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Arizona · Bison · Hunt 7007

Arizona bison hunt 7007

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 7007 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 340 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 41.

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 spring0141226000.00%
2026 spring1151429000.00%
2026 spring2151631000.00%
2026 spring371017000.00%
2026 spring471118000.00%
2026 spring59918000.00%
2026 spring6538000.00%
2026 spring710616000.00%
2026 spring8347000.00%
2026 spring971017000.00%
2026 spring105510000.00%
2026 spring114913000.00%
2026 spring123710000.00%
2026 spring139615000.00%
2026 spring14459000.00%
2026 spring15549000.00%
2026 spring16639000.00%
2026 spring17325000.00%
2026 spring18336000.00%
2026 spring19538000.00%
2026 spring20369000.00%
2026 spring21358000.00%
2026 spring22123000.00%
2026 spring23101000.00%
2026 spring24123000.00%
2026 spring25336000.00%
2026 spring26224000.00%
2026 spring27426000.00%
2026 spring28101000.00%
2026 spring29011000.00%
2026 spring30033000.00%
2026 spring31415000.00%
2026 spring32112000.00%
2026 spring34011000.00%
2026 spring35101000.00%
2026 spring36101000.00%
2026 spring380221050.00%
2026 spring411121150.00%

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 23 - Jan 27, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202

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
  • 2026-Spring-Regulations_250908.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from

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