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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6031

39 West. 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 3 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6031 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,096 applications named it, and 3 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 fall07442116000.00%
2026 fall15756113100.89%
2026 fall2463379101.27%
2026 fall3393170000.00%
2026 fall4222042000.00%
2026 fall5202141000.00%
2026 fall6402666000.00%
2026 fall7223052000.00%
2026 fall8222143000.00%
2026 fall9242246000.00%
2026 fall10181533000.00%
2026 fall11191736000.00%
2026 fall12183250000.00%
2026 fall13141529000.00%
2026 fall14151530000.00%
2026 fall15121830000.00%
2026 fall16131124000.00%
2026 fall176915000.00%
2026 fall188917000.00%
2026 fall1912618000.00%
2026 fall20549000.00%
2026 fall214913000.00%
2026 fall2261117000.00%
2026 fall239413000.00%
2026 fall249716000.00%
2026 fall25111122000.00%
2026 fall26336000.00%
2026 fall27246000.00%
2026 fall28369000.00%
2026 fall295611000.00%
2026 fall30314000.00%
2026 fall31314000.00%
2026 fall32448000.00%
2026 fall33134000.00%
2026 fall35022000.00%
2026 fall361121150.00%
2025 fall011575190000.00%
2025 fall17865143000.00%
2025 fall27232104000.00%
2025 fall36545110000.00%
2025 fall4544397000.00%
2025 fall5332760000.00%
2025 fall6292958000.00%
2025 fall7483078101.28%
2025 fall8412465000.00%
2025 fall9382866000.00%
2025 fall10292857000.00%
2025 fall11212344000.00%
2025 fall12222547000.00%
2025 fall13182644000.00%
2025 fall14212546000.00%
2025 fall15192645000.00%
2025 fall16161935000.00%
2025 fall17131124000.00%
2025 fall18211435000.00%
2025 fall19151126000.00%
2025 fall20131225000.00%
2025 fall2111213000.00%
2025 fall22111021104.76%
2025 fall2314620000.00%
2025 fall2418826103.85%
2025 fall2591120000.00%
2025 fall2611516000.00%
2025 fall27437000.00%
2025 fall28538000.00%
2025 fall29415000.00%
2025 fall30549000.00%
2025 fall318412000.00%
2025 fall32145000.00%
2025 fall33426000.00%
2025 fall34303000.00%
2025 fall3510111100.00%
2024 fall0633598000.00%
2024 fall1472875000.00%
2024 fall2272956000.00%
2024 fall3352358000.00%
2024 fall4151227000.00%
2024 fall5121022000.00%
2024 fall6211940000.00%
2024 fall7141428000.00%
2024 fall8151227000.00%
2024 fall912719000.00%
2024 fall10111223000.00%
2024 fall1114519000.00%
2024 fall1216925000.00%
2024 fall13141024000.00%
2024 fall149817000.00%
2024 fall159211109.09%
2024 fall168816000.00%
2024 fall178816000.00%
2024 fall188513000.00%
2024 fall196713000.00%
2024 fall203710000.00%
2024 fall215611000.00%
2024 fall22459000.00%
2024 fall233811000.00%
2024 fall24268000.00%
2024 fall255161016.67%
2024 fall26213000.00%
2024 fall27213000.00%
2024 fall285161016.67%
2024 fall29404000.00%
2024 fall30628000.00%
2024 fall31022000.00%
2024 fall32101000.00%
2024 fall33112000.00%
2024 fall34101000.00%

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 1 - Dec 31, 202639 WestAny ram303
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202540B Gila Mtns (north of Cipriano Pass) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 93)Any ram404
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202440B Gila Mtns (north of Cipriano Pass) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 93)Any ram303

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6031 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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