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Arizona deer hunt 1015

12A West (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 400 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1015 in 2026, of which at most 40 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 7,385 applications named it, and 400 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 27.

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 fall0325395720600.83%
2026 fall15064729782202.25%
2026 fall27465131,2595404.29%
2026 fall36274371,0645204.89%
2026 fall43903046944005.76%
2026 fall53183166343405.36%
2026 fall62372534902004.08%
2026 fall71502223721804.84%
2026 fall81021692711605.90%
2026 fall9991532522208.73%
2026 fall10811312121004.72%
2026 fall11527412615011.90%
2026 fall122675101322631.68%
2026 fall13213960232038.33%
2026 fall14103141101024.39%
2026 fall1581523218.70%
2026 fall161113243212.50%
2026 fall17111122000.00%
2026 fall1831114117.14%
2026 fall19112000.00%
2026 fall200661116.67%
2026 fall2124666100.00%
2026 fall2221333100.00%
2026 fall2301111100.00%
2026 fall2401111100.00%
2026 fall253032266.67%
2026 fall2614555100.00%
2026 fall2701111100.00%
2025 fall010393196000.00%
2025 fall1128122250100.40%
2025 fall297133230100.43%
2025 fall391103194100.52%
2025 fall46973142100.70%
2025 fall54857105000.00%
2025 fall6455499000.00%
2025 fall7455297000.00%
2025 fall8284977000.00%
2025 fall9443781607.41%
2025 fall10153146000.00%
2025 fall11152136000.00%
2025 fall1291928000.00%
2025 fall13108182011.11%
2025 fall14111223000.00%
2025 fall159716000.00%
2025 fall166612000.00%
2025 fall17134000.00%
2025 fall189312118.33%
2025 fall203251120.00%
2025 fall21134000.00%
2025 fall22123000.00%
2025 fall23011000.00%
2025 fall24213000.00%
2025 fall25202000.00%
2025 fall26123000.00%
2025 fall27112000.00%
2025 fall281121150.00%
2024 fall0324245569300.53%
2024 fall15253048291101.33%
2024 fall27154871,2023302.75%
2024 fall36004011,0015405.39%
2024 fall43552456002804.67%
2024 fall52722375092204.32%
2024 fall62202274473407.61%
2024 fall71871803672306.27%
2024 fall81171692861705.94%
2024 fall9811382191506.85%
2024 fall10357611114012.61%
2024 fall11385593241925.81%
2024 fall12153449161532.65%
2024 fall131221336618.18%
2024 fall14620265519.23%
2024 fall15101222114.55%
2024 fall1691322114.55%
2024 fall1759142214.29%
2024 fall18167000.00%
2024 fall192911000.00%
2024 fall20178000.00%
2024 fall212463350.00%
2024 fall2223555100.00%
2024 fall2301111100.00%
2024 fall2404444100.00%
2024 fall2511222100.00%
2024 fall2601111100.00%

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, 202612A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer40040400
2025 fallNov 21 - Nov 30, 202512A East (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer15115
2024 fallOct 25 - Nov 3, 202412A West (excluding Grand Canyon National Park)Any antlered deer32532325

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 1015 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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