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Kingman region unit

Arizona Unit 16A hunting seasons and hunt numbers

AZGFD maps Unit 16A at 2,472 square miles in Mohave County and Yavapai County; 12 hunt numbers from the 2026-27 Commission Orders are valid here.

Season table Harvest Hunting gear

2,472Square miles

12Hunt numbers

III KingmanAZGFD region

ELion zone

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Where Unit 16A lies

Unit 16A covers 2,472 square miles on the AZGFD Game Management Unit layer and is run by AZGFD Region III (Kingman). Mohave County holds 98% of it.

Hunters in Unit 16A can be standing in any of 3 counties, led by Mohave with 2,415 square miles. The La Paz piece is under 2% of the unit, the kind of sliver a boundary road leaves on a map.

County	Sq mi in unit	Share of unit	Share of county
Mohave County	2,415.1	98%	18%
Yavapai County	53.6	2%	0.7%
La Paz County	1.7	0.1%	—

Expect BLM, Game & Fish, Military, Private, State Trust Land and Wildlife Refuge land when you study the Unit 16A map. The unit has no national forest on the AZGFD layer. Military land lies inside Unit 16A; AZGFD tells hunters to contact the Kingman office about access.

Species named on the AZGFD layer for Unit 16A: Bighorn Sheep, Elk, Javelina, Mountain Lion, Mule Deer, Dove and Quail. Treat it as a guide; the Commission Order rows set the seasons.

2,472Square miles

III KingmanRegion

928-692-7700Office phone

3Counties

AZGFD Region III, Kingman: 5325 N. Stockton Hill Road, Kingman 86409

Area, region, ownership, species list, forest and military fields from the AZGFD Game Management Unit layer (overlay with Census county lines); unit maps in the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A closures, zones and limits

15Archery deer limit

3Bear female limit

E/14Lion zone

NoCWD priority

NoWolf area

OpenTrapping

The over-the-counter archery deer hunt in Unit 16A carries a limit of any antlered deer 15, counted from 48-hour online reports.
Unit 16A bear area limits for females: 3 (16A) in both 2026 and 2027.
Mountain lion: Unit 16A is in harvest zone E (Unit 16A, Unit 16B, Unit 18A and Unit 18B), threshold 14.
Unit 16A is outside the CWD priority list, though AZGFD tests heads for free anywhere.
The Mexican wolf area does not include Unit 16A.
Trapping is open in Unit 16A from November 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027; foothold, body-gripping and snare traps are not allowed on public land.

Archery deer limits, bear female limits, lion zones, crane zones, metro units, CWD, Mexican wolf and trapping pages of the Arizona Game and Fish Department booklets; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A hunts: draw, OTC and license

Grouped by tag type, the 92 rows for Unit 16A show which hunts need the draw (11) and which do not. Read every elk and pronghorn row as a 2026 hunt; AZGFD publishes the 2027 dates in January.

The population management rows are Commission Order 26 hunts drawn from the Supplemental Hunter Pool.

By draw (11)

Species	Hunt	Legal animal	Dates	Hunt numbers here
Deer	General	Any antlered deer	Oct 23–Nov 1	1023
Deer	Youth-only (muzzleloader)	Any antlered deer	Nov 20–29	1198
Elk	Archery-only	Any elk	Sep 4–24	3189
Elk	Muzzleloader	Any elk	Sep 25–Oct 15	3112
Javelina	Youth-only (general)	Any javelina	Nov 20–29	5502
Javelina	Archery-only spring	Any javelina	Jan 1–21	5084
Javelina	Youth-only (general) spring	Any javelina	Jan 22–31	5036
Javelina	HAM spring	Any javelina	Feb 5–15	5053
Javelina	General spring	Any javelina	Feb 19–25	5003
Desert bighorn	Pioneer (general)	One-horned ram	Nov 1–Dec 31	6801
Desert bighorn	General	Any ram	Dec 1–31	6013, 6014

