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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6009

15B West (west 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 6009 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 655 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 fall0313667000.00%
2026 fall1262854000.00%
2026 fall2153348000.00%
2026 fall3122335000.00%
2026 fall4141529000.00%
2026 fall59918000.00%
2026 fall6242246000.00%
2026 fall7182947000.00%
2026 fall8152035000.00%
2026 fall9111425000.00%
2026 fall10141933000.00%
2026 fall11151934000.00%
2026 fall1281422000.00%
2026 fall1381523000.00%
2026 fall1441216000.00%
2026 fall156713000.00%
2026 fall1631114000.00%
2026 fall17459000.00%
2026 fall185712000.00%
2026 fall196713000.00%
2026 fall20268000.00%
2026 fall21156000.00%
2026 fall22516000.00%
2026 fall234711109.09%
2026 fall243471014.29%
2026 fall25134000.00%
2026 fall26134000.00%
2026 fall27202000.00%
2026 fall28224000.00%
2026 fall29145000.00%
2026 fall31011000.00%
2026 fall32022000.00%
2026 fall33112000.00%
2025 fall0222547000.00%
2025 fall1221133000.00%
2025 fall2112334000.00%
2025 fall3141933000.00%
2025 fall4131629000.00%
2025 fall56814000.00%
2025 fall613922000.00%
2025 fall775122016.67%
2025 fall87512000.00%
2025 fall9257000.00%
2025 fall105914000.00%
2025 fall11268000.00%
2025 fall12369000.00%
2025 fall13123000.00%
2025 fall14358000.00%
2025 fall15347000.00%
2025 fall16538000.00%
2025 fall17235000.00%
2025 fall185510000.00%
2025 fall19044000.00%
2025 fall20224000.00%
2025 fall21314000.00%
2025 fall22235000.00%
2025 fall23011000.00%
2025 fall24123000.00%
2025 fall28011000.00%
2025 fall29011000.00%
2024 fall0162238000.00%
2024 fall1141125000.00%
2024 fall211920000.00%
2024 fall3181432000.00%
2024 fall48210000.00%
2024 fall5459000.00%
2024 fall681018000.00%
2024 fall7123000.00%
2024 fall8448000.00%
2024 fall9268000.00%
2024 fall10369000.00%
2024 fall11336000.00%
2024 fall12123000.00%
2024 fall13044000.00%
2024 fall14303000.00%
2024 fall15134000.00%
2024 fall16112000.00%
2024 fall17011000.00%
2024 fall18224000.00%
2024 fall19325000.00%
2024 fall202241025.00%
2024 fall21123000.00%
2024 fall22011000.00%
2024 fall23112000.00%
2024 fall24112000.00%
2024 fall25123000.00%
2024 fall27022000.00%
2024 fall28101000.00%

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 1 - Dec 31, 202615B West (west of Temple Bar Road)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202515B West (west of Temple Bar Road)Any ram202
2024 fallNov 1 - Dec 31, 202415A and 15B East (east of Temple Bar Road)Any ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6009 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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