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Arizona deer hunt 1021

13A. 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 50 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1021 in 2026, of which at most 5 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 6,403 applications named it, and 50 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 fall0353257610000.00%
2026 fall1372306678100.15%
2026 fall2371299670500.75%
2026 fall3287242529300.57%
2026 fall4204162366000.00%
2026 fall5215162377200.53%
2026 fall6197183380100.26%
2026 fall7185163348100.29%
2026 fall8156140296602.03%
2026 fall9140156296200.68%
2026 fall10108134242100.41%
2026 fall11112136248100.40%
2026 fall1276106182100.55%
2026 fall137299171402.34%
2026 fall144578123000.00%
2026 fall155391144000.00%
2026 fall164981130604.62%
2026 fall17336497000.00%
2026 fall18274774101.35%
2026 fall19335184303.57%
2026 fall20245175101.33%
2026 fall211942618813.11%
2026 fall22114152000.00%
2026 fall2372431000.00%
2026 fall24101929103.45%
2026 fall25112334000.00%
2026 fall2671825000.00%
2026 fall27111728000.00%
2026 fall2851217000.00%
2026 fall291562233.33%
2025 fall0131163294000.00%
2025 fall1168199367000.00%
2025 fall2256219475100.21%
2025 fall3195210405701.73%
2025 fall4175149324601.85%
2025 fall598148246301.22%
2025 fall688121209301.44%
2025 fall7104124228401.75%
2025 fall898113211200.95%
2025 fall979139218200.92%
2025 fall107384157503.18%
2025 fall114278120302.50%
2025 fall124385128403.13%
2025 fall13286593000.00%
2025 fall14296392000.00%
2025 fall15244771101.41%
2025 fall16273158101.72%
2025 fall17174360000.00%
2025 fall18193453315.66%
2025 fall191130416614.63%
2025 fall20112940225.00%
2025 fall2192837000.00%
2025 fall227815000.00%
2025 fall2361117000.00%
2025 fall24102232000.00%
2025 fall25111930000.00%
2025 fall2651116000.00%
2025 fall274913000.00%
2025 fall2811222100.00%
2024 fall0327348675000.00%
2024 fall1313387700000.00%
2024 fall2332343675400.59%
2024 fall3267304571200.35%
2024 fall4149163312300.96%
2024 fall5151205356300.84%
2024 fall6133218351000.00%
2024 fall7163185348601.72%
2024 fall8146163309100.32%
2024 fall9125163288000.00%
2024 fall10103135238200.84%
2024 fall1189132221200.91%
2024 fall127691167201.20%
2024 fall136893161201.24%
2024 fall145594149302.01%
2024 fall15325991202.20%
2024 fall16335386000.00%
2024 fall173971110000.00%
2024 fall18325082000.00%
2024 fall19235679000.00%
2024 fall20214970445.71%
2024 fall2173239000.00%
2024 fall22132639225.13%
2024 fall23133043000.00%
2024 fall2492635000.00%
2024 fall2591827000.00%
2024 fall266915000.00%
2024 fall2761521229.52%

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 13 - Nov 22, 202613AAny antlered deer50550
2025 fallNov 21 - Nov 30, 202512B WestAny antlered deer55555
2024 fallNov 15 - Nov 24, 202413AAny antlered deer40440

The ground under this hunt number has changed. Arizona has printed more than one open-areas description for hunt 1021 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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