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Arizona bison hunt 7505

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 7505 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 799 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 40.

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 fall0643296000.00%
2026 fall18745132000.00%
2026 fall2411758000.00%
2026 fall3332255000.00%
2026 fall4191332000.00%
2026 fall5371350000.00%
2026 fall6211334000.00%
2026 fall7171027000.00%
2026 fall824832000.00%
2026 fall918826000.00%
2026 fall1019625000.00%
2026 fall1113922000.00%
2026 fall1212618000.00%
2026 fall1314216000.00%
2026 fall1416622000.00%
2026 fall1516723000.00%
2026 fall1612416106.25%
2026 fall1711213000.00%
2026 fall1811415000.00%
2026 fall19538000.00%
2026 fall209211000.00%
2026 fall21437000.00%
2026 fall22426000.00%
2026 fall23224000.00%
2026 fall24415000.00%
2026 fall25415000.00%
2026 fall26314000.00%
2026 fall27718000.00%
2026 fall28224000.00%
2026 fall29202000.00%
2026 fall30303000.00%
2026 fall31213000.00%
2026 fall32505000.00%
2026 fall33213000.00%
2026 fall34011000.00%
2026 fall35202000.00%
2026 fall36202000.00%
2026 fall37202000.00%
2026 fall38011000.00%
2026 fall4001111100.00%
2025 fall0313162000.00%
2025 fall1271542000.00%
2025 fall2152136000.00%
2025 fall3212041000.00%
2025 fall492130000.00%
2025 fall511415000.00%
2025 fall63811000.00%
2025 fall78513000.00%
2025 fall87512000.00%
2025 fall95712000.00%
2025 fall10549000.00%
2025 fall11123000.00%
2025 fall12628000.00%
2025 fall13415000.00%
2025 fall14022000.00%
2025 fall15145000.00%
2025 fall16617000.00%
2025 fall17213000.00%
2025 fall18112000.00%
2025 fall19246000.00%
2025 fall20314000.00%
2025 fall21123000.00%
2025 fall22022000.00%
2025 fall23101000.00%
2025 fall25112000.00%
2025 fall26112000.00%
2025 fall27213000.00%
2025 fall28011000.00%
2025 fall29011000.00%
2025 fall30011000.00%
2025 fall35101000.00%
2025 fall37101000.00%
2025 fall3901111100.00%
2025 fall4110111100.00%
2024 fall0282351000.00%
2024 fall1262046000.00%
2024 fall2102333000.00%
2024 fall372128000.00%
2024 fall481119000.00%
2024 fall5538000.00%
2024 fall62572028.57%
2024 fall7549000.00%
2024 fall8279000.00%
2024 fall9213000.00%
2024 fall103710000.00%
2024 fall11303000.00%
2024 fall12112000.00%
2024 fall13314000.00%
2024 fall14134000.00%
2024 fall15224000.00%
2024 fall17325000.00%
2024 fall18123000.00%
2024 fall19213000.00%
2024 fall20044000.00%
2024 fall21202000.00%
2024 fall22011000.00%
2024 fall23112000.00%
2024 fall24011000.00%
2024 fall28101000.00%
2024 fall30011000.00%

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 fallDec 4 - Dec 8, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2025 fallNov 28 - Dec 2, 2025House Rock Wildlife Area only (House Rock Herd) in Unit 12A EastDesignated cow bison202
2024 fallNov 8 - Nov 12, 2024House Rock Wildlife Area only (House Rock Herd) in Unit 12A EastDesignated cow bison202

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 7505 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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