Nonpermit-tags (over the counter) (6)

Species	Hunt	Legal animal	Area	Dates	Harvest limit
Deer	Archery-only	Any antlered deer	16A	Aug 21–Sep 10 Dec 11–31 Jan 1–31	15
Elk	General	Any elk	Alamo Lake Hunt Area	Jan 1–Mar 31 Aug 1–Dec 31	—
Black bear	General	Any bear except cubs with sows, sows with cubs	16A	Oct 2–Dec 31	1
Black bear	General spring	Any bear except cubs with sows, sows with cubs	16A	Mar 19–Apr 22	1
Mountain lion	General	Any lion except spotted kittens or females accompanied by spotted kittens	Statewide	Aug 21–May 31	—
Mountain lion	Pursuit-only	Pursuit only Any lion except spotted kittens or females accompanied by spotted kittens	Statewide	Aug 21–May 31	—

Restricted nonpermit-tags (4)

Species	Hunt	Legal animal	Area	Dates	Tags
Elk	HAM	Designated elk	16A and 44A	Jan 1–Dec 31	50
Elk	Archery-only	Designated elk	16A and 44A	Jan 1–Dec 31	100
Elk	General	Designated elk	16A and 44A	Jan 1–Dec 31	50
Javelina	Youth-only (muzzleloader) companion	Any javelina	16A	Nov 20–29	15

License only (71)

Species	Hunt	Area	Dates	License
Quail	Falconry-only	Statewide	Sep 1–Mar 4	Hunting license
Quail	General	Statewide	Oct 16–Feb 7	Hunting license
Mearns' quail	General	Statewide	Dec 4–Feb 7	Hunting license
Chukar partridge	General	Statewide	Sep 1–Feb 7	Hunting license
Dusky grouse	General	Statewide	Sep 1–Nov 8	Hunting license
Pheasant	Falconry-only	Statewide	Sep 7–Feb 7	Hunting license
Pheasant	Archery-only	Statewide	Oct 16–Feb 7	Hunting license
Tree squirrels	Archery-only	Statewide	Aug 21–Oct 1	Hunting license
Tree squirrels	Falconry-only	Statewide	Aug 21–Jan 31	Hunting license
Tree squirrels	General	Statewide	Oct 2–Jan 31	Hunting license
Cottontail rabbit	Falconry-only	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Cottontail rabbit	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Cottontail rabbit	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Doves	Early	Statewide	Sep 1–15	License, bird stamp
Doves	Falconry-only	Statewide	Sep 16–Nov 1	License, bird stamp
Doves	Late	Statewide	Nov 20–Jan 3	License, bird stamp
Eurasian collared-dove	General	Statewide	Sep 1–Aug 31	License, bird stamp
Band-tailed pigeon	General	Statewide	Sep 25–Oct 8	License, bird stamp
Ducks	General	Statewide	Oct 23–Jan 31	License, both stamps
Ducks	General (scaup)	Statewide	Nov 7–Jan 31	License, both stamps
Ducks	Falconry-only	Statewide	Feb 1–4	License, both stamps
Ducks	Youth-only	Statewide	Feb 6–7	License, both stamps
Geese	General	Statewide	Oct 23–Jan 31	License, both stamps
Geese	Youth-only	Statewide	Feb 6–7	License, both stamps
Coots and gallinules	General	Statewide	Oct 23–Jan 31	License, both stamps
Coots and gallinules	Falconry-only	Statewide	Feb 1–4	License, both stamps
Coots and gallinules	Youth-only	Statewide	Feb 6–7	License, both stamps
Common snipe	General	Statewide	Oct 23–Jan 31	License, both stamps
Badger	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Badger	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Badger	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Beaver	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Bobcat	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Bobcat	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Bobcat	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Coati	Falconry-only	Statewide	Sep 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Coati	General	Statewide	Sep 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Coyote	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Coyote	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Coyote	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Coyote	General	4A, 4B	Dec 1–May 31	Hunting license
European starling	Falconry-only	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
European starling	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
European starling	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Foxes	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Foxes	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Foxes	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
House sparrow	Falconry-only	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
House sparrow	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
House sparrow	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Jackrabbits	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Muskrat	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Nongame mammals	Falconry-only	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Nongame mammals	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Nongame mammals	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Northern bobwhite	Falconry-only	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Northern bobwhite	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Northern bobwhite	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Raccoon	Pursuit-only	Statewide	Jul 1–31 Apr 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Raccoon	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Raccoon	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Raccoon	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Ringtail	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Ringtail	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Ringtail	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Skunks	General	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Skunks	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Jul 1–Jun 30	Hunting license
Skunks	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license
Weasel	General	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Weasel	Shotgun shot	Statewide	Aug 1–Mar 31	Hunting license
Weasel	Trapping	Statewide	Nov 1–Feb 28	Trapping license

