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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6011

15C South (south of Cottonwood 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 1 hunt permit-tag on hunt 6011 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 217 applications named it, and 1 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 35.

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 fall062026000.00%
2026 fall110717000.00%
2026 fall261016000.00%
2026 fall351116000.00%
2026 fall4538000.00%
2026 fall5224000.00%
2026 fall621113000.00%
2026 fall7224000.00%
2026 fall8235000.00%
2026 fall9235000.00%
2026 fall10279000.00%
2026 fall11279000.00%
2026 fall12448000.00%
2026 fall13314000.00%
2026 fall142461016.67%
2026 fall154812000.00%
2026 fall16257000.00%
2026 fall17011000.00%
2026 fall18325000.00%
2026 fall19134000.00%
2026 fall20123000.00%
2026 fall21022000.00%
2026 fall22145000.00%
2026 fall23022000.00%
2026 fall24257000.00%
2026 fall25415000.00%
2026 fall26022000.00%
2026 fall27022000.00%
2026 fall29011000.00%
2026 fall30011000.00%
2026 fall31011000.00%
2026 fall32224000.00%
2026 fall33011000.00%
2026 fall34101000.00%
2026 fall35011000.00%
2025 fall051217000.00%
2025 fall1132336000.00%
2025 fall261117000.00%
2025 fall331316000.00%
2025 fall471118000.00%
2025 fall5459000.00%
2025 fall6088000.00%
2025 fall79615000.00%
2025 fall8538000.00%
2025 fall9279000.00%
2025 fall10099000.00%
2025 fall1131114000.00%
2025 fall12347000.00%
2025 fall132911000.00%
2025 fall146410000.00%
2025 fall15336000.00%
2025 fall16156000.00%
2025 fall17303000.00%
2025 fall18011000.00%
2025 fall19224000.00%
2025 fall20134000.00%
2025 fall21246000.00%
2025 fall22134000.00%
2025 fall23213000.00%
2025 fall24055000.00%
2025 fall25022000.00%
2025 fall28112000.00%
2025 fall29112000.00%
2025 fall30101000.00%
2025 fall31044000.00%
2025 fall32101000.00%
2025 fall33101000.00%
2025 fall34022000.00%
2025 fall3510111100.00%
2024 fall0202040000.00%
2024 fall1141731000.00%
2024 fall2101222000.00%
2024 fall3111324000.00%
2024 fall45914000.00%
2024 fall5213000.00%
2024 fall611213000.00%
2024 fall72810000.00%
2024 fall8156000.00%
2024 fall9347000.00%
2024 fall10347000.00%
2024 fall11268000.00%
2024 fall12369000.00%
2024 fall1341115106.67%
2024 fall14426000.00%
2024 fall15224000.00%
2024 fall16101000.00%
2024 fall17112000.00%
2024 fall19628000.00%
2024 fall20235000.00%
2024 fall21134000.00%
2024 fall22123000.00%
2024 fall23022000.00%
2024 fall24123000.00%
2024 fall27246000.00%
2024 fall28044000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall30101000.00%
2024 fall31202000.00%
2024 fall33011000.00%

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.

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, 202615C South (south of Cottonwood Road)Any ram101
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202515C South (south of Cottonwood Road)Any ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202415C North (north of Cottonwood Road)Any ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6011 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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