5/03 15 17/18B 2007 5/04-5/24 20 17/18B 2008 4/25-5/01 15 17/18B 2008 5/02-5/22 20 17/18B 2009 4/24-4/30 15 17/18B 2009 5/01-5/21 20 17/18B 2010 4/23-4/29 10 17/18B 2010 4/30-5/20 10 20A 2009 4/24-4/30 5 20A 2009 5/01-5/21 5 20A 2010 4/23-4/29 5 20A 2010 4/30-5/20 10 22 2006 4/28-5/25 125 22 2007 4/27-5/03 75 22 2007 5/04-5/24 75 22 2008 4/25-5/01 90 22 2008 5/02-5/22 90 22 2009 4/24-4/30 95 22 2009 5/01-5/21 95 22 2010 4/23-4/29 110 22 2010 4/30-5/20 110 23 2006 4/28-5/04 200 23 2006 5/05-5/25 200 23 2007 4/27-5/03 200 23 2007 5/04-5/24 225 23 2008 4/25-5/01 225 23 2008 5/02-5/22 225 23 2009 4/24-4/30 225 23 2009 5/01-5/21 225 23 2010 4/23-4/29 225 23 2010 4/30-5/20 225 24A 2010 4/23-4/29 2 24A 2010 4/30-5/20 3 27 2006 4/28-5/04 475 27 2006 5/05-5/25 475 27 2007 4/27-5/03 550 27 2007 5/04-5/24 525 27 2008 4/25-5/01 625 27 2008 5/02-5/22 550 27 2009 4/24-4/30 625 27 2009 5/01-5/21 550 27 2010 4/23-4/29 675 27 2010 4/30-5/20 600 29 2008 4/25-5/01 1 29 2008 5/02-5/22 1 29 2009 4/24-4/30 5 29 2009 5/01-5/21 5 29 2010 4/23-4/29 5 29 2010 4/30-5/20 5 31 2009 4/24-4/30 1 31 2009 5/01-5/21 1 31 2010 4/23-4/29 6 31 2010 4/30-5/20 6 33 2010 4/23-4/29 2 33 2010 4/30-5/20 2 34A 2010 4/23-4/29 1 34A 2010 4/30-5/20 1 35A 2006 4/28-5/25 6 35A 2007 4/27-5/03 3 CN = Camp Navajo Unit Year Dates 1st Choice Applicants Permits Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 8 4 20 2 223 136 50 139 24 82 20 46 7 26 11 40 26 387 235 34 237 37 208 31 247 40 1057 149 1032 175 1135 103 1029 104 1167 151 14 12 1249 190 1252 185 1271 90 1015 142 1044 175 61 11 137 30 142 35 21 6 119 29 53 4 21 5 285 220 25 20 20 15 30 15 20 15 20 15 20 10 10 5 5 5 10 125 75 75 90 90 95 95 110 110 200 200 200 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 2 3 475 475 550 525 625 550 625 550 675 600 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 6 6 2 2 1 1 6 3 87.5 100.0 75.0 0.0 13.5 11.0 20.0 10.8 29.2 18.3 50.0 19.6 28.6 19.2 18.2 12.5 26.9 28.7 28.5 61.8 28.7 67.6 39.9 87.1 39.7 75.0 18.1 43.0 18.7 42.3 19.4 54.4 21.6 39.4 18.8 32.5 14.3 16.7 30.4 78.9 36.3 81.1 37.5 100.0 45.8 100.0 50.9 100.0 1.6 0.0 3.6 10.0 3.5 11.4 4.8 0.0 5.0 10.3 1.9 0.0 4.8 20.0 2.1 1.4 13 6 11 12 30 14 12 15 17 15 15 8 10 5 3 5 10 91 65 61 77 80 80 72 95 86 160 153 183 180 201 181 197 193 184 185 2 3 401 376 447 403 503 436 541 429 525 480 1 1 5 5 5 5 0 1 6 6 2 2 1 0 6 3 33 14 54 48 76 49 28 54 67 77 43 39 55 18 18 10 47 359 223 197 349 321 296 291 366 373 569 548 682 690 783 624 783 777 849 796 4 30 1402 1434 1543 1490 1741 1828 1871 1709 1927 1976 4 2 13 14 10 15 0 3 30 6 4 2 14 0 17 5 Harvest 0 2 6 3 14 5 6 1 3 2 3 1 0 3 3 3 6 7 10 14 15 16 31 16 20 31 33 40 48 32 46 36 42 42 24 25 2 0 138 99 149 79 101 92 203 73 179 116 1 1 5 5 5 3 0 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 4 3 Hunt Success 0 33 55 25 47 36 50 7 18 13 20 13 0 60 100 60 60 8 15 23 19 20 39 22 21 36 21 26 26 18 23 20 21 22 13 14 100 0 34 26 33 20 20 21 38 17 34 24 100 100 100 100 100 60 100 67 100 100 100 0 67 100 Hunt Arizona 2011 89 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Permits 1st Choice Authorized Applicants Spring Shotgun-Shooting Shot (continued) 35A 2007 5/04-5/24 3 56 35A 2008 4/25-5/01 3 238 35A 2008 5/02-5/22 3 45 35A 2009 4/24-4/30 4 228 35A 2009 5/01-5/21 4 35 35A 2010 4/23-4/29 4 203 35A 2010 4/30-5/20 4 63 CN 2006 4/28-5/25 10 16 CN 2006 4/28-5/25 5 18 CN 2007 4/27-5/24 10 10 CN 2007 4/27-5/24 5 18 CN 2008 4/25-5/22 15 4 CN 2008 4/25-5/22 6 3 CN 2009 4/24-5/21 15 5 CN 2009 4/24-5/21 6 6 CN 2010 4/23-5/20 15 4 CN 2010 4/23-5/20 6 9 FTHU 2006 4/28-5/25 2 14 FTHU 2007 4/27-5/24 1 2 FTHU 2007 4/27-5/24 1 8 FTHU 2008 4/25-5/22 3 26 FTHU 2009 4/24-5/21 3 20 FTHU 2010 4/23-5/20 3 24 Spring Juniors-only (OTC = tags issued over-the-counter) 1 2006 4/21-5/25 25 93 1 2007 4/20-5/24 35 86 1 2008 4/18-5/22 50 83 1 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 1 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 3C 2007 4/20-5/24 25 60 3C 2008 4/18-5/22 50 96 3C 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 3C 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 4 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 4 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 5A 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 5A 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 5B 2006 4/21-5/25 25 30 5B 2007 4/20-5/24 25 46 5B 2008 4/18-5/22 50 49 5B 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 5B 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 6A 2006 4/21-5/25 25 131 6A 2007 4/20-5/24 25 114 6A 2008 4/18-5/22 25 102 6A 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 6A 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 6B 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 6B 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 7 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 7 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 8 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 8 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 8/10 2006 4/21-5/25 40 79 8/10 2007 4/20-5/24 40 103 8/10 2008 4/18-5/22 50 97 10 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 10 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 12A 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 12A 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 23 2006 4/21-5/25 25 76 23 2007 4/20-5/24 25 76 23 2008 4/18-5/22 50 98 23 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC CN = Camp Navajo Unit 90 Year Dates Hunt Arizona 2011 Permits Issued Draw Odds 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 151 61 151 61 12 5 10 6 10 6 2 1 1 3 3 3 3.6 1.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 2.0 1.6 93.8 27.8 100.0 33.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 55.6 14.3 50.0 12.5 11.5 15.0 12.5 25 35 50 25 50 25 25 50 25 25 25 40 40 50 25 25 50 - 24.7 40.7 51.8 41.7 49.0 30.0 45.7 71.4 19.1 21.1 24.5 44.3 38.8 48.5 30.3 32.9 50.0 - Hunter Days Harvest 3 3 3 0 4 4 4 4 5 6 0 5 3 10 4 8 4 2 1 1 1 3 2 14 3 9 0 8 7 6 8 11 19 0 15 5 170 14 16 8 6 1 1 4 6 2 2 3 3 0 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 3 2 67 100 100 75 100 75 0 40 0 40 0 0 0 25 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 25 33 43 201 205 25 37 179 131 71 34 33 40 22 20 44 103 51 16 23 23 278 290 82 40 82 46 142 120 34 38 41 49 17 33 17 23 23 44 174 64 70 126 555 575 104 142 599 524 212 97 87 142 128 105 183 267 177 52 59 114 1024 1071 218 125 294 159 392 342 107 155 196 82 57 65 40 82 50 135 469 11 15 14 87 51 19 17 49 28 16 0 0 6 6 5 6 16 6 5 7 7 22 34 16 6 5 0 5 11 11 14 7 5 0 0 6 5 18 19 49 44 45 33 43 25 76 46 28 21 23 0 0 15 27 25 14 16 12 31 30 30 8 12 20 15 6 0 4 9 32 37 17 13 0 0 35 22 78 43 28 Hunters Hunt Success Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Applicants Issued Spring Juniors-only (OTC = tags issued over-the-counter) continued 23 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC 27 2006 4/21-5/25 25 52 25 27 2007 4/20-5/24 50 78 50 27 2008 4/18-5/22 75 57 75 27 2009 4/17-5/21 OTC 27 2010 4/16-5/20 OTC Fall General (In 2008, the season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season) 1 2006 10/13-10/19 625 2329 624 1 2007 10/12-10/18 625 1358 625 1 2008 10/03-10/09 625 1004 625 1 2009 10/02-10/08 625 957 625 1 2010 10/01-10/07 725 824 725 3C 2010 10/01-10/07 100 319 100 4 2006 10/13-10/19 375 1307 375 4 2007 10/12-10/18 425 888 424 4 2008 10/03-10/09 525 736 525 4 2009 10/02-10/08 575 661 575 4 2010 10/01-10/07 575 444 575 5A 2006 10/13-10/19 400 1148 400 5A 2007 10/12-10/18 450 714 450 5A 2008 10/03-10/09 450 523 450 5A 2009 10/02-10/08 400 456 400 5A 2010 10/01-10/07 450 339 450 5B North 2006 10/13-10/19 35 255 35 5B North 2007 10/12-10/18 35 128 35 5B North 2008 10/03-10/09 35 88 35 5B North 2009 10/02-10/08 35 70 35 5B North 2010 10/01-10/07 35 67 35 5B South 2008 10/03-10/09 75 178 75 5B South 2009 10/02-10/08 75 151 75 5B South 2010 10/01-10/07 125 173 125 6A 2006 10/13-10/19 475 2420 475 6A 2007 10/12-10/18 475 1519 475 6A 2008 10/03-10/09 475 1114 475 6A 2009 10/02-10/08 475 884 475 6A 2010 10/01-10/07 525 787 525 6B 2006 10/13-10/19 350 475 348 6B 2007 10/12-10/18 350 340 350 6B 2008 10/03-10/09 300 293 300 6B 2009 10/02-10/08 300 206 300 6B 2010 10/01-10/07 350 192 350 7 2006 10/13-10/19 75 352 75 7 2007 10/12-10/18 125 303 125 7 2008 10/03-10/09 200 242 200 7 2009 10/02-10/08 250 251 250 7 2010 10/01-10/07 350 245 350 8/10 2006 10/13-10/19 600 2341 600 8/10 2007 10/12-10/18 700 1542 700 8/10 2008 10/03-10/09 700 894 700 8/10 2009 10/02-10/08 625 786 625 8/10 2010 10/01-10/07 650 636 650 9 2007 10/12-10/18 25 114 25 9 2008 10/03-10/09 25 110 25 9 2009 10/02-10/08 50 123 50 9 2010 10/01-10/07 75 89 75 12A 2006 10/13-10/19 750 816 749 12A 2007 10/12-10/18 1000 657 1000 12A 2008 10/03-10/09 1000 427 783 12A 2009 10/02-10/08 1000 421 740 12A 2010 10/01-10/07 1000 365 554 13A 2006 10/13-10/19 5 45 5 13A 2007 10/12-10/18 5 24 5 13A 2008 10/03-10/09 10 19 10 13A 2009 10/02-10/08 5 16 5 CN = Camp Navajo Unit Year Dates Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 44.2 55.1 89.5 - 211 23 40 63 147 114 809 60 93 198 348 359 46 13 27 12 54 28 22 57 68 19 37 25 26.0 45.2 60.9 63.7 80.8 31.3 27.9 44.7 64.7 79.1 100.0 29.4 54.6 68.6 75.7 100.0 13.7 27.3 38.6 48.6 50.7 42.1 47.0 68.8 18.8 30.9 41.2 53.2 65.8 37.7 68.2 72.0 96.1 100.0 20.2 38.3 69.0 80.9 98.0 24.2 39.7 70.7 73.7 94.0 20.2 22.7 40.7 82.0 73.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 11.1 16.7 47.4 31.3 453 487 473 517 597 82 297 342 421 443 461 329 390 353 333 391 19 26 27 25 26 66 57 91 380 407 381 373 397 282 283 240 243 275 57 79 171 202 277 470 600 591 514 532 24 18 39 59 493 725 536 539 413 2 5 8 3 1279 1494 1411 1522 1988 227 826 1052 1289 1330 1679 897 1208 1089 1052 1222 39 66 81 62 84 228 122 256 1066 1323 1136 1145 1157 776 876 690 739 869 168 200 533 563 816 1448 2082 1971 1653 1577 76 48 118 160 1416 2264 1513 1532 1264 7 8 10 10 65 96 84 195 80 25 52 84 74 99 31 48 40 51 59 23 2 6 5 2 2 5 30 13 40 73 54 84 35 22 33 43 68 24 13 37 52 100 29 69 43 79 140 92 13 11 18 26 138 233 156 262 103 2 5 0 2 14 20 18 38 13 30 18 25 18 22 7 15 10 14 18 6 11 23 19 8 8 8 53 14 11 18 14 23 9 8 12 18 28 9 23 47 30 50 10 15 7 13 27 17 54 61 46 44 28 32 29 49 25 100 100 0 67 Hunt Arizona 2011 91 Turkey Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Permits 1st Choice Permits Draw Authorized Applicants Issued Odds Fall General (In 2008, the season became a Shotgun-Shooting Shot season) continued 13A 2010 10/01-10/07 5 8 5 37.5 13B 2006 10/13-10/19 5 41 5 12.2 13B 2007 10/12-10/18 5 15 5 13.3 13B 2008 10/03-10/09 5 13 5 38.5 13B 2009 10/02-10/08 5 5 5 80.0 13B 2010 10/01-10/07 5 14 5 28.6 17/18B 2006 10/13-10/19 15 147 15 10.2 17/18B 2007 10/12-10/18 25 148 25 16.9 17/18B 2008 10/03-10/09 25 107 25 23.4 17/18B 2009 10/02-10/08 25 63 25 39.7 17/18B 2010 10/01-10/07 25 46 25 54.3 22 2006 10/13-10/19 100 406 100 23.4 22 2007 10/12-10/18 125 217 125 51.2 22 2008 10/03-10/09 150 262 150 56.1 22 2009 10/02-10/08 175 180 175 81.7 22 2010 10/01-10/07 225 200 225 94.5 23 2006 10/13-10/19 700 1625 697 37.0 23 2007 10/12-10/18 700 1225 699 50.9 23 2008 10/03-10/09 700 1141 700 58.8 23 2009 10/02-10/08 700 899 700 75.4 23 2010 10/01-10/07 700 831 700 82.6 27 2006 10/13-10/19 800 1203 799 46.7 27 2007 10/12-10/18 800 730 800 71.8 27 2008 10/03-10/09 800 669 800 91.5 27 2009 10/02-10/08 800 520 800 99.6 27 2010 10/01-10/07 900 593 900 100.0 Fall Juniors-only (OTC = tags issued over-the-counter) 1 2006 10/13-10/19 25 68 25 36.8 1 2007 10/12-10/18 25 40 25 62.5 1 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 5B South 2006 10/13-10/19 50 85 50 52.9 5B South 2007 10/12-10/18 50 65 50 72.3 6A 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 8 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 8/10 2006 10/13-10/19 50 69 50 56.5 8/10 2007 10/12-10/18 50 49 50 79.6 10 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 12A 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 23 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC 27 2006 10/13-10/19 25 24 23 58.3 27 2007 10/12-10/18 25 25 25 84.0 27 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC UNK 2008 10/03-10/09 OTC CN = Camp Navajo Unit Year Dates Fall Archery-only Turkey 2006-2010 (2010 data is preliminary) Unit 1 1 1 1 1 3B/3C 3B 3B 3B 3B 3C 3C 3C 3C 92 Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters 264 313 154 67 160 213 88 68 37 73 182 82 15 116 Hunter Days 985 1416 545 171 665 811 432 309 126 364 702 291 67 451 Harvest 19 19 14 15 24 13 13 5 0 10 19 0 0 5 Hunt Success 7 6 9 22 15 6 15 7 0 14 10 0 0 4 Hunters Hunter Days 0 2 5 2 4 3 7 25 23 22 16 67 81 123 162 154 535 579 592 573 580 577 606 634 618 655 0 3 10 3 11 3 7 83 82 75 39 187 217 312 436 448 1435 1569 1815 1663 1811 1670 1789 1885 1726 2148 0 0 2 0 4 0 5 2 7 6 0 13 31 27 55 13 107 236 116 210 62 64 153 138 319 118 0 40 0 100 0 71 8 30 27 0 19 38 22 34 8 20 41 20 37 11 11 25 22 52 18 15 20 36 43 39 99 44 29 40 28 19 69 13 15 14 8 43 42 102 102 97 300 124 98 125 58 72 212 19 40 39 22 3 2 3 14 8 8 0 0 2 0 6 17 2 0 3 0 20 10 8 33 21 8 0 0 5 0 32 25 15 0 21 0 Harvest Hunt Success Turkey Hunt Data Fall Archery-only Turkey 2006-2010 (2010 data is preliminary) Unit 4 4 4 4 4 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 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 20A 20A 20A Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2006 2007 2008 Hunters 129 150 118 44 68 155 257 150 37 29 167 188 105 59 82 386 332 282 163 184 84 119 100 89 63 225 119 118 74 107 270 113 173 82 116 26 6 32 7 34 52 25 36 30 19 13 18 15 39 547 382 241 89 160 64 6 50 22 19 6 9 64 63 41 Hunter Days 457 532 491 126 306 586 952 545 200 107 599 733 491 237 267 1777 1334 1354 438 796 412 564 450 378 310 1063 695 491 497 650 1056 507 704 356 597 109 25 82 15 160 219 144 150 133 116 44 100 104 155 2827 2317 1363 467 1067 245 25 186 222 165 32 27 322 319 154 Harvest 6 6 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 13 13 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 6 6 5 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 0 9 0 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunt Success 5 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 2 5 3 18 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 4 0 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunt Arizona 2011 93 Turkey Hunt Data Fall Archery-only Turkey 2006-2010 (2010 data is preliminary) Unit 20A 20A 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 27 27 27 27 27 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 94 Year 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters 7 15 109 163 123 44 58 219 357 295 178 165 219 251 223 133 170 90 88 41 22 34 Hunter Days 22 78 373 733 436 111 179 831 1253 1168 1001 757 792 1071 945 623 737 322 238 186 111 131 Harvest 0 0 6 31 5 0 10 32 63 9 15 15 13 38 32 22 29 0 13 0 0 0 Hunt Success 0 0 6 19 4 0 17 15 18 3 8 9 6 15 14 17 17 0 15 0 0 0 Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) Natural History 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 oily secretion produced by the animal’s 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. Adult javelina usually weigh between 35 and 60 pounds, the males being slightly heavier than the females. Newborn javelina only weigh about one pound. 