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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6026

37A South (South 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 2 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6026 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 891 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 fall0651883000.00%
2026 fall1732295000.00%
2026 fall2531972000.00%
2026 fall3401353000.00%
2026 fall418927000.00%
2026 fall5271138000.00%
2026 fall6311041000.00%
2026 fall7351146000.00%
2026 fall832941000.00%
2026 fall915823000.00%
2026 fall1019928000.00%
2026 fall1115722000.00%
2026 fall1216824000.00%
2026 fall13241034000.00%
2026 fall1412618000.00%
2026 fall1525732000.00%
2026 fall167411000.00%
2026 fall177512000.00%
2026 fall187512000.00%
2026 fall199211000.00%
2026 fall208210000.00%
2026 fall2114519000.00%
2026 fall229413000.00%
2026 fall2313518000.00%
2026 fall2413316000.00%
2026 fall259211109.09%
2026 fall2614115000.00%
2026 fall279110000.00%
2026 fall28707000.00%
2026 fall29505000.00%
2026 fall30538000.00%
2026 fall31527000.00%
2026 fall32426000.00%
2026 fall33718000.00%
2026 fall34628000.00%
2026 fall35415000.00%
2026 fall361121150.00%
2025 fall06446110000.00%
2025 fall16653119000.00%
2025 fall2583189000.00%
2025 fall36139100000.00%
2025 fall4502777000.00%
2025 fall5212950000.00%
2025 fall6271340000.00%
2025 fall7412869000.00%
2025 fall8422466000.00%
2025 fall9282957000.00%
2025 fall10301949000.00%
2025 fall11322052000.00%
2025 fall12352257000.00%
2025 fall13261844102.27%
2025 fall14291948000.00%
2025 fall15201535000.00%
2025 fall16131427000.00%
2025 fall17191332000.00%
2025 fall18211132000.00%
2025 fall19111324000.00%
2025 fall2091120000.00%
2025 fall2115924000.00%
2025 fall2291120000.00%
2025 fall2371118000.00%
2025 fall2416925000.00%
2025 fall2515823000.00%
2025 fall266410000.00%
2025 fall278816000.00%
2025 fall287613000.00%
2025 fall29527000.00%
2025 fall30178000.00%
2025 fall3119101010.00%
2025 fall32145000.00%
2025 fall33516000.00%
2025 fall34066000.00%
2025 fall35134000.00%
2024 fall0473885000.00%
2024 fall1484088000.00%
2024 fall2514899000.00%
2024 fall3423981000.00%
2024 fall4282856000.00%
2024 fall5222042000.00%
2024 fall6342054000.00%
2024 fall7352055000.00%
2024 fall8272148000.00%
2024 fall9361854000.00%
2024 fall10232144000.00%
2024 fall11171633000.00%
2024 fall12301343000.00%
2024 fall13332154000.00%
2024 fall14121729000.00%
2024 fall1521930000.00%
2024 fall16151025000.00%
2024 fall1718624000.00%
2024 fall187916000.00%
2024 fall1913922000.00%
2024 fall209615000.00%
2024 fall2111920000.00%
2024 fall2210717000.00%
2024 fall2317522000.00%
2024 fall24101222000.00%
2024 fall259514000.00%
2024 fall26178000.00%
2024 fall27235000.00%
2024 fall28235000.00%
2024 fall29415000.00%
2024 fall305712000.00%
2024 fall318513000.00%
2024 fall32358000.00%
2024 fall33246000.00%
2024 fall343472228.57%

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 South (South of I-10)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202537A (west of Interstate 10)Any ram202
2024 fallDec 6 - Dec 31, 202437A (west of Interstate 10)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6026 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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