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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6028

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 6028 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,336 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 fall0422466000.00%
2026 fall17248120000.00%
2026 fall2512273000.00%
2026 fall3433275000.00%
2026 fall4252146000.00%
2026 fall5301444000.00%
2026 fall6352560000.00%
2026 fall7382967000.00%
2026 fall8292756000.00%
2026 fall9362359000.00%
2026 fall10432972000.00%
2026 fall11252247000.00%
2026 fall12311849000.00%
2026 fall13171027000.00%
2026 fall14262046000.00%
2026 fall15342155000.00%
2026 fall16191231103.23%
2026 fall1715924000.00%
2026 fall18131831000.00%
2026 fall19171128103.57%
2026 fall20131528000.00%
2026 fall2110414000.00%
2026 fall22181129000.00%
2026 fall239716000.00%
2026 fall24121426000.00%
2026 fall25191029000.00%
2026 fall2616925000.00%
2026 fall279615000.00%
2026 fall289615000.00%
2026 fall296814000.00%
2026 fall30369000.00%
2026 fall31426000.00%
2026 fall323710000.00%
2026 fall33156000.00%
2026 fall345611000.00%
2026 fall35235000.00%
2026 fall36022000.00%
2025 fall0322355000.00%
2025 fall1292251000.00%
2025 fall2422264000.00%
2025 fall3282149000.00%
2025 fall4261440000.00%
2025 fall5151328103.57%
2025 fall691019000.00%
2025 fall7191332000.00%
2025 fall8171128000.00%
2025 fall991120000.00%
2025 fall10191029000.00%
2025 fall11141529000.00%
2025 fall1241115000.00%
2025 fall1381018000.00%
2025 fall14111627000.00%
2025 fall1561218000.00%
2025 fall165510000.00%
2025 fall177512000.00%
2025 fall189615000.00%
2025 fall19268000.00%
2025 fall2061117000.00%
2025 fall21639000.00%
2025 fall227714107.14%
2025 fall235611000.00%
2025 fall24459000.00%
2025 fall25369000.00%
2025 fall26224000.00%
2025 fall27549000.00%
2025 fall28437000.00%
2025 fall29235000.00%
2025 fall30224000.00%
2025 fall31235000.00%
2025 fall32369000.00%
2025 fall33112000.00%
2025 fall35011000.00%
2024 fall0254368000.00%
2024 fall1302454000.00%
2024 fall2212748000.00%
2024 fall3211940000.00%
2024 fall4101020000.00%
2024 fall561420105.00%
2024 fall6181836000.00%
2024 fall7101424000.00%
2024 fall881422000.00%
2024 fall9131427000.00%
2024 fall1071421000.00%
2024 fall1181220000.00%
2024 fall12101424000.00%
2024 fall13131831000.00%
2024 fall14141024000.00%
2024 fall1511718000.00%
2024 fall1611011000.00%
2024 fall1791726000.00%
2024 fall1831114000.00%
2024 fall197815000.00%
2024 fall206915000.00%
2024 fall21257000.00%
2024 fall226814000.00%
2024 fall237916000.00%
2024 fall245712000.00%
2024 fall251910000.00%
2024 fall26358000.00%
2024 fall277411000.00%
2024 fall284371014.29%
2024 fall29336000.00%
2024 fall30426000.00%
2024 fall315611000.00%
2024 fall33123000.00%
2024 fall34022000.00%

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. This hunt issued no permits at all in the bonus pass in any published cycle, which is ordinary: the pass covers 20 per cent of permits and only applications holding at least one point.

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 11 - Dec 31, 202637A South (South of I-10)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202539 EastAny ram202
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202439 (east of Old AZ Hwy 80) (excluding Buckeye Hills and Estrella Mountain Regional Parks)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6028 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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