Arizona Elk Pronghorn Mule Deer

Unit 10 (Havasu)

Arizona Hunting Guide — Elk, Pronghorn, Mule Deer

Unit 10 is a large unit in Region III (Kingman) stretching from I-40 west to the Hualapai Reservation boundary and north toward Grand Canyon National Park. The terrain transitions from desert scrub at lower elevations to pinyon-juniper around the Aubrey Cliffs and Mount Floyd area. Elk here occupy the higher-elevation PJ and scattered ponderosa zones. Average trophy quality with consistent opportunity makes this a solid mid-tier Arizona elk unit.

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Elk Hunting in Unit 10

Where to Find Elk in Unit 10: Mount Floyd, Bishop Lake and the Coconino Plateau

Mount Floyd north to Long Point

Start here. AZGFD's own unit guide calls the Kaibab National Forest portion of Unit 10 a good place to hunt elk. It names the central part of the unit, from Mount Floyd north to Long Point, as holding huntable numbers. That's the strongest lead in the packet, so build your first scouting trip around it.

The agency says the unit usually has a few 400-point bulls in years of good precipitation and range conditions. Wet years matter. In a dry year, expect to work harder for fewer animals.

Bishop Lake Plateau, Aubrey Cliffs, Robber's Roost and Cataract Canyon

The guide lists all four as holding huntable populations. It doesn't rank them, and it doesn't say which holds elk early versus late. We won't pretend otherwise. Our read of the terrain: elk live in the higher pinyon-juniper and scattered ponderosa, not the desert scrub down low. Skip the lowest country along the I-40 side and spend your time up high.

Bishop Lake shows up in our landform data as a basin at about 5,901 feet. Treat it as a reference point for the plateau above it. Other draws that read as holding country on the map include:

K Four Draw, about 6,107 feet
KY Canyon, about 6,009 feet
Polson Dam Draw, about 5,984 feet
Rogers Canyon, about 5,918 feet
Crater Canyon, about 5,793 feet
Martin Dam Draw, Juan Tank Canyon and Rodgers Draw, between about 5,729 and 5,617 feet

These are map features, not agency-endorsed elk spots. Use them to find cover and drainage lines worth glassing.

Out on the Coconino Plateau

This one surprises people. AZGFD says the Coconino Plateau holds a good population of elk right out in the open "antelope" country, far from the trees. The San Francisco Plateau shows up in our data as a plain near 5,926 feet. Open ground means long glassing and long stalks. It also means elk can see you coming.

Glassing points and water

The landform data flags a string of summits for glassing, all public land. The tallest are Three Sisters (7,637 feet), Signal Hill (7,426) and Hearst Mountain (7,393). Lower options include KY Hills (6,768), Corva Hill (6,602), Double A Knoll (6,454), Paradise Ridge (6,347) and Red Mesa (6,292). The agency recommends hilltop observation points with powerful optics, so pick one overlooking a draw or open flat.

For water, the packet names Howard Spring, Apache Spring and Con Clair Spring but doesn't say where they sit. Find them on the unit map before you go.

Check the ownership lines

Our ownership data reads 100 percent "Private / Other," which doesn't square with the agency's Kaibab National Forest country. Trust the guide, but don't trust any single map. AZGFD warns that access problems are growing with remote real estate subdivisions. Know exactly where you're standing.

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

5,283–6,528 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,845 ft ; peaks can run higher.
2,249.3 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

Private / Other — 100%

Roughly 0% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

6 springs
5,646 stream segments
687 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Three Sisters (7,637 ft), Signal Hill (7,426 ft), Hearst Mountain (7,393 ft), KY Hills (6,768 ft)

Holding ground: K Four Draw (6,107 ft), KY Canyon (6,009 ft), San Francisco Plateau (5,926 ft), Howard Spring, Apache Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Elk in Unit 10: Glass High, Call, Watch Water

Glass from the high points first

AZGFD recommends scouting and hunting from hilltop observation points with powerful optics. We agree. Pick a summit like Three Sisters, Signal Hill or Hearst Mountain and let the country come to you at first and last light. Then move to a closer knob such as Paradise Ridge or Red Mesa to watch a specific draw.

