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Arizona bison hunt 7001

5A and 5B (Raymond Herd). What each bonus point level actually did in Arizona's spring 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 7001 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 2,084 applications named it, and 0 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 47.

Arizona's own two reports disagree about this hunt. Summing the permits the Bonus Point Report gives at each level does not reproduce the total its own Draw Report states for the same hunt in 2026 spring. Both published figures are shown — the level rows below come from the Bonus Point Report, the authorized and issued totals above from the Draw Report. We have not resolved the difference in either direction, because the department has not.

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 spring016355218000.00%
2026 spring117943222000.00%
2026 spring213235167000.00%
2026 spring39730127000.00%
2026 spring410327130000.00%
2026 spring58421105000.00%
2026 spring6591877000.00%
2026 spring7561470000.00%
2026 spring8501363000.00%
2026 spring9611071000.00%
2026 spring10561571000.00%
2026 spring11511667000.00%
2026 spring12461561000.00%
2026 spring13591372000.00%
2026 spring1439746000.00%
2026 spring15361450000.00%
2026 spring1635439000.00%
2026 spring1737946000.00%
2026 spring1820424000.00%
2026 spring1921728000.00%
2026 spring2029635000.00%
2026 spring2121930000.00%
2026 spring2223427000.00%
2026 spring2312416000.00%
2026 spring2418624000.00%
2026 spring258513000.00%
2026 spring2619625000.00%
2026 spring2716117000.00%
2026 spring2812315000.00%
2026 spring2912315000.00%
2026 spring30336000.00%
2026 spring3111213000.00%
2026 spring329110000.00%
2026 spring339110000.00%
2026 spring3412214000.00%
2026 spring35426000.00%
2026 spring36426000.00%
2026 spring375510000.00%
2026 spring38729000.00%
2026 spring39527000.00%
2026 spring40404000.00%
2026 spring41101000.00%
2026 spring42325000.00%
2026 spring44819000.00%
2026 spring45202000.00%
2026 spring47011000.00%
2025 spring018947236000.00%
2025 spring116150211000.00%
2025 spring214633179000.00%
2025 spring311030140000.00%
2025 spring48125106000.00%
2025 spring58626112000.00%
2025 spring6671380000.00%
2025 spring7591069000.00%
2025 spring8561975000.00%
2025 spring9541367000.00%
2025 spring1057865000.00%
2025 spring11651782000.00%
2025 spring12371249000.00%
2025 spring13381048000.00%
2025 spring1437845000.00%
2025 spring1541849000.00%
2025 spring16321042000.00%
2025 spring17291140000.00%
2025 spring1841546000.00%
2025 spring1929635000.00%
2025 spring2026733000.00%
2025 spring2114317000.00%
2025 spring2221526000.00%
2025 spring2316622000.00%
2025 spring2418523000.00%
2025 spring2520828000.00%
2025 spring2614418000.00%
2025 spring27617000.00%
2025 spring287310000.00%
2025 spring2914721000.00%
2025 spring3010212000.00%
2025 spring3111213000.00%
2025 spring3210111000.00%
2025 spring33819000.00%
2025 spring34516000.00%
2025 spring3510212000.00%
2025 spring368311000.00%
2025 spring37707000.00%
2025 spring38011000.00%
2025 spring39202000.00%
2025 spring40213000.00%
2025 spring41101000.00%
2025 spring42639000.00%
2025 spring43101000.00%
2025 spring44101000.00%
2025 spring4510111100.00%

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 springJan 30 - Feb 3, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated bull bison101
2025 springJan 31 - Feb 4, 20255A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated bull bison101

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 Spring Bonus Point Report — 2026-Spring-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2025 Spring Bonus Point Report — 2025-Spring-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2026-Spring-Regulations_250908.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from
  • 2025-Spring-Regulations_2408303.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from

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