Arizona GMU 20A Hunting / Recreation Map

Hunt Unit 20A lies in the heart of Arizona’s Bradshaw Mountains. The higher elevations contain White Fir, Aspen, Douglas Fir, Blue Spruce, & Ponderosa Pine Forest which meanders down to the pinyon-juniper belt & eventually falling to the desert grasslands. The Bradshaw Mountains are what started the development of Arizona due to gold! The Arizona gold rush began in 1863 and has yielded over 15 million ounces of gold since. Soon after the start of the gold rush, word got out that Arizona was rich with not just gold but silver, copper, & other metals and minerals. It was the mining industry that pushed Arizona into its USA Territory status on February 24, 1863, & was eventually admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona on February 14, 1912. Hunt Unit 20A lies almost entirely inside the Prescott National Forest with pockets of private & State land offering great hunting opportunities for big game species such as Elk, Mule Deer, Pronghorn Antelope, Mountain Lion, ja