When you find elk at a distance, the agency says aggressive tactics are likely in order. A feeding herd moves fast. Don't dawdle once you've got a plan.

Calling works here

The guide says Unit 10 elk still respond to calling. Carry cow calls and bugles, and practice until you sound like an elk. Vary the sounds to keep them on edge. Don't sweat sounding like a champion, because AZGFD notes that almost any call will get a worked-up bull's attention.

Sit water in warm weather

Waterhole hunting from blinds or good hiding places can work in the warmer part of the year. Springs like Howard, Apache and Con Clair are worth checking on the unit map. The agency flags "blind jumping" as a growing problem. Don't use a blind you didn't build. Early-season hunts are usually warm, so have a plan for meat care before you pull the trigger.

Weapon differences

Published success rates are 25 percent for rifle, 22 percent for muzzleloader and 18 percent for archery. The agency says a herd can easily out-distance a stalking bow hunter. Rifle hunters have more of an advantage, but still need to get close before the elk feed into cover. Archers should lean on calling and water. In the open Coconino Plateau country, a bowhunter's best bet is an ambush, not a stalk.

Don't shoot the first bull

AZGFD's advice is blunt: unless it's a real monster, don't shoot the first bull you see. All you have to do is draw, work hard and be lucky. If you're scouting ahead of the early bull hunt during archery season, keep it unobtrusive. Someone else's hunt of a lifetime is on the line.

For antlerless hunts, the agency says success can be easy or challenging depending on luck and conditions. Glassing and watching water are still the plays. Parents with youth hunters should make sure the kid is sure of the target, waits to judge a hit, and takes follow-up shots if needed. Report any mistake to the Department.

Roads and access

Kaibab National Forest's Travel Management Rule prohibits all motor vehicle use off the designated system. Stay on it, and check the forest's site before you go. The packet's named roads are mostly paved highways and graded gravel along the railroad and pipeline. They won't tell you much about the backcountry. Buy the AZGFD Unit 10 map at any Department office and plan your walks from there.

Getting in and staying out: unit 10

Named routes and what they need

I 40;US 66 Hist — 13.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
US 66 Hist — 12.4 mi · Paved (all rigs)
AZ 64 — 11.3 mi · Paved (all rigs)
BNSF RR Frontage Road — 6.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
BNSF Railway Road — 4.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
El Paso Pipeline Easment Road — 4.1 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Seligman — 23.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Kaibab Estates West — 24.9 mi · no services listed
Ash Fork — 27.9 mi · fuel, lodging
Valle — 28.6 mi · lodging
Red Lake — 31.8 mi · fuel

Season weather and signal

Jan49° / 23° · 1.3" precip
Aug87° / 55° · 2.3" precip
Sep81° / 49° · 1.3" precip
Oct70° / 38° · 1.1" precip
Nov58° / 29° · 0.7" precip
Dec48° / 22° · 0.9" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 21% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Arizona rules that decide your day

Summarised from AZGFD regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken only during daylight hours — from sunrise to sunset. Check the sunrise and sunset times for your unit, not for Phoenix.

Motorized retrieval

Arizona permits motorized big-game retrieval only where the unit's travel-management decision allows it, and in several units only for elk. Where it is allowed it means one vehicle, one trip, within one mile of a road shown open on the Motor Vehicle Use Map — never inside a quiet area, a wilderness or a closed area. Pull the MVUM for your ranger district and confirm before you shoot somewhere you cannot carry an animal out of.

Tagging

Sign your tag before you go afield and attach it to the animal immediately after the kill. Hunters aged 10–13 must carry their Hunter Education card with the licence and tag.

Leaving meat

Leaving edible meat in the field is illegal. Edible meat means the four quarters and the loins at a minimum.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within a quarter mile of an occupied farmhouse, cabin, lodge or building without the owner's permission. That rules out shooting toward most lakeside cabin tracts.
Campsites and developed areas — Forest Service rules prohibit discharging a firearm within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site or occupied area.
Roads and water — No shooting from a vehicle, and no shooting on, across or into a road. No shooting across a body of water adjacent to a Forest road.

Elk: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body. That is lungs, and on a quartering-away angle it picks up the far shoulder.

