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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6511

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 2 hunt permit-tags on hunt 6511 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,861 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 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 fall04081121000.00%
2026 fall16286148000.00%
2026 fall26395158000.00%
2026 fall34480124000.00%
2026 fall4234063000.00%
2026 fall5285381000.00%
2026 fall6326799000.00%
2026 fall7374986000.00%
2026 fall8284977000.00%
2026 fall9324577000.00%
2026 fall10205373000.00%
2026 fall11223658000.00%
2026 fall12293160000.00%
2026 fall13184159000.00%
2026 fall14202545000.00%
2026 fall15132740000.00%
2026 fall16202545000.00%
2026 fall17152843000.00%
2026 fall18182139000.00%
2026 fall19172138000.00%
2026 fall20171734000.00%
2026 fall21151732000.00%
2026 fall22141428000.00%
2026 fall2391423000.00%
2026 fall24101626000.00%
2026 fall25132235102.86%
2026 fall2671118000.00%
2026 fall2761117000.00%
2026 fall285813000.00%
2026 fall2941519000.00%
2026 fall308816000.00%
2026 fall3112921000.00%
2026 fall328614000.00%
2026 fall334812000.00%
2026 fall34235000.00%
2026 fall352911000.00%
2026 fall362131133.33%
2025 fall03480114000.00%
2025 fall130110140000.00%
2025 fall218111129000.00%
2025 fall33487121000.00%
2025 fall43070100000.00%
2025 fall5193453000.00%
2025 fall6175370000.00%
2025 fall7315283000.00%
2025 fall8224870000.00%
2025 fall9125062000.00%
2025 fall10135164101.56%
2025 fall11143852000.00%
2025 fall12143549000.00%
2025 fall13162642000.00%
2025 fall14133346000.00%
2025 fall15203050000.00%
2025 fall16142842000.00%
2025 fall17142135000.00%
2025 fall1871926000.00%
2025 fall19132437000.00%
2025 fall20131326000.00%
2025 fall2151722000.00%
2025 fall229918000.00%
2025 fall236915000.00%
2025 fall2491423000.00%
2025 fall25122234000.00%
2025 fall2661319000.00%
2025 fall274812000.00%
2025 fall2841216000.00%
2025 fall2971017000.00%
2025 fall3061117000.00%
2025 fall3141115000.00%
2025 fall322810000.00%
2025 fall334610000.00%
2025 fall343912000.00%
2025 fall350881112.50%
2024 fall0287199000.00%
2024 fall12694120000.00%
2024 fall24499143000.00%
2024 fall3237699000.00%
2024 fall4233760000.00%
2024 fall5164965000.00%
2024 fall6196382000.00%
2024 fall7245175101.33%
2024 fall8225375000.00%
2024 fall9214364000.00%
2024 fall10174461000.00%
2024 fall11213960000.00%
2024 fall12182745000.00%
2024 fall13123951000.00%
2024 fall14113950000.00%
2024 fall1592534000.00%
2024 fall16102232103.13%
2024 fall1792332000.00%
2024 fall1861521000.00%
2024 fall1991928000.00%
2024 fall2071724000.00%
2024 fall2151520000.00%
2024 fall2281220000.00%
2024 fall2362127000.00%
2024 fall2461925000.00%
2024 fall2571219000.00%
2024 fall266814000.00%
2024 fall277613000.00%
2024 fall284711000.00%
2024 fall2971017000.00%
2024 fall305813000.00%
2024 fall31178000.00%
2024 fall3231013000.00%
2024 fall33167000.00%
2024 fall3431114117.14%

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 4 - Dec 31, 202627 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 31, 202527 South (south of FR 217 and west of U.S. Hwy 191) and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70)Any ram202
2024 fallDec 6 - Dec 31, 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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