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Arizona deer hunt 1122

33. 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 275 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1122 in 2026, of which at most 27 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,297 applications named it, and 275 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 8.

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 fall077921691508.88%
2026 fall117217134351014.87%
2026 fall219626145793020.35%
2026 fall38213221447021.96%
2026 fall4184260231038.33%
2026 fall5132437292878.38%
2026 fall6101111111100.00%
2026 fall721333100.00%
2026 fall812333100.00%
2025 fall011777194301.55%
2025 fall1229179408200.49%
2025 fall23252165412003.70%
2025 fall318993282802.84%
2025 fall412985214803.74%
2025 fall5433376405.26%
2025 fall6441660406.67%
2025 fall7161329206.90%
2025 fall8157223213.64%
2025 fall96063350.00%
2025 fall1046104440.00%
2025 fall111451120.00%
2025 fall122352240.00%
2025 fall13011000.00%
2025 fall1410111100.00%
2024 fall011361174000.00%
2024 fall1204129333601.80%
2024 fall22651554201403.33%
2024 fall3208933012407.97%
2024 fall47846124100.81%
2024 fall5433780202.50%
2024 fall6301949408.16%
2024 fall7141226103.85%
2024 fall8114157746.67%
2024 fall92462233.33%
2024 fall10123000.00%
2024 fall112241125.00%
2024 fall1220222100.00%
2024 fall1301111100.00%

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 fallNov 27 - Dec 6, 202633Antlered whitetail deer27527275
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 202533Antlered whitetail deer65665
2024 fallDec 13 - Dec 31, 202433Antlered whitetail deer65665

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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