96 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 nonresidents, 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 2011 97 Javelina Survey Data Historic Summary of Javelina Survey Data Year 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 2009 2010 No. of Herds Observed1 0 0 0 35 31 87 89 109 123 114 160 159 107 123 113 216 220 143 184 156 234 297 213 321 326 443 384 356 328 404 561 536 719 656 663 559 596 571 591 767 682 674 579 538 553 484 562 411 468 401 450 458 448 379 390 370 Total Javelina Observed 511 324 447 346 272 677 700 1003 1086 768 1033 1197 639 872 932 1757 1666 1158 1683 1408 1830 2435 1664 3051 3148 3688 3503 3266 3374 4074 5431 5051 6230 5932 5662 4887 5128 5247 5016 6739 5870 5427 4684 4725 4715 3907 4920 3058 3974 3435 3525 3867 3511 3237 3455 3323 Average Herd Size1 – – – 9.9 8.8 7.8 7.9 9.2 8.8 6.7 6.5 7.5 6.0 7.1 8.3 8.1 7.6 8.1 9.2 9.0 7.8 8.2 7.8 9.5 9.7 8.3 9.1 9.2 10.3 10.1 9.7 9.4 8.7 9.0 8.5 8.7 8.6 9.2 8.5 8.8 8.6 8.0 8.1 8.8 8.5 8.0 8.7 7.4 8.4 8.5 7.8 8.4 7.8 8.5 8.8 8.9 Adult 233 201 328 258 217 391 392 667 654 560 709 703 496 613 609 1266 1063 679 1121 1035 1418 1745 1119 2249 2385 2865 2635 2390 2502 3085 4043 3903 4923 4606 4645 3839 4008 4142 3969 5485 4763 4582 3714 3666 3831 3174 4007 2565 3128 2775 2843 3074 2913 2500 2848 2537 Classification Young 74 75 115 88 55 120 108 267 296 207 219 362 86 221 203 414 480 255 372 306 332 609 362 667 688 762 807 780 796 946 1181 1127 1205 1323 1017 1034 1058 1060 1019 1141 1106 817 967 1057 807 725 904 490 831 656 675 712 584 726 593 755 Excluding single animals Note: The year given represents the beginning of the survey period, which runs from December through March. Thus, surveys listed for 2010 were conducted from December 2010 through March 2011. 1 98 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 14 31 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 21 30 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Javelina Survey Data Unit 1 3A/3C 3A/3C 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6AS 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 7 7W 7W 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 15 15A 16A 16A 16A 16A 16A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 19A 19A 1 Year 2008 2006 2007 2006 2007 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2010 2006 2007 2009 2010 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 5 6 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 6 2 3 2 2 1 11 10 11 3 3 3 6 4 4 8 10 6 4 8 1 7 5 6 2 13 10 12 7 7 5 7 20 5 4 9 10 10 9 10 29 2 11 33 28 28 6 20 7 38 34 19 20 21 2 7 6 8 19 8 12 2 33 49 26 12 25 27 10 82 80 76 20 26 24 77 36 26 86 125 72 45 73 10 56 29 49 22 133 116 77 59 109 41 96 6.7 2.5 2.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 9.0 5.0 7.3 2.0 5.0 11.0 6.8 6.8 3.0 6.7 7.0 7.6 5.7 8.5 5.0 7.0 2.0 3.5 6.0 4.0 6.3 8.0 12.0 10.7 8.2 12.0 4.0 12.5 13.5 10.0 7.4 7.9 6.7 6.7 8.7 7.7 12.8 9.0 6.5 10.8 12.5 11.8 10.8 9.1 10.0 8.0 5.8 8.2 10.5 10.2 11.5 6.3 8.1 15.4 8.2 13.7 Classification Adult Young Unclassified Young/100 Adults 13 5 4 9 8 7 7 9 19 2 6 23 23 24 5 15 6 28 28 14 15 12 2 6 4 7 13 4 8 2 27 38 15 10 19 26 8 68 64 63 18 20 17 64 26 20 62 107 53 32 51 7 53 18 33 15 95 99 65 51 76 30 54 4 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 10 0 5 10 5 4 1 5 1 10 6 5 5 9 0 1 2 1 6 0 4 0 6 11 11 2 6 1 2 14 16 13 2 6 7 13 10 6 24 18 19 13 22 3 3 11 16 7 23 17 12 8 16 11 32 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 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 15 0 0 0 17 0 10 31 0 0 0 25 43 29 11 53 0 83 43 22 17 20 33 17 36 21 36 33 75 0 17 50 14 46 0 50 0 22 29 73 20 32 4 25 21 25 21 11 30 41 20 38 30 39 17 36 41 43 43 6 61 48 47 24 17 18 16 21 37 59 Excluding single animals Hunt Arizona 2011 99 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Javelina Survey Data Unit 19A 19A 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 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 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 30A 1 Year 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2006 2007 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 Excluding single animals 100 Hunt Arizona 2011 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 5 6 6 6 4 6 6 5 3 4 8 6 22 18 15 17 13 25 23 35 26 36 11 10 9 8 9 17 12 15 9 8 27 20 12 11 7 22 9 10 13 10 8 11 6 5 17 4 5 11 3 4 17 21 13 19 20 10 9 4 9 6 14 51 51 51 90 36 50 75 37 17 37 54 51 189 110 133 182 146 254 243 353 252 340 79 67 122 108 129 157 75 108 88 50 231 161 113 103 51 214 61 85 106 67 66 75 47 51 149 31 30 117 23 25 132 148 88 157 178 69 48 21 77 40 123 10.2 8.5 8.3 14.5 9.0 8.2 12.5 7.2 5.7 9.3 6.8 8.5 8.6 6.1 8.9 10.7 11.2 10.2 10.5 10.0 9.7 9.4 7.2 6.7 13.6 13.5 14.3 9.2 6.2 7.2 9.8 6.3 8.6 8.1 9.4 9.4 7.3 9.7 6.8 8.4 8.1 6.6 8.3 6.8 7.8 10.0 8.8 7.8 6.0 10.6 7.7 6.0 7.7 6.9 6.8 8.3 8.9 6.9 5.2 5.0 8.6 6.7 8.8 Classification Adult Young Unclassified Young/100 Adults 34 35 37 27 25 36 52 30 10 21 49 44 152 90 119 154 112 232 203 285 200 239 67 63 94 93 101 122 62 91 69 42 196 132 87 74 40 176 50 51 83 52 52 65 36 46 122 20 24 92 16 21 121 129 73 141 142 61 47 18 66 32 104 17 16 14 17 11 14 23 7 7 16 5 7 37 20 14 28 34 22 40 68 52 101 12 4 28 15 28 35 13 17 19 8 35 29 26 29 11 38 11 34 23 15 14 10 11 5 27 11 6 25 7 4 11 19 15 16 36 8 1 3 11 8 19 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 46 38 63 44 39 44 23 70 76 10 16 24 22 12 18 30 9 20 24 26 42 18 6 30 16 28 29 21 19 28 19 18 22 30 39 28 22 22 67 28 29 27 15 31 11 22 55 25 27 44 19 9 15 21 11 25 13 2 17 17 25 18 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 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 1 Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 12 11 27 16 8 9 12 11 5 16 15 14 14 13 26 18 12 19 13 8 10 11 7 9 14 23 12 15 14 11 12 5 9 16 9 15 11 11 15 6 9 7 8 4 18 16 16 13 23 16 14 9 11 10 13 17 17 12 12 16 27 18 13 130 88 191 143 67 55 86 94 31 99 101 113 118 106 196 101 82 134 125 70 85 133 58 82 115 190 108 125 120 79 71 58 64 98 61 112 74 163 133 64 106 70 104 52 110 106 147 109 209 127 123 77 121 98 94 126 166 148 131 128 194 127 103 10.8 7.9 7.0 8.8 8.4 6.0 7.2 8.5 5.8 6.1 6.7 8.1 8.4 8.2 7.5 5.6 6.8 7.1 9.6 8.8 8.5 12.1 8.3 9.0 8.1 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.6 7.2 5.8 11.4 7.0 6.1 6.8 7.4 6.7 14.6 8.9 10.7 11.8 10.0 13.0 13.0 6.1 6.6 9.2 8.4 9.1 7.9 8.6 8.6 10.8 9.7 7.2 7.4 9.8 12.3 10.9 8.0 7.2 7.1 7.9 Classification Adult Young Unclassified Young/100 Adults 112 75 168 103 51 44 59 69 26 80 90 86 108 88 159 86 69 117 103 53 76 97 47 61 99 149 88 108 80 61 53 41 51 72 40 82 52 126 97 45 85 53 87 38 87 87 107 91 150 101 98 56 100 71 78 105 114 129 108 104 172 109 91 18 13 23 36 16 11 27 15 5 19 11 27 10 18 37 15 13 17 22 17 9 36 11 21 16 37 20 17 30 18 18 17 13 26 21 30 22 37 36 19 21 17 17 14 23 19 40 18 59 26 25 21 21 27 16 21 47 19 23 24 22 18 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17 14 35 31 25 46 22 19 24 12 31 9 20 23 17 19 15 21 32 12 37 23 34 16 25 23 16 38 30 34 41 25 36 53 37 42 29 37 42 25 32 20 37 26 22 37 20 39 26 26 38 21 38 21 20 41 15 21 23 13 17 13 Excluding single animals Hunt Arizona 2011 101 Javelina Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Javelina Survey Data Unit 37A 37B 37B 37B 37B 37B 40A 40A 40B 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 44A 44A 44A 44A 44A 1 Year 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2009 2009 2006 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Classification No. of Herds Total Javelina Average Herd Observed¹ Observed Size¹ 18 23 19 21 21 15 1 1 2 1 1 6 6 7 7 9 6 7 5 10 3 158 230 131 182 177 137 3 5 11 12 12 50 55 41 47 64 42 53 36 90 22 Adult Young Unclassified Young/100 Adults 132 188 118 147 145 114 3 4 10 0 10 33 49 35 42 56 35 47 33 69 19 26 42 13 35 32 23 0 1 1 0 2 9 6 3 5 8 7 6 3 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 22 11 24 22 20 0 25 10 20 27 12 9 12 14 20 13 9 30 16 8.7 10.0 6.8 8.6 8.4 9.1 3.0 5.0 5.5 12.0 12.0 8.3 9.2 5.7 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.6 7.2 9.0 7.3 Excluding single animals 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 Total Harvest Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 20 721 721 649 18 556 576 542 25 1513 1638 1478 5 134 153 142 28 24 27 26 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 2009 2010 Permits Authorized 25 2630 1100 800 1st Choice Applicants 18 607 538 470 Summary of Fall HAM Javelina Hunts Year 2007 Permits Authorized 605 1st Choice Applicants 965 Summary of Fall Archery Javelina Hunts Year 2007 102 Permits Authorized 660 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2009 11696 7521 10593 9235 2010 11496 7054 11139 9621 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 26543 26127 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 1971 2208 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 21 23 Hunt Arizona 2011 103 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 2009 2010 Permits Authorized 150 150 150 150 250 370 420 380 480 530 460 460 485 535 670 865 970 990 1020 1st Choice Applicants 75 92 88 50 131 179 244 304 353 453 942 957 609 611 682 896 866 661 779 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Total Harvest Percent Success 120 140 148 89 197 256 324 338 444 509 460 460 485 550 645 809 818 781 886 103 125 138 78 191 229 300 297 397 443 385 401 430 447 522 729 684 702 757 225 283 289 198 396 570 738 631 824 986 812 915 1030 983 1241 1841 1614 1865 1865 20 31 49 16 65 84 74 111 159 110 149 124 117 151 172 314 273 231 285 19 25 36 21 34 37 25 37 40 25 39 31 27 34 33 43 40 33 38 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 12617 13563 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 878 692 730 997 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 18 23 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 2009 5405 3937 4616 3975 2010 5510 3739 4950 4314 1 Prior to 1982, hunts were for handgun, handgun/archery, and/or archery/muzzleloader. 2 Including special fall archery/shotgun hunts. Year 104 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2009 9911 6919 8064 7204 2010 9636 6341 8062 7108 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 33010 30403 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 1961 2382 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 27 34 Hunt Arizona 2011 105 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit SPRING GENERAL 6A 6A/6B/8 6A/6B/8 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 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 106 Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 Hunt Arizona 2011 Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 200 150 150 150 150 200 250 250 250 250 110 200 350 350 350 400 400 450 450 450 300 450 500 450 450 250 300 300 350 400 250 300 300 300 250 350 325 350 350 350 550 625 625 625 625 250 250 250 250 600 550 500 500 500 625 700 675 675 600 225 350 319 258 250 275 233 169 188 184 161 170 105 127 148 128 144 455 305 289 259 193 383 380 361 286 297 244 163 220 141 182 92 58 65 73 52 411 306 217 210 190 767 657 539 510 528 216 200 177 232 935 697 672 663 655 922 870 627 629 493 708 508 200 150 150 150 150 200 250 250 250 249 110 200 350 275 350 400 400 446 432 450 300 450 500 449 450 250 300 300 352 400 250 300 288 159 172 350 325 350 350 350 550 625 625 625 625 250 250 250 250 600 550 500 500 500 625 700 675 675 600 225 350 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 62.1 54.3 58.0 54.2 62.2 100.0 96.8 87.0 100.0 88.2 96.2 96.9 97.3 100.0 100.0 82.0 98.7 97.9 93.4 97.9 76.8 89.7 87.8 91.6 95.3 86.9 96.9 91.8 98.6 98.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 79.6 95.8 99.1 97.6 99.0 66.4 88.7 98.0 99.0 98.7 90.3 95.5 97.7 97.0 61.1 74.8 72.0 73.9 75.0 59.8 72.4 85.3 86.5 91.9 31.5 63.4 183 112 117 136 133 168 220 212 229 176 102 177 301 238 328 355 359 385 371 374 259 401 412 395 397 225 270 249 310 331 211 270 226 137 133 297 277 323 309 320 485 573 535 535 538 225 225 211 220 548 473 437 449 407 541 597 534 548 503 185 299 458 275 305 367 335 501 697 622 758 596 297 547 935 832 1017 1034 1047 1072 1100 994 688 1066 1142 1085 1178 661 795 722 950 1001 616 737 558 432 357 792 698 948 952 883 1370 1430 1473 1454 1472 587 648 596 534 1418 1247 1160 1282 982 1446 1633 1480 1553 1389 450 771 62 42 40 33 43 55 73 46 41 31 44 64 43 42 47 105 108 69 111 54 120 189 92 122 108 58 85 49 45 39 34 37 15 20 22 104 85 79 58 85 127 157 94 112 105 83 59 57 65 120 115 87 53 55 92 86 89 83 77 62 106 34 38 34 24 32 33 33 22 18 18 43 36 14 18 14 30 30 18 30 14 46 47 22 31 27 26 31 20 15 12 16 14 7 15 17 35 31 24 19 27 26 27 18 21 20 37 26 27 30 22 24 20 12 14 17 14 17 15 15 34 35 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year SPRING GENERAL (continued) 23 2008 23 2009 23 2010 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24A 2009 24A 2010 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 24B 2009 24B 2010 27 2006 27 2007 27 2008 27 2009 27 2010 28 2006 28 2007 28 2008 28 2009 28 2010 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 29 2009 29 2010 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30A 2009 30A 2010 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 30B 2009 30B 2010 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 31 2009 31 2010 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 32 2009 32 2010 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 33 2009 33 2010 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34A 2009 34A 2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 300 325 325 215 275 250 225 225 250 350 325 225 225 250 125 125 125 125 350 250 250 250 200 250 200 200 100 100 350 300 300 350 350 150 125 125 125 125 200 175 175 175 175 500 450 475 450 450 700 600 600 625 650 400 625 625 650 550 100 100 100 480 493 512 286 207 190 179 155 345 276 284 299 241 85 72 72 56 66 263 182 161 131 141 43 29 19 8 19 170 145 146 119 89 69 57 41 33 34 142 97 77 70 58 479 316 290 314 264 619 521 458 396 374 271 188 191 177 155 62 47 32 300 325 325 215 275 250 225 225 250 350 325 225 225 250 125 114 96 125 350 250 250 216 200 153 92 78 41 51 347 274 250 272 300 150 125 106 100 122 200 175 170 148 175 500 450 475 432 450 700 600 600 625 650 400 509 495 383 522 100 100 77 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 59.0 61.3 59.0 67.1 100.0 98.4 95.0 97.4 63.5 98.2 99.3 72.6 85.1 100.0 97.2 95.8 92.9 100.0 100.0 96.7 94.4 98.5 90.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.6 94.5 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.4 97.5 97.6 91.7 92.4 100.0 93.5 95.0 95.0 94.