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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6018

24B North (north and west of AZ Hwy 88) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 175). 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 6018 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 578 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 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 fall0193251000.00%
2026 fall1494796000.00%
2026 fall2293261000.00%
2026 fall3192039000.00%
2026 fall4231437000.00%
2026 fall581624000.00%
2026 fall6191332000.00%
2026 fall713720000.00%
2026 fall812820000.00%
2026 fall971118000.00%
2026 fall1012618000.00%
2026 fall1191726000.00%
2026 fall126511109.09%
2026 fall136410000.00%
2026 fall149615000.00%
2026 fall157411000.00%
2026 fall16369000.00%
2026 fall17347000.00%
2026 fall18729000.00%
2026 fall19202000.00%
2026 fall20527000.00%
2026 fall21246000.00%
2026 fall22123000.00%
2026 fall23415000.00%
2026 fall24369000.00%
2026 fall25707000.00%
2026 fall26527000.00%
2026 fall27011000.00%
2026 fall28123000.00%
2026 fall29101000.00%
2026 fall30033000.00%
2026 fall31213000.00%
2026 fall32202000.00%
2026 fall33123000.00%
2026 fall34202000.00%
2025 fall06070130000.00%
2025 fall15267119000.00%
2025 fall2513889000.00%
2025 fall3343872000.00%
2025 fall4292857000.00%
2025 fall5262248000.00%
2025 fall6171128000.00%
2025 fall7241741000.00%
2025 fall8261541102.44%
2025 fall9172138000.00%
2025 fall10161127000.00%
2025 fall11101323000.00%
2025 fall12211132000.00%
2025 fall1381119000.00%
2025 fall14131124000.00%
2025 fall1571320000.00%
2025 fall16369000.00%
2025 fall177411000.00%
2025 fall18167000.00%
2025 fall1911516000.00%
2025 fall20314000.00%
2025 fall21325000.00%
2025 fall224711000.00%
2025 fall238614000.00%
2025 fall246410000.00%
2025 fall25448000.00%
2025 fall265611000.00%
2025 fall27112000.00%
2025 fall28202000.00%
2025 fall29213000.00%
2025 fall30325000.00%
2025 fall31224000.00%
2025 fall32011000.00%
2025 fall33011000.00%
2024 fall08072152000.00%
2024 fall16955124000.00%
2024 fall25764121000.00%
2024 fall3435295000.00%
2024 fall4353267000.00%
2024 fall5243054000.00%
2024 fall6402161000.00%
2024 fall7383169000.00%
2024 fall8362460000.00%
2024 fall9291443000.00%
2024 fall10182139000.00%
2024 fall11202040000.00%
2024 fall12231336000.00%
2024 fall13151934000.00%
2024 fall14212243000.00%
2024 fall1591019000.00%
2024 fall1691221000.00%
2024 fall1714620000.00%
2024 fall18161127000.00%
2024 fall195914000.00%
2024 fall208614000.00%
2024 fall2110212000.00%
2024 fall2212618000.00%
2024 fall239312000.00%
2024 fall2481119000.00%
2024 fall2511112000.00%
2024 fall26369000.00%
2024 fall27303000.00%
2024 fall28123000.00%
2024 fall29325000.00%
2024 fall30448000.00%
2024 fall31224000.00%
2024 fall32123000.00%
2024 fall33202000.00%
2024 fall346281112.50%
2024 fall351121150.00%

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, 202624B North (north and west of AZ Hwy 88) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 175)Any ram101
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202524B North (north and west of AZ Hwy 88)Any ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202424B North (north and west of AZ Hwy 88)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6018 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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