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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6001

9 and 10. What each bonus point level actually did in Arizona's fall draw — how many applications sat at that level, and how many of them drew a tag. Every figure comes from an Arizona Game and Fish report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2026 draw did

Arizona authorized 1 hunt permit-tag on hunt 6001 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 525 applications named it, and 1 drew it through the first two passes. The hunt filled.

Arizona grants no guarantee for holding points. Before each pass the department generates one random number for your application plus one more for every bonus point on it, and uses the lowest. Only the bonus pass — 20 per cent of the permits above, and closed to anyone holding no points — goes out in point order. So the table below is a record of what happened at each level, not a ladder you climb.

The highest bonus point level with an application on this hunt in 2026 was 31.

By bonus point level

Cycle
Residency
The draw rate is permits drawn divided by applications at that level — a share of the people there, not a share of a quota. Arizona publishes no permits-available figure per point level. "Bonus pass" is the subset of the drawn column issued in the 20 per cent first pass; it is already included, and adding the two together counts those permits twice. Applications are first and second choice only.
CyclePoints1st choice2nd choiceApplicationsDrawnof which bonus passDraw rate
2026 fall07229101000.00%
2026 fall1632386000.00%
2026 fall2552176000.00%
2026 fall3321446000.00%
2026 fall4121123000.00%
2026 fall517724000.00%
2026 fall6201232000.00%
2026 fall7181028000.00%
2026 fall89615000.00%
2026 fall914418000.00%
2026 fall106612000.00%
2026 fall11213000.00%
2026 fall128412108.33%
2026 fall13213000.00%
2026 fall147411000.00%
2026 fall15527000.00%
2026 fall16303000.00%
2026 fall17101000.00%
2026 fall18213000.00%
2026 fall19213000.00%
2026 fall20325000.00%
2026 fall21011000.00%
2026 fall23112000.00%
2026 fall24112000.00%
2026 fall26101000.00%
2026 fall27101000.00%
2026 fall29011000.00%
2026 fall30224000.00%
2026 fall31011000.00%
2025 fall08324107000.00%
2025 fall1633497000.00%
2025 fall2321648000.00%
2025 fall3221032000.00%
2025 fall4261339000.00%
2025 fall5151126000.00%
2025 fall69514000.00%
2025 fall715924000.00%
2025 fall812820000.00%
2025 fall910212000.00%
2025 fall10459000.00%
2025 fall119110000.00%
2025 fall12426000.00%
2025 fall13549000.00%
2025 fall14617000.00%
2025 fall153141025.00%
2025 fall16112000.00%
2025 fall17011000.00%
2025 fall18011000.00%
2025 fall19022000.00%
2025 fall20112000.00%
2025 fall21011000.00%
2025 fall22022000.00%
2025 fall23033000.00%
2025 fall24011000.00%
2025 fall26101000.00%
2025 fall28213000.00%
2024 fall08929118000.00%
2024 fall1632386000.00%
2024 fall2302252000.00%
2024 fall3371350000.00%
2024 fall414822000.00%
2024 fall510414000.00%
2024 fall610919000.00%
2024 fall712921000.00%
2024 fall89413107.69%
2024 fall9325000.00%
2024 fall1012113000.00%
2024 fall11437000.00%
2024 fall127310000.00%
2024 fall13549000.00%
2024 fall14224000.00%
2024 fall15202000.00%
2024 fall16011000.00%
2024 fall17101000.00%
2024 fall19011000.00%
2024 fall20011000.00%
2024 fall21011000.00%
2024 fall22213000.00%
2024 fall23101000.00%
2024 fall24101000.00%
2024 fall25011000.00%
2024 fall27101000.00%
2024 fall29011000.00%
2024 fall32011000.00%

A dash in the rate column means nobody applied at that level in that pool, which is absent rather than nought — the draw answered nothing there. This hunt issued no permits at all in the bonus pass in any published cycle, which is ordinary: the pass covers 20 per cent of permits and only applications holding at least one point.

The hunt, cycle by cycle

Season, unit and permit count as the regulations booklet for that cycle prints them. The nonresident figure is a cap, not a share — it is the most that may go to nonresidents, and it does not add to a resident number.
CycleSeasonOpen areasLegal wildlifeAuthorizedNR capIssued
2026 fallOct 1 - Dec 31, 20269 and 10Any ram101
2025 fallOct 1 - Dec 31, 20259 and 10Any ram101
2024 fallOct 1 - Dec 31, 20249 and 10Any ram101

How to read these numbers

The applications column is not the whole field. Arizona draws in three passes and the bonus point report covers the first two — the bonus pass and the first-and-second-choice pass. Hunters who named this hunt as a third, fourth or fifth choice are drawn in a pass the department publishes no point-level breakdown for, so they are not counted above and no total here should be read as everyone who wanted the tag.

A bonus point level is a property of the application, not of a person.Two to four hunters may apply on one application, and Arizona averages their points and rounds to the nearest whole number. So a row at level 6 can hold a group whose members individually hold anything from 4 to 8.

Comparing a rate here with one from another state will mislead you.Utah's and Idaho's rates are permits against a published quota. Arizona's are permits against the applicants at one point level, because that is the only denominator the department gives.

Every source read for this page

  • 2026 F Bonus Point Report — 2026-F-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2025 Fall Bonus Point Report — 2025-Fall-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2024 Fall Draw Bonus Point Report — 2024-Fall-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2026-27-Arizona-Hunting-Regulations.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from
  • 2025-26-Arizona-Hunting-Regulations_250506.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from
  • 2024-25-Arizona-Hunting-Regulations_241209.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from

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