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.9 238 281 267 185 261 211 201 213 224 306 286 186 210 186 99 91 85 90 293 225 229 193 179 119 87 76 33 48 287 228 217 236 263 135 84 104 87 108 163 146 113 112 147 402 392 405 378 381 601 508 511 515 549 341 446 416 331 455 78 83 66 680 811 620 470 724 607 586 564 551 736 755 469 516 546 280 228 296 194 719 626 615 512 454 340 233 165 64 156 792 659 522 611 577 398 240 303 287 324 468 414 288 304 383 1061 1086 1083 1053 972 1555 1294 1270 1391 1475 951 1214 1150 915 1290 198 231 165 54 66 78 56 60 49 53 54 54 105 53 47 43 54 28 31 19 14 147 86 102 59 82 26 29 30 15 10 103 71 85 69 108 34 19 20 16 42 57 18 23 23 24 122 95 92 107 121 146 142 153 135 132 91 135 84 96 171 22 12 9 23 23 29 30 23 23 26 25 24 34 19 25 20 29 28 34 22 16 50 38 45 31 46 22 33 39 45 21 36 31 39 29 41 25 23 19 18 39 35 12 20 21 16 30 24 23 28 32 24 28 30 26 24 27 30 20 29 38 28 14 14 Hunt Arizona 2011 107 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year 34B 2009 34B 2010 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35A 2009 35A 2010 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 35B 2009 35B 2010 36A 2006 36A 2007 36A 2008 36A 2009 36A 2010 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 36B 2009 36B 2010 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 36C 2009 36C 2010 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37A 2009 37A 2010 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 37B 2009 37B 2010 42/44A 2008 42/44A 2009 42/44A 2010 FTHU 2006 FTHU 2007 FTHU 2008 FTHU 2009 FTHU 2010 Spring Juniors Only 6A/6B/8 2007 6A/6B/8 2008 6A/6B/8 2009 6A/6B/8 2010 10/17/18A/19/20A 2006 10/17/18A/19/20A 2007 10/17/18A/19/20A 2008 10/17/18A/19/20A 2009 10/17/18A/19/20A 2010 16A 2006 16A 2007 16A 2008 16A 2009 16A 2010 18B 2007 18B 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 108 Hunt Arizona 2011 Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/24-3/02 2/23-3/01 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/22-2/28 2/20-2/26 2/19-2/25 2/17-2/23 2/16-2/22 2/15-2/21 2/13-2/19 2/12-2/18 100 100 100 75 75 75 75 100 75 75 75 75 650 375 375 375 375 400 475 475 475 475 350 275 275 275 275 800 780 780 880 880 950 1000 1000 1000 1000 100 100 100 20 20 16 16 16 37 49 46 48 37 25 32 54 41 28 40 30 409 269 233 181 144 245 240 181 147 138 179 137 112 97 66 649 512 415 394 374 1025 932 804 736 678 60 52 48 21 27 23 25 18 85 100 100 75 56 54 69 100 75 66 59 75 650 375 375 356 375 400 437 347 329 429 350 237 228 177 181 800 780 780 862 880 950 1000 996 1000 1000 100 100 100 18 16 16 16 14 100.0 93.9 100.0 100.0 86.5 84.0 84.4 100.0 100.0 96.4 87.5 90.0 100.0 94.1 94.0 95.6 93.8 100.0 100.0 95.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.6 96.6 98.7 98.9 88.6 94.1 94.3 93.2 97.4 93.3 100.0 100.0 85.7 59.3 65.2 64.0 66.7 73 84 88 63 44 47 54 85 64 51 46 72 578 330 327 312 307 342 384 313 293 387 306 223 206 157 166 725 700 702 795 750 823 883 876 902 924 82 89 94 18 13 16 15 13 226 209 240 172 147 176 179 230 182 137 115 199 1635 968 907 960 881 960 1049 871 783 1156 921 606 652 443 520 2070 1936 1929 2278 1933 2130 2424 2368 2610 2529 239 252 231 58 28 39 40 27 10 9 25 10 0 7 23 18 15 7 8 16 129 66 87 42 88 84 83 69 94 89 88 49 34 25 38 144 143 88 113 134 154 187 159 176 180 8 7 13 7 4 9 7 8 14 11 28 16 0 15 43 21 23 14 17 22 22 20 27 13 29 25 22 22 32 23 29 22 17 16 23 20 20 13 14 18 19 21 18 20 19 10 8 14 39 31 56 47 62 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 1/23-2/01 1/22-1/31 2/10-2/16 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 1/23-2/01 1/22-1/31 2/10-2/16 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 1/23-2/01 1/22-1/31 1/26-2/04 1/25-2/03 75 75 75 75 100 100 100 100 100 20 30 50 50 50 30 100 42 54 42 50 148 96 81 63 95 8 13 21 17 17 17 31 75 75 66 65 100 100 100 85 100 20 25 26 22 25 30 47 100.0 96.3 92.9 98.0 66.9 85.4 91.4 88.9 88.4 100.0 92.3 95.2 94.1 100.0 100.0 90.3 71 63 64 60 79 89 83 81 84 18 22 21 18 25 28 39 174 150 193 130 197 223 187 261 172 47 42 52 42 50 63 79 21 21 25 20 13 35 30 22 37 11 11 12 13 15 17 19 30 33 39 33 16 39 36 27 44 61 50 57 72 60 61 49 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Spring Juniors Only (continued) 18B 2009 1/23-2/01 18B 2010 1/22-1/31 20B/21 2007 1/26-2/04 20B/21 2008 1/25-2/03 20B/21 2009 1/23-2/01 20B/21 2010 1/22-1/31 20C 2006 2/10-2/16 20C 2007 1/26-2/04 20C 2008 1/25-2/03 20C 2009 1/23-2/01 20C 2010 1/22-1/31 22/23 2007 1/26-2/04 22/23 2008 1/25-2/03 22/23 2009 1/23-2/01 22/23 2010 1/22-1/31 23 2006 2/10-2/16 24A/24B 2007 1/26-2/04 24A/24B 2008 1/25-2/03 24A/24B 2009 1/23-2/01 24A/24B 2010 1/22-1/31 27 2007 1/26-2/04 27 2008 1/25-2/03 27 2009 1/23-2/01 27 2010 1/22-1/31 28/28/30/31/32 2007 1/26-2/04 28/28/30/31/32 2008 1/25-2/03 28/29/30/31/32 2009 1/23-2/01 28/29/30/31/32 2010 1/22-1/31 33/37 2007 1/26-2/04 33/37 2008 1/25-2/03 33/37 2009 1/23-2/01 33/37 2010 1/22-1/31 33/37B 2006 2/10-2/16 34 2007 1/26-2/04 34 2008 1/25-2/03 34 2009 1/23-2/01 34 2010 1/22-1/31 35 2007 1/26-2/04 35 2008 1/25-2/03 35 2009 1/23-2/01 35 2010 1/22-1/31 36 2007 1/26-2/04 36 2008 1/25-2/03 36 2009 1/23-2/01 36 2010 1/22-1/31 36A/36B 2006 2/10-2/16 Spring HAM 6A/6B/8 2007 2/09-2/18 6A/6B/8 2008 2/08-2/17 6A/6B/8 2009 2/06-2/15 6A/6B/8 2010 2/05-2/14 6B 2006 2/17-2/23 8 2006 2/17-2/23 10/18A 2007 2/09-2/18 10/18A 2008 2/08-2/17 10/18A 2009 2/06-2/15 10/18A 2010 2/05-2/14 16A 2007 2/09-2/18 16A 2008 2/08-2/17 16A 2009 2/06-2/15 16A 2010 2/05-2/14 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 100 100 55 65 65 115 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 75 75 200 50 45 40 45 50 50 50 25 65 75 75 75 150 150 150 150 150 40 40 40 40 20 20 20 20 50 50 50 50 100 28 25 111 134 91 120 147 110 87 87 87 146 130 102 146 188 58 58 35 45 6 6 3 5 75 75 57 63 166 140 109 92 140 21 14 12 9 2 3 3 1 33 32 12 24 51 56 55 55 65 65 115 100 100 99 100 100 50 50 75 75 200 50 45 40 45 11 13 9 17 65 75 67 75 150 150 139 150 150 39 20 18 18 9 5 7 3 50 48 32 43 75 92.9 92.0 48.7 47.0 71.4 86.7 66.0 80.9 88.5 83.9 90.8 34.3 38.5 72.6 51.4 85.1 58.6 56.9 94.3 75.6 16.7 83.3 100.0 80.0 72.0 78.7 89.5 84.1 80.1 90.7 85.3 91.3 85.7 90.5 71.4 75.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 93.9 90.6 100.0 83.3 86.3 54 42 52 46 63 88 83 90 86 92 88 43 40 62 61 169 50 36 33 33 11 13 9 17 63 60 56 62 124 128 126 140 115 37 18 18 16 4 5 7 3 45 46 19 38 58 139 106 126 106 160 220 217 210 188 242 211 119 83 158 131 377 142 76 82 98 40 36 25 17 173 134 137 188 279 347 348 390 279 100 51 41 59 11 11 16 12 139 114 51 81 124 27 13 16 13 10 22 33 52 40 33 29 21 13 21 30 48 26 17 16 14 0 5 9 9 40 35 19 27 45 38 25 53 47 10 7 3 2 0 1 2 3 20 22 6 11 20 50 31 31 28 16 25 40 58 47 36 33 49 33 34 49 28 52 47 48 42 0 38 100 53 63 58 34 44 36 30 20 38 41 27 39 17 13 0 20 29 100 44 48 32 29 34 50 50 50 50 75 75 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 117 127 80 86 65 39 29 52 44 34 34 43 67 47 50 48 50 50 75 75 100 100 83 100 100 100 100 100 41.9 37.8 58.8 58.1 100.0 100.0 96.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 76.1 95.7 46 36 40 43 58 52 88 78 71 60 84 88 90 87 141 90 117 143 155 196 265 280 229 172 235 265 308 277 13 4 12 10 5 10 20 15 12 20 33 15 20 15 28 11 30 23 9 19 23 19 17 33 39 17 22 17 Hunt Arizona 2011 109 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Spring HAM (continued) 17 2007 17 2008 17 2009 17 2010 18B 2006 18B 2007 18B 2008 18B 2009 18B 2010 19A 2007 19A 2008 19A 2009 19A 2010 19B 2007 19B 2008 19B 2009 19B 2010 20A 2007 20A 2008 20A 2009 20A 2010 20B 2006 20B 2007 20B 2008 20B 2009 20B 2010 20C 2006 20C 2006 20C 2007 20C 2008 20C 2009 20C 2010 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 21 2009 21 2010 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 22 2009 22 2010 23 2007 23 2008 23 2009 23 2010 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24A 2009 24A 2010 24B 2006 24B 2007 24B 2008 24B 2009 24B 2010 27 2007 27 2008 27 2009 27 2010 28 2006 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 110 Hunt Arizona 2011 Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/24-3/02 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 250 250 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 150 150 450 325 325 325 325 375 275 325 325 325 325 225 225 200 200 200 450 325 300 300 350 150 150 150 200 225 125 125 115 135 250 150 150 100 100 65 65 65 50 100 58 84 67 68 199 180 226 223 174 40 57 57 62 16 28 15 12 49 75 70 86 414 327 329 314 251 553 63 552 367 356 364 373 326 280 235 227 573 385 362 316 285 374 356 339 381 218 170 145 132 110 201 134 163 104 123 7 14 5 14 62 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 248 250 100 100 100 100 100 91 38 46 100 100 150 150 450 325 325 325 325 375 275 325 325 325 325 225 225 200 200 200 450 325 300 300 350 150 150 150 200 225 125 125 115 135 250 150 150 100 101 58 24 16 44 100 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 100.0 92.9 97.0 91.2 91.5 78.3 85.8 76.7 89.1 100.0 100.0 93.0 88.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 87.2 81.7 88.8 94.0 95.2 66.6 100.0 57.1 84.7 86.0 88.2 60.3 62.3 69.3 84.3 80.6 66.7 72.2 66.6 78.5 91.2 40.1 41.9 44.3 50.4 84.4 60.6 75.2 76.5 92.7 100.0 90.3 78.5 78.9 69.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 93 91 84 74 175 182 163 206 214 91 90 93 91 78 69 30 46 91 91 140 139 413 296 289 289 296 343 235 301 270 265 285 190 191 168 181 178 361 294 265 244 299 128 123 123 176 209 103 106 107 118 205 124 134 78 90 39 9 9 31 94 288 300 247 226 590 550 488 637 722 253 273 291 286 227 170 57 153 309 277 453 455 1155 948 889 873 871 1017 731 1080 872 840 900 500 650 488 555 534 1130 911 788 697 940 405 442 360 512 610 306 342 311 357 576 422 464 259 309 106 21 30 75 308 25 27 14 26 55 59 45 45 54 15 12 16 18 4 17 6 8 16 15 33 44 61 57 21 29 47 121 72 49 57 56 73 38 34 21 29 26 45 66 43 42 46 37 13 19 36 53 27 18 23 39 43 17 11 9 21 5 0 2 9 38 27 30 17 35 31 32 28 22 25 16 13 17 20 5 25 20 17 18 16 24 32 15 19 7 10 16 35 31 16 21 21 26 20 18 13 16 15 12 22 16 17 15 29 11 15 20 25 26 17 22 33 21 14 8 12 23 13 0 22 29 40 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Spring HAM (continued) 28 2007 28 2008 28 2009 28 2010 29 2006 29 2007 29 2008 29 2009 29 2010 30A 2006 30A 2007 30A 2008 30A 2009 30A 2010 30B 2006 30B 2007 30B 2008 30B 2009 30B 2010 31 2006 31 2007 31 2008 31 2009 31 2010 32 2006 32 2007 32 2008 32 2009 32 2010 33 2006 33 2007 33 2008 33 2009 33 2010 34A 2006 34A 2007 34A 2008 34A 2009 34A 2010 34B 2006 34B 2007 34B 2008 34B 2009 34B 2010 35A 2006 35A 2007 35A 2008 35A 2009 35A 2010 35B 2006 35B 2007 35B 2008 35B 2009 35B 2010 36A 2007 36A 2008 36A 2009 36A 2010 36B 2006 36B 2007 36B 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 85 85 85 85 50 40 40 40 40 125 100 100 100 100 150 125 125 125 125 150 130 130 130 130 450 300 325 250 250 450 380 380 380 380 300 285 285 285 285 75 30 30 30 30 100 80 80 80 80 100 80 80 80 80 165 165 165 165 600 150 150 87 50 45 55 18 14 12 11 8 60 37 37 41 43 23 24 25 26 11 86 46 63 53 62 331 317 224 187 175 295 263 267 215 206 149 119 121 103 108 29 20 22 17 10 33 47 10 17 28 44 17 15 22 15 39 52 51 43 207 134 81 85 80 84 84 34 27 18 21 21 115 66 73 64 72 87 54 40 41 46 150 130 118 98 97 450 300 304 250 247 446 380 360 319 369 300 253 195 183 206 75 30 22 16 30 82 62 37 40 39 79 57 32 36 35 111 106 84 108 391 150 122 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 85.1 96.0 84.4 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.2 97.3 80.5 95.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 92.1 100.0 98.4 100.0 89.6 97.3 94.7 94.3 100.0 97.0 95.5 93.0 98.5 100.0 97.5 98.4 96.1 91.7 100.0 80.0 86.4 88.2 100.0 100.0 89.4 100.0 100.0 92.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.0 91.4 72 67 70 74 27 25 11 11 13 88 56 65 48 59 66 41 31 34 42 132 100 104 93 89 384 243 265 215 214 375 309 303 283 297 278 222 173 162 199 69 28 19 16 28 68 42 35 28 37 61 50 28 32 33 91 92 72 96 340 132 100 248 242 182 229 75 74 36 26 32 241 151 172 174 118 166 133 78 91 163 427 347 333 278 281 1186 755 815 649 664 1188 938 807 924 819 771 656 510 507 594 200 79 85 80 83 292 193 99 105 154 198 154 113 128 103 294 258 264 336 1056 387 351 16 17 21 20 11 13 3 5 4 25 19 32 14 26 4 5 7 9 4 18 15 21 23 37 108 37 22 42 46 98 76 67 42 47 62 38 24 32 62 6 0 6 2 8 14 2 7 3 10 14 4 9 10 14 26 16 17 36 48 23 20 22 25 30 27 41 52 27 45 31 28 34 49 29 44 6 12 23 26 10 14 15 20 25 42 28 15 8 20 22 26 25 22 15 16 22 17 14 20 31 9 0 32 13 29 21 5 20 11 27 23 8 32 31 42 29 17 24 38 14 17 20 Hunt Arizona 2011 111 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Spring HAM (continued) 36B 2009 36B 2010 36C 2006 36C 2007 36C 2008 36C 2009 36C 2010 37A 2006 37A 2007 37A 2008 37A 2009 37A 2010 37B 2006 37B 2007 37B 2008 37B 2009 37B 2010 Spring Archery Various Units 2006 Various Units 2007 Various Units 2008 Regions 1 & 2 Units 2009 Regions 1 & 2 Units 2010 Regions 3 & 4 Units 2009 Regions 3 & 4 Units 2010 5/6/8/11M/19A 2008 5/6/8/19A 2007 5/6/19A 2006 11M 2009 17/18B/19/20A 2009 17/18B/19/20A 2010 20A/20C 2006 20A/20C 2007 20A/20C 2008 20B 2006 20B 2007 20B 2008 20B 2009 20B 2010 20C 2009 20C 2010 21 2006 21 2007 21 2008 21 2009 21 2010 22 2006 22 2007 22 2008 22 2009 22 2010 23 2006 23 2007 23 2008 23 2009 23 2010 24A 2006 24A 2007 24A 2008 24A 2009 24A 2010 FTHU = Fort Huachuca 112 Hunt Arizona 2011 Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 2/17-2/23 2/09-2/18 2/08-2/17 2/06-2/15 2/05-2/14 150 150 150 115 115 115 115 350 360 360 360 360 650 500 500 500 500 78 62 58 61 22 26 29 261 209 211 190 169 514 531 446 431 391 111 97 131 107 36 58 63 350 360 360 311 360 650 500 497 500 500 87.2 91.9 100.0 96.