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Arizona bighorn sheep hunt 6901

1, 2B, Rocky Mountain Hunt Area in Unit 22, 23, 24A, 27, and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70) Bighorn Sheep Ram bighorn sheep rams that meet the legal definition (one horn is. 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 6901 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 98 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 33.

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 fall0516000.00%
2026 fall18210000.00%
2026 fall212416000.00%
2026 fall3314000.00%
2026 fall4112000.00%
2026 fall5123000.00%
2026 fall6213000.00%
2026 fall7213000.00%
2026 fall8213000.00%
2026 fall9415000.00%
2026 fall10011000.00%
2026 fall11224000.00%
2026 fall12011000.00%
2026 fall13022000.00%
2026 fall14011000.00%
2026 fall15224000.00%
2026 fall161121050.00%
2026 fall17224000.00%
2026 fall18224000.00%
2026 fall19011000.00%
2026 fall21022000.00%
2026 fall22101000.00%
2026 fall23101000.00%
2026 fall24033000.00%
2026 fall25011000.00%
2026 fall26224000.00%
2026 fall27011000.00%
2026 fall29022000.00%
2026 fall30022000.00%
2026 fall32101000.00%
2026 fall33011000.00%
2025 fall0707000.00%
2025 fall1231336000.00%
2025 fall2606000.00%
2025 fall3112000.00%
2025 fall4246000.00%
2025 fall5123000.00%
2025 fall6022000.00%
2025 fall7224000.00%
2025 fall8022000.00%
2025 fall10134000.00%
2025 fall11145000.00%
2025 fall12123000.00%
2025 fall13011000.00%
2025 fall14224000.00%
2025 fall15303000.00%
2025 fall162241025.00%
2025 fall17426000.00%
2025 fall18011000.00%
2025 fall20101000.00%
2025 fall21314000.00%
2025 fall22314000.00%
2025 fall23112000.00%
2025 fall24011000.00%
2025 fall26101000.00%
2025 fall27101000.00%
2025 fall28011000.00%
2025 fall30011000.00%
2025 fall31202000.00%
2025 fall32011000.00%
2025 fall33235000.00%
2025 fall34112000.00%

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 fallNov 1 - Dec 31, 2026 ON PAGES 65-74. photos show examples other horn).1, 2B, Rocky Mountain Hunt Area in Unit 22, 23, 24A, 27, and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70) Bighorn Sheep Ram bighorn sheep rams that meet the legal definition (one horn isOne-horned ram less than half101
2025 fallNov 1 - Dec 31, 2025 ON PAGES 65-73.1, 2B, Rocky Mountain Hunt Area in Unit 22, 23, 24A, 27 and 28 North (north of U.S. Hwy 70) Bighorn Sheep RamOne-horned ram101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 6901 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
  • 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

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