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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6042

43B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 7). 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 5 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6042 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,387 applications named it, and 5 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 fall06439103000.00%
2026 fall110034134000.00%
2026 fall26638104000.00%
2026 fall3612586000.00%
2026 fall4181634000.00%
2026 fall5401252000.00%
2026 fall6482068000.00%
2026 fall7403575000.00%
2026 fall8501464101.56%
2026 fall9362864203.13%
2026 fall10241539000.00%
2026 fall11192241102.44%
2026 fall12312253000.00%
2026 fall13211637000.00%
2026 fall14221537000.00%
2026 fall15251843000.00%
2026 fall1616925104.00%
2026 fall17221234000.00%
2026 fall18151025000.00%
2026 fall19281341000.00%
2026 fall2012719000.00%
2026 fall21161329000.00%
2026 fall22151833000.00%
2026 fall238513000.00%
2026 fall2481119000.00%
2026 fall258816000.00%
2026 fall2614620000.00%
2026 fall275510000.00%
2026 fall288513000.00%
2026 fall296410000.00%
2026 fall30189000.00%
2026 fall31268000.00%
2026 fall32369000.00%
2026 fall33336000.00%
2026 fall34437000.00%
2026 fall35325000.00%
2026 fall36022000.00%
2025 fall0503888000.00%
2025 fall1643498000.00%
2025 fall2443377000.00%
2025 fall3442266000.00%
2025 fall4291847000.00%
2025 fall5221537000.00%
2025 fall6231538000.00%
2025 fall7341953000.00%
2025 fall8192241000.00%
2025 fall9241337000.00%
2025 fall10211839000.00%
2025 fall11162339102.56%
2025 fall12121426000.00%
2025 fall13121628000.00%
2025 fall1491625000.00%
2025 fall1581321104.76%
2025 fall16111122000.00%
2025 fall173811000.00%
2025 fall188715000.00%
2025 fall19101525000.00%
2025 fall20121123000.00%
2025 fall2151116000.00%
2025 fall22101020105.00%
2025 fall2372431000.00%
2025 fall245813000.00%
2025 fall2551217000.00%
2025 fall2611011000.00%
2025 fall277512000.00%
2025 fall282791011.11%
2025 fall298412000.00%
2025 fall30279000.00%
2025 fall31213000.00%
2025 fall327613000.00%
2025 fall33336000.00%
2025 fall342810000.00%
2025 fall35123000.00%
2024 fall07534109000.00%
2024 fall17428102000.00%
2024 fall2502474000.00%
2024 fall3511667000.00%
2024 fall4151530000.00%
2024 fall5371249000.00%
2024 fall6261743000.00%
2024 fall7251237000.00%
2024 fall831940000.00%
2024 fall9251237000.00%
2024 fall10291241000.00%
2024 fall11201333000.00%
2024 fall1221930000.00%
2024 fall1321930103.33%
2024 fall1415722000.00%
2024 fall1510717000.00%
2024 fall169312108.33%
2024 fall1712618000.00%
2024 fall1810717000.00%
2024 fall196612000.00%
2024 fall209817000.00%
2024 fall2113114000.00%
2024 fall22111021000.00%
2024 fall239716000.00%
2024 fall2412719105.26%
2024 fall25639000.00%
2024 fall26347000.00%
2024 fall27347000.00%
2024 fall28314000.00%
2024 fall296281012.50%
2024 fall30134000.00%
2024 fall31617000.00%
2024 fall32112000.00%
2024 fall33123000.00%

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 fallNov 13 - Dec 3, 202643B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 7)Any ram505
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 2025 hunts are extremely44B South (south of I-10 and that portion of Units 45A and 45B north of the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge) difficult access. Be prepared for backcountry camping and extensive strenuousAny ram hiking. There404
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202443B (Special Restrictions Apply - See Note 7)Any ram404

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6042 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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