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.7 96.7 96.3 96.5 100.0 89.3 92.6 95.6 94.4 98 80 116 93 27 25 63 305 323 327 302 308 582 454 420 436 455 310 250 360 278 88 81 231 918 1028 965 1032 1025 1764 1467 1367 1522 1549 38 36 9 12 2 3 12 55 56 33 40 81 128 59 72 62 62 39 45 8 13 7 12 19 18 17 10 13 26 22 13 17 14 14 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 1/01-1/31 1/01-1/25 1/01-1/24 1/01-1/22 1/01-1/21 2000 1500 1750 700 700 1000 1000 800 800 800 0 1700 1500 500 400 400 500 475 475 475 475 275 275 375 350 420 420 420 475 500 550 550 450 225 225 275 250 200 130 175 200 150 150 1759 1669 1630 535 440 531 514 639 619 776 0 1104 1052 720 580 537 617 474 441 326 307 298 260 521 474 562 468 515 672 551 598 515 495 564 543 540 498 474 303 219 245 205 217 2000 1500 1746 663 586 708 767 800 800 800 561 1332 1388 500 400 400 500 475 475 466 475 275 275 375 350 420 420 420 475 500 550 550 450 225 225 275 250 200 130 175 200 150 150 100.0 85.3 94.5 98.9 99.8 98.7 98.4 98.9 99.0 94.7 98.1 97.0 68.3 67.1 71.9 76.5 89.5 93.4 97.6 97.1 86.2 88.1 70.8 72.4 73.5 85.5 80.8 63.0 75.9 83.1 87.8 72.7 39.7 41.4 50.9 50.2 42.2 42.9 76.3 73.9 69.3 63.6 1699 1289 1465 590 512 628 676 676 706 725 15 1200 1247 426 363 366 468 433 416 443 441 259 248 329 305 376 378 374 405 420 453 478 384 208 192 217 206 168 125 166 179 133 136 8675 5779 6679 2407 2073 2773 2886 2901 3039 3720 46 5578 5822 2000 1691 1740 2080 1755 1795 1841 1746 1227 973 1377 1140 1434 1636 1348 2019 1540 1836 2177 1650 948 771 913 841 611 718 814 685 629 466 521 486 476 162 122 174 194 234 223 203 0 382 396 108 104 112 112 127 97 90 117 66 111 63 83 95 113 95 126 97 111 119 116 82 78 60 59 77 46 65 59 36 86 31 38 32 27 24 28 29 35 32 28 0 32 32 25 29 31 24 29 23 20 27 25 45 19 27 25 30 25 31 23 25 25 30 39 41 28 29 46 37 39 33 27 63 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Spring Archery (continued) 24B 2006 1/01-1/31 24B 2007 1/01-1/25 24B 2008 1/01-1/24 24B 2009 1/01-1/22 24B 2010 1/01-1/21 25M 2009 1/01-1/22 25M/26M/47M 2007 1/01-1/25 25M/26M/47M 2008 1/01-1/24 26M 2009 1/01-1/22 27 2007 1/01-1/25 27 2008 1/01-1/24 27 2009 1/01-1/22 27 2010 1/01-1/21 27/28/29/30/31/32 2006 1/01-1/31 28/29/30/31/32 2007 1/01-1/25 28/29/30/31/32 2008 1/01-1/24 28/29/30/31/32 2009 1/01-1/22 28/29/30/31/32 2010 1/01-1/21 33/37B 2006 1/01-1/31 33/37B 2007 1/01-1/25 33/37B 2008 1/01-1/24 33/37B 2009 1/01-1/22 33/37B 2010 1/01-1/21 34A/37A 2009 1/01-1/22 34A/37A 2010 1/01-1/21 34A/37A/37M 2006 1/01-1/31 34A/37A/38M 2007 1/01-1/25 34A/37A/38M 2008 1/01-1/24 34B/35 2006 1/01-1/31 34B/35 2007 1/01-1/25 34B/35 2008 1/01-1/24 34B/35 2009 1/01-1/22 34B/35 2010 1/01-1/21 36 2006 1/01-1/31 36 2007 1/01-1/25 36 2008 1/01-1/24 36 2009 1/01-1/22 36 2010 1/01-1/21 38M 2009 1/01-1/22 39M/42M 2006 1/01-1/31 47M 2009 1/01-1/22 50UN 2009 1/01-1/22 FTHU 2006 1/01-1/31 FTHU 2007 1/01-1/31 FTHU 2008 1/01-1/31 FTHU 2009 1/01-1/31 FTHU 2010 1/01-1/31 fall general 28 2006 11/10-11/19 28 2007 11/09-11/18 29 2006 11/10-11/19 29 2007 11/09-11/18 30A 2006 11/10-11/19 30A 2007 11/09-11/18 30B 2006 11/10-11/19 30B 2007 11/09-11/18 31 2006 11/10-11/19 31 2007 11/09-11/18 32 2006 11/10-11/19 32 2007 11/09-11/18 33 2006 11/10-11/19 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 250 225 250 175 175 0 175 175 0 100 100 100 75 1500 1200 1200 1200 1200 1250 1250 1250 1200 1200 600 700 900 700 700 300 325 300 300 300 600 800 800 800 800 0 175 0 0 20 20 16 16 16 251 213 174 183 153 0 111 135 0 40 31 39 33 1170 922 787 588 542 1108 899 823 855 741 340 292 599 485 461 155 128 130 123 97 490 373 317 295 192 0 133 0 0 23 11 15 16 17 250 225 250 175 175 561 175 175 561 88 71 52 75 1500 1200 1042 833 885 1250 1250 1216 1108 1111 477 524 898 700 634 234 197 171 164 157 600 566 498 426 410 561 175 561 561 18 16 16 15 14 76.9 90.1 98.9 86.9 81.7 99.1 100.0 92.5 93.6 100.0 84.9 100.0 86.8 87.9 95.1 97.6 100.0 99.0 96.6 95.6 94.6 99.4 98.3 100.0 98.4 96.8 100.0 100.0 96.9 95.9 97.9 100.0 99.5 99.7 98.6 100.0 100.0 78.3 100.0 86.7 75.0 70.6 216 196 218 144 159 38 143 138 184 70 62 49 65 1311 1017 914 735 741 1109 1066 1115 1014 957 421 471 787 625 580 213 171 159 149 138 520 497 407 362 377 177 145 61 23 17 16 16 15 14 983 769 933 572 772 85 791 674 838 388 277 217 249 6226 4459 4298 3445 3337 5651 4993 4817 4552 4050 2155 2037 4068 2919 3063 1087 971 903 848 694 2767 2620 2060 1997 1613 976 724 184 31 131 132 102 115 76 50 42 52 29 45 0 54 37 31 10 14 12 41 387 325 313 289 307 277 247 278 198 315 118 185 210 171 133 70 61 46 40 54 130 125 105 69 110 61 63 0 0 4 7 7 5 11 23 21 24 20 28 0 38 27 17 14 23 24 63 30 32 34 39 41 25 23 25 20 33 28 39 27 27 23 33 36 29 27 39 25 25 26 19 29 34 43 0 0 24 44 44 33 79 50 50 40 40 50 50 20 20 30 30 75 75 105 262 164 61 56 175 71 64 57 208 146 313 215 653 50 50 38 40 50 50 20 20 30 30 75 75 104 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 25 40 10 22 31 35 12 11 19 8 49 60 63 82 145 35 74 94 128 28 40 74 19 107 192 137 7 5 0 0 8 5 0 6 0 4 12 29 4 28 13 0 0 26 14 0 55 0 50 24 48 6 Hunt Arizona 2011 113 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Year fall general (continued) 33 2007 34A 2006 34A 2007 34B 2006 34B 2007 35A 2006 35A 2007 35B 2006 35B 2007 36A 2006 36A 2007 36B 2006 36B 2007 36C 2006 36C 2007 37A 2006 37A 2007 37B 2006 37B 2007 Fall Juniors Only 16A 2008 16A 2009 16A 2010 17B 2008 17B 2009 17B 2010 18B 2008 18B 2009 18B 2010 20A 2008 20A 2009 20A 2010 28 2008 28 2008 28/29/30/31/32 2009 28/29/30/31/32 2009 28/29/30/31/32 2010 29 2008 29 2008 30A 2008 30A 2008 30B 2008 30B 2008 31 2008 31 2008 32 2008 32 2008 33 2008 33 2008 33 2009 33 2009 33 2010 34/35 2009 34/35 2009 34/35 2010 34/35 2010 34A 2008 34A 2008 34B 2008 34B 2008 35A 2008 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 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 11/09-11/18 105 60 60 15 15 15 15 15 15 75 75 60 60 50 50 120 120 140 140 502 209 163 45 27 78 45 52 41 184 162 224 176 123 97 491 372 1295 860 105 60 60 15 15 15 15 15 15 75 75 60 60 50 50 120 120 140 140 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 61 48 43 13 11 15 8 15 13 50 63 44 44 25 31 98 89 103 110 193 128 124 35 34 50 26 30 47 211 208 161 196 71 97 262 226 331 364 18 15 4 0 4 0 0 8 6 7 13 9 3 10 6 27 10 26 9 30 31 9 0 36 0 0 53 46 14 21 20 7 40 19 28 11 25 8 10/10-10/16 10/09-10/18 10/08-10/17 10/10-10/16 10/09-10/18 10/08-10/17 11/21-11/30 11/20-11/29 11/19-11/28 10/10-10/16 10/09-10/18 10/08-10/17 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/09-10/15 11/20-11/26 11/19-11/25 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 10/09-10/15 11/20-11/26 11/19-11/25 10/09-10/15 11/20-11/26 10/08-10/14 11/19-11/25 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 11/21-11/27 10/10-10/16 50 50 50 50 50 50 75 75 75 50 75 75 50 50 150 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 100 135 135 100 75 75 50 50 50 50 100 100 25 25 25 36 24 8 46 29 39 55 60 88 88 50 56 28 10 76 44 83 1 2 11 2 0 1 23 5 12 19 73 43 57 30 57 10 7 9 5 8 4 2 2 3 37 24 16 50 44 50 72 75 75 50 63 75 37 14 98 74 100 3 2 15 3 3 1 23 8 22 20 73 58 79 34 75 20 12 15 20 11 4 3 5 7 94.4 91.7 100.0 87.0 93.1 89.7 94.6 96.7 85.2 56.8 96.0 98.2 96.4 100.0 94.7 100.0 92.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 73.9 100.0 91.7 84.2 86.3 90.7 98.3 93.3 96.5 90.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 31 19 12 39 41 37 55 55 57 33 49 49 33 14 86 52 80 3 0 13 3 3 1 17 4 11 15 57 44 65 30 69 11 12 15 20 11 2 0 5 6 107 72 36 106 124 130 142 148 165 98 152 153 90 33 270 137 187 5 0 30 6 8 2 50 12 24 30 149 105 177 83 183 23 46 34 56 44 7 0 10 14 6 5 0 11 6 10 31 31 33 4 6 8 8 9 18 22 30 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 7 9 9 0 9 3 7 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 19 26 0 28 15 27 56 56 58 12 12 16 24 64 21 42 38 33 15 67 0 0 24 0 18 53 12 20 14 0 13 27 58 0 0 55 50 100 0 114 Hunt Arizona 2011 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued Fall Juniors Only (continued) 35A 2008 11/21-11/27 35B 2008 10/10-10/16 35B 2008 11/21-11/27 36 2009 10/09-10/18 36 2009 11/20-11/26 36 2010 10/08-10/14 36A 2008 10/10-10/16 36A 2008 11/21-11/27 36B 2008 10/10-10/16 36B 2008 11/21-11/27 36C 2008 10/10-10/16 36C 2008 11/21-11/27 37 2009 10/09-10/18 37 2009 11/20-11/26 37 2010 10/08-10/14 37 2010 11/19-11/25 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 39 (Archery) 2009 11/06-11/15 39 (Muzzleloader) 2009 11/20-11/29 39 2010 11/19-11/28 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 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Hunt Success 25 25 25 50 50 50 70 70 100 100 75 75 100 100 100 100 125 125 170 165 15 10 15 10 15 10 25 2 1 2 24 36 31 8 4 7 7 1 4 53 35 29 49 18 8 29 38 11 7 4 4 0 3 16 3 1 2 32 50 35 10 18 8 12 2 2 55 53 64 100 27 13 46 51 10 10 5 5 4 5 24 100.0 100.0 100.0 91.7 94.4 87.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 25.0 88.7 97.1 93.1 93.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 90.9 85.7 75.0 75.0 100.0 87.5 3 1 0 21 44 32 7 18 4 10 0 0 41 50 55 92 20 13 39 38 8 10 5 3 0 0 24 9 2 0 67 132 123 20 76 8 31 0 0 101 106 143 215 52 35 96 102 20 15 5 10 0 0 53 0 0 0 3 14 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 11 18 17 27 2 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14 32 9 0 22 0 50 27 36 31 29 10 31 0 8 0 50 0 0 21 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 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 Hunt Arizona 2011 115 Javelina Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Fall Archery 27/28/29/30A/31/32 28/29/30A/31/32 30B 30B 33/37B 33/37B 34A/37A/38M 34A/37A/38M 34B/35 34B/35 36 36 FTHU = Fort Huachuca Year 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 116 Hunt Arizona 2011 Dates Permits 1st Choice Permits Authorized Authorized Applicants Issued 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 9/01-9/10 8/24-9/02 165 165 35 35 190 190 135 135 45 45 90 90 287 116 21 18 242 160 135 91 47 25 87 48 160 165 35 27 190 190 132 135 45 38 89 90 Draw Odds Hunters Hunter Days 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 Harvest 0 5 0 0 16 5 2 8 3 3 0 0 Hunt Success 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 subspecies, is currently estimated at about 5,000 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 2011 117 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 118 Hunt Arizona 2011 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. Between 80-100 rams, mostly desert bighorn, 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 2009 2010 56 48 59 159 95 43 43 15 26 47 59 47 57 75 111 109 143 142 142 131 132 95 119 213 261 304 343 310 443 374 478 554 527 590 652 648 711 571 655 562 696 686 789 624 474 742 325 344 404 366 249 288 197 213 381 396 433 516 414 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 733 660 803 812 443 739 443 388 635 690 764 980 773 30 15 24 29 29 0 34 10 29 46 43 48 90 69 89 145 207 152 182 138 107 76 137 170 240 269 284 306 459 272 301 278 212 308 383 450 470 291 303 301 283 264 298 299 134 402 152 132 197 322 103 224 179 110 154 215 260 323 195 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 99 115 154 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 1 1 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 1935 1537 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 53 54 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 33 12 25 20 Hunt Arizona 2011 119 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 2009 2010 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 52 48 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 95 126 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 46 44 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 7 22 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 9 0 84 50 199 238 181 210 228 156 302 332 383 345 349 322 369 349 352 336 359 43 169 348 331 253 577 209 240 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 55 38 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 48 7 35 17 Historic Summary of Combined Bighorn Sheep Survey Data 120 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 2009 2010 547 606 708 702 751 621 717 605 761 761 890 692 546 813 427 409 474 441 333 299 242 302 464 455 550 568 462 845 1048 1202 1156 1372 1164 1089 1076 1253 1208 1688 1395 1071 1525 895 848 1005 1002 627 764 527 543 807 805 1060 1075 899 237 317 419 464 505 332 337 328 355 346 375 381 179 471 224 203 258 382 163 229 211 159 219 277 379 369 238 186 167 262 297 299 233 210 208 245 185 260 131 127 154 127 127 126 101 102 86 51 71 80 110 143 122 176 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 10 1 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 2144 1777 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 53 51 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 34 11 27 20 Bighorn Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Unit Year Ram Ewe Lamb 9/10 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12B East 13A 13A 13B North 13B North 13B North 13B South 15A/15B East 15B West 15B West 15B West 15B West 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C South 15C South 15C South 15C South 15C South 15D 15D 15D 15D 16A 16B 16B 16B 18B 18B 22 22 23 24B 24B 28 South 28 South 31/32 31/32 32 32 37A 37A 37A 37A 37B 37B 39 East 39 East 39 West 39 West 39 West 40A North 40A South 40B East 40B East 40B West 40B West 40B West 41 East 2006 2006 2008 2008 2006 2008 2006 2007 2008 2008 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2006 2009 2009 2009 2010 2006 2009 2006 2006 2009 2007 2010 2006 2009 2007 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2008 2006 2009 2006 2008 2009 2007 2007 2006 2008 2006 2007 2009 2006 9 9 4 28 25 3 32 36 34 13 3 31 26 55 48 33 41 42 79 21 6 8 12 18 35 88 89 71 7 15 18 18 5 5 13 29 11 18 24 15 6 25 28 7 9 14 8 12 11 0 5 8 8 14 12 18 0 4 8 1 40 13 34 21 20 8 11 44 38 5 90 93 44 22 13 64 63 133 93 50 85 95 96 20 7 11 25 19 51 110 128 160 23 20 21 21 13 25 22 51 26 22 47 23 14 47 44 5 13 17 12 20 15 3 6 11 11 29 24 32 1 7 8 4 47 15 36 48 5 2 0 7 4 1 18 17 8 6 1 33 41 59 39 37 63 43 28 5 4 7 9 8 19 40 47 38 2 7 6 6 3 2 8 17 9 6 12 4 6 11 7 1 4 5 3 6 10 0 0 4 3 4 3 12 1 1 1 4 17 2 7 9 Yearling Unclassified 0 0 3 11 5 0 13 14 0 1 1 3 6 4 14 6 9 1 23 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 26 4 3 6 6 0 9 5 2 1 3 7 1 1 0 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 4 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 2 0 2 5 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 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 2 1 0 0 Total 34 19 18 90 72 9 153 160 86 42 18 131 142 251 194 126 198 181 227 46 17 26 46 49 105 239 264 295 36 45 51 51 21 41 54 99 47 49 90 44 27 83 85 13 28 38 24 39 42 7 11 23 23 50 40 69 2 14 17 11 111 33 81 83 Rams 45 113 36 64 66 60 36 39 77 59 23 48 41 41 52 66 48 44 82 105 86 73 48 95 69 80 70 44 30 75 86 86 38 20 59 57 42 82 51 65 43 53 64 140 69 82 67 60 73 0 83 73 73 48 50 56 0 57 100 25 85 87 94 44 Number per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 25 0 25 0 0 27 16 25 11 13 20 0 20 14 18 15 18 0 27 5 8 8 52 5 65 10 44 3 42 15 74 12 74 11 45 1 29 24 25 0 57 0 64 0 36 0 42 21 37 0 36 1 37 0 24 16 9 17 35 15 29 29 29 29 23 0 8 36 36 23 33 4 35 4 27 14 26 15 17 4 43 7 23 0 16 14 20 0 31 15 29 12 25 8 30 5 67 40 0 133 0 0 36 0 27 9 14 10 13 4 38 22 100 0 14 29 13 0 100 50 36 11 13 13 19 11 19 10 Hunt Arizona 2011 121 Bighorn Survey Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Desert Bighorn Sheep Survey Data (continued) Unit 41 East 41 West 41 West 42 42 42 42 43A 43A 43B 43B 43B 44A East 44A East 44A East 44A West 44A West 44B North 44B South 45A 45A 45A 45A 45A 45B 45B 45B 45B 45B 45C 45C 45C 45C 45C 46A 46B Year Ram Ewe Lamb 2009 2006 2009 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2010 2007 2009 2010 2007 2008 2010 2007 2010 2007 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2008 22 21 12 3 8 4 11 7 10 54 21 74 14 5 22 5 10 31 8 33 28 20 18 12 15 20 19 17 19 29 35 27 22 29 15 57 70 32 32 13 20 8 13 14 19 114 55 146 14 16 36 8 13 33 15 51 55 50 43 51 41 37 39 32 34 35 46 43 55 54 25 99 24 6 6 2 4 1 3 7 3 30 13 25 7 3 7 1 3 3 3 14 12 14 9 10 8 13 10 10 12 11 14 15 15 11 11 15 Yearling Unclassified 18 4 9 2 4 3 2 6 2 17 10 33 3 0 8 0 2 10 0 4 8 8 7 5 7 7 4 7 14 7 10 11 9 11 5 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 Total 134 63 59 20 36 16 29 34 34 217 99 278 38 24 73 14 28 77 26 102 103 92 78 78 71 77 72 66 79 82 110 96 101 105 56 200 Rams 31 66 38 23 40 50 85 50 53 47 38 51 100 31 61 63 77 94 53 65 51 40 42 24 37 54 49 53 56 83 76 63 40 54 60 58 Number per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 34 26 19 13 19 28 15 15 20 20 13 38 23 15 50 43 16 11 26 15 24 18 17 23 50 21 19 0 19 22 13 0 23 15 9 30 20 0 27 8 22 15 28 16 21 16 20 10 20 17 35 19 26 10 31 22 35 41 31 20 30 22 35 26 27 16 20 20 44 20 15 28 Rams 30 30 10 43 41 63 19 78 38 70 113 133 46 29 41 77 25 