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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6004

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 6004 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,608 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 fall056104160000.00%
2026 fall15696152000.00%
2026 fall268100168000.00%
2026 fall34083123000.00%
2026 fall4323870000.00%
2026 fall5235073000.00%
2026 fall6365591000.00%
2026 fall73770107000.00%
2026 fall8325284000.00%
2026 fall9405696000.00%
2026 fall10153247102.13%
2026 fall11193352000.00%
2026 fall12232548000.00%
2026 fall13192544102.27%
2026 fall14131932000.00%
2026 fall15152136000.00%
2026 fall1671118000.00%
2026 fall174711000.00%
2026 fall1871017000.00%
2026 fall1971017000.00%
2026 fall2061622000.00%
2026 fall2181422000.00%
2026 fall2221416000.00%
2026 fall2391019000.00%
2026 fall249918000.00%
2026 fall259514000.00%
2026 fall26369000.00%
2026 fall2737101010.00%
2026 fall28358000.00%
2026 fall29369000.00%
2026 fall30235000.00%
2026 fall31055000.00%
2026 fall32101000.00%
2026 fall33022000.00%
2026 fall34022000.00%
2025 fall072103175000.00%
2025 fall162118180000.00%
2025 fall24685131000.00%
2025 fall34785132000.00%
2025 fall44956105000.00%
2025 fall5224971000.00%
2025 fall6234871101.41%
2025 fall75352105000.00%
2025 fall8296493000.00%
2025 fall9263864101.56%
2025 fall10203454000.00%
2025 fall11232447102.13%
2025 fall12262450000.00%
2025 fall13172037000.00%
2025 fall14242751000.00%
2025 fall15111324000.00%
2025 fall1691019000.00%
2025 fall17111122000.00%
2025 fall1891625000.00%
2025 fall19131427000.00%
2025 fall20131326000.00%
2025 fall2131417000.00%
2025 fall22101222000.00%
2025 fall2351621000.00%
2025 fall2481321000.00%
2025 fall257815000.00%
2025 fall267815000.00%
2025 fall272911000.00%
2025 fall28358000.00%
2025 fall29134000.00%
2025 fall30246000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall32224000.00%
2025 fall33235000.00%
2024 fall07587162000.00%
2024 fall15478132000.00%
2024 fall2385795000.00%
2024 fall3235982000.00%
2024 fall4224062000.00%
2024 fall5253459000.00%
2024 fall6253156000.00%
2024 fall7273461000.00%
2024 fall8152540000.00%
2024 fall9133346000.00%
2024 fall10141630000.00%
2024 fall11131629000.00%
2024 fall1212921000.00%
2024 fall13132134102.94%
2024 fall1471219000.00%
2024 fall157512000.00%
2024 fall169918000.00%
2024 fall176915000.00%
2024 fall18111223000.00%
2024 fall1971118000.00%
2024 fall206511000.00%
2024 fall2181018000.00%
2024 fall2241014107.14%
2024 fall2331316000.00%
2024 fall247714000.00%
2024 fall25246000.00%
2024 fall26077000.00%
2024 fall27202000.00%
2024 fall28033000.00%
2024 fall29224000.00%
2024 fall302241025.00%
2024 fall31145000.00%
2024 fall33123000.00%
2024 fall34101000.00%

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 11 - Dec 31, 202612B EastAny ram303
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202512B EastAny ram303
2024 fallNov 22 - Dec 12, 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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