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Public land hunting near Glendale
Glendale hunters reach Arizona State Trust Land 1.4 miles out; the town is in Unit 25M of AZGFD Region VI (Mesa).
Photo: Clay Gilliland (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Glendale public places in the 10- and 25-mile rings
Count 5 places inside 10 miles of Glendale and 6 inside 25 before you factor in roads and locked gates. GIS measures put about 1,208 acres of open public land within 10 miles and 207,955 within 25 (wildlife areas, State Trust Land, national forest, BLM, refuges and recreation areas; tribal and military land left out).
Closest open option: Arizona State Trust Land, 1.4 miles out by straight line, so allow more by road. From the nearest record to Base and Meridian Wildlife Area at 12 mi, the 25-mile table covers 5 types of ground.
| Public place | Kind | Distance | Ring | Units | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State Trust Land | State Trust Land | 1.4 mi | In 10 mi | 1, 2A, 2B + | Licensed hunters, in season |
| BLM Hassayampa Field Office | BLM field office | 7.1 mi | In 10 mi | 7, 9, 10 + | Open unless posted |
| BLM lands statewide | BLM land (statewide) | 7.1 mi | In 10 mi | 2A, 2B, 2C + | Open unless posted |
| Reclamation lands | Reclamation land | 7.4 mi | In 10 mi | 7, 15B, 15D + | Ask managing partner |
| Lower Sonoran | BLM field office | 9.1 mi | In 10 mi | 24A, 24B, 25M + | Open unless posted |
| Base and Meridian | Wildlife area | 12 mi | In 25 mi | 26M, 39 | No centerfire rifles |
| Robbins Butte Wildlife Area | Wildlife area | 30 mi | Over 25 mi | 26M, 39, 41 | No centerfire rifles |
| Powers Butte (Mumme Farm) | Wildlife area | 36 mi | Over 25 mi | 39 | No firearms |
Rings and distances from places.json (lands.json boundaries to the Census point of Glendale); access cells from each record’s rule text (A.A.C. R12-4-802 for wildlife areas, USFS, BLM, NPS and 50 CFR 32.22 pages for federal land, the State Land Department FAQ for State Trust Land). GIS acres are not official acreage. Checked November 7, 2026.
Nearest named hunting places to Glendale
Each card pulls acres, units and access rules from that place's own record.
BLM Hassayampa Field Office
BLM Hassayampa Field Office is 1,000,000 acres and touches Unit 7, Unit 9, Unit 10 and Unit 12B, 7.1 mi from Glendale. BLM ground is open to hunting unless posted otherwise; crossing private land to reach it needs the owner's permission.
Lower Sonoran
1,400,000 acres make up BLM Lower Sonoran Field Office, with ground in Unit 24A, Unit 24B, Unit 25M and Unit 26M. Hunting is allowed on this BLM land unless a closure is posted.
Base and Meridian
At roughly 622 acres, Base and Meridian Wildlife Area reaches into Unit 26M and Unit 39. Its R12-4-802 rules: no centerfire rifles; no motor vehicles except to retrieve big game; no overnight camping.
From lands.json (R12-4-802 via Cornell LII, USFS, BLM, USFWS and NPS pages). Checked November 7, 2026.
Units within 10 miles of Glendale
Unit 25M holds the Glendale town point; it covers 1,284 square miles, 100.0% of it in Maricopa County. Unit 25M mixes BLM, Military, National Park, Other, Private, State Trust Land, Tribal land according to AZGFD. Unit 26M takes in Pinal and Maricopa counties, about 2,101 square miles.
| Game unit | Area, sq mi | In counties | Forest | Lion zone | Archery deer limit | Bear limit 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 25M | 1,284 | Maricopa | – | J (54) | 30 | – |
| Unit 26M | 2,101 | Pinal, Maricopa | Tonto NF | J (54) | 30 | – |
Read the metro unit notes for Unit 25M and Unit 26M before hunting close to Glendale; methods there are restricted. Trappers: Unit 25M and Unit 26M are off limits.
Units from the AZGFD Game Management Unit layer and places.json; archery deer limits, bear female limits (2026), lion thresholds and unit notes from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations (bear, lion, wolf, CWD). Unit lines follow roads, rivers and ridges. Checked November 7, 2026.
Permit-tag hunts around Glendale
Draw hunts start outside Unit 25M and Unit 26M: the closest are in Unit 39, beneath the public places near Glendale.
