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Arizona · Elk · Hunt 3127

Arizona elk hunt 3127

3A and 3C. What each bonus point level actually did in Arizona's midwinter 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 3127 in 2026, of which at most 7 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 2,759 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 27.

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 midwinter08470154000.00%
2026 midwinter186102188100.53%
2026 midwinter2138112250000.00%
2026 midwinter3137135272501.84%
2026 midwinter414796243502.06%
2026 midwinter5123123246502.03%
2026 midwinter6130120250903.60%
2026 midwinter712396219602.74%
2026 midwinter810888196804.08%
2026 midwinter97675151704.64%
2026 midwinter108767154805.19%
2026 midwinter115165116403.45%
2026 midwinter12463379000.00%
2026 midwinter13232750000.00%
2026 midwinter14272249214.08%
2026 midwinter152024449920.45%
2026 midwinter1671320115.00%
2026 midwinter1781018000.00%
2026 midwinter186281112.50%
2026 midwinter1971118000.00%
2026 midwinter20369000.00%
2026 midwinter212681012.50%
2026 midwinter22358000.00%
2026 midwinter23134000.00%
2026 midwinter242131133.33%
2026 midwinter2510111100.00%
2026 midwinter2701111100.00%
2025 midwinter098101199000.00%
2025 midwinter1104114218200.92%
2025 midwinter2182159341401.17%
2025 midwinter3199166365200.55%
2025 midwinter4212180392401.02%
2025 midwinter5128111239702.93%
2025 midwinter6112109221200.91%
2025 midwinter71231012241205.36%
2025 midwinter89387180804.44%
2025 midwinter910794201904.48%
2025 midwinter107877155503.23%
2025 midwinter11424890101.11%
2025 midwinter12364480303.75%
2025 midwinter13362864101.56%
2025 midwinter14282553447.55%
2025 midwinter151214265519.23%
2025 midwinter16118193315.79%
2025 midwinter178513000.00%
2025 midwinter183912000.00%
2025 midwinter193912000.00%
2025 midwinter203710000.00%
2025 midwinter216713000.00%
2025 midwinter22167000.00%
2025 midwinter231232266.67%
2025 midwinter2410111100.00%

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 midwinterSep 11 - Sep 24, 20263A and 3CBull elk75775
2025 midwinterSep 12 - Sep 25, 20253A and 3CBull elk75775

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 M Bonus Point Report — 2026-M-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2025 M Bonus Point Report — 2025-Bonus-Point-Report.pdf, fetched 2026-09-04
  • 2026-Pronghorn-and-Elk-Regulations_251223.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from
  • 2025-Pronghorn-and-Elk-Regulations_250106.pdf — the regulations booklet this cycle's species, unit and permit count were read from

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