Shots to refuse

No straight-on and no straight-away shots. An elk's chest is deep and the margin is small.
Nothing standing behind or overlapping the animal you picked. A pass-through kills the elk behind it too.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have put three shots in a paper plate off the sticks you are actually carrying. Not the farthest you have ever hit anything.
Scope on 3–4x. A herd fills a 12x field of view and you lose the animal you picked.

Identification:On an antlerless tag, legal means no antler of any kind through the skin. A spike looks exactly like a cow until it turns its head. If you can't see the head, don't shoot.

Plan the carry: roughly 150– 220 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two to four large coolers, plus bagged ice from town. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Elk Success Rates

Rifle25%

Muzzleloader22%

Archery18%

Unit 10 elk success rates average 15-25% for rifle and 6-12% for archery. The challenging terrain and moderate pressure keep success at mid-range levels. Bull quality is average for Arizona with most bulls in the 240-280 class.

Elk Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — Early Rifle bull/buck only (combined pool)	40	7,336	0.5%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Dec bull/buck only (combined pool)	325	1,347	14.0%	—
Rifle — General Rifle Oct antlerless (combined pool)	725	1,089	39.9%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Dec antlerless (combined pool)	750	504	69.6%	—
Rifle — General Rifle Oct antlerless (combined pool)	350	503	41.2%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Nov either sex (combined pool)	15	58	19.0%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Nov bull/buck only (combined pool)	325	1,428	12.7%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Nov either sex (combined pool)	15	58	19.0%	—
Muzzleloader — Late Muzzleloader Nov bull/buck only (combined pool)	65	287	11.8%	—
Early Archery — bull/buck only (combined pool)	100	2,115	2.6%	—
Late Archery Nov — bull/buck only (combined pool)	25	47	17.0%	—
Late Archery Nov — antlerless (combined pool)	25	17	94.1%	—

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.

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Unit 10 elk tags require 5-10 bonus points for rifle. Moderately competitive draw. The unit's remote location in the Kingman region means lower pressure than units near Phoenix or Flagstaff. Reasonable mid-term application target.

Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 10

Unit 10 supports a small pronghorn population in the open grassland flats and desert scrub terrain between I-40 and the Hualapai Reservation boundary. While not a primary pronghorn destination, the unit offers tags for hunters willing to work the scattered open terrain around the Aubrey Cliffs area. Buck quality is average, and herd distribution is localized around suitable open habitat.

Where to find Unit 10 pronghorn: start on the Coconino Plateau, then work the named valleys

Coconino Plateau, the north end

AZGFD's own unit guide calls the Coconino Plateau at the north end of Unit 10 a favorite location for big-buck hunters, and we'd start there. It describes flat to rolling country with a lot of roads and a lot of roadless areas. Big country. The guide's line on it is blunt: dedicated hunters who put in their time will locate mature bucks. Don't expect to drive up to one.

The guide opens by calling this the place for a record-book antelope, and says auction-tag holders and their guides always visit the unit and generally find record-book bucks. That's a lot of eyes on the good country, so plan to out-scout them.

Bishop Lake, Aubrey Valley, Red Lake and the Williams corner

The guide names four more areas that have produced a number of big bucks: the Bishop Lake Plateau, the Aubrey Valley, Red Lake and the Williams corner. It adds that no single area in Unit 10 should be overlooked. We read that as an honest admission that bucks move around. Densities swing from year to year with climate and with coyote predation, so a spot that was full last season can be thin this one.

Our terrain layer also lists Bishop Lake as a basin at 5,901 feet, flagged as holding country. If you're sorting out where to spend scouting days, that's a reasonable place to put the first one.

Draws and flats the terrain data flags as holding country

The agency guide doesn't break the unit down past those named areas. The terrain data fills in some candidates. It flags these as holding country, all on public land in Coconino County:

San Francisco Plateau, a plain at 5,926 feet
K Four Draw (6,107), KY Canyon (6,009) and Polson Dam Draw (5,984)
Rogers Canyon (5,918), Crater Canyon (5,793) and Martin Dam Draw (5,729)
Juan Tank Canyon (5,665) and Rodgers Draw (5,617)

Treat these as places to check on a map, not as promised herds. The guide also says to look at small grassy openings in the junipers. Antelope are sometimes found in fairly dense juniper cover, so don't write off a patch of trees.

