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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6003

12B East. 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 3 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6003 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,588 applications named it, and 3 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 fall010758165000.00%
2026 fall110358161000.00%
2026 fall212166187000.00%
2026 fall38544129000.00%
2026 fall4402565000.00%
2026 fall5442670000.00%
2026 fall66448112000.00%
2026 fall76537102000.00%
2026 fall8412667000.00%
2026 fall9412364000.00%
2026 fall10351449000.00%
2026 fall11361955000.00%
2026 fall12331750000.00%
2026 fall13291847000.00%
2026 fall14181129000.00%
2026 fall1518826000.00%
2026 fall1619726000.00%
2026 fall177613107.69%
2026 fall189817000.00%
2026 fall199413000.00%
2026 fall2014721104.76%
2026 fall2117118000.00%
2026 fall229413000.00%
2026 fall23718000.00%
2026 fall247815000.00%
2026 fall258917000.00%
2026 fall26516000.00%
2026 fall27448000.00%
2026 fall28347000.00%
2026 fall295271014.29%
2026 fall30426000.00%
2026 fall31617000.00%
2026 fall32022000.00%
2026 fall33303000.00%
2026 fall34213000.00%
2025 fall011376189000.00%
2025 fall111488202000.00%
2025 fall28251133000.00%
2025 fall36644110000.00%
2025 fall4583694000.00%
2025 fall5403070101.43%
2025 fall6321446000.00%
2025 fall7383169000.00%
2025 fall8462167000.00%
2025 fall9292554000.00%
2025 fall10262147000.00%
2025 fall11201030000.00%
2025 fall12191635000.00%
2025 fall13271340000.00%
2025 fall14191332000.00%
2025 fall15121123104.35%
2025 fall1613518000.00%
2025 fall1714721000.00%
2025 fall1814822104.55%
2025 fall1913417000.00%
2025 fall2014216000.00%
2025 fall218412000.00%
2025 fall227512000.00%
2025 fall238311000.00%
2025 fall249615000.00%
2025 fall257613000.00%
2025 fall267310000.00%
2025 fall27459000.00%
2025 fall28325000.00%
2025 fall29325000.00%
2025 fall307310000.00%
2025 fall31022000.00%
2025 fall32336000.00%
2025 fall33123000.00%
2024 fall010846154000.00%
2024 fall18236118000.00%
2024 fall2564096000.00%
2024 fall38231113100.89%
2024 fall4412465000.00%
2024 fall536945000.00%
2024 fall6412162000.00%
2024 fall737946000.00%
2024 fall8321244102.27%
2024 fall9291140000.00%
2024 fall1020828000.00%
2024 fall11271239000.00%
2024 fall12151126000.00%
2024 fall13201030000.00%
2024 fall14191130000.00%
2024 fall1513417000.00%
2024 fall1611213000.00%
2024 fall1712315000.00%
2024 fall187613000.00%
2024 fall1913215000.00%
2024 fall20538000.00%
2024 fall2112416000.00%
2024 fall226511000.00%
2024 fall2317320000.00%
2024 fall248311000.00%
2024 fall257310000.00%
2024 fall268412108.33%
2024 fall27156000.00%
2024 fall28505000.00%
2024 fall29639000.00%
2024 fall30257000.00%
2024 fall31303000.00%
2024 fall32224000.00%

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 fallNov 20 - Dec 10, 202612B EastAny ram303
2025 fallNov 14 - Dec 4, 202512B EastAny ram303
2024 fallNov 8 - Nov 28, 202412B EastAny ram303

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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