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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6507

23 and 24A. 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 6507 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 995 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 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 fall0303666000.00%
2026 fall1393877000.00%
2026 fall2423981000.00%
2026 fall3413374000.00%
2026 fall4343367000.00%
2026 fall5202545000.00%
2026 fall6212647102.13%
2026 fall7162541000.00%
2026 fall8213051000.00%
2026 fall9183250000.00%
2026 fall10141630000.00%
2026 fall11122234000.00%
2026 fall12151429000.00%
2026 fall1361218000.00%
2026 fall14142236000.00%
2026 fall15131326000.00%
2026 fall16121224104.17%
2026 fall1751217000.00%
2026 fall1861117000.00%
2026 fall194812000.00%
2026 fall20336000.00%
2026 fall217815000.00%
2026 fall2271219000.00%
2026 fall236410000.00%
2026 fall24325000.00%
2026 fall2512517000.00%
2026 fall2671017000.00%
2026 fall274812000.00%
2026 fall286713000.00%
2026 fall29145000.00%
2026 fall30303000.00%
2026 fall31369000.00%
2026 fall32224000.00%
2026 fall33437000.00%
2026 fall34213000.00%
2026 fall35538000.00%
2025 fall0372865000.00%
2025 fall1353166000.00%
2025 fall2552984000.00%
2025 fall3423173000.00%
2025 fall4231942000.00%
2025 fall5281240000.00%
2025 fall6102333103.03%
2025 fall7222143000.00%
2025 fall8252045000.00%
2025 fall9211839000.00%
2025 fall10181836000.00%
2025 fall11221941000.00%
2025 fall12141125000.00%
2025 fall13201131000.00%
2025 fall1414923000.00%
2025 fall159918000.00%
2025 fall1611920000.00%
2025 fall179514000.00%
2025 fall188816000.00%
2025 fall196612000.00%
2025 fall2012517000.00%
2025 fall2112820000.00%
2025 fall22448000.00%
2025 fall239615000.00%
2025 fall24111021000.00%
2025 fall256511000.00%
2025 fall26628000.00%
2025 fall2710313000.00%
2025 fall286410000.00%
2025 fall29606000.00%
2025 fall30314000.00%
2025 fall31033000.00%
2025 fall32314000.00%
2025 fall337291011.11%
2025 fall34415000.00%
2024 fall0334073000.00%
2024 fall1394685000.00%
2024 fall2434285000.00%
2024 fall3423779000.00%
2024 fall4232447000.00%
2024 fall5151732000.00%
2024 fall6252449000.00%
2024 fall7333164000.00%
2024 fall8212849000.00%
2024 fall9262147000.00%
2024 fall10251540000.00%
2024 fall11151429000.00%
2024 fall12182644000.00%
2024 fall13191433000.00%
2024 fall14181331000.00%
2024 fall1561521000.00%
2024 fall1614519000.00%
2024 fall1761117000.00%
2024 fall1810717000.00%
2024 fall198614000.00%
2024 fall20111021000.00%
2024 fall218816000.00%
2024 fall2261117000.00%
2024 fall2381725000.00%
2024 fall2413619000.00%
2024 fall257815000.00%
2024 fall2612719000.00%
2024 fall275611000.00%
2024 fall28527000.00%
2024 fall299211000.00%
2024 fall30044000.00%
2024 fall315510000.00%
2024 fall32729000.00%
2024 fall33336000.00%
2024 fall3411222100.00%

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, 202623 and 24AAny ram202
2025 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202523 and 24AAny ram202
2024 fallDec 1 - Dec 31, 202423 and 24AAny ram202

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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