Drawn hunts that reach the units around Glendale: 4, carrying 505 permits across 2 species. Applications take up to five choices; fall 2026 hunts closed June 2, 2026 and spring 2027 hunts on October 6, 2026.
| Species | Hunt numbers | Permits | Booklet | Earliest | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | 2 | 500 | Fall 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 |
| Desert bighorn | 2 | 5 | Fall 2026 | Dec 1, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 |
For deer, 2 hunt numbers offer 500 permits, the first opening November 6, 2026. The desert bighorn draw here has 2 hunt numbers; the earliest begins December 1, 2026.
Hunt numbers from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, the 2027 spring booklet and the 2026 pronghorn and elk booklet (Arizona Game and Fish Department); draw rules from pages 24-25. Checked November 7, 2026.
Glendale archery deer, bear and lion tags
Unit 25M carries an archery deer limit of 30; check the AZGFD harvest reports before each trip. Mountain lion tags are OTC; Unit 25M belongs to zone J with a threshold of 54.
| Species | Type | What counts | Units | Begins | Ends | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer | Archery | Any antlered deer | 25M | Dec 11, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | 30 |
| Deer | Archery | Any antlered deer | 25M | Jan 1, 2027 | Jan 31, 2027 | 30 |
| Deer | Archery | Any antlered deer | 26M | Dec 11, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | 30 |
| Deer | Archery | Any antlered deer | 26M | Jan 1, 2027 | Jan 31, 2027 | 30 |
| Javelina | Archery | Any javelina | 25M | Dec 11, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | – |
| Javelina | Archery | Any javelina | 26M | Dec 11, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | – |
| Javelina | Archery spring | Any javelina | 25M | Jan 1, 2027 | Jan 31, 2027 | – |
| Javelina | Archery spring | Any javelina | 25M | Dec 10, 2027 | Dec 31, 2027 | – |
| Javelina | Archery spring | Any javelina | 26M | Jan 1, 2027 | Feb 27, 2027 | – |
| Javelina | Archery spring | Any javelina | 26M | Dec 10, 2027 | Dec 31, 2027 | – |
| Mountain lion | Archery | Any lion | 25M, 26M | Aug 21, 2026 | May 31, 2027 | – |
OTC rows from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations and the 2027 spring booklet; limits close a unit or zone when reached. Checked November 7, 2026.
Last season's results around Glendale
These are 2025 AZGFD results for hunts open in Unit 25M; a multi-unit hunt counts whole even where it also covers other units, so they are not totals for Glendale or Maricopa County.
| Report | Hunts or rows | Hunters | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTC archery deer, 2025 | 1 | 269 | 17 |
| Lion (zone J), 2025 | 1 | – | 55 |
2025 AZGFD harvest summaries: otc archery deer, lion. Checked November 7, 2026.
Glendale ground that is not open
Several large blocks in Maricopa County are tribal or national park land; neither is open on a state hunting license. Arizona seasons stop at reservation lines; inside them the tribe decides, and hunting without its say-so breaks federal law.
| Area | Kind | Acres here (GIS) | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tohono Indian Reservation | Reservation land | 96,862 | Closed to state hunting |
| Gila River Indian Reservation | Reservation land | 95,003 | Closed to state hunting |
| Salt River Indian Reservation | Reservation land | 52,997 | Closed to state hunting |
| Fort McDowell Indian Reservation | Reservation land | 24,815 | Closed to state hunting |
| Gila Bend Indian Reservation | Reservation land | 420 | Closed to state hunting |
Tribal land GIS acres from counties.json (AZGFD Land Ownership layer); NPS units from lands.json closed rows; tribal rule from the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations. Checked November 7, 2026.
Offices near Glendale
For licenses, CWD sample drop-off or a question about a unit, Glendale hunters can use Arizona Game and Fish Department Headquarters, 18 miles off. Region VI reaches across the Tonto Basin, the Mazatzal and Superstition ranges, the Salt and Verde river country and the desert edge of the Phoenix valley.
AZGFD offices from the AZGFD Contact Information page (services.json); ranger district and BLM office towns from the USFS and BLM office layers (places.json); straight-line distances. Checked November 7, 2026.
Shops and game care around Glendale
Near Glendale (25 miles): 101 shops, 10 taxidermists, 2 processors.
Listings from Yellow Pages, store locators and the AZGFD Contact Information page (services.json); chain stores left out, not every listing was checked as open: call first. Checked November 7, 2026.