Three springs show up in the data: Howard, Apache and Con Clair. The packet gives no flow or location detail, so confirm them before you plan around any of them.

Getting in, and a caution on the maps

The paved routes are I-40, historic US 66 and AZ 64. The graded gravel runs are the BNSF RR Frontage Road, the BNSF Railway Road and the El Paso Pipeline Easement Road, all rated fine for 2WD. Seligman, Ash Fork, Valle and Kaibab Estates West are the nearest towns.

Two data oddities to check. Our ownership layer reads 100 percent "Private / Other", which looks like a gap, not a fact. The unit's overall elevation range is 5,283 to 6,528 feet, yet the summit list tops out at Three Sisters, 7,637 feet. Buy the AZGFD Unit 10 map and confirm boundaries and land status before you commit to a drainage.

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

5,283–6,528 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,845 ft ; peaks can run higher.
2,249.3 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

Private / Other — 100%

Roughly 0% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

6 springs
5,646 stream segments
687 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Three Sisters (7,637 ft), Signal Hill (7,426 ft), Hearst Mountain (7,393 ft), KY Hills (6,768 ft)

Holding ground: K Four Draw (6,107 ft), KY Canyon (6,009 ft), San Francisco Plateau (5,926 ft), Howard Spring, Apache Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

Hunting Unit 10 pronghorn: heavy glass, long crawls, and patience on the trigger

Glass first, and glass hard

AZGFD's guide says it plainly: scouting and heavy-duty glassing find the big bucks. Open country makes that easy to do and easy to get lazy about. Park, climb, and sit behind the glass instead of cruising roads.

Our landform data tags a long list of summits as glassing points, all public land. The ones in the middle of the elevation range are worth a look first: KY Hills (6,768), Corva Hill (6,602), Double A Knoll (6,454), Paradise Ridge (6,347), Red Mesa (6,292) and Fitzgerald Hill (6,271). Lower options include Ferno Mesa (5,968) and Horse Trap Mesa (5,807). Three Sisters, Signal Hill and Hearst Mountain are higher still. Pair a glassing knob with a nearby holding draw such as K Four Draw or KY Canyon, and you've got a plan for a morning.

Check the little grassy pockets in the junipers too. A buck can be bedded in cover thicker than you'd expect.

Closing the distance

The guide says the ability to crawl for long distances helps. Believe it. Flat to rolling ground gives you little to hide behind, so use the draws and rises you've mapped from the knob to cover the last stretch. Pick your route before you leave the glass, because you won't see it from the ground.

The packet shows success of 82 percent for rifle and 48 percent for archery. The packet doesn't give a year or sample size, so treat those as rough. They do match what you'd expect: a rifle can reach out, and a bow means you've got to make that crawl work.

Don't pull the trigger too soon. The guide's own advice is to keep looking. With record-book potential, take the time to judge the buck before you commit.

Beating the crowd and the coyotes

Auction-tag hunters and guides know this unit, so you'll likely share it. Scout early and have backup spots on your list. The big country and roadless pockets on the Coconino Plateau give you room to get away from the road crowd.

Herd numbers move with weather and with coyote predation, so one good scouting trip doesn't guarantee next season. Glass before opening day and be ready to change areas.

Stay on the designated system

Kaibab National Forest enforces its Travel Management Rule. Motor vehicles are limited to the designated system of roads, trails and areas, and all off-system use is prohibited. Confirm your route at www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab before you head out.

AZGFD also warns that access problems are growing as remote real estate subdivisions spread. Know where you are and where development is happening, and don't assume an old two-track is still open. The AZGFD Unit 10 map, sold at any department office, is the tool for this.

A realistic day: up before light, glass from a knob, put a stalk together on the best buck you find, and spend the afternoon crawling or relocating. Bring more water than you think you need. The data lists no tanks and few springs.