93 35 46 59 32 56 Number per 100 Ewes Lambs Yearlings 60 20 48 22 55 3 39 21 55 0 37 0 31 0 22 0 31 13 50 15 25 0 56 33 32 0 63 20 39 16 47 17 30 16 20 47 35 10 40 6 55 13 39 14 78 11 5-Year: 2006-2010 Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Survey Data Unit 1/27 North 1/27 North 1/27 North 1/27 North 1/27 North 6A (West Clear Crk) 6A (West Clear Crk) 23/24A 27 (Bear Canyon) 27 (Bear Canyon) 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 28 Gila Mtns 122 Year Ram Ewe 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 5 7 3 12 9 12 3 14 6 14 9 12 13 10 25 23 17 14 7 53 38 45 5 10 0 23 29 28 22 19 16 18 16 20 8 9 28 35 61 30 69 15 20 116 64 139 9 Hunt Arizona 2011 Lamb 6 0 11 16 11 12 7 5 4 5 10 2 5 9 22 24 14 21 3 7 46 35 54 7 Yearling Unclassified 2 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 7 10 5 11 7 2 7 8 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 21 5 47 49 57 43 40 24 36 29 47 19 29 52 74 120 79 118 39 36 222 145 257 22 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 2009 2010 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 90 100 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 8500 8206 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 90 100 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 89 100 218 103 132 112 130 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 391 344 331 235 341 343 293 224 233 349 306 358 370 361 442 425 497 441 501 580 622 754 721 907 745 691 748 674 764 663 681 673 698 702 533 589 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 87 92 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 97.8 92.0 ¹ Excluding Indian Reservation hunts; including raffle and auction tags. Hunt Arizona 2011 123 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Auction (Desert) Auction (Rocky Mtn) Auction (Desert) Auction (Rocky Mtn) 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 6A 9/10 9/10 9/10 9/10 9/10 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 12A/12B West 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 124 Year Dates 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 11/01-11/30 12/01-12/31 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 11/16-12/31 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 Hunt Arizona 2011 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Authorized Applicants Applicants 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 5 3 2 2 6 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 448 240 202 204 175 212 159 54 41 37 32 177 134 53 61 29 126 71 44 150 202 678 506 256 112 80 1907 1030 722 429 255 50 24 17 22 24 94 32 24 21 14 385 218 190 97 139 240 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320 154 137 120 112 99 45 25 18 17 13 163 235 49 100 138 97 53 30 190 204 502 450 248 94 77 1541 578 340 303 178 106 56 29 79 78 81 56 29 27 21 532 211 178 171 236 314 146 Permits Issued 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 5 3 2 2 6 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Harvest Odds Days Success 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.0 2.4 2.7 3.1 1.1 0.7 3.8 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.0 1.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 2.5 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.0 4.2 5.9 4.5 8.3 1.1 3.1 4.2 0.0 7.1 0.8 0.9 1.6 1.0 1.4 0.4 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 5 3 2 2 6 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 16 14 12 8 3 30 2 63 25 6 7 7 6 3 5 10 16 7 4 10 14 10 14 15 11 7 38 29 4 14 27 7 7 19 10 31 9 33 21 25 14 32 40 12 13 25 10 7 14 30 12 4 7 2 12 7 21 11 19 5 24 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 3 1 2 6 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 0 100 100 50 33 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 75 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 75 0 0 0 50 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest (continued) Unit 15C North 15C North 15C North 15C South 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 North 24B North 24B North 24B North 24B South 24B South 24B South 24B South 27 Bear Canyon 27 Bear Canyon 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 28 28 Year Dates 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 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 12/01-12/31 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 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Authorized Applicants Applicants 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 3 6 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 162 107 268 79 21 16 55 16 1277 646 263 899 807 79 37 25 37 127 71 89 112 68 62 489 267 261 251 967 388 181 143 372 120 138 140 85 149 136 170 487 106 83 71 74 62 1308 788 618 570 432 693 504 520 517 482 197 226 189 201 223 118 52 95 219 218 462 172 84 48 64 60 881 352 222 576 486 72 41 38 36 162 77 112 116 98 78 306 140 130 129 317 197 104 68 286 138 169 144 156 121 128 118 413 189 106 100 119 99 673 468 379 333 278 807 611 522 434 381 965 749 677 739 713 83 63 91 Permits Issued 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 3 6 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Harvest Odds Days Success 0.6 1.9 1.1 1.3 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.0 1.5 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.1 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 3 6 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 20 10 12 18 3 9 6 1 61 23 29 54 72 4 21 20 1 24 1 7 5 4 10 3 5 3 3 5 21 28 29 7 6 2 9 6 4 8 12 3 0 6 5 9 10 31 20 14 9 6 13 8 9 14 13 5 3 16 10 9 9 11 4 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 7 5 3 6 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 Hunt Arizona 2011 100 100 75 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 100 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 125 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest (continued) Unit Year Dates 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 31/32 37A 37A 37A 37A 37A 39 East 39 West 39 West 39 West 39 West 39 West 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 East 44A East 44A East 44A East 44A West 44A West 44A West 44A West 44A West 44B North 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 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 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563 356 277 232 77 774 195 215 63 98 44 53 110 178 188 106 112 113 231 285 204 110 40 42 24 29 92 497 426 296 366 151 432 383 301 160 167 68 31 44 27 34 610 384 343 374 289 72 40 46 35 77 45 38 57 38 316 Permits Issued 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Harvest Odds Days Success 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.9 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 3.9 1.4 0.8 1.9 0.0 2.0 0.0 5.3 3.8 2.9 4.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.7 0.0 2.7 2.4 2.8 1.1 1.9 4.5 2.0 2.0 0.5 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 26 6 24 27 7 13 3 5 5 9 6 9 24 18 4 3 19 5 27 26 22 7 7 33 58 37 5 4 13 2 4 10 25 34 12 18 21 11 52 19 24 19 5 2 3 3 1 38 16 32 18 10 9 14 13 1 3 5 8 6 6 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 100 100 100 50 33 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 67 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Bighorn Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest (continued) Unit 44B North 44B North 44B North 44B North 44B South 44B South 44B South 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 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 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 Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Authorized Applicants Applicants 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 242 548 901 652 1234 101 56 59 67 678 580 174 69 53 110 34 110 72 14 693 291 527 228 177 113 55 146 42 30 340 323 229 277 170 168 430 640 472 543 177 87 114 80 571 485 253 60 39 297 99 281 227 65 635 505 495 262 139 185 107 179 48 24 426 274 299 264 192 Permits Issued 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 Draw Hunter Hunt Hunters Harvest Odds Days Success 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.0 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.7 1.7 0.0 1.9 0.9 2.9 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.8 1.8 1.4 2.4 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.8 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 9 15 6 5 28 7 10 10 1 29 34 26 4 17 2 3 11 5 6 64 46 23 14 10 25 6 33 3 3 46 29 47 18 49 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 6 6 5 5 5 Hunt Arizona 2011 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 100 100 100 100 50 100 67 100 100 100 100 83 100 100 127 Bighorn Hunt Data Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2010 Season Curl (Inches) Name Special Tag Special Tag Special Tag 6001 6002 6003 6003 6003 6004 6004 6005 6005 6005 6006 6007 6008 6008 6008 6008 6009 6009 6009 6010 6011 6011 6011 6011 6011 6011 6011 6011 6011 6012 6012 6013 6013 6014 6014 6015 6016 6016 6017 6018 6018 6018 6019 6019 6020 6020 6021 6021 6022 6022 6023 6023 6024 6025 6026 6027 6027 6027 6027 128 Left Right Left Right Maximum Spread Tip to Tip Age 29 4/8 35 4/8 37 3/8 29 7/8 31 7/8 33 32 1/8 33 5/8 29 1/8 31 33 2/8 33 3/8 33 1/8 31 4/8 26 4/8 24 31 2/8 33 5/8 32 4/8 32 3/8 31 4/8 33 1/8 28 4/8 27 6/8 33 4/8 30 4/8 35 6/8 32 32 1/8 37 1/8 34 7/8 34 7/8 35 4/8 32 29 6/8 32 2/8 35 4/8 39 34 7/8 37 34 7/8 31 3/8 34 2/8 38 3/8 35 7/8 34 1/8 38 2/8 32 1/8 35 7/8 34 6/8 32 1/8 34 7/8 32 7/8 31 4/8 34 3/8 33 4/8 27 3/8 35 5/8 31 32 6/8 34 3/8 34 4/8 31 7/8 36 5/8 40 2/8 31 2/8 29 4/8 29 30 5/8 34 2/8 28 32 34 3/8 34 6/8 34 4/8 29 27 3/8 32 7/8 28 2/8 28 7/8 32 1/8 30 3/8 28 33 3/8 33 1/8 19 6/8 31 1/8 29 4/8 29 6/8 33 4/8 33 34 1/8 34 2/8 34 2/8 35 3/8 33 1/8 30 34 4/8 34 6/8 39 6/8 35 3/8 36 6/8 32 4/8 32 6/8 36 5/8 35 4/8 34 5/8 36 1/8 38 2/8 33 36 5/8 33 7/8 33 1/8 32 6/8 33 3/8 31 2/8 32 3/8 32 2/8 27 3/8 34 3/8 32 2/8 30 7/8 33 5/8 32 6/8 13 5/8 15 4/8 16 4/8 14 6/8 14 7/8 15 14 4/8 13 6/8 13 5/8 13 7/8 14 5/8 14 15 2/8 14 4/8 12 6/8 13 5/8 14 5/8 14 2/8 14 6/8 14 1/8 14 6/8 14 7/8 13 2/8 14 2/8 13 5/8 14 6/8 15 15 5/8 15 6/8 14 15 4/8 15 5/8 14 16 12 6/8 14 1/8 14 7/8 17 7/8 15 1/8 15 16 1/8 15 1/8 13 6/8 15 14 7/8 14 1/8 16 7/8 13 2/8 15 2/8 13 7/8 15 3/8 16 14 4/8 14 5/8 15 2/8 15 6/8 13 3/8 14 1/8 13 13 7/8 13 1/8 14 7/8 13 6/8 15 5/8 16 2/8 14 6/8 14 3/8 15 14 3/8 13 7/8 13 5/8 14 2/8 14 4/8 14 15 2/8 13 5/8 13 2/8 13 5/8 14 4/8 14 3/8 14 4/8 14 2/8 15 14 5/8 13 3/8 14 1/8 13 6/8 15 1/8 15 16 1/8 15 4/8 14 2/8 15 4/8 15 6/8 14 15 7/8 12 6/8 14 1/8 14 7/8 17 6/8 15 15 1/8 16 7/8 15 3/8 14 15 14 7/8 14 2/8 15 6/8 13 15 2/8 13 7/8 15 2/8 15 6/8 14 1/8 14 4/8 15 16 13 7/8 14 1/8 12 7/8 13 4/8 13 2/8 14 4/8 23 2/8 21 4/8 21 3/8 23 4/8 28 5/8 21 20 2/8 22 4/8 21 4/8 25 22 1/8 22 5/8 22 21 4/8 23 1/8 24 6/8 22 5/8 21 4/8 18 5/8 21 2/8 22 4/8 18 7/8 20 1/8 21 1/8 20 5/8 22 6/8 21 4/8 25 26 5/8 24 6/8 27 4/8 18 4/8 20 1/8 22 1/8 21 4/8 20 6/8 23 5/8 22 7/8 25 22 4/8 20 5/8 23 7/8 24 4/8 21 3/8 20 3/8 20 7/8 20 1/8 21 6/8 16 7/8 18 6/8 19 2/8 20 4/8 18 19 1/8 21 4/8 20 2/8 21 2/8 18 19 7/8 23 19 2/8 23 2/8 21 4/8 21 3/8 23 4/8 28 5/8 20 19 4/8 22 4/8 21 2/8 25 22 1/8 22 5/8 20 21 4/8 23 1/8 24 6/8 22 5/8 19 6/8 18 5/8 20 5/8 22 4/8 18 6/8 20 1/8 21 1/8 20 5/8 22 6/8 20 4/8 25 25 4/8 24 6/8 27 4/8 16 2/8 18 4/8 21 1/8 18 5/8 17 6/8 21 4/8 19 6/8 25 22 4/8 19 23 7/8 24 4/8 21 3/8 15 5/8 17 3/8 17 21 6/8 16 7/8 15 4/8 18 5/8 13 4/8 17 4/8 15 6/8 20 6/8 20 2/8 17 6/8 18 19 1/8 21 2/8 18 6/8 10 11 8 7 6 4 8 11 8 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 8 11 10 8 7 7 6 7 Unit 15D 27S/28N 24B 09/10 12ABW 12BE 12BE 12BE 13A 13A 13BN 13BN 13BN 13BS 15A/15BE 15BW 15BW 15BW 15BW 15CN 15CN 15CN 15CS 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 15D 16A 16A 16B 16B 22 22 24B 24B 24B 28S 31/32 31/32 31/32 37A 37A 39 39W 40BW 40BW 40BW 40BW 40BW 40BW 41E 41W 43A 43B 43B 43B 43B Base (Inches) Hunt Arizona 2011 7 9 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 9 7 10 8 9 10 10 8 8 7 5 10 8 8 5 6 9 8 6 9 8 Arizona Score Green Score 88 6/8 103 2/8 110 3/8 90 5/8 90 5/8 92 91 5/8 95 4/8 84 3/8 91 1/8 96 6/8 96 1/8 98 1/8 88 5/8 79 7/8 84 1/8 88 5/8 91 1/8 93 7/8 91 1/8 89 2/8 96 88 2/8 75 7/8 92 89 7/8 95 4/8 97 2/8 96 3/8 99 4/8 100 1/8 100 4/8 98 7/8 97 85 2/8 95 100 114 3/8 100 3/8 103 7/8 100 3/8 94 5/8 98 5/8 103 7/8 100 2/8 98 5/8 109 1/8 91 3/8 103 96 3/8 95 7/8 99 3/8 94 7/8 91 7/8 97 97 4/8 82 98 2/8 89 1/8 91 94 3/8 96 5/8 154 1/8 180 5/8 184 5/8 157 7/8 153 5/8 149 4/8 160 2/8 161 5/8 143 5/8 149 6/8 158 5/8 159 7/8 166 7/8 153 132 5/8 126 7/8 144 2/8 145 2/8 164 5/8 147 4/8 152 4/8 166 151 7/8 125 2/8 149 1/8 157 6/8 159 6/8 162 2/8 166 1/8 169 4/8 170 5/8 174 3/8 163 1/8 166 7/8 138 6/8 159 2/8 170 2/8 190 171 4/8 176 176 3/8 166 1/8 160 1/8 171 3/8 170 4/8 167 6/8 181 4/8 154 7/8 176 4/8 158 5/8 159 2/8 166 3/8 166 4/8 156 6/8 157 6/8 164 2/8 123 4/8 163 6/8 147 4/8 154 3/8 157 4/8 165 4/8 Bighorn Hunt Data Successful Hunters and the Measurements of their Bighorn Sheep - 2010 Season (continued) Curl (Inches) Name 6027 6028 6029 6030 6030 6030 6031 6032 6033 6034 6034 6034 6035 6036 6036 6036 6036 6036 6051 6052 6053 6054 6054 6054 6055 6055 6055 6056 6056 6056 Unit 43B 44AE 44AW 44BN 44BN 44BN 44BS 45A 45B 45C 45C 45C 46A 46B 46B 46B 46B 46B 04/87N 06A 27 27/28 27S/28N 27S/28N 27S/28N 27S/28N 27S/28N 27N 27N 27N Minimum Maximum Average Base (Inches) Left Right Left Right 32 2/8 36 7/8 34 3/8 34 35 7/8 33 5/8 35 3/8 30 7/8 32 4/8 30 3/8 28 6/8 32 1/8 36 1/8 33 1/8 34 7/8 33 4/8 34 2/8 34 4/8 32 5/8 37 34 7/8 32 3/8 36 4/8 37 4/8 34 7/8 33 7/8 39 2/8 29 6/8 29 5/8 36 5/8 24 39 2/8 33 2/8 33 37 6/8 34 4/8 33 1/8 34 35 6/8 35 4/8 31 4/8 32 3/8 30 29 32 7/8 36 5/8 32 7/8 35 5/8 33 6/8 33 2/8 35 4/8 32 3/8 37 36 2/8 33 35 4/8 36 2/8 34 2/8 33 6/8 39 2/8 29 6/8 31 3/8 35 3/8 19 6/8 40 2/8 33 1/8 15 2/8 16 1/8 14 5/8 13 1/8 14 5/8 15 1/8 14 2/8 15 14 5/8 14 2/8 12 3/8 14 5/8 15 2/8 15 7/8 15 3/8 16 15 4/8 15 2/8 16 15 1/8 16 5/8 15 2/8 14 16 15 5/8 15 6/8 15 7/8 15 4/8 15 1/8 15 12 3/8 17 7/8 14 6/8 15 2/8 15 6/8 14 4/8 13 3/8 14 4/8 15 2/8 14 4/8 15 3/8 14 3/8 14 1/8 12 4/8 14 4/8 15 15 1/8 15 3/8 16 15 7/8 15 1/8 15 5/8 15 1/8 16 5/8 15 13 6/8 15 6/8 15 5/8 15 6/8 15 6/8 15 4/8 15 4/8 15 12 4/8 17 6/8 14 6/8 Maximum Spread 20 4/8 21 5/8 21 7/8 18 23 6/8 23 22 20 2/8 22 6/8 17 4/8 15 4/8 22 21 7/8 20 2/8 20 2/8 21 22 2/8 22 25 22 2/8 22 6/8 21 22 6/8 23 3/8 25 22 3/8 22 4/8 22 5/8 23 15 4/8 28 5/8 21 6/8 Tip to Tip Age 19 19 6/8 17 7/8 15 6/8 18 17 6/8 20 4/8 19 6/8 22 6/8 17 4/8 20 7/8 22 19 4/8 19 6/8 20 2/8 18 20 4/8 21 24 4/8 20 18 5/8 18 22 5/8 22 6/8 23 3/8 25 21 5/8 22 19 6/8 21 4/8 13 4/8 28 5/8 20 5/8 8 11 10 7 8 8 5 6 5 10 8 10 7 7 6 9 7 6 7 6 6 10 8 7 7 8 7 8 9 4 11 8 Arizona Score Green Score 95 6/8 106 4/8 98 93 5/8 99 99 6/8 99 5/8 92 6/8 93 7/8 88 6/8 82 5/8 94 1/8 103 97 101 2/8 99 2/8 98 7/8 100 3/8 96 5/8 104 2/8 104 3/8 95 5/8 99 6/8 105 4/8 100 3/8 99 1/8 110 1/8 90 4/8 91 5/8 102 75 7/8 114 3/8 96 165 6/8 183 1/8 171 5/8 159 7/8 169 5/8 170 1/8 