Season rows from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, the 2027 spring booklet, the 2026 pronghorn and elk booklet, and the waterfowl, dove and trapping leaflets; population management on pages 49-50; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A draw list

The Commission Orders list 12 hunts whose open area takes in Unit 16A, led by javelina (peccary) with 5. Permit totals add up to 764, many shared with neighbouring units. Bonus points are kept by genus, and up to 20% of the tags in each hunt number go first to applicants with the most points who list it as a first or second choice.

Deer, fall 2026 (2)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
1023	General	Oct 23–Nov 1	Any antlered deer	175	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)
1198	Youth-only (muzzleloader)	Nov 20–29	Any antlered deer	15	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)

Elk, 2026 hunts, 2026 booklet (2)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
3112	Muzzleloader	Sep 25–Oct 15	Any elk	6	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)
3189	Archery-only	Sep 4–24	Any elk	8	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)

Javelina, fall 2026 (1)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
5502	Youth-only (general)	Nov 20–29	Any javelina	30	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)

Javelina, spring 2027 (4)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
5003	General spring	Feb 19–25	Any javelina	150	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)
5036	Youth-only (general) spring	Jan 22–31	Any javelina	50	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)
5053	HAM spring	Feb 5–15	Any javelina	50	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)
5084	Archery-only spring	Jan 1–21	Any javelina	275	10, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 16A (excluding National Wildlife Refuges and Mohave County Park Lands), and 18A

Desert bighorn, fall 2026 (3)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
6013	General	Dec 1–31	Any ram	2	16A (excluding that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River and Mohave County Park Lands)
6014	General	Dec 1–31	Any ram	2	16A South (that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River) and 18B
6801	Pioneer (general)	Nov 1–Dec 31	One-horned ram	1	15A, 15B East, 15D, 16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands), and 18B

Raptor capture, spring 2027 (13)

Hunt no.	Hunt	Dates	Legal animal	Permits	Open area
20002	Nonresidents only	Jan 1–Dec 31	Eyas northern goshawk	3	Statewide except all Units south of the Gila River
21001	Residents only	Apr 1–Aug 31	Eyas peregrine falcon	5	Statewide
21002	Nonresidents only	Apr 1–Aug 31	Eyas peregrine falcon	2	Statewide
22002	Nonresidents only	Jan 1–31 May 1–Dec 31	Passage Harris's hawk	10	Statewide (excluding Yuma and La Paz counties)
23001	Residents only	Jan 1–Dec 31	Eyas or passage gray hawk	1	Statewide
Unnumbered	Residents, nonresidents	Jan 1–Dec 31	Eyas American Kestrel, Cooper's hawk, great horned owl, prairie falcon, and western screech owl. Eyas or passage red-tailed hawk, and sharp-shinned hawk	—	Statewide
Unnumbered	Residents, nonresidents	Jan 1–31 May 1–Dec 31	Passage Cooper's hawk and prairie falcon	—	Statewide
Unnumbered	Residents, nonresidents	Jan 1–31 Sep 15–Dec 31	Passage and adult American kestrel, great horned owl, and western screech owl	—	Statewide
Unnumbered	Residents, nonresidents	Jan 1–Dec 31	Passage merlin	—	Statewide
Unnumbered	Residents, nonresidents	Jan 1–Dec 31	Passage ferruginous hawk	—	Statewide (excluding all Units north of the Gila River, excluding Units 25M and 42)
Unnumbered	Residents only	Jan 1–Dec 31	Eyas Harris's hawk	30	Statewide (excluding Yuma and La Paz counties)
Unnumbered	Residents only	Jan 1–Dec 31	Eyas northern goshawk	—	Statewide except all Units south of the Gila River
Unnumbered	Residents only	Jan 1–Feb 28 Jun 1–Dec 31	Passage northern goshawk	—	Statewide except all Units south of the Gila River

