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Arizona · Bison · Hunt 7507

Arizona bison hunt 7507

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 7507 in 2026, of which at most 0 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 501 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 fall0271946000.00%
2026 fall1493685000.00%
2026 fall2261440000.00%
2026 fall3171633103.03%
2026 fall4181735000.00%
2026 fall59817000.00%
2026 fall691019000.00%
2026 fall711314000.00%
2026 fall89817000.00%
2026 fall95510000.00%
2026 fall10111526000.00%
2026 fall1161117000.00%
2026 fall126915000.00%
2026 fall138816000.00%
2026 fall1412416000.00%
2026 fall15314000.00%
2026 fall167512000.00%
2026 fall17235000.00%
2026 fall18022000.00%
2026 fall19123000.00%
2026 fall20538000.00%
2026 fall21224000.00%
2026 fall226511000.00%
2026 fall23134000.00%
2026 fall24224000.00%
2026 fall25066000.00%
2026 fall26314000.00%
2026 fall27123000.00%
2026 fall28527000.00%
2026 fall29123000.00%
2026 fall30112000.00%
2026 fall31134000.00%
2026 fall32303000.00%
2026 fall33011000.00%
2026 fall35011000.00%
2026 fall36101000.00%
2026 fall390331133.33%
2025 fall0235073000.00%
2025 fall1205171000.00%
2025 fall2173552000.00%
2025 fall3182745000.00%
2025 fall4112839000.00%
2025 fall5102030000.00%
2025 fall661420000.00%
2025 fall762834000.00%
2025 fall8111728000.00%
2025 fall961420000.00%
2025 fall1071421000.00%
2025 fall1151217000.00%
2025 fall1281422000.00%
2025 fall134812000.00%
2025 fall1431417000.00%
2025 fall1521113000.00%
2025 fall164711000.00%
2025 fall17189000.00%
2025 fall18369000.00%
2025 fall19268000.00%
2025 fall20369000.00%
2025 fall21189000.00%
2025 fall22033000.00%
2025 fall23167000.00%
2025 fall24213000.00%
2025 fall251451020.00%
2025 fall26022000.00%
2025 fall27022000.00%
2025 fall28044000.00%
2025 fall29011000.00%
2025 fall30011000.00%
2025 fall31123000.00%
2025 fall34022000.00%
2025 fall35123000.00%
2025 fall37011000.00%
2025 fall381121150.00%
2024 fall0131023000.00%
2024 fall1122234000.00%
2024 fall27512000.00%
2024 fall36713000.00%
2024 fall46814000.00%
2024 fall5224000.00%
2024 fall6314000.00%
2024 fall7617000.00%
2024 fall8101000.00%
2024 fall9145000.00%
2024 fall10145000.00%
2024 fall11112000.00%
2024 fall12235000.00%
2024 fall13011000.00%
2024 fall14044000.00%
2024 fall15011000.00%
2024 fall17011000.00%
2024 fall18314000.00%
2024 fall19011000.00%
2024 fall21101000.00%
2024 fall23022000.00%
2024 fall241121050.00%
2024 fall27022000.00%
2024 fall28022000.00%
2024 fall3001110100.00%
2024 fall33101000.00%

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 18 - Dec 22, 20265A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 16, 20255A and 5B (Raymond Herd)Designated yearling bison202
2024 fallNov 22 - Nov 26, 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 7507 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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