170 7/8 153 7/8 157 1/8 143 7/8 147 2/8 161 180 159 4/8 169 4/8 170 6/8 171 173 165 4/8 177 178 5/8 162 7/8 167 2/8 177 6/8 170 5/8 175 1/8 185 6/8 162 163 6/8 180 2/8 123 4/8 190 162 4/8 Hunt Arizona 2011 129 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 2009 116-2/8 64-1/8 2010 114-3/8 75-7/8 ¹ Arizona score = sums of the 2 bases and the 2 curls. Year 130 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 92-3/8 96 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 31-5/8 33-5/8 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 14-5/8 14-6/8 Average B&C Green Score – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 147‑4/8 150‑3/8 152‑2/8 148‑7/8 154‑6/8 153‑6/8 155‑7/8 153‑1/8 153‑3/8 160‑2/8 154‑5/8 156‑7/8 159‑1/8 156‑2/8 160‑2/8 159‑4/8 157‑2/8 157‑4/8 157‑7/8 157‑5/8 155‑3/8 156‑3/8 159‑6/8 156‑3/8 156-6/8 156-5/8 155-7/8 156-7/8 157-1/8 155 153-3/8 151-6/8 155-7/8 152-3/8 156-1/8 156-5/8 155-6/8 156-7/8 162-4/8 Bighorn Hunt Data 2010 Bighorn Sheep Hunt Applications Hunt No. 6001 6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 6007 6008 6009 6010 6011 6012 6013 6014 6015 6016 6017 6018 6019 6020 6021 6022 6023 6024 6025 6026 6027 6028 6029 6030 6031 6032 6033 6034 6035 6036 6051 6052 6053 6054 6055 6056 6997 6998 6999 Total Unit 09/10 12A/12B West 12B East 13A 13B North 13B South 15A/15B East 15B West 15C North 15C South 15D 16A 16B 22 24B North 24B South 28 31/32 37A 39 West 40BW Gila Mts 40BW Mohawk/Copper 40BW Tinajas Altas 41 East 41 West 43A 43B 44A East 44A West 44B North 44B South 45A 45B 45C 46A 46B 04/87N Black River 06A 27 Bear Canyon 27S/28N (early) 27S/28N (late) 27N Foote Creek Auction Auction Raffle Permits Authorized 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 9 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 100 First Choice Applicants 32 29 202 80 255 24 14 139 268 16 807 127 62 967 85 487 95 463 263 133 51 98 48 144 163 28 292 36 49 652 67 53 14 177 30 170 175 212 62 482 223 432 0 0 0 8206 Second Choice % Drawn Applicants % Drawn 3.1 0.0 1.5 2.5 1.2 8.3 7.1 1.4 1.1 0.0 0.7 0.8 3.2 0.3 1.2 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.8 1.5 3.9 2.0 4.2 0.0 0.6 3.6 1.7 2.8 2.0 0.5 1.5 1.9 0.0 1.1 0.0 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.9 13 138 204 77 178 78 21 236 462 60 486 162 78 317 156 413 91 312 232 98 112 110 92 151 167 34 289 35 38 472 80 39 65 139 24 192 112 99 99 381 713 278 0 0 0 7533 0.0 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.7 4.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 Hunt Arizona 2011 131 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 250-350 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 132 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 40 and 60 buffalo being harvested each year. A special permit has always been required for the taking of this species. Hunt Arizona 2011 133 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 18 25 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 6 9 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 0 0 20 21 24 14 14 14 14 12 13 8 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 43 55 345 417 – 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 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 2009 2010 18 24 20 26 16 15 12 16 16 15 10 10 14 14 12 10 11 4 3 7 5 13 18 20 10 6 5 4 4 3 7 11 13 13 10 8 14 16 15 16 14 9 14 12 14 17 15 0 0 8 13 14 10 12 11 10 3 8 4 0 3 6 1 Based on adult animals only, yearlings excluded. 2 Both sexes combined for yearlings and calves. 3 Calf numbers are estimates. 134 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 – 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 17 28 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 72 32 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 2009 24 7 2010 29 10 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 77 56 84 57 45 50 43 61 0 0 36 43 7 10 0 0 14 14 88 106 67 67 39 33 106 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 Hunt Arizona 2011 135 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 2009 545 20 20 144 10 4 4 1 0 19 95.0 2010 640 23 23 226 6 6 2 1 0 15 65.2 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 136 1st Choice Applicants2 Permits Issued Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters Hunter Days Buffalo Hunt Data Population Management Season Results - Unit 12A Year Season1 Permits Issued Hunters Hunter Days Harvest Bulls Cows Adults Yearlings Adults Yearlings 3 0 1 0 5 5 0 2 7 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 7 1 3 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 6 5 1 2 10 1 1 1 7 1 Calves Percent Success Total 2005 Companion 106 106 -0 4 3.8 2005 Standard 20 19 39 0 12 63.2 2006 Companion 28 28 -0 7 25.0 2006 Standard 25 24 52 0 9 37.5 2007 Companion 59 59 20 0 8 13.6 2007 Standard 8 7 10 0 4 57.1 2008 Companion 97 97 32 0 12 12.4 2008 Standard 16 12 16 0 10 83.3 2009 Companion 70 11 52 0 11 15.7 2009 Standard 14 14 16 0 14 100.0 2010 Companion 100 10 44 0 10 10.0 2010 Standard No hunts offered 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. 5-Year: 2006-2010 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 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 2006 2007 2010 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2007 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 Bull Bull Bull Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Cow Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Yrl Any Any Any Any Any Any Any Any Any Any Dates Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits Hunter Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days Bull Harvest 5/26-6/04 2 253 54 0.8 2 2 3 2 9/22-9/23 1 444 11 0.2 1 1 1 1 1/15-1/17 1 107 31 0.9 1 1 1 1 9/09-9/11 2 842 100 0.2 2 2 2 0 9/23-9/25 2 198 771 1.0 2 2 2 0 9/30-10/02 2 271 531 0.4 2 2 2 0 10/21-10/23 2 686 177 0.3 2 2 2 0 9/22-9/23 1 54 122 0.0 1 1 1 0 9/29-9/30 2 95 117 2.1 2 2 2 0 10/13-10/14 2 80 156 0.0 2 2 2 0 10/27-10/28 2 106 89 0.9 2 2 2 0 9/27-9/28 2 146 8 1.4 2 2 3 0 1/14-1/20 3 118 72 1.7 3 3 4 0 2/03-2/10 3 59 135 1.7 3 3 3 0 1/06-1/07 2 70 11 2.9 2 2 2 2 1/13-1/14 2 19 76 0.0 2 2 2 2 1/27-1/28 2 38 31 5.3 2 2 2 2 2/03-2/04 2 45 74 4.4 2 2 2 2 10/04-10/05 2 172 85 1.2 2 2 2 0 10/11-10/12 2 81 195 1.2 2 2 2 2 1/05-1/06 2 68 24 2.9 2 2 2 2 1/12-1/13 2 20 67 5.0 2 2 2 2 1/26-1/27 2 34 28 5.9 2 2 2 2 2/02-2/03 2 22 49 4.6 2 2 2 0 2/09-2/10 2 41 33 2.4 2 2 2 1 9/25-9/27 2 154 32 1.3 2 2 4 1 10/09-10/11 2 70 189 1.4 2 2 2 1 10/23-10/25 2 93 59 2.2 2 2 2 2 9/24-9/26 2 146 75 1.4 2 2 2 2 10/08-10/10 2 102 121 1.0 2 2 2 1 2/05-2/07 2 73 37 1.4 2 2 2 2 2/19-2/21 2 24 75 4.2 2 2 2 1 2/10-2/11 2 55 29 3.6 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 25 24 52 5 0 0 0 28 28 0 7 3/10-4/09 5 213 62 2.4 5 5 52 1 8 0 0 8 7 10 0 0 0 0 59 8 20 7 3/09-4/08 5 167 43 3.0 5 5 92 0 4/13-5/13 5 59 142 3.4 5 5 41 4 16 0 0 16 12 16 3 0 0 0 97 12 32 8 Yrl = Yearling, CY = Cow or Yearling, Any = Any Buffalo, SP = Special raffle/auction permit. Cow Total Harvest Harvest 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 0 1 7 3 Hunt Success 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 7 2 4 8 0 5 10 11 Hunt Arizona 2011 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 150 100 100 100 100 100 100 38 25 40 57 100 0 100 83 92 137 Buffalo Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Harvest Unit Year Season Dates Permits 1st Choice 2nd Choice Draw Permits Hunter Authorized Applicants Applicants Odds Issued Hunters Days Bull Harvest 12A 2008 Any 1/01-5/31 10 284 1 3.5 10 8 64 8 12A 2009 Any 0 0 0 14 14 16 3 12A 2009 Any 0 0 0 70 11 52 0 12A 2009 Any 1/01-6/14 14 228 1 6.1 14 14 136 10 12A 2010 Any 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12A 2010 Any 0 0 0 100 10 44 2 12A 2010 Any 1/01-6/13 14 188 22 6.4 14 14 217 5 12A 2006 SP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12A 2007 SP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12A 2008 SP 3 0 0 3 3 12 3 12A 2009 SP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12A 2010 SP 3 0 0 0 2 12 1 TOTAL - SUMMARY FOR RAYMOND WILDLIFE AREA 5B 2006 16 2427 1840 0.5 16 16 18 2 5B 2007 18 1006 716 1.2 18 18 18 11 5B 2008 16 584 489 2.1 16 16 17 9 5B 2009 6 317 280 1.6 6 6 8 4 5B 2010 9 452 339 1.3 9 9 9 7 TOTAL - SUMMARY FOR HOUSE ROCK WILDLIFE AREA (includes Population Management Season data) 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 12A 2009 17 228 1 6.1 98 39 204 13 12A 2010 17 188 22 6.4 114 26 273 8 Yrl = Yearling, CY = Cow or Yearling, Any = Any Buffalo, SP = Special raffle/auction permit. 138 Hunt Arizona 2011 Cow Total Harvest Harvest Hunt Success 0 11 11 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 11 13 0 10 6 0 0 3 0 1 100 100 100 93 100 43 100 50 14 7 6 2 2 16 18 15 7 9 100 100 94 117 100 5 6 10 25 9 18 17 32 38 17 32 68 91 97 65 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. 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 and cubs), breeding pairs, and congregations at feeding Bob Miles Natural History Hunt Arizona 2011 139 Black Bear 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 fall bear seasons in 1950, the Arizona Game and Fish 140 Hunt Arizona 2010 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 of a permit-only spring season in select units, Black bear distribution the elimination of bear-baiting as a method of take, and unit harvest limits 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 2009 2010 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 5925 5371 51234 Hunter2 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 96 121 117 236 197 254 224 142 181 320 178 230 214 160 158 197 217 179 239 235 Harvest Depredation Other3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 17 0 2 0 12 0 9 0 10 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 8 0 1 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 9 0 7 2 18 3 11 1 4 1 1 0 1 3 2 14 1 0 5 19 2 6 0 13 0 5 2 46 6 6 1 16 5 34 5 11 0 2 1 40 2 19 1 13 1 26 2 16 Total Harvest 178 131 134 219 242 268 236 274 204 227 214 233 275 313 270 253 257 292 268 274 251 257 189 311 155 292 161 101 122 121 252 198 278 232 155 186 368 184 252 249 176 160 238 238 193 266 253 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 2010 tags issued is preliminary pending a final audit. 1 2 Hunt Arizona 2011 141 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit Year Harvest Hunter Depredation Other Hunter Harv. Sex of Hunter Harv. Using Dogs Male Female Spring2 Month of Hunter Harvest Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 1 2006 23 0 1 14 15 8 0 9 3 7 4 0 1 2007 12 0 1 7 8 4 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 2008 19 0 1 13 16 3 0 17 0 1 1 0 1 2009 21 0 3 17 13 8 0 16 0 4 1 0 1 2010 21 0 3 15 14 7 0 17 0 4 0 0 3B 2006 13 0 0 9 10 3 0 4 6 3 0 0 3B 2007 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3B 2008 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3B 2009 18 0 7 6 16 2 0 9 0 9 0 0 3B 2010 12 0 2 4 6 6 0 5 1 2 3 0 3C 2006 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3C 2007 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3C 2008 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3C 2009 5 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3C 2010 4 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 4A 2006 8 0 1 7 6 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 4A 2007 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 4A 2008 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4A 2009 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 4A 2010 9 0 0 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 4B 2006 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4B 2007 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4B 2008 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 4B 2009 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4B 2010 7 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 5A 2006 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5A 2007 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 5A 2008 8 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 5A 2009 11 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 11 0 0 5A 2010 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5B 2006 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5B 2007 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 5B 2008 7 0 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 5B 2009 8 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5B 2010 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 6A 2006 11 0 0 6 8 3 0 0 0 8 3 0 6A 2007 10 0 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 8 2 0 6A 2008 12 0 0 1 9 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 6A 2009 11 0 1 2 8 3 0 2 0 9 0 0 6A 2010 13 0 0 2 10 3 0 4 2 7 0 0 6B 2006 8 0 0 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 6B 2007 10 0 0 0 6 4 0 9 1 0 0 0 6B 2008 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 6B 2009 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6B 2010 5 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 2006 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2007 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2008 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 2009 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 2010 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 2006 5 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 2007 9 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 8 2008 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 8 2009 15 0 1 4 12 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 8 2010 8 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 2008 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11M 2006 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11M 2008 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11M 2009 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. 2 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. 