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Arizona bison hunt 7005

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 2 hunt permit-tags on hunt 7005 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 492 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 45.

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 spring0361450000.00%
2026 spring1522072000.00%
2026 spring2261440000.00%
2026 spring316824000.00%
2026 spring425833000.00%
2026 spring513922000.00%
2026 spring67411000.00%
2026 spring715924000.00%
2026 spring814721000.00%
2026 spring99716000.00%
2026 spring1013518000.00%
2026 spring1110414000.00%
2026 spring127613000.00%
2026 spring138715000.00%
2026 spring14336000.00%
2026 spring15549000.00%
2026 spring168513000.00%
2026 spring17718000.00%
2026 spring18516000.00%
2026 spring19325000.00%
2026 spring2010111000.00%
2026 spring21549000.00%
2026 spring22224000.00%
2026 spring23314000.00%
2026 spring24707000.00%
2026 spring25123000.00%
2026 spring26213000.00%
2026 spring27112000.00%
2026 spring28101000.00%
2026 spring29112000.00%
2026 spring30426000.00%
2026 spring31437000.00%
2026 spring32202000.00%
2026 spring33101000.00%
2026 spring34202000.00%
2026 spring35101000.00%
2026 spring36303000.00%
2026 spring37101000.00%
2026 spring381121150.00%
2026 spring4501111100.00%
2025 spring055102157000.00%
2025 spring1102177279100.36%
2025 spring242108150100.67%
2025 spring395129224000.00%
2025 spring44181122000.00%
2025 spring56175136100.74%
2025 spring6405494000.00%
2025 spring7494089202.25%
2025 spring8255075101.33%
2025 spring9283058101.72%
2025 spring10344276000.00%
2025 spring11264975202.67%
2025 spring12313566000.00%
2025 spring13273360101.67%
2025 spring14242246000.00%
2025 spring15172542102.38%
2025 spring16172138000.00%
2025 spring17131831103.23%
2025 spring18171128000.00%
2025 spring19121830206.67%
2025 spring2081422104.55%
2025 spring213811000.00%
2025 spring227916000.00%
2025 spring23347000.00%
2025 spring245712000.00%
2025 spring25167000.00%
2025 spring2611314107.14%
2025 spring27279000.00%
2025 spring28538000.00%
2025 spring294151020.00%
2025 spring30257000.00%
2025 spring31325000.00%
2025 spring32325000.00%
2025 spring33044000.00%
2025 spring34123000.00%
2025 spring35011000.00%
2025 spring363142250.00%
2025 spring3910111100.00%

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 9 - Jan 13, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2025 springJun 27 - Jul 17, 202512A (excluding the closed northeast portion of House Rock Wildlife Area - see note), 12B and 13A (Kaibab Plateau Herd)Bull bison only20220

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 7005 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 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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