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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6021

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 6021 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,525 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 36.

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 fall06145106000.00%
2026 fall17244116000.00%
2026 fall2543892000.00%
2026 fall3544397000.00%
2026 fall4253257000.00%
2026 fall5401858000.00%
2026 fall6452671000.00%
2026 fall7402161000.00%
2026 fall8382159000.00%
2026 fall9411556000.00%
2026 fall10332154000.00%
2026 fall11341347000.00%
2026 fall12351348000.00%
2026 fall13311344000.00%
2026 fall1429938000.00%
2026 fall15271542000.00%
2026 fall16271542000.00%
2026 fall17211334000.00%
2026 fall18211132000.00%
2026 fall19201636000.00%
2026 fall20251742000.00%
2026 fall2121930000.00%
2026 fall22161531000.00%
2026 fall2325631000.00%
2026 fall24161632000.00%
2026 fall25171128000.00%
2026 fall26111021000.00%
2026 fall277512000.00%
2026 fall2812719000.00%
2026 fall2912921000.00%
2026 fall3011415000.00%
2026 fall314812000.00%
2026 fall32314000.00%
2026 fall339413000.00%
2026 fall346410000.00%
2026 fall356511000.00%
2026 fall361232266.67%
2025 fall07754131000.00%
2025 fall17147118000.00%
2025 fall2524799000.00%
2025 fall3354277000.00%
2025 fall4472875000.00%
2025 fall5241943000.00%
2025 fall6371350000.00%
2025 fall7383876000.00%
2025 fall8462470000.00%
2025 fall9441660000.00%
2025 fall10431356000.00%
2025 fall11412263000.00%
2025 fall12192241000.00%
2025 fall13231336000.00%
2025 fall14282654000.00%
2025 fall15351853000.00%
2025 fall16191534000.00%
2025 fall17241337000.00%
2025 fall18191534000.00%
2025 fall19211435000.00%
2025 fall20231235000.00%
2025 fall21191130000.00%
2025 fall22191029103.45%
2025 fall23191534000.00%
2025 fall2419928000.00%
2025 fall25171229000.00%
2025 fall2610818000.00%
2025 fall275813107.69%
2025 fall28181028000.00%
2025 fall296511000.00%
2025 fall30628000.00%
2025 fall316410000.00%
2025 fall329615000.00%
2025 fall335611000.00%
2025 fall348816000.00%
2025 fall35347000.00%
2024 fall0363672000.00%
2024 fall1314475000.00%
2024 fall2343468000.00%
2024 fall3312758000.00%
2024 fall4202747000.00%
2024 fall5231538000.00%
2024 fall6212243102.33%
2024 fall7222143000.00%
2024 fall8192039000.00%
2024 fall9161026000.00%
2024 fall10251035000.00%
2024 fall11161531000.00%
2024 fall12101121000.00%
2024 fall1320727000.00%
2024 fall1481018000.00%
2024 fall159817000.00%
2024 fall1613619000.00%
2024 fall1791019000.00%
2024 fall1841115000.00%
2024 fall19639000.00%
2024 fall2091221000.00%
2024 fall217411000.00%
2024 fall2210616000.00%
2024 fall239615000.00%
2024 fall246713107.69%
2024 fall256410000.00%
2024 fall264610000.00%
2024 fall278614000.00%
2024 fall28336000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall30123000.00%
2024 fall31235000.00%
2024 fall32549000.00%
2024 fall333811000.00%
2024 fall34066000.00%

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 4 - Dec 31, 202628 (south of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202528 (south of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2024 fallDec 6 - Dec 31, 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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