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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6014

16A South (that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River) and 18B. 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 6014 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 811 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 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 fall0273764000.00%
2026 fall1363268000.00%
2026 fall2382260000.00%
2026 fall3282755000.00%
2026 fall418927000.00%
2026 fall5221739000.00%
2026 fall6381957000.00%
2026 fall7242852000.00%
2026 fall8331346000.00%
2026 fall9241842000.00%
2026 fall10151732000.00%
2026 fall1125934000.00%
2026 fall12171734000.00%
2026 fall13141125000.00%
2026 fall1413720000.00%
2026 fall1591120000.00%
2026 fall1610717000.00%
2026 fall17516000.00%
2026 fall187512000.00%
2026 fall19459000.00%
2026 fall2011314000.00%
2026 fall21459000.00%
2026 fall221671014.29%
2026 fall239716106.25%
2026 fall24426000.00%
2026 fall255510000.00%
2026 fall26516000.00%
2026 fall27415000.00%
2026 fall28314000.00%
2026 fall29011000.00%
2026 fall30145000.00%
2026 fall31213000.00%
2026 fall32202000.00%
2026 fall34303000.00%
2026 fall35101000.00%
2025 fall0363773000.00%
2025 fall1332861000.00%
2025 fall2212041102.44%
2025 fall3222547000.00%
2025 fall4172643000.00%
2025 fall511920000.00%
2025 fall691322000.00%
2025 fall7161632000.00%
2025 fall8131629000.00%
2025 fall99918000.00%
2025 fall109817000.00%
2025 fall11101121000.00%
2025 fall1261420000.00%
2025 fall1361218105.56%
2025 fall1441216000.00%
2025 fall1591524000.00%
2025 fall164812000.00%
2025 fall17178000.00%
2025 fall18314000.00%
2025 fall19448000.00%
2025 fall20033000.00%
2025 fall21516000.00%
2025 fall22448000.00%
2025 fall23459000.00%
2025 fall24314000.00%
2025 fall25336000.00%
2025 fall26134000.00%
2025 fall27224000.00%
2025 fall28011000.00%
2025 fall29022000.00%
2025 fall30123000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall33112000.00%
2025 fall34022000.00%
2025 fall35011000.00%
2024 fall0252752000.00%
2024 fall1181331000.00%
2024 fall2132538000.00%
2024 fall3282755101.82%
2024 fall471320000.00%
2024 fall54812000.00%
2024 fall691221000.00%
2024 fall751015000.00%
2024 fall85712000.00%
2024 fall961925000.00%
2024 fall1091221104.76%
2024 fall118412000.00%
2024 fall124711000.00%
2024 fall138715000.00%
2024 fall1451015000.00%
2024 fall15022000.00%
2024 fall16145000.00%
2024 fall17156000.00%
2024 fall18257000.00%
2024 fall19213000.00%
2024 fall20112000.00%
2024 fall21358000.00%
2024 fall22022000.00%
2024 fall23235000.00%
2024 fall24123000.00%
2024 fall25011000.00%
2024 fall26011000.00%
2024 fall27123000.00%
2024 fall28202000.00%
2024 fall29101000.00%
2024 fall30011000.00%
2024 fall33101000.00%

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, 202616A South (that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River) and 18BAny ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202516A South (that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River) and 18BAny ram202
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202416A (excluding that portion of 16A south and east of the Big Sandy River and Mohave County Park Lands)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6014 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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