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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6023

37A North (north of I-10). 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 6023 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 395 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 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 fall0271744000.00%
2026 fall1191534000.00%
2026 fall2221032000.00%
2026 fall3141327000.00%
2026 fall49211000.00%
2026 fall510515000.00%
2026 fall610818000.00%
2026 fall710515000.00%
2026 fall812012000.00%
2026 fall99514000.00%
2026 fall107411000.00%
2026 fall116511000.00%
2026 fall126410000.00%
2026 fall1312315000.00%
2026 fall14729000.00%
2026 fall158513000.00%
2026 fall169413000.00%
2026 fall17325000.00%
2026 fall18224000.00%
2026 fall19707000.00%
2026 fall20112000.00%
2026 fall21325000.00%
2026 fall229211000.00%
2026 fall23437000.00%
2026 fall24538000.00%
2026 fall25516000.00%
2026 fall26213000.00%
2026 fall27213000.00%
2026 fall28022000.00%
2026 fall29213000.00%
2026 fall30101000.00%
2026 fall31101000.00%
2026 fall32426000.00%
2026 fall33224000.00%
2026 fall34224000.00%
2026 fall35235000.00%
2026 fall364041125.00%
2025 fall0401858000.00%
2025 fall1322254000.00%
2025 fall2201838000.00%
2025 fall3291039000.00%
2025 fall4171532000.00%
2025 fall5211637000.00%
2025 fall610313000.00%
2025 fall761016000.00%
2025 fall8181230000.00%
2025 fall919928000.00%
2025 fall10141428000.00%
2025 fall117714000.00%
2025 fall128513000.00%
2025 fall1310717000.00%
2025 fall148614107.14%
2025 fall1591019000.00%
2025 fall1612315000.00%
2025 fall17527000.00%
2025 fall18213000.00%
2025 fall19426000.00%
2025 fall20448000.00%
2025 fall21437000.00%
2025 fall226410000.00%
2025 fall23415000.00%
2025 fall248513000.00%
2025 fall25145000.00%
2025 fall26213000.00%
2025 fall27213000.00%
2025 fall28134000.00%
2025 fall29101000.00%
2025 fall30112000.00%
2025 fall31112000.00%
2025 fall32314000.00%
2025 fall34123000.00%
2024 fall0301242000.00%
2024 fall1391554000.00%
2024 fall2301949000.00%
2024 fall3281644000.00%
2024 fall418927000.00%
2024 fall57512000.00%
2024 fall614923000.00%
2024 fall7151025000.00%
2024 fall8151025000.00%
2024 fall913720000.00%
2024 fall1011516000.00%
2024 fall117916000.00%
2024 fall127512000.00%
2024 fall13161026000.00%
2024 fall146511000.00%
2024 fall156511000.00%
2024 fall16617000.00%
2024 fall17538000.00%
2024 fall18426000.00%
2024 fall196410000.00%
2024 fall208412108.33%
2024 fall216511000.00%
2024 fall22213000.00%
2024 fall23538000.00%
2024 fall24213000.00%
2024 fall25516000.00%
2024 fall26303000.00%
2024 fall27235000.00%
2024 fall28123000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall30213000.00%
2024 fall31202000.00%
2024 fall32022000.00%
2024 fall33213000.00%
2024 fall34112000.00%

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, 202637A North (north of I-10)Any ram101
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202537A (east of Interstate 10)Any ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202437A (east of Interstate 10)Any ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6023 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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