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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6020

28 (south of U.S. Hwy 70). 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 6020 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 765 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 37.

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 fall0382361000.00%
2026 fall1532073000.00%
2026 fall2411455000.00%
2026 fall3291645000.00%
2026 fall4191130000.00%
2026 fall5101121000.00%
2026 fall6271542000.00%
2026 fall7211536000.00%
2026 fall8221133000.00%
2026 fall9121123000.00%
2026 fall1023932000.00%
2026 fall1171017000.00%
2026 fall1217825000.00%
2026 fall1316925000.00%
2026 fall1410818000.00%
2026 fall1514620000.00%
2026 fall168715000.00%
2026 fall178513000.00%
2026 fall185813000.00%
2026 fall1910212000.00%
2026 fall2014721000.00%
2026 fall216713000.00%
2026 fall228210000.00%
2026 fall236410000.00%
2026 fall2413720000.00%
2026 fall25639000.00%
2026 fall26718000.00%
2026 fall27549000.00%
2026 fall28235000.00%
2026 fall29527000.00%
2026 fall30213000.00%
2026 fall31224000.00%
2026 fall32213000.00%
2026 fall33336000.00%
2026 fall34448000.00%
2026 fall358412000.00%
2026 fall364371114.29%
2026 fall3710111100.00%
2025 fall0483381000.00%
2025 fall1442872000.00%
2025 fall2362258000.00%
2025 fall3422466000.00%
2025 fall4271946000.00%
2025 fall5211233000.00%
2025 fall613821000.00%
2025 fall7261844000.00%
2025 fall8151227000.00%
2025 fall9171734000.00%
2025 fall10131831000.00%
2025 fall1118422000.00%
2025 fall12201131000.00%
2025 fall13161026000.00%
2025 fall1418624000.00%
2025 fall1516420000.00%
2025 fall1612719000.00%
2025 fall17181331000.00%
2025 fall1810414000.00%
2025 fall1912517000.00%
2025 fall2014721000.00%
2025 fall21628000.00%
2025 fall2210616000.00%
2025 fall23101020000.00%
2025 fall245813000.00%
2025 fall2510515000.00%
2025 fall26404000.00%
2025 fall27426000.00%
2025 fall284610000.00%
2025 fall29235000.00%
2025 fall30325000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall329211000.00%
2025 fall336410000.00%
2025 fall347411000.00%
2025 fall3582102220.00%
2024 fall0402969000.00%
2024 fall1371956000.00%
2024 fall2271441000.00%
2024 fall3181735000.00%
2024 fall422830000.00%
2024 fall5131326000.00%
2024 fall6141327000.00%
2024 fall713922000.00%
2024 fall820626000.00%
2024 fall98917000.00%
2024 fall108715000.00%
2024 fall1116723000.00%
2024 fall1211819000.00%
2024 fall138715000.00%
2024 fall1410313000.00%
2024 fall1510212000.00%
2024 fall169514000.00%
2024 fall1782101010.00%
2024 fall1810313000.00%
2024 fall1910919000.00%
2024 fall2011516000.00%
2024 fall219211000.00%
2024 fall229211000.00%
2024 fall236410000.00%
2024 fall2410212000.00%
2024 fall25314000.00%
2024 fall26325000.00%
2024 fall27527000.00%
2024 fall28325000.00%
2024 fall29404000.00%
2024 fall30202000.00%
2024 fall31516000.00%
2024 fall32325000.00%
2024 fall33628000.00%
2024 fall3491101110.00%

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 fallNov 13 - Dec 3, 202628 (south of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2025 fallNov 14 - Dec 4, 202528 (south of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202428 (south of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202

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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