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Arizona · Bighorn Sheep · Hunt 6008

Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6008

15A and 15B East (east of Temple Bar Road). 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 6008 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 403 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 33.

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 fall0301848000.00%
2026 fall1242448000.00%
2026 fall2151328000.00%
2026 fall3121527000.00%
2026 fall4101929103.45%
2026 fall56612000.00%
2026 fall6151429000.00%
2026 fall7161632000.00%
2026 fall86915000.00%
2026 fall99716000.00%
2026 fall106814000.00%
2026 fall116612000.00%
2026 fall1241014000.00%
2026 fall13459000.00%
2026 fall14178000.00%
2026 fall15268000.00%
2026 fall16213000.00%
2026 fall17347000.00%
2026 fall18336000.00%
2026 fall19268000.00%
2026 fall20123000.00%
2026 fall21325000.00%
2026 fall22246000.00%
2026 fall23134000.00%
2026 fall24112000.00%
2026 fall25022000.00%
2026 fall26123000.00%
2026 fall27101000.00%
2026 fall29101000.00%
2026 fall30101000.00%
2026 fall331121050.00%
2025 fall0242852000.00%
2025 fall1132134000.00%
2025 fall2112839000.00%
2025 fall3132134000.00%
2025 fall413821000.00%
2025 fall58311109.09%
2025 fall68311000.00%
2025 fall74913000.00%
2025 fall8549000.00%
2025 fall97310000.00%
2025 fall10369000.00%
2025 fall11437000.00%
2025 fall12235000.00%
2025 fall135271014.29%
2025 fall147411000.00%
2025 fall15235000.00%
2025 fall16213000.00%
2025 fall17123000.00%
2025 fall183710000.00%
2025 fall19224000.00%
2025 fall20134000.00%
2025 fall21123000.00%
2025 fall22123000.00%
2025 fall23314000.00%
2025 fall24224000.00%
2025 fall25011000.00%
2025 fall26112000.00%
2025 fall27101000.00%
2025 fall28202000.00%
2025 fall29101000.00%
2025 fall30011000.00%
2025 fall31022000.00%
2025 fall32112000.00%
2024 fall0142034000.00%
2024 fall1191736000.00%
2024 fall261420000.00%
2024 fall391322000.00%
2024 fall45510000.00%
2024 fall5123000.00%
2024 fall66410000.00%
2024 fall75491011.11%
2024 fall8358000.00%
2024 fall9437000.00%
2024 fall108210000.00%
2024 fall11213000.00%
2024 fall12426000.00%
2024 fall13123000.00%
2024 fall14123000.00%
2024 fall15112000.00%
2024 fall16101000.00%
2024 fall17101000.00%
2024 fall18011000.00%
2024 fall19033000.00%
2024 fall20303000.00%
2024 fall21101000.00%
2024 fall22022000.00%
2024 fall24123000.00%
2024 fall27011000.00%

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 1 - Dec 31, 202615A and 15B East (east of Temple Bar Road)Any ram202
2025 fallNov 1 - Dec 31, 202515A and 15B East (east of Temple Bar Road)Any ram202
2024 fallNov 1 - Dec 31, 202413B SouthAny ram1—1

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6008 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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