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Arizona deer hunt 1004

3A and 3C. 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 10 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1004 in 2026, of which at most 1 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 2,853 applications named it, and 10 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 25.

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 fall0177149326000.00%
2026 fall1220197417000.00%
2026 fall2281227508100.20%
2026 fall3214164378100.26%
2026 fall415884242000.00%
2026 fall510190191000.00%
2026 fall611085195100.51%
2026 fall77557132000.00%
2026 fall86738105000.00%
2026 fall9522779101.27%
2026 fall10512576101.32%
2026 fall11341953101.89%
2026 fall12211536102.78%
2026 fall13231235000.00%
2026 fall1421526000.00%
2026 fall1511314000.00%
2026 fall165381012.50%
2026 fall1764101110.00%
2026 fall181231133.33%
2026 fall19314000.00%
2026 fall20325000.00%
2026 fall21112000.00%
2026 fall22101000.00%
2026 fall23314000.00%
2026 fall24112000.00%
2026 fall25011000.00%
2025 fall0139138277100.36%
2025 fall1177221398100.25%
2025 fall2237227464200.43%
2025 fall3195137332000.00%
2025 fall4125122247000.00%
2025 fall510660166100.60%
2025 fall611075185000.00%
2025 fall76949118201.69%
2025 fall8633295000.00%
2025 fall9444791101.10%
2025 fall10372562000.00%
2025 fall11231538000.00%
2025 fall12261541000.00%
2025 fall13141731000.00%
2025 fall1411516000.00%
2025 fall15145000.00%
2025 fall16246000.00%
2025 fall174151120.00%
2025 fall18202000.00%
2025 fall19202000.00%
2025 fall20011000.00%
2025 fall212241125.00%
2025 fall22112000.00%
2025 fall23112000.00%
2025 fall24101000.00%
2025 fall25011000.00%
2024 fall0154153307000.00%
2024 fall1153167320000.00%
2024 fall2203197400000.00%
2024 fall3159181340100.29%
2024 fall4119103222200.90%
2024 fall511366179000.00%
2024 fall67862140000.00%
2024 fall76838106000.00%
2024 fall8524597000.00%
2024 fall9392766203.03%
2024 fall10312253101.89%
2024 fall11282149102.04%
2024 fall12201333000.00%
2024 fall139615000.00%
2024 fall14639000.00%
2024 fall155611000.00%
2024 fall167181012.50%
2024 fall17022000.00%
2024 fall1820222100.00%
2024 fall19112000.00%
2024 fall20112000.00%
2024 fall21224000.00%
2024 fall23011000.00%
2024 fall25011000.00%

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 31, 20263A and 3CAny antlered deer10110
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 20253A and 3CAny antlered deer10110
2024 fallDec 13 - Dec 31, 20243A and 3CAny antlered deer10110

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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