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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6005

13B North. 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 6005 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,091 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 fall08441125000.00%
2026 fall16948117000.00%
2026 fall2722597000.00%
2026 fall3533285000.00%
2026 fall4242347000.00%
2026 fall5382260000.00%
2026 fall6302151000.00%
2026 fall7371855000.00%
2026 fall8411960000.00%
2026 fall9202141102.44%
2026 fall10282048000.00%
2026 fall11211435000.00%
2026 fall12211940000.00%
2026 fall13171128000.00%
2026 fall1414418105.56%
2026 fall15141529000.00%
2026 fall1610616000.00%
2026 fall1713417000.00%
2026 fall1861016000.00%
2026 fall198513000.00%
2026 fall20606000.00%
2026 fall216511000.00%
2026 fall226511000.00%
2026 fall23718000.00%
2026 fall247411000.00%
2026 fall258614000.00%
2026 fall26527000.00%
2026 fall27336000.00%
2026 fall28358000.00%
2026 fall29123000.00%
2026 fall30101000.00%
2026 fall321121050.00%
2026 fall33022000.00%
2026 fall34213000.00%
2025 fall07267139000.00%
2025 fall17845123100.81%
2025 fall26950119000.00%
2025 fall3434386000.00%
2025 fall4403171000.00%
2025 fall5281240000.00%
2025 fall6291342000.00%
2025 fall7402666000.00%
2025 fall8281442000.00%
2025 fall9281745000.00%
2025 fall10181735102.86%
2025 fall11201939000.00%
2025 fall12151429000.00%
2025 fall13151631000.00%
2025 fall1416723000.00%
2025 fall1510313107.69%
2025 fall169413000.00%
2025 fall176713000.00%
2025 fall189615000.00%
2025 fall19527000.00%
2025 fall20448000.00%
2025 fall215510000.00%
2025 fall22538000.00%
2025 fall236410000.00%
2025 fall2412719000.00%
2025 fall2512214000.00%
2025 fall26044000.00%
2025 fall27167000.00%
2025 fall28213000.00%
2025 fall29112000.00%
2025 fall30112000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall32213000.00%
2025 fall33202000.00%
2024 fall05990149000.00%
2024 fall15465119000.00%
2024 fall2405696000.00%
2024 fall3433780000.00%
2024 fall4202545000.00%
2024 fall5193453000.00%
2024 fall6243458000.00%
2024 fall7264066000.00%
2024 fall8242751000.00%
2024 fall9302151000.00%
2024 fall10101424000.00%
2024 fall11192645000.00%
2024 fall12151328103.57%
2024 fall13152742000.00%
2024 fall1491120000.00%
2024 fall15246000.00%
2024 fall168715000.00%
2024 fall176713000.00%
2024 fall189817000.00%
2024 fall1915924000.00%
2024 fall208715000.00%
2024 fall2181220000.00%
2024 fall227714000.00%
2024 fall2391019000.00%
2024 fall242810000.00%
2024 fall253912000.00%
2024 fall26459000.00%
2024 fall27369000.00%
2024 fall28123000.00%
2024 fall293471014.29%
2024 fall302021050.00%
2024 fall31314000.00%
2024 fall32101000.00%
2024 fall33112000.00%
2024 fall34011000.00%

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, 202613B NorthAny ram303
2025 fallNov 14 - Dec 4, 202513B NorthAny ram303
2024 fallDec 6 - Dec 31, 202412B EastAny ram303

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6005 across the cycles above, so comparing its rates across years is comparing hunts that may not cover the same country. The department publishes nothing that settles how much of the change is real, so this page shows each cycle's own description and claims nothing beyond it.

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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