Hunt numbers, dates, legal wildlife and permits from the fall 2026 Commission Orders, the spring 2027 booklet and the 2026 pronghorn and elk booklet; draw rules on pages 22-23; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A success rates, 2025

485 hunters on 4 hunts that reach Unit 16A took 215 javelina, spring in 2025.

Where a hunt spans several units, the final column holds the unit breakdown from the same report (taken of hunters).

Elk rows come from a preliminary report and may change.

Species	Hunt	Units	Hunters	Taken	Success	This unit
Deer (draw)	1024	16A	191	65	34%	Single unit
Deer (draw)	1197	16A	20	4	20%	Single unit
Elk (preliminary)	3189	16A	8	6	75%	Single unit
Elk (preliminary)	3112	16A	6	4	67%	Single unit
Javelina, spring	5003	16A (except Mohave County Park Lands)	104	31	30%	Single unit
Javelina, spring	5036	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)	31	24	77%	Single unit
Javelina, spring	5052	16A (excluding Mohave County Park Lands)	34	23	68%	Single unit
Javelina, spring	5083	10, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 16A, 18A, 39, 40A, 42, 44A, and 44B (excluding National Wildlife Refuges and Mohave County Park Lands) (Special Restrictions Apply – See Notes 6 and 7)	316	137	43%	14 of 88
Javelina, fall youth	5502	16A	18	2	11%	Single unit
Bighorn sheep	6013	16A	2	2	100%	Single unit
Bighorn sheep	6014	16AS/18B	2	2	100%	—
Bighorn sheep	6801	15D/16A/18B	1	1	100%	—

The 2025 OTC archery deer report gives Unit 16A 357 hunters and 26 deer.
Bear hunt area 16A (2025 check-in): 0 bears taken by hunters, 0 of them female.
Zone E lion harvest in 2025 was 24, 19 with dogs; AZGFD redraws zones by season.

AZGFD 2025 harvest summaries: 2025 black bear, 2025 bighorn sheep, 2025 deer, 2025 OTC archery deer, 2025 elk (preliminary), 2025 fall javelina, 2025 spring javelina, 2025 mountain lion; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A public land map

Public ground in Unit 16A: 5 records, sorted by size below. Unit 16A includes Arizona State Trust Land, Bureau of Land Management Arizona public lands and Bureau of Reclamation lands in Arizona.

The map shows places linked to the unit, not its boundary.

BLM Kingman Field Office

BLM field office · 2,400,000 acres

Units 15A, 15B, 15C,

15D, 16A, 17B +

BLM Lake Havasu Field Office

BLM field office · 1,300,000 acres

Units 15D, 16A, 16B,

43A, 44A, 44B

Alamo Wildlife Area

Wildlife area · 17,563 acres

Units 16A, 44A

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge · 5,994 acres

Units 16A, 16B, 43A,

44A

Planet Ranch Conservation and Wildlife Area

Wildlife area · 3,414 acres

Units 16A, 44A

Arizona State Trust Land

Bureau of Land Management Arizona public lands

Bureau of Reclamation lands in Arizona

Land records and unit overlaps from AZGFD, USFS, BLM, FWS and NPS layers (see each land page); State Trust Land needs a valid hunting license under the license rules; checked November 7, 2026.

