Arizona Elk Hunts

Above pic, Darr Colburn with Tim Allen's 2009 401 inch Archery Bull and bottom pic, Jay Scott and Michael Park with 2009 435 inch Archery Bull

Darr and I have been getting lots of emails on where to apply for elk in Arizona.  Here are some of the units that Darr and I love for archery elk hunting in Arizona, not in any order, Realistic goals for our hunters are bulls that gross over 350+ inches, we will hunt for the biggest bulls possible but sometimes there are some limiting factors, we like the following units (400+ bulls are located in each of these units):

Unit 9-Very huntable, has pines and junipers, good concentrations of elk, some big bulls, hunter can expect to see bulls between 300-340 on a regular basis. Elk are vocal in morning and usually around water in evenings.

Unit 10-Very glassable, all junipers, lots of bulls and few cows, hunter can expect to see bulls between 300-340 on regular basis. Elk are very callable in this unit, usually a bugling frenzy and lots of chaos, people problems is sometimes an issue but unit is huge

Unit 23 South- Extremely physical terrain, low densities of elk, not for your average joe hunter, lots of quad riding to and from spots, not big pockets of bugling bulls like other units but has some big boys, if expecting 4-8 bull bugling pockets don't apply here, 300-340 bulls are seen everyday but not in as many numbers as other three units

Unit 23 North- Not as physical as 23 South, more accessible by good roads, more elk than 23 South and better bugling, hunters can expect to see 300-340 bulls on a regular basis, can be chaotic rutting action depending on the year

Early Rifle hunts for elk that we like are 23N, 9, 10 (Great chance to harvest 350+ bull)

Late Rifle hunts we like are  Unit 23. (Beware of broken points) A few good bulls are harvested each year on this hunt.

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