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Arizona · Bison · Hunt 7502

Arizona bison hunt 7502

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 7502 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,914 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 fall056156212000.00%
2026 fall164202266000.00%
2026 fall234122156000.00%
2026 fall337112149000.00%
2026 fall43091121000.00%
2026 fall5216586000.00%
2026 fall6186381000.00%
2026 fall7134861000.00%
2026 fall8235578000.00%
2026 fall9214162000.00%
2026 fall10205373000.00%
2026 fall11164258000.00%
2026 fall12213152000.00%
2026 fall13153247000.00%
2026 fall14143448000.00%
2026 fall1572633000.00%
2026 fall16181836000.00%
2026 fall17112233000.00%
2026 fall1853035000.00%
2026 fall1971522000.00%
2026 fall2021416000.00%
2026 fall2141317000.00%
2026 fall2271219000.00%
2026 fall2362228000.00%
2026 fall241910000.00%
2026 fall256814000.00%
2026 fall262810000.00%
2026 fall272810000.00%
2026 fall284913000.00%
2026 fall29246000.00%
2026 fall3021113000.00%
2026 fall31448000.00%
2026 fall32178000.00%
2026 fall33156000.00%
2026 fall34257000.00%
2026 fall35055000.00%
2026 fall36011000.00%
2026 fall38224000.00%
2026 fall39123000.00%
2026 fall403362233.33%
2026 fall43011000.00%
2025 fall053169222000.00%
2025 fall154149203000.00%
2025 fall245120165000.00%
2025 fall33790127000.00%
2025 fall43182113000.00%
2025 fall5226284000.00%
2025 fall6224062000.00%
2025 fall7174057000.00%
2025 fall8214364000.00%
2025 fall9175471000.00%
2025 fall10143549000.00%
2025 fall11103545000.00%
2025 fall12143448000.00%
2025 fall13132336000.00%
2025 fall1492837000.00%
2025 fall15122234000.00%
2025 fall1652530000.00%
2025 fall1702323000.00%
2025 fall1801414000.00%
2025 fall1991423000.00%
2025 fall2041923000.00%
2025 fall2171219000.00%
2025 fall226511000.00%
2025 fall2331518000.00%
2025 fall2421214000.00%
2025 fall25279000.00%
2025 fall2641115000.00%
2025 fall2731013000.00%
2025 fall28189000.00%
2025 fall29224000.00%
2025 fall304913000.00%
2025 fall31088000.00%
2025 fall32145000.00%
2025 fall332911000.00%
2025 fall34112000.00%
2025 fall35055000.00%
2025 fall36156000.00%
2025 fall37156000.00%
2025 fall381561116.67%
2025 fall4010111100.00%
2025 fall48011000.00%
2024 fall0164208372000.00%
2024 fall1147217364000.00%
2024 fall2125175300000.00%
2024 fall395102197000.00%
2024 fall46782149000.00%
2024 fall53969108000.00%
2024 fall6325789000.00%
2024 fall7494796000.00%
2024 fall8313162000.00%
2024 fall9244670000.00%
2024 fall10424385000.00%
2024 fall11223860000.00%
2024 fall12323870000.00%
2024 fall13121931000.00%
2024 fall14152843000.00%
2024 fall15132134000.00%
2024 fall1671118000.00%
2024 fall1761420000.00%
2024 fall18101222000.00%
2024 fall19151429000.00%
2024 fall2010313000.00%
2024 fall217714000.00%
2024 fall2210818000.00%
2024 fall2331316000.00%
2024 fall247411000.00%
2024 fall25347000.00%
2024 fall26426000.00%
2024 fall27257000.00%
2024 fall28213000.00%
2024 fall29112000.00%
2024 fall307411000.00%
2024 fall31156000.00%
2024 fall32011000.00%
2024 fall33246000.00%
2024 fall34123000.00%
2024 fall35224000.00%
2024 fall36145000.00%
2024 fall37011000.00%
2024 fall38213000.00%
2024 fall39022000.00%
2024 fall41033000.00%
2024 fall42011000.00%
2024 fall4710111100.00%

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 20 - Nov 24, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated cow bison202
2025 fallNov 21 - Nov 25, 20255A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated cow bison202
2024 fallOct 11 - Oct 15, 2024House Rock Wildlife Area only (House Rock Herd) in Unit 12A EastDesignated bull bison101

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 7502 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 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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