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Arizona deer hunt 1150

36C. 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 150 hunt permit-tags on hunt 1150 in 2026, of which at most 15 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 306 applications named it, and 150 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 fall02214366016.67%
2026 fall133669944044.44%
2026 fall2317710864059.26%
2026 fall352530181260.00%
2026 fall4513188844.44%
2026 fall51232266.67%
2026 fall64595555.56%
2026 fall702222100.00%
2026 fall810111100.00%
2025 fall05948107100.93%
2025 fall1150632132109.86%
2025 fall22229231450015.92%
2025 fall3985114918012.08%
2025 fall4385088303.41%
2025 fall51622385113.16%
2025 fall656118872.73%
2025 fall710818131072.22%
2025 fall8055000.00%
2025 fall92132266.67%
2025 fall1020222100.00%
2025 fall11011000.00%
2025 fall1210111100.00%
2025 fall1310111100.00%
2025 fall14011000.00%
2024 fall0554095202.11%
2024 fall1120551751508.57%
2024 fall21899228149017.44%
2024 fall3664210812011.11%
2024 fall42026465010.87%
2024 fall521183916441.03%
2024 fall6101626131350.00%
2024 fall75052040.00%
2024 fall8410145235.71%
2024 fall9011000.00%
2024 fall103141125.00%
2024 fall1121333100.00%
2024 fall1210111100.00%
2024 fall2601111100.00%

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, 202636CAntlered whitetail deer15015150
2025 fallDec 12 - Dec 31, 202536CAntlered whitetail deer12512125
2024 fallDec 13 - Dec 31, 202436CAntlered whitetail deer12512125

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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