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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6036

40B Tinajas Altas Mtns (south of Cipriano Pass) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 93). 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 6036 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 562 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 34.

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 fall0252045000.00%
2026 fall1261945102.22%
2026 fall2201838000.00%
2026 fall3182442000.00%
2026 fall4358000.00%
2026 fall5222042000.00%
2026 fall6201333000.00%
2026 fall719928000.00%
2026 fall8151025000.00%
2026 fall9141024000.00%
2026 fall10121224000.00%
2026 fall118917000.00%
2026 fall126612000.00%
2026 fall13369000.00%
2026 fall147613000.00%
2026 fall1511920000.00%
2026 fall1612921000.00%
2026 fall176814000.00%
2026 fall18639000.00%
2026 fall195611000.00%
2026 fall20358000.00%
2026 fall21347000.00%
2026 fall22639000.00%
2026 fall233811000.00%
2026 fall245611000.00%
2026 fall255510000.00%
2026 fall2664101010.00%
2026 fall27123000.00%
2026 fall28213000.00%
2026 fall29325000.00%
2026 fall30011000.00%
2026 fall31011000.00%
2026 fall32112000.00%
2026 fall34101000.00%
2025 fall0524294000.00%
2025 fall1483381000.00%
2025 fall2462773000.00%
2025 fall3312455000.00%
2025 fall4242347000.00%
2025 fall523932000.00%
2025 fall6181432000.00%
2025 fall7271037000.00%
2025 fall8162137000.00%
2025 fall9171532000.00%
2025 fall10172138000.00%
2025 fall11151227000.00%
2025 fall12111223000.00%
2025 fall13161026000.00%
2025 fall1412820000.00%
2025 fall1513518000.00%
2025 fall169716000.00%
2025 fall17151227000.00%
2025 fall185611000.00%
2025 fall196612000.00%
2025 fall206612000.00%
2025 fall2111617105.88%
2025 fall2212820000.00%
2025 fall239110000.00%
2025 fall2413720000.00%
2025 fall2511415000.00%
2025 fall266410000.00%
2025 fall278614000.00%
2025 fall28156000.00%
2025 fall296511000.00%
2025 fall30549000.00%
2025 fall31448000.00%
2025 fall321341025.00%
2025 fall33437000.00%
2025 fall345712000.00%
2025 fall35022000.00%
2024 fall0232346000.00%
2024 fall1312354000.00%
2024 fall2231740000.00%
2024 fall328735000.00%
2024 fall49716000.00%
2024 fall517724000.00%
2024 fall6241135000.00%
2024 fall721425000.00%
2024 fall818725000.00%
2024 fall919322000.00%
2024 fall1015924000.00%
2024 fall1113518000.00%
2024 fall12141125000.00%
2024 fall139817000.00%
2024 fall143811000.00%
2024 fall1551015000.00%
2024 fall16426000.00%
2024 fall176410000.00%
2024 fall1810212000.00%
2024 fall195813107.69%
2024 fall20358000.00%
2024 fall21639000.00%
2024 fall226612000.00%
2024 fall2371017000.00%
2024 fall243710000.00%
2024 fall253141025.00%
2024 fall26235000.00%
2024 fall27112000.00%
2024 fall28033000.00%
2024 fall29213000.00%
2024 fall30033000.00%
2024 fall31022000.00%
2024 fall32101000.00%
2024 fall33101000.00%
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. 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 4 - Dec 31, 202640B Tinajas Altas Mtns (south of Cipriano Pass) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 93)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202542 and 44A (south of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram202
2024 fallDec 6 - Dec 31, 202440B Tinajas Altas Mtns (south of Cipriano Pass) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 93)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6036 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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