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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6040

42 and 44A (south of U.S. Hwy 60). 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 6040 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,026 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 fall0384583000.00%
2026 fall1333669000.00%
2026 fall2382866000.00%
2026 fall3313061000.00%
2026 fall4211536000.00%
2026 fall5121527000.00%
2026 fall6253560000.00%
2026 fall7252247000.00%
2026 fall8261642000.00%
2026 fall9211738000.00%
2026 fall10172239000.00%
2026 fall11221638000.00%
2026 fall12191837000.00%
2026 fall13161531000.00%
2026 fall1419928103.57%
2026 fall15181230000.00%
2026 fall1619928000.00%
2026 fall17111223000.00%
2026 fall18141125000.00%
2026 fall19111324000.00%
2026 fall209817000.00%
2026 fall216713000.00%
2026 fall224711000.00%
2026 fall235813000.00%
2026 fall2481018000.00%
2026 fall2511819000.00%
2026 fall268715000.00%
2026 fall275712000.00%
2026 fall285611000.00%
2026 fall296410000.00%
2026 fall308513000.00%
2026 fall313710000.00%
2026 fall327512000.00%
2026 fall33213000.00%
2026 fall34358000.00%
2026 fall35246000.00%
2026 fall361231133.33%
2025 fall0271845000.00%
2025 fall113922000.00%
2025 fall27916000.00%
2025 fall311617000.00%
2025 fall431013107.69%
2025 fall58614000.00%
2025 fall611213000.00%
2025 fall78614000.00%
2025 fall8549000.00%
2025 fall96612000.00%
2025 fall108412000.00%
2025 fall113912000.00%
2025 fall12549000.00%
2025 fall13336000.00%
2025 fall14538000.00%
2025 fall15235000.00%
2025 fall16347000.00%
2025 fall17459000.00%
2025 fall18336000.00%
2025 fall19246000.00%
2025 fall20347000.00%
2025 fall21011000.00%
2025 fall22123000.00%
2025 fall23224000.00%
2025 fall24224000.00%
2025 fall25112000.00%
2025 fall26314000.00%
2025 fall27011000.00%
2025 fall31213000.00%
2025 fall33123000.00%
2025 fall34202000.00%
2024 fall0384583000.00%
2024 fall1415495000.00%
2024 fall2464692000.00%
2024 fall3293160000.00%
2024 fall4291544000.00%
2024 fall5191736000.00%
2024 fall6222850102.00%
2024 fall7213455000.00%
2024 fall8211940000.00%
2024 fall9292049000.00%
2024 fall10192645000.00%
2024 fall11222446000.00%
2024 fall1271926000.00%
2024 fall13162036000.00%
2024 fall14171835000.00%
2024 fall15161026000.00%
2024 fall16131730000.00%
2024 fall179514000.00%
2024 fall1813720000.00%
2024 fall19131225000.00%
2024 fall20121224000.00%
2024 fall2181119000.00%
2024 fall2291423000.00%
2024 fall23191231000.00%
2024 fall248715000.00%
2024 fall256511000.00%
2024 fall265510000.00%
2024 fall2751116000.00%
2024 fall286612000.00%
2024 fall29336000.00%
2024 fall309413000.00%
2024 fall31246000.00%
2024 fall32358000.00%
2024 fall33549000.00%
2024 fall341451120.00%

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, 202642 and 44A (south of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202544A East (Granite Wash Mtns, Harcuvar Mtns, and Black Mtns north of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram101
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202442 and 44A (south of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6040 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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