Getting in and staying out: unit 10

Named routes and what they need

I 40;US 66 Hist — 13.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
US 66 Hist — 12.4 mi · Paved (all rigs)
AZ 64 — 11.3 mi · Paved (all rigs)
BNSF RR Frontage Road — 6.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
BNSF Railway Road — 4.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
El Paso Pipeline Easment Road — 4.1 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Seligman — 23.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Kaibab Estates West — 24.9 mi · no services listed
Ash Fork — 27.9 mi · fuel, lodging
Valle — 28.6 mi · lodging
Red Lake — 31.8 mi · fuel

Season weather and signal

Jan49° / 23° · 1.3" precip
Aug87° / 55° · 2.3" precip
Sep81° / 49° · 1.3" precip
Oct70° / 38° · 1.1" precip
Nov58° / 29° · 0.7" precip
Dec48° / 22° · 0.9" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 21% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Arizona rules that decide your day

Summarised from AZGFD regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken only during daylight hours — from sunrise to sunset. Check the sunrise and sunset times for your unit, not for Phoenix.

Motorized retrieval

Tagging

Sign your tag before you go afield and attach it to the animal immediately after the kill. Hunters aged 10–13 must carry their Hunter Education card with the licence and tag.

Leaving meat

Leaving edible meat in the field is illegal. Edible meat means the four quarters and the loins at a minimum.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within a quarter mile of an occupied farmhouse, cabin, lodge or building without the owner's permission. That rules out shooting toward most lakeside cabin tracts.
Campsites and developed areas — Forest Service rules prohibit discharging a firearm within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site or occupied area.
Roads and water — No shooting from a vehicle, and no shooting on, across or into a road. No shooting across a body of water adjacent to a Forest road.

Pronghorn: where to put the shot

Broadside, straight up the front leg, a third of the way into the body. Pronghorn are shallow-chested and the lungs sit forward.

Shots to refuse

Range it, then range it again. Open country makes 400 yards look like 250.
Wait for the buck to stop. Nobody kills a running pronghorn cleanly on purpose.
Mind the backdrop. A miss carries a long way across a flat.

Plan the carry: roughly 30– 45 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — one large cooler with ice already in it. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

Rifle82%

Archery48%

Pronghorn success in Unit 10 is variable due to the limited habitat and smaller herd size. Rifle success ranges from 45-65% in years when tags are issued. Tag allocation is kept very conservative to maintain the herd. Buck quality is average.

Pronghorn Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — Early Rifle bull/buck only (combined pool)	60	7,132	0.6%	—
Early Archery — bull/buck only (combined pool)	30	572	3.5%	—

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Unit 10 pronghorn tags are limited in number. Draw requirements vary — typically 4-10 bonus points for rifle. Tag numbers may fluctuate based on population surveys. Not a primary pronghorn application target but a reasonable secondary choice.

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 10

Unit 10 provides mule deer hunting in the PJ woodland and desert scrub transition zone of the Kingman region. The Aubrey Cliffs and surrounding canyon terrain create diverse habitat that supports a healthy deer population. Bucks use the PJ cover and canyon systems effectively, and the remote character of the unit keeps hunting pressure low. Average trophy quality with consistent buck numbers makes this a solid public-land deer hunting option.

Where the deer are in Unit 10: Williams corner, Aubrey Cliffs, and the country to skip

Williams corner and the Aubrey Cliffs

Start here. AZGFD's own unit guide names two areas with the highest mule deer densities: the Williams corner, which includes the Kaibab National Forest, and the Aubrey Cliffs on the Boquillas Ranch. The guide says these are the best places "if you want to see deer and have a chance of harvesting one." We'd build the whole hunt around one of them.

Keep expectations honest, though. The department rates densities across the unit as low to medium. Higher density in this unit still doesn't mean a deer behind every juniper. The terrain shifts from desert scrub on the low end to pinyon-juniper around the cliffs, and the guide says deer live almost everywhere except wide-open grassland.

Country we'd skip

AZGFD lists the area north and west of Round Mountain, Bishop Lake, Long Point, Paradise Ridge and Cataract Canyon as low-density, harder hunting. Paradise Ridge (6,347 ft) and Bishop Lake (5,901 ft) both show up in our landform data, and they look tempting on a map. Resist that. Draw a tag here and you'll want a reason to be somewhere else first.

