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Arizona · Bison · Hunt 7501

Arizona bison hunt 7501

5A and 5B (Raymond Herd). 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 2 hunt permit-tags on hunt 7501 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 2,317 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 43.

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 fall020752259000.00%
2026 fall127268340000.00%
2026 fall215247199000.00%
2026 fall315938197000.00%
2026 fall412223145000.00%
2026 fall58320103000.00%
2026 fall68122103000.00%
2026 fall7591473000.00%
2026 fall87922101000.00%
2026 fall9702191000.00%
2026 fall10651782000.00%
2026 fall11511667000.00%
2026 fall12411758000.00%
2026 fall13421658000.00%
2026 fall14411253000.00%
2026 fall1533538000.00%
2026 fall16351449000.00%
2026 fall17201333000.00%
2026 fall1831536000.00%
2026 fall1916420000.00%
2026 fall2013316000.00%
2026 fall2117320000.00%
2026 fall2215419000.00%
2026 fall2323326000.00%
2026 fall2410010000.00%
2026 fall2510414000.00%
2026 fall268311000.00%
2026 fall279312000.00%
2026 fall2813417000.00%
2026 fall29314000.00%
2026 fall3012214000.00%
2026 fall31639000.00%
2026 fall32628000.00%
2026 fall33404000.00%
2026 fall34628000.00%
2026 fall35505000.00%
2026 fall36101000.00%
2026 fall38325000.00%
2026 fall39314000.00%
2026 fall403141125.00%
2026 fall4310111100.00%
2025 fall021150261000.00%
2025 fall122462286000.00%
2025 fall214940189000.00%
2025 fall313734171000.00%
2025 fall411729146000.00%
2025 fall57923102000.00%
2025 fall6631679000.00%
2025 fall7531669000.00%
2025 fall8562076000.00%
2025 fall9651176000.00%
2025 fall1043851000.00%
2025 fall1152961000.00%
2025 fall12461258000.00%
2025 fall1333942000.00%
2025 fall14401151000.00%
2025 fall1533841000.00%
2025 fall1627734000.00%
2025 fall1728230000.00%
2025 fall1819120000.00%
2025 fall1916218000.00%
2025 fall2028230000.00%
2025 fall2117623000.00%
2025 fall228311000.00%
2025 fall2315318000.00%
2025 fall2410010000.00%
2025 fall25718000.00%
2025 fall2610313000.00%
2025 fall2712214000.00%
2025 fall2810212000.00%
2025 fall29314000.00%
2025 fall3011516000.00%
2025 fall3110111000.00%
2025 fall32527000.00%
2025 fall33909000.00%
2025 fall34112000.00%
2025 fall35303000.00%
2025 fall36516000.00%
2025 fall37617000.00%
2025 fall38505000.00%
2025 fall39101000.00%
2025 fall40011000.00%
2025 fall411121150.00%
2025 fall4810111100.00%
2024 fall0331110441000.00%
2024 fall134894442000.00%
2024 fall228191372000.00%
2024 fall319450244000.00%
2024 fall415547202000.00%
2024 fall513535170000.00%
2024 fall612219141000.00%
2024 fall710528133000.00%
2024 fall89028118000.00%
2024 fall98619105000.00%
2024 fall109324117000.00%
2024 fall11772097000.00%
2024 fall12651782000.00%
2024 fall13421254000.00%
2024 fall1451960000.00%
2024 fall15371047000.00%
2024 fall1632840000.00%
2024 fall17381351000.00%
2024 fall18321143000.00%
2024 fall1926834000.00%
2024 fall2024630000.00%
2024 fall2124630000.00%
2024 fall2224731000.00%
2024 fall2324327000.00%
2024 fall2419322000.00%
2024 fall2520222000.00%
2024 fall269211000.00%
2024 fall2715520000.00%
2024 fall288614000.00%
2024 fall2910010000.00%
2024 fall3011314000.00%
2024 fall3110212000.00%
2024 fall3211213000.00%
2024 fall337310000.00%
2024 fall34729000.00%
2024 fall357310000.00%
2024 fall3610313000.00%
2024 fall37213000.00%
2024 fall38404000.00%
2024 fall39303000.00%
2024 fall40101000.00%
2024 fall4111314000.00%
2024 fall42101000.00%
2024 fall4510111100.00%

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 fallNov 13 - Nov 17, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated cow bison202
2025 fallNov 14 - Nov 18, 20255A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated cow bison202
2024 fallNov 8 - Nov 12, 20245A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated bull bison1—1

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
  • 2024 Fall Draw Bonus Point Report — 2024-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
  • 2024-25-Arizona-Hunting-Regulations_241209.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from

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