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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6046

44B North (north of I-10). 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 3 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6046 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 980 applications named it, and 3 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 fall0442064000.00%
2026 fall1352762000.00%
2026 fall2352560000.00%
2026 fall329837000.00%
2026 fall4181634000.00%
2026 fall591120000.00%
2026 fall6332053000.00%
2026 fall7351752000.00%
2026 fall8211738000.00%
2026 fall9271239000.00%
2026 fall10281846000.00%
2026 fall11291544000.00%
2026 fall12211132000.00%
2026 fall1316723000.00%
2026 fall1410616000.00%
2026 fall1520626000.00%
2026 fall16181432000.00%
2026 fall1712618000.00%
2026 fall1812820000.00%
2026 fall1913720000.00%
2026 fall2091101010.00%
2026 fall2115823000.00%
2026 fall2217421000.00%
2026 fall2313619000.00%
2026 fall2415823000.00%
2026 fall2512618000.00%
2026 fall2611415000.00%
2026 fall27121123000.00%
2026 fall286410000.00%
2026 fall29448000.00%
2026 fall309413000.00%
2026 fall3110212000.00%
2026 fall328210000.00%
2026 fall33628000.00%
2026 fall349312000.00%
2026 fall358412000.00%
2026 fall364372228.57%
2025 fall0303969000.00%
2025 fall1164965000.00%
2025 fall2173047102.13%
2025 fall3182442000.00%
2025 fall4162844000.00%
2025 fall5102535000.00%
2025 fall692534000.00%
2025 fall762733000.00%
2025 fall8132134000.00%
2025 fall9113344000.00%
2025 fall10131326000.00%
2025 fall1181725000.00%
2025 fall1262228000.00%
2025 fall1351318000.00%
2025 fall14151732103.13%
2025 fall15102232000.00%
2025 fall1661420000.00%
2025 fall172911000.00%
2025 fall1841418000.00%
2025 fall198412108.33%
2025 fall2041418000.00%
2025 fall2131518000.00%
2025 fall226511000.00%
2025 fall232810000.00%
2025 fall245813000.00%
2025 fall2541216000.00%
2025 fall26279000.00%
2025 fall27088000.00%
2025 fall2811112000.00%
2025 fall29156000.00%
2025 fall30167000.00%
2025 fall31235000.00%
2025 fall32055000.00%
2025 fall33033000.00%
2025 fall34134000.00%
2025 fall35011000.00%
2024 fall07144115000.00%
2024 fall17330103000.00%
2024 fall2415192000.00%
2024 fall3563894101.06%
2024 fall4272249000.00%
2024 fall5342559000.00%
2024 fall6382462000.00%
2024 fall7292857000.00%
2024 fall8272653000.00%
2024 fall9311748000.00%
2024 fall10192645000.00%
2024 fall11202141000.00%
2024 fall12151025000.00%
2024 fall13191837000.00%
2024 fall14141731000.00%
2024 fall15101626000.00%
2024 fall16131124000.00%
2024 fall17121224000.00%
2024 fall18101424000.00%
2024 fall19151631103.23%
2024 fall2011920000.00%
2024 fall219514000.00%
2024 fall2281220000.00%
2024 fall238917000.00%
2024 fall2491120105.00%
2024 fall25101020000.00%
2024 fall265813000.00%
2024 fall273912000.00%
2024 fall28246000.00%
2024 fall29347000.00%
2024 fall30325000.00%
2024 fall31358000.00%
2024 fall32358000.00%
2024 fall33325000.00%
2024 fall340441125.00%

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, 202644B North (north of I-10)Any ram303
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202545B (south of the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline - Kofa National Wildlife Refuge)Any ram303
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 2024 hunts are extremely challenging44B (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

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6046 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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