142 Hunt Arizona 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit Year Harvest Hunter Depredation Other Hunter Harv. Sex of Hunter Harv. Using Dogs Male Female Spring2 Month of Hunter Harvest Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 16A 2009 0 0 1 16A 2010 0 0 1 17A 2009 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17A 2010 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17B 2008 0 1 0 17B 2009 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18A 2008 0 0 1 18B 2009 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19A 2006 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 19A 2007 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 19A 2008 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 19A 2009 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 19A 2010 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 20B 2007 0 0 1 21 2006 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 2007 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 21 2008 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 21 2009 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 2010 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 22N 2006 7 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 22N 2007 7 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 6 1 0 22N 2008 6 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 1 0 22N 2009 7 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 22N 2010 8 0 0 1 2 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 22S 2006 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 22S 2007 10 0 0 0 8 2 0 5 0 5 0 0 22S 2008 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 22S 2009 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 22S 2010 8 0 0 0 6 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 23N 2006 13 0 0 9 8 5 0 0 5 5 3 0 23N 2007 19 0 0 12 8 11 0 1 3 14 0 0 23N 2008 20 0 1 9 15 5 0 2 1 13 3 1 23N 2009 11 0 0 2 9 2 3 3 2 3 0 0 23N 2010 12 0 1 3 8 4 1 0 4 7 0 0 23S 2006 12 0 1 1 6 6 0 10 0 2 0 0 23S 2007 16 0 0 0 8 8 0 11 0 3 0 0 23S 2008 12 0 0 0 9 3 0 10 0 1 1 0 23S 2009 16 0 0 1 11 5 0 11 0 5 0 0 23S 2010 20 0 0 2 13 7 0 15 1 4 0 0 24A 2006 8 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 24A 2007 20 0 0 0 10 10 1 15 0 4 0 0 24A 2008 6 0 1 0 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 24A 2009 13 0 0 0 9 4 1 8 0 4 0 0 24A 2010 14 0 0 0 11 3 0 8 1 3 1 0 24B 2006 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 24B 2007 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 24B 2008 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24B 2009 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24B 2010 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 2006 30 0 1 9 16 14 0 0 10 13 7 0 27 2007 29 2 1 11 18 11 0 1 5 18 5 0 27 2008 26 0 0 12 13 13 0 4 4 14 3 1 27 2009 26 0 1 10 16 10 1 7 2 14 2 0 27 2010 29 0 1 7 17 12 2 4 1 18 4 0 28 2006 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 28 2007 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 28 2008 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 2009 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 28 2010 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. 2 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 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 Black Bear Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Black Bear Harvest Data1 Unit Year Harvest Hunter Depredation Other Hunter Harv. Sex of Hunter Harv. Using Dogs Male Female Spring2 Month of Hunter Harvest Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Unknown 29 2006 7 0 9 1 4 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 29 2007 10 0 2 0 3 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 29 2008 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 29 2009 7 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 29 2010 7 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 30A 2006 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 30A 2007 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 30A 2009 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 30A 2010 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 2006 6 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 31 2007 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 31 2008 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 2009 10 0 2 0 5 5 1 0 0 8 0 0 31 2010 8 0 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 32 2006 7 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 32 2007 6 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 32 2008 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 32 2009 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 32 2010 11 0 0 2 8 3 0 1 0 10 0 0 33 2006 0 0 2 33 2007 0 0 1 33 2008 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 2009 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 2010 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 34A 2006 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 34A 2007 5 0 3 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 34A 2008 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 34A 2009 9 0 1 1 8 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 34A 2010 6 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 34B 2008 0 0 1 35A 2006 6 0 9 2 2 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 35A 2007 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 35A 2008 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 35A 2009 10 0 0 0 7 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 35A 2010 5 0 2 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 35B 2006 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 35B 2009 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35B 2010 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 38M 2006 0 0 2 38M 2008 0 0 1 50UN 2006 0 0 1 TOTAL 2006 197 1 40 70 118 79 7 37 34 93 25 1 TOTAL 2007 217 2 19 40 121 95 12 60 9 116 12 2 TOTAL 2008 179 1 13 50 121 58 10 56 11 85 14 2 TOTAL 2009 239 1 26 57 160 79 32 69 4 122 11 0 TOTAL 2010 235 2 16 56 137 98 19 75 13 105 20 0 Percent 2006 36 60 40 4 19 17 47 13 1 Percent 2007 18 56 44 6 28 4 53 6 1 Percent 2008 28 68 32 6 31 6 47 8 1 Percent 2009 24 67 33 13 29 2 51 5 0 Percent 2010 24 58 42 8 32 6 45 9 0 1 Excluding data from Indian Reservations. 2 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. 144 Hunt Arizona 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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. 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. Mountain lions are specialized predators and con- George Andrejko Natural History Hunt Arizona 2011 145 Mountain Lion sequently 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 lions in Arizona feed almost exclusively on large prey, Mountain lion distribution usually killing one 146 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 Harvest Hunter2 Depredation3 Other4 Total Hunter Harvest Using Dogs Male – – – – 1951 181 0 181 1952 – – 198 0 198 – – 1953 – – 200 0 200 – – 1954 – – 201 0 201 – – 1955 – – 230 0 230 – – 1956 – – 189 0 189 – – 1957 – – 266 0 266 – – 1958 – – 264 0 264 – – 1959 – – 243 0 243 – – 1960 – – 215 0 215 – – 1961 – – 242 0 242 – – 1962 – – 231 0 231 – – 1963 – – 197 0 197 – – 1964 – – 267 0 267 – – 1965 – – 286 0 286 – – 1966 – – 257 0 257 – – 1967 – – 257 0 257 – – 1968 – – 226 0 226 – – 1969 – – 217 0 217 – – 1970 – – 278 0 278 – – 1971 3835 172 0 0 172 – – 1972 4214 120 48 0 168 – – 1973 4917 190 15 0 205 – – 1974 4896 172 22 0 194 – – 1975 5460 219 19 1 239 – – 1976 6261 238 14 0 252 – – 1977 7498 248 4 0 252 – – 1978 7964 229 12 0 241 – – 1979 7938 283 7 0 290 – – 1980 7799 204 2 0 206 – – 1981 7871 191 9 1 201 – – 1982 8069 316 8 1 325 – – 1983 7004 221 7 1 229 – – 1984 6876 184 9 0 193 – – 1985 7523 246 19 7 272 – – 1986 7936 191 25 0 216 – – 1987 8304 205 31 5 241 127 109 1988 8495 183 24 1 208 104 82 1 196 85 77 1989 3656 130 65 1990 3046 188 40 1 229 125 108 1991 3038 179 25 1 205 115 107 1992 3177 201 28 5 234 147 113 1993 3407 188 38 12 238 117 106 1994 4156 215 35 6 256 128 120 1995 4859 234 31 1 266 150 126 1996 5552 225 38 2 265 131 119 1997 5657 269 48 3 320 182 134 1998 6590 289 52 1 342 192 150 1999 6885 247 49 2 298 161 126 2000 7478 276 53 0 329 193 133 2001 8109 326 58 0 384 214 176 2002 8274 264 50 5 319 175 144 2003 8089 218 66 12 296 164 107 2004 8964 247 31 1 279 167 123 2005 10117 204 41 0 245 120 103 2006 10931 221 36 5 262 136 108 2007 10995 256 28 5 289 170 146 2008 10713 265 42 5 311 168 142 2009 10467 246 29 7 283 167 149 245 31 7 283 164 144 2010 102655 1 Data from Indian Reservations are included through 1987 and excluded thereafter. 2 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 2010 tags sold is preliminary. Sex of Hunter Harvest Female Unclassified – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 89 99 51 74 71 83 81 93 103 106 134 136 120 141 144 116 111 122 101 113 109 121 97 100 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 2 2 6 1 5 1 2 5 0 1 3 1 2 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 Hunt Arizona 2011 147 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 1 1 1 1 1 2A 2B 3B 3B 3B 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 4A 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 5A 5A 5A 5A 5B 5B 5B 5B 5B 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6AS 6B 6B 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 148 Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Harvest Hunter Depredation Other 3 3 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 2 6 6 2 7 4 4 4 6 3 7 4 3 6 8 4 2 7 4 6 7 3 2 5 5 2 3 2 3 8 11 10 8 Hunt Arizona 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 Hunter Harvest Using Dogs 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 2 6 4 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 4 2 2 5 7 3 2 6 3 5 6 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 8 4 4 Sex of Hunter Harvest Male 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 3 1 4 3 0 5 3 1 3 4 2 4 0 1 4 5 4 0 5 2 4 6 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 4 6 4 3 Female 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 1 3 4 5 6 5 Month of Hunter Harvest Jan. to March 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 4 3 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 5 3 1 5 3 3 3 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 3 9 3 4 Apr. to June 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 DJuly to Sept. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Oct. to Dec. 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 2 5 3 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 11M 11M 11M 12A 12A 12A 12A 12A 12B 13A 13A 13B 13B 13BS 13BS 13BS 15A 15A 15A 15A 15B 15B 15BW 15C 15C 15D 15D 15D 16A 16A 16A 16A 16AS 16AS 16AS 17A 17A 17A 17A 17A 17B 17B 17B 17B 17B 18A 18A 18A 18A 18B 18B 18B 18B 18B 18BS 18BS 18BS 18BS 19A 19A 19A 19A Year 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2010 2006 2009 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2010 2006 2008 2006 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 Harvest Hunter Depredation Other 1 2 1 8 11 9 10 9 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 7 0 5 1 2 1 1 3 8 6 3 7 7 4 7 13 4 1 2 1 8 8 5 3 2 1 2 1 2 7 3 2 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 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 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 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hunter Harvest Using Dogs 1 2 1 7 11 5 9 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 7 5 1 2 0 1 2 6 5 2 6 6 2 5 12 2 1 1 1 5 6 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 4 Sex of Hunter Harvest Male 0 2 1 4 6 5 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 3 6 2 1 5 6 3 5 6 1 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 Female 1 0 0 4 5 4 3 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 7 3 1 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 1 2 Month of Hunter Harvest Jan. to March 0 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 4 6 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 1 3 Apr. to June 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 DJuly to Sept. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. to Dec. 1 0 1 3 8 6 5 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 Hunt Arizona 2011 149 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 19A 19B 19B 19B 19B 20A 20A 20A 20A 20A 20B 20B 20B 20B 20C 20C 20C 20C 20C 21 21 21 21 21 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 27 27 27 27 27 27-Bear Cyn 27-Bear Cyn 27-Bear Cyn 27 Pipestem 28 28 28 150 Year 2010 2006 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2008 2006 2007 2008 Harvest Hunter Depredation Other 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 5 7 8 6 3 2 3 4 4 5 11 6 1 2 6 1 3 3 1 5 8 14 10 6 2 4 4 2 3 16 17 12 12 13 13 11 9 11 5 3 2 7 2 3 5 13 6 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 Hunt Arizona 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunter Harvest Using Dogs 5 0 0 1 2 6 4 5 7 5 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 8 4 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 5 7 9 7 6 0 4 3 1 2 10 10 10 9 12 10 7 7 8 3 3 1 4 1 2 3 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 Sex of Hunter Harvest Male Female 3 0 0 0 4 3 4 5 3 5 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 6 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 7 5 5 0 3 2 2 2 6 9 6 7 10 10 8 4 8 5 3 1 3 1 2 1 4 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 4 3 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 0 1 5 0 1 3 1 1 3 7 5 1 2 1 2 0 1 10 8 6 5 3 3 3 5 3 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Month of Hunter Harvest Jan. to March 3 0 1 0 1 5 3 3 4 5 4 1 2 2 4 4 3 5 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 5 9 3 1 4 3 0 1 5 9 4 3 5 5 2 2 6 3 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Apr. to June 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 DJuly to Sept. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Oct. to Dec. 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 6 8 5 2 7 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 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 35A 35B 35B 35B 35B 35B 36A 36A 36A 36A 36A 36B 36B 36B 36B 36B 36C 36C 36C 36C Year 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2008 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2010 Harvest Hunter Depredation Other 5 5 8 7 4 4 5 7 5 6 4 3 0 2 4 4 3 7 3 12 10 13 15 12 5 16 16 18 20 9 13 10 8 8 10 5 8 6 1 5 5 10 9 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 10 4 4 6 6 3 5 4 6 3 1 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 13 6 7 9 4 13 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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 Hunter Harvest Using Dogs 4 3 6 6 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 4 5 9 13 5 1 13 7 10 15 5 4 4 5 5 9 5 7 5 1 1 3 6 4 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 7 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 Sex of Hunter Harvest Male Female 4 2 3 5 3 0 4 4 2 4 3 2 1 0 2 3 6 1 6 5 6 9 8 3 12 7 10 14 3 3 4 4 3 8 2 6 4 1 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 6 0 4 2 3 2 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 1 4 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 6 5 7 6 4 2 4 9 8 6 6 10 5 4 5 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 4 4 0 4 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 1 Month of Hunter Harvest Jan. to March 3 0 4 3 2 1 0 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 7 10 2 0 9 3 6 10 4 5 3 3 3 4 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 Apr. to June 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 DJuly to Sept. