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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6044

44A East (Granite Wash Mtns, Harcuvar Mtns, and Black Mtns north 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 1 hunt permit-tag on hunt 6044 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 271 applications named it, and 1 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 35.

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 fall0101626000.00%
2026 fall1101222000.00%
2026 fall2121325000.00%
2026 fall312719000.00%
2026 fall4448000.00%
2026 fall57411000.00%
2026 fall68311000.00%
2026 fall78311000.00%
2026 fall85611109.09%
2026 fall94711000.00%
2026 fall106511000.00%
2026 fall11369000.00%
2026 fall1251015000.00%
2026 fall13448000.00%
2026 fall14426000.00%
2026 fall15134000.00%
2026 fall16415000.00%
2026 fall17268000.00%
2026 fall18235000.00%
2026 fall19415000.00%
2026 fall20303000.00%
2026 fall21314000.00%
2026 fall22022000.00%
2026 fall23112000.00%
2026 fall24314000.00%
2026 fall25347000.00%
2026 fall26314000.00%
2026 fall27336000.00%
2026 fall28022000.00%
2026 fall32213000.00%
2026 fall34011000.00%
2026 fall35202000.00%
2025 fall05550105000.00%
2025 fall16373136000.00%
2025 fall25257109000.00%
2025 fall34768115000.00%
2025 fall4395998000.00%
2025 fall5274673000.00%
2025 fall6274269000.00%
2025 fall7354883000.00%
2025 fall8345286000.00%
2025 fall9324375000.00%
2025 fall10213354101.85%
2025 fall11183755000.00%
2025 fall12222749000.00%
2025 fall13202343000.00%
2025 fall14192140000.00%
2025 fall15131427000.00%
2025 fall1681018000.00%
2025 fall17181432103.13%
2025 fall18121527000.00%
2025 fall1961925000.00%
2025 fall20141630103.33%
2025 fall21151126000.00%
2025 fall2281018105.56%
2025 fall2310919000.00%
2025 fall2471320000.00%
2025 fall2591524104.17%
2025 fall266915000.00%
2025 fall272810000.00%
2025 fall285611000.00%
2025 fall29426000.00%
2025 fall30358000.00%
2025 fall31167000.00%
2025 fall32224000.00%
2025 fall33123000.00%
2025 fall34011000.00%
2025 fall35011000.00%
2024 fall010919000.00%
2024 fall1231235000.00%
2024 fall213619000.00%
2024 fall37714000.00%
2024 fall410717000.00%
2024 fall55712000.00%
2024 fall6111021000.00%
2024 fall76713000.00%
2024 fall810616000.00%
2024 fall931013000.00%
2024 fall109514000.00%
2024 fall116612000.00%
2024 fall12246000.00%
2024 fall135712000.00%
2024 fall146410000.00%
2024 fall15314000.00%
2024 fall163361016.67%
2024 fall17606000.00%
2024 fall18448000.00%
2024 fall19325000.00%
2024 fall20325000.00%
2024 fall21303000.00%
2024 fall22213000.00%
2024 fall23224000.00%
2024 fall24235000.00%
2024 fall25224000.00%
2024 fall27022000.00%
2024 fall28224000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall30123000.00%
2024 fall31022000.00%
2024 fall32011000.00%
2024 fall33224000.00%

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 1 - Dec 31, 202644A East (Granite Wash Mtns, Harcuvar Mtns, and Black Mtns north of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram101
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202545A (south of the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge)Any ram505
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202444A East (Granite Wash Mtns, Harcuvar Mtns, and Black Mtns north of U.S. Hwy 60)Any ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6044 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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