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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6006

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 2 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6006 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 895 applications named it, and 2 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 fall03371104000.00%
2026 fall1255075000.00%
2026 fall2276895000.00%
2026 fall3304777000.00%
2026 fall4142236000.00%
2026 fall5173148000.00%
2026 fall6173451000.00%
2026 fall7172845000.00%
2026 fall8193453000.00%
2026 fall9172542000.00%
2026 fall10152136000.00%
2026 fall1161622000.00%
2026 fall1262228000.00%
2026 fall1371421000.00%
2026 fall1481321000.00%
2026 fall1541216000.00%
2026 fall16369000.00%
2026 fall178412000.00%
2026 fall18347000.00%
2026 fall19459000.00%
2026 fall205611000.00%
2026 fall21145000.00%
2026 fall22336000.00%
2026 fall2301010000.00%
2026 fall246612000.00%
2026 fall258816000.00%
2026 fall26369000.00%
2026 fall27044000.00%
2026 fall283361016.67%
2026 fall29213000.00%
2026 fall301121050.00%
2026 fall31011000.00%
2026 fall32101000.00%
2026 fall34022000.00%
2025 fall06085145000.00%
2025 fall15067117000.00%
2025 fall24853101000.00%
2025 fall3354782000.00%
2025 fall4284472000.00%
2025 fall5132841000.00%
2025 fall6202848000.00%
2025 fall7153146000.00%
2025 fall8143044000.00%
2025 fall9132740000.00%
2025 fall10142640102.50%
2025 fall11102535000.00%
2025 fall12111526000.00%
2025 fall1372128000.00%
2025 fall14101828000.00%
2025 fall1541115106.67%
2025 fall165914000.00%
2025 fall17088000.00%
2025 fall184812000.00%
2025 fall1981018000.00%
2025 fall207916000.00%
2025 fall21459000.00%
2025 fall22268000.00%
2025 fall237714000.00%
2025 fall243710000.00%
2025 fall2511213000.00%
2025 fall26235000.00%
2025 fall27404000.00%
2025 fall28123000.00%
2025 fall29044000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall32134000.00%
2025 fall33123000.00%
2024 fall05154105000.00%
2024 fall1494796000.00%
2024 fall2362561000.00%
2024 fall3332861000.00%
2024 fall422830000.00%
2024 fall5251742102.38%
2024 fall6272148000.00%
2024 fall7142034102.94%
2024 fall8181432000.00%
2024 fall991221000.00%
2024 fall10141327000.00%
2024 fall11161228000.00%
2024 fall12141731000.00%
2024 fall13141226000.00%
2024 fall143912000.00%
2024 fall158715000.00%
2024 fall1651015000.00%
2024 fall1711819000.00%
2024 fall188311000.00%
2024 fall196814000.00%
2024 fall205813000.00%
2024 fall218816000.00%
2024 fall225491011.11%
2024 fall237512000.00%
2024 fall244812000.00%
2024 fall25022000.00%
2024 fall26123000.00%
2024 fall27033000.00%
2024 fall28112000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall30011000.00%
2024 fall31022000.00%
2024 fall32426000.00%

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, 202613B NorthAny ram202
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202513B NorthAny ram202
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202413B NorthAny 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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