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Arizona · Bison · Hunt 7002

Arizona bison hunt 7002

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 7002 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,833 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 47.

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 spring040145185000.00%
2026 spring138137175000.00%
2026 spring23794131000.00%
2026 spring33380113000.00%
2026 spring43585120000.00%
2026 spring5226890000.00%
2026 spring6194665000.00%
2026 spring7195069000.00%
2026 spring8184058000.00%
2026 spring9194968000.00%
2026 spring10204969000.00%
2026 spring11204262000.00%
2026 spring12204868000.00%
2026 spring13124456000.00%
2026 spring1472835000.00%
2026 spring15162743000.00%
2026 spring1682533000.00%
2026 spring1793342000.00%
2026 spring1881725000.00%
2026 spring1981927000.00%
2026 spring2071825000.00%
2026 spring21121830000.00%
2026 spring2271825000.00%
2026 spring235914000.00%
2026 spring2421517000.00%
2026 spring256713000.00%
2026 spring2691625000.00%
2026 spring2731013000.00%
2026 spring2861319000.00%
2026 spring2941317000.00%
2026 spring30426000.00%
2026 spring31088000.00%
2026 spring32088000.00%
2026 spring332810000.00%
2026 spring3421113000.00%
2026 spring35437000.00%
2026 spring36145000.00%
2026 spring37459000.00%
2026 spring38347000.00%
2026 spring39257000.00%
2026 spring40044000.00%
2026 spring41112000.00%
2026 spring42011000.00%
2026 spring43101000.00%
2026 spring44189000.00%
2026 spring45123000.00%
2026 spring4710111100.00%
2025 spring039179218000.00%
2025 spring133132165000.00%
2025 spring226129155000.00%
2025 spring32997126000.00%
2025 spring4267096000.00%
2025 spring52380103000.00%
2025 spring6186381000.00%
2025 spring7144963000.00%
2025 spring8145266000.00%
2025 spring9104656000.00%
2025 spring10125163000.00%
2025 spring11156378000.00%
2025 spring12133043000.00%
2025 spring13164359000.00%
2025 spring1494150000.00%
2025 spring1594453000.00%
2025 spring1692736000.00%
2025 spring17153146000.00%
2025 spring1823638000.00%
2025 spring1972835000.00%
2025 spring2072431000.00%
2025 spring2131316000.00%
2025 spring2252025000.00%
2025 spring2341721000.00%
2025 spring2461824000.00%
2025 spring25101828000.00%
2025 spring2641418000.00%
2025 spring27268000.00%
2025 spring285611000.00%
2025 spring2931013000.00%
2025 spring302911000.00%
2025 spring311910000.00%
2025 spring321910000.00%
2025 spring33178000.00%
2025 spring34178000.00%
2025 spring352911000.00%
2025 spring36178000.00%
2025 spring374913000.00%
2025 spring38202000.00%
2025 spring39011000.00%
2025 spring40112000.00%
2025 spring41123000.00%
2025 spring42257000.00%
2025 spring43011000.00%
2025 spring4401111100.00%

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 springFeb 6 - Feb 10, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated bull bison101
2025 springFeb 7 - Feb 11, 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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