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Arizona deer hunt 1084

22. 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 1084 in 2026, of which at most 5 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,256 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 16.

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 fall07383156100.64%
2026 fall1118102220301.36%
2026 fall21391482871003.48%
2026 fall3109114223703.14%
2026 fall45768125604.80%
2026 fall5324577709.09%
2026 fall6254671304.23%
2026 fall7141832000.00%
2026 fall8111122000.00%
2026 fall997162012.50%
2026 fall1058138861.54%
2026 fall11549000.00%
2026 fall121121050.00%
2026 fall13011000.00%
2026 fall1410111100.00%
2026 fall1601111100.00%
2025 fall08754141302.13%
2025 fall110997206401.94%
2025 fall21651122771003.61%
2025 fall38889177703.95%
2025 fall46260122504.10%
2025 fall5484694202.13%
2025 fall6172340205.00%
2025 fall7141731309.68%
2025 fall812820105.00%
2025 fall9710173017.65%
2025 fall1095146642.86%
2025 fall11011000.00%
2025 fall12202000.00%
2025 fall1301111100.00%
2025 fall1410111100.00%
2025 fall1511222100.00%
2024 fall03810214024017.14%
2024 fall111315727084031.11%
2024 fall296240336134039.88%
2024 fall34571116662856.90%
2024 fall433740222255.00%
2024 fall55914111178.57%
2024 fall61898888.89%
2024 fall7033000.00%
2024 fall1310111100.00%

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 fallDec 11 - Dec 31, 202622Antlered whitetail deer50550
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 202522Antlered whitetail deer50550
2024 fallNov 8 - Nov 14, 202422Antlered whitetail deer35035350

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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