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Arizona deer hunt 1087

23. 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 1087 in 2026, of which at most 7 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,970 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 23.

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 fall072138210100.48%
2026 fall1125180305902.95%
2026 fall2262217479901.88%
2026 fall3166142308601.95%
2026 fall4109761851407.57%
2026 fall57163134402.99%
2026 fall666561221109.02%
2026 fall7323971101.41%
2026 fall8243256101.79%
2026 fall91616324012.50%
2026 fall101511265519.23%
2026 fall1166123325.00%
2026 fall12310132215.38%
2026 fall137292222.22%
2026 fall14101000.00%
2026 fall16202000.00%
2026 fall172131133.33%
2026 fall2010111100.00%
2026 fall2301111100.00%
2025 fall08969158000.00%
2025 fall1146137283602.12%
2025 fall22251443691504.07%
2025 fall31601242841204.23%
2025 fall411866184904.89%
2025 fall55067117504.27%
2025 fall6464692606.52%
2025 fall7303060406.67%
2025 fall8212748306.25%
2025 fall912719000.00%
2025 fall10138213314.29%
2025 fall115494444.44%
2025 fall124373342.86%
2025 fall132131133.33%
2025 fall14303000.00%
2025 fall15213000.00%
2025 fall1612333100.00%
2025 fall1710111100.00%
2024 fall0346397606.19%
2024 fall18711720434016.67%
2024 fall210718929654018.24%
2024 fall3459714224016.90%
2024 fall49465522040.00%
2024 fall582230242480.00%
2024 fall630333100.00%
2024 fall714555100.00%
2024 fall801111100.00%
2024 fall920222100.00%

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, 202623Antlered whitetail deer75775
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 202523Antlered whitetail deer75775
2024 fallNov 8 - Nov 14, 202423Antlered whitetail deer17517175

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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