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Arizona deer hunt 1020

12B West. 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 75 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1020 in 2026, of which at most 7 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 4,012 applications named it, and 75 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 29.

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 fall0112149261000.00%
2026 fall1154194348300.86%
2026 fall2210229439501.14%
2026 fall31951943891102.83%
2026 fall490119209301.44%
2026 fall5151189340501.47%
2026 fall6144155299100.33%
2026 fall796137233502.15%
2026 fall886127213401.88%
2026 fall962116178603.37%
2026 fall1072107179201.12%
2026 fall116494158201.27%
2026 fall124263105100.95%
2026 fall13395190303.33%
2026 fall14375087404.60%
2026 fall15254873202.74%
2026 fall16173956000.00%
2026 fall17192847102.13%
2026 fall181532479719.15%
2026 fall191831495510.20%
2026 fall20131427000.00%
2026 fall21182543000.00%
2026 fall22101929000.00%
2026 fall238614000.00%
2026 fall24101525000.00%
2026 fall2510919000.00%
2026 fall26111930000.00%
2026 fall275914000.00%
2026 fall2855102220.00%
2026 fall2901111100.00%
2025 fall05571126201.59%
2025 fall165821471107.48%
2025 fall2841192031708.37%
2025 fall346671131109.73%
2025 fall4327911116014.41%
2025 fall52548739012.33%
2025 fall61839576010.53%
2025 fall71525408020.00%
2025 fall8925347020.59%
2025 fall961622219.09%
2025 fall1051520121260.00%
2025 fall116391111.11%
2025 fall122462233.33%
2025 fall1310111100.00%
2025 fall14213000.00%
2025 fall16011000.00%
2025 fall19011000.00%
2025 fall20011000.00%
2025 fall2101111100.00%
2025 fall2212333100.00%
2025 fall2410111100.00%
2024 fall0168216384000.00%
2024 fall1168225393100.25%
2024 fall2242213455200.44%
2024 fall3254194448300.67%
2024 fall4157116273301.10%
2024 fall5167177344401.16%
2024 fall6117138255200.78%
2024 fall7135122257702.72%
2024 fall892150242301.24%
2024 fall984115199402.01%
2024 fall105993152301.97%
2024 fall117386159402.52%
2024 fall125476130302.31%
2024 fall133967106100.94%
2024 fall14314475202.67%
2024 fall15214566000.00%
2024 fall16293564000.00%
2024 fall17324779323.80%
2024 fall18132538337.89%
2024 fall19252954335.56%
2024 fall20201939112.56%
2024 fall21101626000.00%
2024 fall22151833103.03%
2024 fall23131528000.00%
2024 fall24222143000.00%
2024 fall25121426000.00%
2024 fall2641115000.00%
2024 fall272132266.67%

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, 202612B WestAny antlered deer75775
2025 fallOct 24 - Nov 2, 202512B WestAny antlered deer11011110
2024 fallNov 22 - Dec 1, 202412B WestAny antlered deer55555

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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