Unit 16A neighbours and towns

Lake Havasu City and Kingman lie in the unit. Alamo Lake, Crystal Beach and Parker Strip are close by.

Lake Havasu City
Mohave
Kingman
Mohave
Alamo Lake
La Paz
Crystal Beach
Mohave
Parker Strip
La Paz
Topock
Mohave

If Unit 16A fills up, these units share its counties:

Unit	Shared counties	Sq mi	Hunt numbers
Unit 16B	Mohave	129	5
Unit 15D	Mohave	876	11
Unit 44A	La Paz, Mohave, Yavapai	2,360	11
Unit 18A	Mohave, Yavapai	1,227	17
Unit 18B	Mohave, Yavapai	1,214	24
Unit 15A	Mohave	521	18
Unit 15B	Mohave	1,871	19
Unit 15C	Mohave	790	11

Towns and their units from Census places and the AZGFD unit layer; checked November 7, 2026.

Daylight hours in Unit 16A

Big game, quail and predator hunters near Unit 16A work from sunrise to sunset; migratory bird hunters may start thirty minutes earlier.

Date	Opener	Sunrise	Sunset	Deer and quail	Dove and duck
Aug 21, 2026	Archery deer	6:00 a.m.	7:18 p.m.	6:00 a.m. to 7:18 p.m.	5:30 a.m. to 7:18 p.m.
Sep 1, 2026	Dove opener	6:08 a.m.	7:04 p.m.	6:08 a.m. to 7:04 p.m.	5:38 a.m. to 7:04 p.m.
Oct 16, 2026	Quail opener	6:41 a.m.	6:01 p.m.	6:41 a.m. to 6:01 p.m.	6:11 a.m. to 6:01 p.m.
Oct 23, 2026	General deer and waterfowl opener	6:47 a.m.	5:53 p.m.	6:47 a.m. to 5:53 p.m.	6:17 a.m. to 5:53 p.m.
Dec 21, 2026	Shortest day	7:39 a.m.	5:28 p.m.	7:39 a.m. to 5:28 p.m.	7:09 a.m. to 5:28 p.m.
Jan 22, 2027	Spring javelina	7:40 a.m.	5:53 p.m.	7:40 a.m. to 5:53 p.m.	7:10 a.m. to 5:53 p.m.

Raccoon has a daylong season.

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.

White-tailed deer fawn in tall grassPhoto: USFWS Mountain Prairie (Public domain)

White-tailed buck emerging from the tree line at the edge of a fieldPhoto: USFWS Mountain Prairie (Public domain)

Coues white-tailed deer beside yucca and oak brushPhoto: Mike's Birds (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Unit 16A in brief

How many hunters drew into Unit 16A hunts in 2025?

485 on javelina, spring hunts alone.

Which town is closest to Unit 16A?

Lake Havasu City.

How much ground does Unit 16A cover, and where?

2,472 square miles spread over 3 counties, mostly in Mohave.

Which trapping rules cover Unit 16A?

The statewide season, with no foothold, body-gripping or snare traps on public land.

Does Unit 16A have any over-the-counter big game hunts?

Yes, for deer, elk, black bear and mountain lion (6 rows).

Is every big game tag in Unit 16A a draw tag?

No. Next to 12 draw hunts it has 6 nonpermit-tag rows and 71 rows that need only a license.

What lion threshold applies around Unit 16A?

14 lions for zone E.

What is the 2026 sow limit for Unit 16A?

3 (16A) female bears.

Is Unit 16A Mexican wolf country?

No.

Does AZGFD charge for CWD tests from Unit 16A?

No, testing is free.

Which land pages on this site touch Unit 16A?

5 of them: BLM Kingman Field Office, BLM Lake Havasu Field Office and Alamo Wildlife Area.

Answers drawn from the AZGFD sources cited on this page; checked November 7, 2026.