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct. to Dec. 2 0 3 2 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 9 5 5 2 9 4 2 9 8 4 2 5 5 5 3 1 3 1 5 0 3 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 6 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 Hunt Arizona 2011 151 Mountain Lion Hunt Data 5-Year: 2006-2010 Mountain Lion Hunt Data Unit 37A 37A 37A 37A 37B 37B 37B 37B 37B 38M 40A 42 42 42 42 44A 44A 44A 44AE TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 152 Year 2006 2007 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2008 2006 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2010 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Harvest Hunter Depredation Other 1 2 1 1 4 3 8 6 5 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 221 256 265 247 245 84 89 85 87 87 Hunt Arizona 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 28 42 29 31 14 10 14 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 7 7 2 2 1 2 2 Sex of Hunter Harvest Hunter Harvest Using Dogs Male Female 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 136 170 168 167 164 62 66 63 68 67 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 108 146 142 150 144 49 57 54 61 59 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 113 109 121 97 100 51 43 46 39 41 Month of Hunter Harvest Jan. to March 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 128 101 103 92 43 50 38 42 38 Apr. to June 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 29 24 31 27 26 13 9 12 11 11 DJuly to Sept. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 18 20 21 19 7 7 8 9 8 Oct. to Dec. 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 81 85 113 96 106 37 33 43 39 43 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 2011 153 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 154 Hunt Arizona 2011 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, and 33,000 in 2008. 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. 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 Mearns’ quail distribution quail observed on 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 southwestern Mexico. These are the whitewings that are most ofHunt Arizona 2011 155 Small Game 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. ten 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 flocks in selected roost sites adjacent to favored feeding White-winged dove distribution 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 events occurred with little or no influence on the onset of White-winged dove 156 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 on the ground in open prairies, the best nesting habitats are brushlands and woodlands 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 cottontail (26.5-44 ounces), which is found in every county in the state up to elevations exceeding 7,000 feet. Hunt History Cottontail rabbit 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 northward. The generally larger eastern cottontail (28-52 ounces) is found in the mountains of southeastern and Mary Ireland 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 regurgitated “pigeon milk” by both parents, and they grow and develop rapidly. Mourning dove distribution 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. 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 when the new growth of plants is most available. At other times of the year, selected foods include twigs, Cottontail rabbit distribution Hunt Arizona 2011 157 Small Game 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 18,000, and their average take has been 90,000 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 squirrel, with its easily discernible ear tufts, along with its close relatives, the black-bellied and white-tailed Kai- Natural History Bob Miles Abert’s Squirrels 158 Hunt Arizona 2011 bab squirrels, are exclusively inhabitants of ponderosa pine forests and the life cycles of the squirrels and the tree are remarkably intertwined. Less well known is the also white-bellied Arizona gray squirrel and its close relative, the rustcolored Chiricahua Tree squirrel distribution 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 tassel-eared 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 2011 159 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 160 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2008 36,818 153,971 4.2 1 Includes early and late hunters. 2 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. 978,577 932,360 38,980 36,719 1,017,557 969,079 6.6 6.3 Mourning dove data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from Arizona’s questionnaire. Data for 2009 and 2010 is being compiled. 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. 2007 14,959 49,893 3.3 2008 14,067 47,263 3.4 1 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. 85,868 83,635 4,994 7,369 90,862 91,004 1.8 1.9 White-winged dove data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from Arizona’s questionnaire. Data for 2009 and 2010 is being compiled. 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 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 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 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1 11,329 13,404 12,895 7,015 12,341 15,166 53,276 75,581 78,804 163,222 89,716 112,743 4.7 5.6 6.1 9.6 7.3 7.4 44,642 59,638 80,308 109,781 56,736 68,275 1,470 3,543 3,224 10,398 6,613 3,834 46,112 63,181 83,352 120,179 63,349 72,109 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 Licensed hunters only; does not include junior harvest. Hunt Arizona 2011 161 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 2008 27,462 125,349 4.6 2009 31,877 179,244 5.6 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 2008 2,443 12,720 5.2 2009 2,747 12,705 4.6 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 2008 3,580 13,605 3.8 2009 4,121 10,874 2.6 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 10,755 477,465 861,392 670,407 481,410 304,738 411,198 9,982 23,678 15,259 47,265 9,940 7,669 21,127 18,069 78,374 80,918 32,938 16,024 5,634 17,478 14,328 7,562 14,658 7,211 483,099 878,870 684,735 488,972 316,396 418,409 3.3 4.6 3.1 2.0 2.5 2.3 429 531 0 567 1,179 57 10,411 26,209 15,259 47,832 11,119 7,726 0.9 1.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.6 490 709 430 1,260 1,853 0 21,617 18,778 78,804 82,178 34,791 16,024 1.2 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.6 1.5 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 2008 8,929 32,938 3.7 2009 10,988 35,597 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 43,215 52,251 3,674 3,307 3,654 2,458 6,908 3,982 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 2008 2009 162 980 1,004 860 945 1,306 744 Hunt Arizona 2011 2,511 3,336 1,934 2,899 3,327 3,720 2.6 3.4 2.2 3.1 2.5 5.0 367 295 287 630 379 858 0.15 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.11 0.23 20,698 34,898 22,639 42,476 50,123 56,233 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 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 2008 647 819 1,595 1,563 2.5 1.9 1,757 1,191 324 124 2,081 1,315 1.3 0.8 Band-tailed pigeon data is now obtained from the Harvest Information Program conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The data is not comparable that obtained from Arizona’s questionnaire. Data for 2009 and 2010 is being compiled. Year Hunters CHUKAR PARTRIDGE 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 2008 2009 252 379 286 819 758 454 3.3 2.0 1.6 189 84 57 0.23 0.11 0.13 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 2007-08 62 120 114 6 1.8 Gambel’s 66 40 38 Scaled 2 3 – 2008-09 133 264 222 0 1.7 Gambel’s 25 96 70 Scaled 0 0 – 2009-10 102 212 188 5 1.8 Gambel’s 59 59 50 Scaled 1 0 – 2010-11 135 371 364 3 2.7 Gambel’s 78 130 63 Scaled 0 3 – 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 2007-08 161 162 162 0 1.0 2008-09 131 270 234 0 2.1 2009-10 149 266 266 0 1.8 2010-11 95 380 380 0 4.0 No. of Adult Quail Classified No. of Young Quail Classified Percent Young in the Bag Gambel’s 61 32 34 Gambel’s 26 138 84 Gambel’s 30 40 57 Gambel’s 28 67 71 Summary of Punkin Center Quail Check Station Data No. of Hunter Days No. of Gambel’s Quail Per Day 2007-08 – 69 – 2008-09 102 285 2.8 2009-10 74 217 2.9 2010-11 na na na No. of Adult Quail Classified No. of Young Quail Classified Percent Young in the Bag Gambel’s 11 4 – Gambel’s 30 116 79 Gambel’s 58 136 70 Gambel’s na na na Hunt Arizona 2011 163 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 2008 2009 2010 Mean # 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 1198 499 35 560 164 Hunt Arizona 2011 # of Hunter Days Birds/Day 34 135 1.1 113 44 144 277 367 181 188 305 213 195 319 256 172 133 150 142 128 132 226 414 297 133 218 142 186 217 539 386 223 56 208 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 3.1 2.2 0.6 2.7 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 76 54.5 63.6 73 546 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 1460.5 906.75 144 896 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 0.82 0.55 .24 0.63 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 2011 165 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 166 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 167 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. 168 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 169 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 170 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 171 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 172 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 173 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 2008 2009 174 12,615 12,695 13,970 18,969 15,669 18,141 Hunt Arizona 2011 114,146 220,426 182,180 279,935 197,922 252,213 2,388 2,775 2,006 2,332 2,359 2,919 22,107 35,960 45,133 54,701 31,295 40,919 3,368 4,429 2,426 2,962 3,749 6,410 245 118 215 3,781 590 801 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 2008-09 192 113 154 77 2009-10 2010-11 Data not available 1 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 1,096 182 305 274 635 710 820 670 806 707 345 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 1,124 438 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 72 119 188 123 268 142 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 0 30 14 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 36 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 10 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 1,173 576 Not including Indian Reservations. Hunt Arizona 2011 175 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 176 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 177 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 178 Hunt Arizona 2011 (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 19993 2000 2001 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 29,979 29,376 36,191 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 1,749 995 450 713 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 12,036 12,924 17,802 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 21,040 9,169 14,670 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 2,352 446 976 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 2011 179 Waterfowl Survey and Harvest Data Summary of January Waterfowl Survey1 (continued) Year 2002 2003 2004 20055 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Ducks 20,498 4 22,489 25,895 48,186 16,974 16,626 18,360 13,865 20,276 20,694 Mergansers 53 220 219 443 633 329 292 339 109 210 Coots 22,053 9,517 not counted 43,185 12,727 16,680 30,973 9,338 25,516 6,514 Canada Geese 11,250 13,351 7,777 14,921 13,849 17,578 7,695 10,619 7,936 5,949 Snow Geese 983 261 349 1,250 911 603 750 726 1,409 1,470 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 Harvest Ducks 1981-82 10,904 57,184 81,091 1982-83 10,995 46,356 61,733 1983-84 8,438 39,470 46,820 1984-85 11,636 63,366 109,279 1985-86 12,508 64,508 79,653 1986-87 12,750 76,502 114,753 8,299 7,139 53,425 87,400 1987-881 1988-89 7,104 5,101 33,683 34,662 1989-90 6,750 3,455 20,606 23,576 1990-91 6,292 2,513 16,324 17,683 1991-92 5,264 3,062 19,885 19,703 1992-93 5,383 3,389 22,464 23,241 1993-94 5,371 3,701 23,286 22,907 1994-95 5,107 4,138 30,041 35,971 1995-96 6,598 5,228 34,187 41,390 1996-97 6,908 5,513 35,784 41,603 1997-98 6,957 5,387 36,433 47,363 1998-99 7,951 5,964 42,853 61,685 1999-00 8,521 6,455 39,861 51,028 2000-01 9,019 5,677 44,431 48,788 2001-02 7,733 3,821 28,534 33,950 2002-03 6,775 4,885 35,146 35,128 2003-04 6,733 4,804 32,810 37,211 2004-05 6,334 4,459 31,373 35,421 2005-06 6,519 4,658 30,736 42,450 2006-07 6,776 4,001 28,107 42,771 2007-08 7,071 4,630 33,020 49,782 2008-09 5,580 3,775 30,305 37,494 2009-10 Hunter questionnaire discontinued - now using USFWS HIP data 1 State waterfowl stamp implemented. Year Stamps Issued 180 Hunt Arizona 2011 Hunters Hunter Days 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 2011 181 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- 182 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2009, more than 390 permits were being authorized and census figures showed a wintering population between 30,000-40,000 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 2009 41,149 390 356 2010 30,415 390 370 Year Permits Issued2 100 100 100 104 150 150 300 300 300 165 296 300 300 300 270 315 315 321 309 305 310 310 306 311 333 353 309 318 217 373 Hunters Afield 55 55 77 72 121 124 212 228 219 139 255 258 217 227 211 256 235 232 242 218 235 253 248 263 261 222 254 261 299 312 Hunter Days 119 95 152 110 234 217 406 446 473 275 517 532 401 464 423 521 430 450 518 389 468 489 497 319 548 559 442 485 628 690 Percent Harvest 42 73 55 69 92 138 193 207 158 123 216 176 174 113 157 141 193 151 113 203 180 239 189 192 277 180 311 162 387 309 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 61 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 84.5 95.4 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 2011 183 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. are soon eating the adult diet of grains and sometimes greens and insects. During the nonbreeding season, pigeons form large roosting and feeding flocks. Pigeons were introduced from Eurasia in the late 1800s and 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 184 Hunt Arizona 2011 George Andrejko Birds House (English) Sparrow have become established throughout the United States. 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. ties such as 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. 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. Peach-faced Lovebird 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 cavi- 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 2011 185 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 186 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 187 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 188 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 2011 189 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 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 190 Hunt Arizona 2011 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 in comparison to 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, browns, blacks, and whites on backs and flanks. Adults Hunt Arizona 2011 191  SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 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