Nearby hunting dates for Glendale
Some 30 miles around Glendale take in 8 listings ahead; the kinds are DU dinner, Elk Society banquet, RMEF banquet, bighorn sheep banquet, hunter education field day, pronghorn hunter clinic and youth outdoor skills day. Full or closed when read: 1.
| Date | Event | How far | Where | Sign up | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | Arizona Hunter Education Field Day Hunter education field day | 6 | Ben Avery Shooting Facility – HE Building Phoenix | Register | Source |
| Nov 14, 2026 | Wild In The City – AES Youth outdoor skills day | 6 | Ben Avery Shooting Facility Phoenix | Register | Source |
| Dec 11, 2026 | West Valley Dinner (Peoria) DU dinner | 19 | Moose Lodge #2243 Peoria | Buy tickets | Source |
| Feb 20, 2027 | Wild in the City (Arizona Elk Society youth outdoor skills day camp) Youth outdoor skills day | 6 | West Black Canyon Boulevard Phoenix | Event details | Source |
| Apr 3, 2027 | Arizona Elk Society 26th Annual Mesa Banquet Elk Society banquet | 29 | Mesa | Event details | Source |
| Apr 17, 2027 | RMEF Phoenix Banquet RMEF banquet | 6 | Phoenix | Buy tickets | Source |
| May 8, 2027 | ADBSS 44th Annual Fundraising Banquet & 60th Anniversary Celebration 2027 Bighorn sheep banquet | 22 | The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Scottsdale | Event details | Source |
| Jun 19, 2027 | Arizona Antelope Foundation 35th Annual Hunter Clinic Pronghorn hunter clinic | 6 | Ben Avery Clay Target Center Pavilion Phoenix | Event details | Source |
Glendale legal hours on season dates
Arizona allows hunting in daylight hours, which the AZGFD booklet ties to its sunrise and sunset chart; ducks, geese, doves, pigeons and cranes may be shot from half an hour before sunrise.
| Date | Opener | Sunrise | Sunset | Deer and quail | Dove and duck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Archery deer | 5:55 a.m. | 7:10 p.m. | 5:55 a.m. to 7:10 p.m. | 5:25 a.m. to 7:10 p.m. |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Dove opener | 6:02 a.m. | 6:56 p.m. | 6:02 a.m. to 6:56 p.m. | 5:32 a.m. to 6:56 p.m. |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Quail opener | 6:33 a.m. | 5:55 p.m. | 6:33 a.m. to 5:55 p.m. | 6:03 a.m. to 5:55 p.m. |
| Oct 23, 2026 | General deer and waterfowl opener | 6:39 a.m. | 5:47 p.m. | 6:39 a.m. to 5:47 p.m. | 6:09 a.m. to 5:47 p.m. |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:29 a.m. | 5:24 p.m. | 7:29 a.m. to 5:24 p.m. | 6:59 a.m. to 5:24 p.m. |
| Jan 1, 2027 | Spring javelina | 7:33 a.m. | 5:31 p.m. | 7:33 a.m. to 5:31 p.m. | 7:03 a.m. to 5:31 p.m. |
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.
Glendale shooters: the three nearest ranges
Corner Archery (2 miles) leads the three range cards for Glendale.
Off AZGFD’s own list, Ben Avery Shooting Facility Rifle and Pistol Range is the nearest public range, roughly 19 miles out. Details
Straight-line miles from the town centre; ranges checked November 7, 2026.
FAQ hunting near Glendale
How many public hunting places are within 25 miles of Glendale?
6 on this site (5 inside 10 miles). The nearest open one is Arizona State Trust Land at 1.4 mi.
What shops serve hunters in Glendale?
Within 25 miles: 101 gear shops, 10 taxidermists, 2 processors. See the services band for phone numbers.
Can I buy a deer tag over the counter near Glendale?
Yes, for archery: Unit 25M and Unit 26M have OTC archery deer limits. Rifle hunts (2 hunt numbers) are drawn.
What is the AZGFD regional office for Glendale?
Region VI in Mesa; the nearest office of any kind is Arizona Game and Fish Department Headquarters.
What happens if I hunt tribal land near Glendale without permission?
It is a federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 1165, on top of tribal penalties. In Maricopa County: Tohono Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Reservation and Salt River Indian Reservation.
What are shooting hours at Glendale for doves and ducks?
From 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset; on December 21, 2026 that is 6:59 a.m. to 5:24 p.m. at Glendale.
Is State Trust Land near Glendale open to hunting?
Yes for licensed hunters pursuing game in season. It sits 1.4 mi from Glendale; follow the posted signs.
Is Sunday hunting allowed near Glendale?
Yes. Arizona seasons run every day of the week; no rule limits hunting on Sundays.
Do I need a draw tag for lions or bears near Glendale?
No; both are nonpermit-tag hunts. Lion zone J and bear areas close when limits are met.
From places.json, lands.json, regs.json (the 2026-27 Arizona Hunting Regulations, page 23), counties.json and services.json. Checked November 7, 2026.
Other photos on this page: Alan Stark (CC BY-SA 2.0); Alan Levine (CC0 1.0); Alan Stark (CC BY-SA 2.0); William Herron (CC BY-SA 2.0).