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Arizona deer hunt 1005

4A and 4B. 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 315 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1005 in 2026, of which at most 31 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 2,276 applications named it, and 315 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 12.

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 fall01921843762105.59%
2026 fall131526858361010.46%
2026 fall225929755663011.33%
2026 fall320020040053013.25%
2026 fall48910719640020.41%
2026 fall53962101271326.73%
2026 fall6173249393979.59%
2026 fall75165583.33%
2026 fall82686675.00%
2026 fall12011000.00%
2025 fall01851753601203.33%
2025 fall130528258761010.39%
2025 fall221227448654011.11%
2025 fall318216434662017.92%
2025 fall4669115721013.38%
2025 fall5304373342046.58%
2025 fall6171734242470.59%
2025 fall725777100.00%
2025 fall82243375.00%
2025 fall111121150.00%
2025 fall1210111100.00%
2024 fall01991643631504.13%
2024 fall12522895415109.43%
2024 fall226428154582015.05%
2024 fall314515930458019.08%
2024 fall48012820832015.38%
2024 fall5384078311739.74%
2024 fall6151429252586.21%
2024 fall711718151583.33%
2024 fall82243375.00%
2024 fall902222100.00%

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 fallOct 23 - Nov 1, 20264A and 4BAny antlered deer31531315
2025 fallOct 24 - Nov 2, 20254A and 4BAny antlered deer28028280
2024 fallOct 25 - Nov 3, 20244A and 4BAny antlered deer31431314

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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