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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6027

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 6027 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 905 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 fall0225274000.00%
2026 fall1236689000.00%
2026 fall2134659000.00%
2026 fall3143448000.00%
2026 fall4141933000.00%
2026 fall532225000.00%
2026 fall6122335000.00%
2026 fall7173754000.00%
2026 fall882937000.00%
2026 fall9122133000.00%
2026 fall10111829000.00%
2026 fall11101525000.00%
2026 fall12101626000.00%
2026 fall1381725000.00%
2026 fall1491827000.00%
2026 fall1582533000.00%
2026 fall1651116000.00%
2026 fall176814000.00%
2026 fall187815000.00%
2026 fall1951116000.00%
2026 fall204711000.00%
2026 fall2151419000.00%
2026 fall2251015000.00%
2026 fall231910000.00%
2026 fall2471320000.00%
2026 fall2531013000.00%
2026 fall2681624000.00%
2026 fall276511000.00%
2026 fall286915000.00%
2026 fall29369000.00%
2026 fall30347000.00%
2026 fall31145000.00%
2026 fall327512000.00%
2026 fall33459000.00%
2026 fall34145000.00%
2026 fall35145000.00%
2026 fall3620222100.00%
2025 fall0252449000.00%
2025 fall1462369000.00%
2025 fall2201131000.00%
2025 fall3231740000.00%
2025 fall4261642102.38%
2025 fall521728000.00%
2025 fall6257000.00%
2025 fall717623000.00%
2025 fall87714000.00%
2025 fall9111627000.00%
2025 fall1081018000.00%
2025 fall11121022000.00%
2025 fall1210616000.00%
2025 fall139716000.00%
2025 fall14336000.00%
2025 fall156814000.00%
2025 fall16426000.00%
2025 fall17505000.00%
2025 fall18336000.00%
2025 fall19224000.00%
2025 fall20448000.00%
2025 fall21527000.00%
2025 fall226410000.00%
2025 fall237815000.00%
2025 fall24628000.00%
2025 fall256410000.00%
2025 fall26101000.00%
2025 fall27213000.00%
2025 fall28101000.00%
2025 fall30011000.00%
2025 fall31202000.00%
2025 fall32022000.00%
2025 fall33123000.00%
2025 fall34101000.00%
2024 fall0262248000.00%
2024 fall1292857000.00%
2024 fall2212445000.00%
2024 fall3191736000.00%
2024 fall4261440102.50%
2024 fall59817000.00%
2024 fall6151025000.00%
2024 fall712921000.00%
2024 fall813518000.00%
2024 fall971320000.00%
2024 fall10161026000.00%
2024 fall118715000.00%
2024 fall129716000.00%
2024 fall139413000.00%
2024 fall1410717000.00%
2024 fall15617000.00%
2024 fall16224000.00%
2024 fall177613000.00%
2024 fall18437000.00%
2024 fall19358000.00%
2024 fall206713000.00%
2024 fall21246000.00%
2024 fall227310000.00%
2024 fall235611000.00%
2024 fall24369000.00%
2024 fall25213000.00%
2024 fall26303000.00%
2024 fall27202000.00%
2024 fall28303000.00%
2024 fall29224000.00%
2024 fall30202000.00%
2024 fall31011000.00%
2024 fall32033000.00%
2024 fall33314000.00%

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 27 - Dec 17, 202637A South (South of I-10)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202537BAny ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202437BAny ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6027 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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