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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6002

Kanab Creek Hunt Area in Units 12A, 12B and 13A and Cottonwood Wilderness Hunt Area in Unit 13A. 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 6002 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 647 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 34.

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 fall09360153000.00%
2026 fall16449113000.00%
2026 fall2423779000.00%
2026 fall3341751000.00%
2026 fall4191029000.00%
2026 fall518826000.00%
2026 fall615924000.00%
2026 fall7121022000.00%
2026 fall8121123000.00%
2026 fall97411000.00%
2026 fall1011819000.00%
2026 fall118917000.00%
2026 fall123912000.00%
2026 fall13448000.00%
2026 fall14538000.00%
2026 fall15549000.00%
2026 fall163471014.29%
2026 fall17202000.00%
2026 fall18022000.00%
2026 fall19145000.00%
2026 fall20325000.00%
2026 fall21202000.00%
2026 fall22303000.00%
2026 fall23101000.00%
2026 fall24101000.00%
2026 fall25123000.00%
2026 fall26101000.00%
2026 fall27123000.00%
2026 fall28314000.00%
2026 fall29101000.00%
2026 fall30101000.00%
2026 fall32101000.00%
2026 fall34101000.00%
2025 fall07558133000.00%
2025 fall17129100000.00%
2025 fall2311748000.00%
2025 fall3321143000.00%
2025 fall4191231000.00%
2025 fall5211334000.00%
2025 fall671421000.00%
2025 fall791019000.00%
2025 fall8121123000.00%
2025 fall913417000.00%
2025 fall1013720000.00%
2025 fall114610000.00%
2025 fall12527000.00%
2025 fall138210000.00%
2025 fall14246000.00%
2025 fall15178000.00%
2025 fall16303000.00%
2025 fall17213000.00%
2025 fall18336000.00%
2025 fall19112000.00%
2025 fall201121050.00%
2025 fall21101000.00%
2025 fall22101000.00%
2025 fall23112000.00%
2025 fall24314000.00%
2025 fall26101000.00%
2025 fall27123000.00%
2025 fall28112000.00%
2025 fall32101000.00%
2024 fall07154125000.00%
2024 fall1435396000.00%
2024 fall2381755000.00%
2024 fall3312556000.00%
2024 fall413922000.00%
2024 fall59716000.00%
2024 fall611718000.00%
2024 fall710515000.00%
2024 fall8141024000.00%
2024 fall915318000.00%
2024 fall1081018000.00%
2024 fall11314000.00%
2024 fall12415000.00%
2024 fall13314000.00%
2024 fall14134000.00%
2024 fall15213000.00%
2024 fall16022000.00%
2024 fall17336000.00%
2024 fall18011000.00%
2024 fall19156000.00%
2024 fall20123000.00%
2024 fall21202000.00%
2024 fall22101000.00%
2024 fall23145000.00%
2024 fall24112000.00%
2024 fall25011000.00%
2024 fall261231033.33%
2024 fall28011000.00%
2024 fall31101000.00%

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 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 2026Kanab Creek Hunt Area in Units 12A, 12B and 13A and Cottonwood Wilderness Hunt Area in Unit 13AAny ram101
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 2025Kanab Creek Hunt Area in Units 12A, 12B and 13A and Cottonwood Wilderness Hunt Area in Unit 13AAny ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 2024Kanab Creek Hunt Area in Units 12A, 12B and 13A and Cottonwood Wilderness Hunt Area in Unit 13AAny 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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