These deer also aren't migratory. The guide calls them almost all resident. Snow won't push them to a winter range, and they won't arrive late from somewhere else. Early or late, the deer you find in the Williams corner and Aubrey Cliffs are the ones that live there.

Draws, canyons and glassing knobs

Our landform data flags a string of drainages as holding country: K Four Draw (6,107 ft), KY Canyon (6,009), Polson Dam Draw (5,984), Rogers Canyon (5,918), Crater Canyon (5,793), Martin Dam Draw (5,729), Juan Tank Canyon (5,665) and Rodgers Draw (5,617). The agency guide doesn't tie any of them to the high-density areas, so treat them as places to check once you've matched them to your map, not as proven hotspots.

For glass, the data lists Three Sisters (7,637 ft), Signal Hill (7,426), Hearst Mountain (7,393), KY Hills (6,768), Corva Hill (6,602), Double A Knoll (6,454) and Red Mesa (6,292), among others. Our unit-wide elevation stats top out at 6,528 feet, so those numbers don't fully agree. Trust your topo over our figures.

Three named springs appear in the data: Howard, Apache and Con Clair. We have no location for them, and tank count is zero. Find them on the AZGFD Unit 10 map, which you can buy at any department office.

Roads and access

The roads our data names are I-40, historic US 66 and AZ 64, all paved. The BNSF Railway Road, the BNSF RR Frontage Road and the El Paso Pipeline Easement Road are graded gravel, fine for 2WD and a small trailer. The nearest towns are Seligman, Ash Fork, Valle and Kaibab Estates West.

Our ownership breakdown lists the unit as 100% "Private / Other," which can't be right for a unit with national forest in it. Don't lean on it. AZGFD warns that access problems are growing as remote subdivisions spread, so confirm who owns the ground before you glass from it.

Unit 10 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

5,283–6,528 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 5,845 ft ; peaks can run higher.
2,249.3 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Who owns the ground

Private / Other — 100%

Roughly 0% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.

Water on the ground

6 springs
5,646 stream segments
687 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Three Sisters (7,637 ft), Signal Hill (7,426 ft), Hearst Mountain (7,393 ft), KY Hills (6,768 ft)

Holding ground: K Four Draw (6,107 ft), KY Canyon (6,009 ft), San Francisco Plateau (5,926 ft), Howard Spring, Apache Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to hunt Unit 10 mule deer: glass, sit water, and stay legal on the forest

Pick your method, then pick your ground

AZGFD's guide calls glassing, spot-and-stalk, still hunting and sitting on water all popular and effective here. We'd lean on glassing first. Deer are thinly spread, so covering ground with optics beats covering it with boots. Climb to a knob like KY Hills, Corva Hill or Double A Knoll, and pick apart the draws below it at first light. Then do it again in the last hour of daylight.

Stalk only once you've seen a deer you want. Pinyon-juniper hides bedded animals well, and a long walk through it without a target mostly just pushes deer ahead of you. Still hunting makes sense in the thick cover around the Aubrey Cliffs, where glassing angles break down. Move slow. Stop often. Wind in your face.

Water and feed

Sitting on water is on AZGFD's list of effective tactics. But our data shows no tanks and only six springs, and the three we can name (Howard, Apache, Con Clair) come without locations. So scouting matters. Find your water on the Unit 10 map, then confirm with fresh tracks and droppings before you commit a day to a sit. A dry hole is a wasted morning.

Rifle, archery and expectations

Rifle hunters in our data succeeded at 22%. Call that the baseline: roughly one in five. Archers get no separate number, but the guide says archery hunting is good in the same areas as the general season, which are the Williams corner and the Aubrey Cliffs. Because these deer are resident, early-season bowhunters can pattern the same animals through a week without wondering whether they've left.

A realistic day looks like this. Glass from a high knob until the light flattens, then work a draw or sit water through midday if you've found sign. Back on the glass late. Expect to see a few deer, not many. Some days you'll see none.

