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Arizona · Bighorn Sheep · Hunt 6038

Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6038

41 East (east of the Dateland-Palomas-Harquahala Rd [Clanton Hills Rd] and that portion north of the El Paso Gas pipeline and east of the AT&T Frontage Rd). 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 6038 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,156 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 fall02976105000.00%
2026 fall12886114000.00%
2026 fall22578103000.00%
2026 fall3345791000.00%
2026 fall4111425000.00%
2026 fall5223355000.00%
2026 fall6223759000.00%
2026 fall7164056000.00%
2026 fall8244771000.00%
2026 fall9211637000.00%
2026 fall10171532000.00%
2026 fall11192948000.00%
2026 fall12161632000.00%
2026 fall1391827000.00%
2026 fall14101626000.00%
2026 fall1591726000.00%
2026 fall16121729103.45%
2026 fall1741620000.00%
2026 fall186915000.00%
2026 fall1910717000.00%
2026 fall206713000.00%
2026 fall2191019000.00%
2026 fall228917000.00%
2026 fall2373101010.00%
2026 fall247916000.00%
2026 fall2511920000.00%
2026 fall26101323000.00%
2026 fall27325000.00%
2026 fall28369000.00%
2026 fall29134000.00%
2026 fall30325000.00%
2026 fall31358000.00%
2026 fall32268000.00%
2026 fall33314000.00%
2026 fall34011000.00%
2026 fall35145000.00%
2026 fall36011000.00%
2025 fall0582886000.00%
2025 fall1562783000.00%
2025 fall2552075000.00%
2025 fall3352156101.79%
2025 fall4431053000.00%
2025 fall516925000.00%
2025 fall6161026000.00%
2025 fall7241539000.00%
2025 fall8261339000.00%
2025 fall922426000.00%
2025 fall10111324104.17%
2025 fall11241135000.00%
2025 fall1251318000.00%
2025 fall1315924000.00%
2025 fall1415520000.00%
2025 fall156814000.00%
2025 fall1614115000.00%
2025 fall175712000.00%
2025 fall188513107.69%
2025 fall1911112108.33%
2025 fall20224000.00%
2025 fall2110717000.00%
2025 fall229514000.00%
2025 fall23314000.00%
2025 fall248311000.00%
2025 fall254711000.00%
2025 fall269211000.00%
2025 fall27314000.00%
2025 fall28224000.00%
2025 fall29516000.00%
2025 fall30123000.00%
2025 fall31022000.00%
2025 fall32123000.00%
2025 fall33134000.00%
2025 fall34101000.00%
2024 fall0173249000.00%
2024 fall1273966000.00%
2024 fall2282149000.00%
2024 fall3151833000.00%
2024 fall49413000.00%
2024 fall511718000.00%
2024 fall6181028000.00%
2024 fall7211334000.00%
2024 fall8101121000.00%
2024 fall915823104.35%
2024 fall10131023000.00%
2024 fall117714000.00%
2024 fall12718000.00%
2024 fall137310000.00%
2024 fall1410313000.00%
2024 fall15459000.00%
2024 fall1610818000.00%
2024 fall178513000.00%
2024 fall18358000.00%
2024 fall197815000.00%
2024 fall20639000.00%
2024 fall21369000.00%
2024 fall22358000.00%
2024 fall23448000.00%
2024 fall24538000.00%
2024 fall25112000.00%
2024 fall26213000.00%
2024 fall27314000.00%
2024 fall28044000.00%
2024 fall297512000.00%
2024 fall303581012.50%
2024 fall31011000.00%
2024 fall32033000.00%
2024 fall33011000.00%
2024 fall3410111100.00%

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 4 - Dec 31, 202641 East (east of the Dateland-Palomas-Harquahala Rd [Clanton Hills Rd] and that portion north of the El Paso Gas pipeline and east of the AT&T Frontage Rd)Any ram202
2025 fallNov 14 - Dec 4, 202543B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 7)Any ram404
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202441 West (west of the Dateland-Palomas-Harquahala Rd [Clanton Hills Rd] and that portion north of the El Paso Gas pipeline and west of the AT&T Frontage Rd) (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 7)Any ram303

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6038 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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