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Arizona deer hunt 1008

6B (except Camp Navajo). 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 225 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1008 in 2026, of which at most 22 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,167 applications named it, and 225 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 10.

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 fall07518325826010.08%
2026 fall110222532750015.29%
2026 fall211220331555017.46%
2026 fall3759817344025.43%
2026 fall4214566342951.52%
2026 fall581119131368.42%
2026 fall61561116.67%
2026 fall701111100.00%
2026 fall101121150.00%
2025 fall05004579572602.72%
2025 fall17297831,5126904.56%
2025 fall27677791,5469506.14%
2025 fall34724669389209.81%
2025 fall420226947174015.71%
2025 fall584131215433920.00%
2025 fall6183351292956.86%
2025 fall717724171770.83%
2025 fall811222100.00%
2025 fall92132266.67%
2025 fall1610111100.00%
2024 fall0122142264000.00%
2024 fall1165256421100.24%
2024 fall2183192375100.27%
2024 fall3124113237200.84%
2024 fall410377180201.11%
2024 fall5352964000.00%
2024 fall6282351101.96%
2024 fall7121931000.00%
2024 fall861117000.00%
2024 fall911617000.00%
2024 fall1010313000.00%
2024 fall118210000.00%
2024 fall126391111.11%
2024 fall1320221100.00%
2024 fall24011000.00%

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 fallNov 6 - Nov 12, 20266B (except Camp Navajo)Antlered mule deer22522225
2025 fallOct 31 - Nov 6, 20256AAntlered mule deer45045450
2024 fallDec 13 - Dec 31, 20246AAntlered mule deer10110

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 1008 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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