Rules that bite

Stay on designated routes. Kaibab National Forest's Travel Management Rule prohibits motor vehicle use off the designated system of roads, trails and areas. Check www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab before you go.
Watch the subdivisions. AZGFD says access problems are increasing near remote real estate developments. Know where you are and where development is happening.
Youth hunters. The guide encourages youth-only antlerless hunts. Help your hunter be sure of the target, wait before approaching a hit animal, and take follow-up shots if needed. Report any mistakes to the Department.

Getting in and staying out: unit 10

Named routes and what they need

I 40;US 66 Hist — 13.7 mi · Paved (all rigs)
US 66 Hist — 12.4 mi · Paved (all rigs)
AZ 64 — 11.3 mi · Paved (all rigs)
BNSF RR Frontage Road — 6.9 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
BNSF Railway Road — 4.4 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
El Paso Pipeline Easment Road — 4.1 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Seligman — 23.3 mi · fuel, groceries, lodging
Kaibab Estates West — 24.9 mi · no services listed
Ash Fork — 27.9 mi · fuel, lodging
Valle — 28.6 mi · lodging
Red Lake — 31.8 mi · fuel

Season weather and signal

Jan49° / 23° · 1.3" precip
Aug87° / 55° · 2.3" precip
Sep81° / 49° · 1.3" precip
Oct70° / 38° · 1.1" precip
Nov58° / 29° · 0.7" precip
Dec48° / 22° · 0.9" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 21% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Arizona rules that decide your day

Summarised from AZGFD regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken only during daylight hours — from sunrise to sunset. Check the sunrise and sunset times for your unit, not for Phoenix.

Motorized retrieval

Tagging

Sign your tag before you go afield and attach it to the animal immediately after the kill. Hunters aged 10–13 must carry their Hunter Education card with the licence and tag.

Leaving meat

Leaving edible meat in the field is illegal. Edible meat means the four quarters and the loins at a minimum.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within a quarter mile of an occupied farmhouse, cabin, lodge or building without the owner's permission. That rules out shooting toward most lakeside cabin tracts.
Campsites and developed areas — Forest Service rules prohibit discharging a firearm within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site or occupied area.
Roads and water — No shooting from a vehicle, and no shooting on, across or into a road. No shooting across a body of water adjacent to a Forest road.

Mule Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mule Deer Success Rates

Rifle22%

Rifle success for mule deer in Unit 10 averages 20-30%. The remote PJ and canyon terrain makes locating deer challenging but rewards dedicated glassers. Low hunting pressure gives bucks more daytime activity. Buck quality is average for Arizona with most bucks in the 130-155 class.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — General Rifle Oct bull/buck only (combined pool)	65	351	16.2%	—
Rifle — Late Rifle Dec bull/buck only (combined pool)	15	570	2.5%	—
Rifle — General Rifle Oct bull/buck only (combined pool)	65	291	17.9%	—
Rifle — General Rifle Oct either sex (combined pool)	400	1,008	27.8%	—
Rifle — General Rifle Oct either sex (combined pool)	65	351	16.2%	—

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Unit 10 mule deer tags require 3-7 bonus points for rifle. Moderately accessible draw. Archery tags may be available with fewer points. A solid option for hunters wanting public-land Arizona mule deer without extreme point requirements.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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RV Sites

Very limited developed sites. Dispersed camping on BLM land is the primary option.

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Camp Sites

Dispersed camping on BLM and state land. Remote access means you need to be self-sufficient.

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Trailer Access

I-40 provides paved access along the south edge. Interior roads are rough and many require high clearance. Not ideal for trailers.

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Water

Carry all water. Kingman or Seligman for resupply. This is very dry country.

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Road Conditions

I-40 provides main access. Interior roads are remote, rough, and sometimes unmarked. High-clearance 4WD essential for most of the unit.

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Terrain Difficulty

Moderate to strenuous. Desert scrub at lower elevations transitions to PJ and canyon terrain around the Aubrey Cliffs. Canyon systems are steep.

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Hunting Pressure

Low. Remote access and limited services keep hunter numbers low.

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Weather

Hot at lower desert elevations early in season. Fall temps 30-70°F depending on elevation. Significant temperature swings day to night.

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Cell Service

None in most of the unit. Some coverage near I-40. Satellite communicator essential.

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Nearest Town

Seligman (very limited). Kingman (45-60 min) for full services.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Unit 10 worth applying for elk?

