Graham County Hunt Planner

Where Graham County is open to hunters

Roughly 53% of the county, some 1,564,851 mapped acres, is open public ground: wildlife areas, State Trust Land, national forest, BLM land, refuges and recreation areas. BLM land is the largest single piece at about 703,247 acres.

Hunting on State Trust Land needs only the license and tags under R12-4-110(I); other uses need a State Land Department permit, and posted signs govern. About 1,063,768 acres belong to tribal nations, which control hunting on their land; an Arizona license is neither required nor valid there, and trespass to hunt is a federal offense.

Graham County tribal acres

• San Carlos Indian Reservation1,063,702 GIS acres

Graham County public places

Program pages for these acres: Arizona State Trust Land, Bureau of Land Management Arizona public lands.

Acres are GIS measures of polygons (not official acreage): AZGFD wildlife area and land ownership layers, PAD-US 4.1 for forest, BLM, refuge, park, Reclamation and military land; tribal land from the AZGFD-hosted ownership layer. Rules from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, R12-4-110 and 18 U.S.C. 1165. Checked November 7, 2026.

What opens when in Graham County

38 species and 104 dated windows touch Graham County in 2026-27, from big game draws to statewide quail, dove and duck seasons.

Bear units close at their female limit. * Scaup excluded on these dates.

From the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, the 2027 spring booklet, the 2026 pronghorn and elk booklet and the waterfowl and dove leaflets (Arizona Game and Fish Department). Checked November 7, 2026.

Graham County OTC hunts and harvest limits

Archery deer nonpermit-tags are valid in 6 open areas that reach Graham County, each with a harvest limit, for example Unit 28 (antlered mule deer, 35), Unit 28 (antlered whitetail deer, 5), Unit 31 (antlered mule deer, 5) and Unit 31 (antlered whitetail deer, 35). Units stay open until the cap is hit, then close at sundown the Wednesday after; the 48-hour online report feeds the count. November 2, 2026 started office sales, November 23 dealer sales; out-of-state archers use the online store.

Windows: Aug 21–Jan 31 (2026-27).

Black bear tags are sold over the counter, and each unit group closes once its female limit is reached; 3 limit groups touch Graham County. Bears must be reported within 48 hours, and the hide and skull shown to AZGFD within 10 days, unfrozen.

Graham County female bear limits by year

Bear windows: Aug 21–Oct 1, 2026; Oct 2–Dec 31, 2026; Mar 19–Apr 22, 2027.

Mountain lion hunting runs on an OTC tag from August 21, 2026 to May 31, 2027, and each zone closes when its threshold is reached; Graham County touches Zone M (46).

Lion thresholds for Graham County

Some elk, javelina and turkey hunts here need no draw: 1 row in all.

Graham County hunts sold over the counter

OTC tag prices for Graham County hunts

OTC rows and limits from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations (archery deer limits page, bear limits page, lion zones page); reporting rules from the reporting page; fees from the fee table. Checked November 7, 2026.

Graham County Game and Fish counters and towns

For Graham County, the Tucson office handles field questions; any AZGFD office sells licenses and takes CWD samples. Operation Game Thief handles violation reports.

Gateway towns of Graham County

• SaffordCounty seat

Other places here: Thatcher, Pima, Bryce, Bylas, Cactus Flats, Central, Fort Thomas, San Jose, Solomon, Swift Trail Junction.

We found 6 hunting services in Graham County itself, plus nearby ones across the line. Confirm a guide holds an AZGFD guide license before booking.

Mounts near Graham County

Graham County rifle and bow shops

Graham County guide outfits

Offices from the AZGFD contact page; towns and places from the 2024 Census gazetteer; services from store locators and Yellow Pages listings (not verified). Checked November 7, 2026.

Graham County hunting calendar

On November 6, 2026 the county showed 2 listings ahead, covering mentored javelina camp and youth javelina camp.

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Graham County hunting light by date

AZGFD prints one Phoenix chart and says the sun comes up as much as nine minutes earlier in the east and later in the west, so these Graham County times are worked out for this spot with the NOAA solar formula.

The Navajo Nation keeps daylight time; this table does not.

Hours rules from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations (A.R.S. 17-301); sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Mountain Standard Time); the AZGFD Phoenix sunrise-sunset chart; checked November 7, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Around Graham County

County guides ordered by how close their centres lie, with three statewide hubs to round it out.

Graham County reminders for 2026-27

Get permission before crossing private or tribal land in Graham County, and read each wildlife area or refuge page for its own rules.

Sources: 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, AZGFD hunting, Census and the sources in each section. Checked November 7, 2026.