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Arizona deer hunt 1146

36B. 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 600 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1146 in 2026, of which at most 60 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,212 applications named it, and 600 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 7.

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 fall01069219853026.77%
2026 fall1235253488241049.39%
2026 fall21772324092264055.26%
2026 fall3346195636366.32%
2026 fall41342250.00%
2026 fall511516131381.25%
2026 fall601111100.00%
2026 fall701111100.00%
2025 fall0144118262401.53%
2025 fall12371784152305.54%
2025 fall221515637139010.51%
2025 fall38667153603.92%
2025 fall43647839010.84%
2025 fall533195210019.23%
2025 fall6107172211.76%
2025 fall7813219842.86%
2025 fall867134430.77%
2025 fall955102220.00%
2025 fall1051666100.00%
2025 fall13011000.00%
2025 fall1501111100.00%
2024 fall08976165100.61%
2024 fall12471303773709.81%
2024 fall22161463623509.67%
2024 fall35863121504.13%
2024 fall43724619014.75%
2024 fall592029206.90%
2024 fall6101626131250.00%
2024 fall775126450.00%
2024 fall83142250.00%
2024 fall931444100.00%
2024 fall1010111100.00%
2024 fall11011000.00%

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, 202636BAntlered whitetail deer60060600
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 202536BAntlered whitetail deer11511115
2024 fallDec 13 - Dec 31, 202436BAntlered whitetail deer11511115

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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