Unit 10 is a solid mid-tier choice with moderate draw requirements and low hunting pressure. The remote location in the Kingman region means fewer hunters competing for the available elk. Good for hunters who value solitude and are comfortable in remote desert-to-PJ transition terrain.

What makes Unit 10 different from Unit 9 for elk?

Unit 10 is farther west and more remote, with terrain transitioning from desert scrub to PJ around the Aubrey Cliffs and Mount Floyd. It has less infrastructure and access than Unit 9 on the Coconino Plateau, but lower hunting pressure as a result.

Is Unit 10 a good pronghorn unit?

Unit 10 is not a primary pronghorn destination. The habitat is limited and fragmented compared to dedicated pronghorn units like 19A or 3A. However, tags are available and hunters who locate the open habitat can have successful hunts.

Should I apply for pronghorn in Unit 10 or elsewhere?

If pronghorn is your primary target, consider units with more extensive open habitat like 19A, 3A, or 5A. Unit 10 is best applied for as a secondary option or for hunters who also want to hunt the unit for elk or deer.

What type of terrain should I expect in Unit 10 for deer?

Expect PJ woodland transitioning to desert scrub, with steep canyon terrain around the Aubrey Cliffs. The hunting is physical and remote. Good boots, a quality pack, and self-sufficiency are essential.

How does Unit 10 compare to Unit 9 for mule deer?

Unit 10 is farther west and more remote than Unit 9, with less road infrastructure and lower hunting pressure. The terrain transitions from PJ to desert scrub rather than the pure PJ plateau of Unit 9. Both offer solid public-land mule deer hunting in western Arizona.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-04-16.

GMU 10 — Expanded Hunt Information (March 2023) — Arizona Game and Fish Department · supports: Unit boundaries and land ownership categories, Species present in the unit, Seasonal distribution and hunt areas, Habitat and access notes · accessed 2026-04-16
GMU 10 — Unit Landing Page — Arizona Game and Fish Department · supports: Canonical unit info page · accessed 2026-04-16
2026 Arizona Pronghorn and Elk Regulations — Arizona Game and Fish Department · supports: Season structure, Tag quotas, Hunt area boundaries · accessed 2026-04-16
2025-26 Arizona Hunting Regulations — Arizona Game and Fish Department · supports: Season structure, Bag limits, Legal equipment · accessed 2026-04-16
AZGFD Draw Portal — Hunt Drawing Information — Arizona Game and Fish Department · supports: Bonus point system, Draw application portal, Historical draw data · accessed 2026-04-16

Unit 10 (Havasu)

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Elk Hunting in Unit 10

Where to Find Elk in Unit 10: Mount Floyd, Bishop Lake and the Coconino Plateau

Mount Floyd north to Long Point

Bishop Lake Plateau, Aubrey Cliffs, Robber's Roost and Cataract Canyon

Out on the Coconino Plateau

Glassing points and water

Check the ownership lines

Unit 10 terrain and land status

The lay of it

Who owns the ground

Water on the ground

Named features inside the unit

How to Hunt Elk in Unit 10: Glass High, Call, Watch Water

Elk Success Rates

Elk Draw Odds

Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 10

Where to find Unit 10 pronghorn: start on the Coconino Plateau, then work the named valleys

Coconino Plateau, the north end

Bishop Lake, Aubrey Valley, Red Lake and the Williams corner

Draws and flats the terrain data flags as holding country

Getting in, and a caution on the maps

Unit 10 terrain and land status

The lay of it

Who owns the ground

Water on the ground

Named features inside the unit

Hunting Unit 10 pronghorn: heavy glass, long crawls, and patience on the trigger

Pronghorn Success Rates

Pronghorn Draw Odds

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 10

Where the deer are in Unit 10: Williams corner, Aubrey Cliffs, and the country to skip

Williams corner and the Aubrey Cliffs

Country we'd skip

Draws, canyons and glassing knobs

Roads and access

Unit 10 terrain and land status

The lay of it

Who owns the ground

Water on the ground

Named features inside the unit

How to hunt Unit 10 mule deer: glass, sit water, and stay legal on the forest

Mule Deer Success Rates

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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