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Arizona deer hunt 1014

12A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park). 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 15 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1014 in 2026, of which at most 1 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,656 applications named it, and 15 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 26.

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 fall07587162000.00%
2026 fall191102193000.00%
2026 fall2109110219100.46%
2026 fall37093163000.00%
2026 fall45669125000.00%
2026 fall54856104000.00%
2026 fall64764111000.00%
2026 fall76153114201.75%
2026 fall8334679101.27%
2026 fall9333871304.23%
2026 fall10263662304.84%
2026 fall11182947000.00%
2026 fall12162440000.00%
2026 fall13131528103.57%
2026 fall14131629103.45%
2026 fall15101222000.00%
2026 fall165914000.00%
2026 fall1771320000.00%
2026 fall1821012000.00%
2026 fall196713000.00%
2026 fall202461116.67%
2026 fall212242250.00%
2026 fall22134000.00%
2026 fall23011000.00%
2026 fall24033000.00%
2026 fall25314000.00%
2026 fall26336000.00%
2025 fall011897215100.47%
2025 fall1140129269100.37%
2025 fall2139163302501.66%
2025 fall383123206803.88%
2025 fall469991681408.33%
2025 fall55068118201.69%
2025 fall66047107403.74%
2025 fall7294675202.67%
2025 fall8235376303.95%
2025 fall9163854203.70%
2025 fall10112132309.38%
2025 fall11415195326.32%
2025 fall125492222.22%
2025 fall1337102220.00%
2025 fall14315183216.67%
2025 fall15055000.00%
2025 fall16268000.00%
2025 fall17033000.00%
2025 fall19314000.00%
2025 fall2002222100.00%
2025 fall2101111100.00%
2024 fall08481165000.00%
2024 fall19193184100.54%
2024 fall2108111219200.91%
2024 fall37685161100.62%
2024 fall46265127100.79%
2024 fall5465399000.00%
2024 fall64852100101.00%
2024 fall7343670101.43%
2024 fall8224769101.45%
2024 fall9182543102.33%
2024 fall10182846102.17%
2024 fall11132538205.26%
2024 fall1217724000.00%
2024 fall13151732000.00%
2024 fall147815000.00%
2024 fall155712000.00%
2024 fall162911000.00%
2024 fall175510000.00%
2024 fall182352240.00%
2024 fall19448000.00%
2024 fall20224000.00%
2024 fall21224000.00%
2024 fall22112000.00%
2024 fall23213000.00%
2024 fall24202000.00%
2024 fall253031133.33%

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 20 - Nov 29, 202612A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer15115
2025 fallOct 24 - Nov 2, 202512A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer60660
2024 fallNov 22 - Dec 1, 202412A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer15115

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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