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Arizona hunting unit

Unit 12AW: public land and hunting map

Unit 12AW is one of Arizona Game and Fish Department’s 81 Game Management Units in Arizona. It covers about 698 square miles (446,988 acres), and roughly 100% of it is public land: Forest Service 100%, BLM under 1%, National Park Service under 1%.

Measured Oct 12, 2026 from agency boundaries and USGS PAD-US 4.1 · sources and method

Who manages the land

  • Bureau of Land Managementunder 1%
  • U.S. Forest Service100%
  • National Park Serviceunder 1%

Share of the unit’s area. Federal agencies plus state wildlife, trust and natural-resource land, as the WikiHunt map classifies it. The rest is private, tribal, local or other land.

Outline of Unit 12AW and the units around itUnit 12AE · 100% publicUnit 12B · 96% publicUnit 13A · 85% public
Unit 12AW in orange; neighbours shaded by public land share (darker = more public). Tap a neighbour to open it.

Units next to Unit 12AW

Arizona season dates, 2026

Statewide general seasons. Many units have their own dates, quotas or draw-only hunts, so check the unit in the regulations before you go.

SpeciesSeason2026 dates
Deer Archery Deer Aug 23 – Sep 12
Deer General Rifle Deer Oct 25 – Nov 10
Elk Archery Elk Sep 13 – Sep 26
Elk General Rifle Elk Oct 11 – Oct 17
Black bear Fall Bear Aug 23 – Dec 31
Turkey Fall Turkey Oct 4 – Dec 5

Full notes on the Arizona page · Arizona regulations.

Questions

How much of Unit 12AW is public land?

About 100% of Unit 12AW (446,988 of 446,988 acres) is federal or state public land in USGS PAD-US 4.1, mostly U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service. Public land is not always open land: check access and closures before you go.

Who manages the land in Unit 12AW?

U.S. Forest Service: 100%; Bureau of Land Management: under 1%; National Park Service: under 1%. The rest is private, tribal, local government or other land.

Which units border Unit 12AW?

Unit 12AE, Unit 12B and Unit 13A.

Where are the season dates and rules for Unit 12AW?

Arizona Game and Fish Department sets them. Start at the Arizona hunting regulations. WikiHunt shows the statewide general seasons on the Arizona page and in the app.

Sources and method

  • Boundary: Arizona Game and Fish Department (copy hosted by Yavapai County, 2024), the same layer the WikiHunt map draws.
  • Public land: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) 4.1, Fee Managers layer (public domain).
  • Method: the unit and PAD-US polygons are simplified to about 100 m and measured on a grid of about 250 cells across the unit, so overlapping records are counted once. Expect about ±1 percentage point.
  • Season dates: WikiHunt’s season table, updated Sep 2, 2026, checked against each state’s published regulations. Dates change; the regulations win.
  • Last updated: Oct 12, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.