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Arizona bison hunt 7506

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 7506 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 684 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 39.

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 fall0215475000.00%
2026 fall12181102000.00%
2026 fall2163753000.00%
2026 fall3112839000.00%
2026 fall4102939000.00%
2026 fall552833000.00%
2026 fall651823000.00%
2026 fall761824000.00%
2026 fall872027000.00%
2026 fall931215000.00%
2026 fall1071522000.00%
2026 fall11121931000.00%
2026 fall1211314000.00%
2026 fall1381220000.00%
2026 fall1441822000.00%
2026 fall1521113000.00%
2026 fall1621416000.00%
2026 fall173811000.00%
2026 fall182810000.00%
2026 fall194711000.00%
2026 fall2011011000.00%
2026 fall21156000.00%
2026 fall22279000.00%
2026 fall23134000.00%
2026 fall24145000.00%
2026 fall25224000.00%
2026 fall26112000.00%
2026 fall27235000.00%
2026 fall28459000.00%
2026 fall29224000.00%
2026 fall30022000.00%
2026 fall31112000.00%
2026 fall32156000.00%
2026 fall33336000.00%
2026 fall35112000.00%
2026 fall36033000.00%
2026 fall37022000.00%
2026 fall3920222100.00%
2025 fall0531972000.00%
2025 fall1581876000.00%
2025 fall2321244000.00%
2025 fall3322254000.00%
2025 fall4341448000.00%
2025 fall5201131103.23%
2025 fall6231235000.00%
2025 fall729534000.00%
2025 fall817522000.00%
2025 fall9141024000.00%
2025 fall1016521000.00%
2025 fall1120828000.00%
2025 fall1210616000.00%
2025 fall138412000.00%
2025 fall1413215000.00%
2025 fall159413000.00%
2025 fall169110000.00%
2025 fall1711011000.00%
2025 fall186410000.00%
2025 fall19426000.00%
2025 fall20527000.00%
2025 fall21213000.00%
2025 fall22112000.00%
2025 fall239211109.09%
2025 fall24123000.00%
2025 fall25325000.00%
2025 fall26303000.00%
2025 fall27112000.00%
2025 fall28303000.00%
2025 fall29415000.00%
2025 fall30213000.00%
2025 fall31314000.00%
2025 fall33101000.00%
2025 fall34101000.00%
2025 fall35202000.00%
2024 fall072330000.00%
2024 fall1142842000.00%
2024 fall2122032000.00%
2024 fall341014000.00%
2024 fall4358000.00%
2024 fall5178000.00%
2024 fall62810000.00%
2024 fall7268000.00%
2024 fall81121050.00%
2024 fall9448000.00%
2024 fall10246000.00%
2024 fall11347000.00%
2024 fall12022000.00%
2024 fall13134000.00%
2024 fall14213000.00%
2024 fall150221050.00%
2024 fall16123000.00%
2024 fall17011000.00%
2024 fall18112000.00%
2024 fall19123000.00%
2024 fall20213000.00%
2024 fall21112000.00%
2024 fall22022000.00%
2024 fall23202000.00%
2024 fall26112000.00%
2024 fall27101000.00%

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 11 - Dec 15, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2025 fallDec 5 - Dec 9, 20255A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2024 fallNov 15 - Nov 19, 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 7506 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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