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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6510

27 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70). 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 6510 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,839 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 fall05781138000.00%
2026 fall17095165000.00%
2026 fall26394157000.00%
2026 fall35869127000.00%
2026 fall4443377000.00%
2026 fall5425698000.00%
2026 fall6543589000.00%
2026 fall7454489000.00%
2026 fall8354479000.00%
2026 fall9422769000.00%
2026 fall10393069000.00%
2026 fall11422971101.41%
2026 fall12231942102.38%
2026 fall13321850000.00%
2026 fall14312152000.00%
2026 fall15261339000.00%
2026 fall16212647000.00%
2026 fall1722628000.00%
2026 fall18161329000.00%
2026 fall19121022000.00%
2026 fall2018725000.00%
2026 fall21161127000.00%
2026 fall2213619000.00%
2026 fall238715000.00%
2026 fall2412315000.00%
2026 fall25131023000.00%
2026 fall2618826000.00%
2026 fall27111122000.00%
2026 fall2811819000.00%
2026 fall2917320000.00%
2026 fall309716000.00%
2026 fall3111718000.00%
2026 fall326915000.00%
2026 fall339817000.00%
2026 fall345510000.00%
2026 fall35639000.00%
2026 fall361561116.67%
2025 fall07169140000.00%
2025 fall17889167000.00%
2025 fall28173154000.00%
2025 fall39663159000.00%
2025 fall45857115000.00%
2025 fall5343468000.00%
2025 fall6503080000.00%
2025 fall74660106000.00%
2025 fall8384078000.00%
2025 fall9404686000.00%
2025 fall10552984000.00%
2025 fall11281947000.00%
2025 fall12413374000.00%
2025 fall13291948000.00%
2025 fall14292049000.00%
2025 fall15322355000.00%
2025 fall16271138000.00%
2025 fall17231437000.00%
2025 fall18121022000.00%
2025 fall19191433000.00%
2025 fall20141832000.00%
2025 fall21181533000.00%
2025 fall2291423000.00%
2025 fall2310717000.00%
2025 fall24141428000.00%
2025 fall25181331000.00%
2025 fall26101121000.00%
2025 fall27101020000.00%
2025 fall2816622000.00%
2025 fall29131023000.00%
2025 fall3015924000.00%
2025 fall3113619000.00%
2025 fall324812000.00%
2025 fall336814000.00%
2025 fall3411213000.00%
2025 fall357073342.86%
2024 fall04776123000.00%
2024 fall15550105201.90%
2024 fall26355118000.00%
2024 fall3413980000.00%
2024 fall4283462000.00%
2024 fall5312556000.00%
2024 fall6344276000.00%
2024 fall7322254000.00%
2024 fall8303565000.00%
2024 fall9281745000.00%
2024 fall10261743000.00%
2024 fall11232245000.00%
2024 fall12201535000.00%
2024 fall13191736000.00%
2024 fall14232548000.00%
2024 fall15141327000.00%
2024 fall1691928000.00%
2024 fall1781220000.00%
2024 fall18141024000.00%
2024 fall1981119000.00%
2024 fall209918000.00%
2024 fall218513000.00%
2024 fall22101121000.00%
2024 fall2316622000.00%
2024 fall24121022000.00%
2024 fall255914000.00%
2024 fall267613000.00%
2024 fall272810000.00%
2024 fall287815000.00%
2024 fall2951823000.00%
2024 fall308513000.00%
2024 fall31437000.00%
2024 fall327613000.00%
2024 fall33628000.00%
2024 fall349091111.11%

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 fallNov 13 - Dec 3, 202627 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram303
2025 fallNov 14 - Dec 4, 202527 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram303
2024 fallNov 15 - Dec 5, 202427 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram303

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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