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Arizona pronghorn hunt 2003

2C. 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 5 hunt permit-tags on hunt 2003 in 2026, of which at most 1 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 1,302 applications named it, and 5 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 29.

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 midwinter045102147000.00%
2026 midwinter149123172000.00%
2026 midwinter23381114000.00%
2026 midwinter3295988000.00%
2026 midwinter4124052000.00%
2026 midwinter5204262000.00%
2026 midwinter6205272101.39%
2026 midwinter7334881000.00%
2026 midwinter8134154000.00%
2026 midwinter9173855000.00%
2026 midwinter10123850000.00%
2026 midwinter11193655101.82%
2026 midwinter1292433000.00%
2026 midwinter1361622104.55%
2026 midwinter1482331000.00%
2026 midwinter15101727000.00%
2026 midwinter1671522000.00%
2026 midwinter1781523000.00%
2026 midwinter1861218000.00%
2026 midwinter1971421000.00%
2026 midwinter209817000.00%
2026 midwinter215712000.00%
2026 midwinter223811000.00%
2026 midwinter2351318000.00%
2026 midwinter243811000.00%
2026 midwinter25358000.00%
2026 midwinter26257000.00%
2026 midwinter274481012.50%
2026 midwinter28257000.00%
2026 midwinter291341125.00%
2025 midwinter053124177100.56%
2025 midwinter140120160201.25%
2025 midwinter23491125000.00%
2025 midwinter32982111100.90%
2025 midwinter4286189000.00%
2025 midwinter5205777000.00%
2025 midwinter6154459000.00%
2025 midwinter7245579000.00%
2025 midwinter8175875000.00%
2025 midwinter9144054000.00%
2025 midwinter10134659000.00%
2025 midwinter11124254000.00%
2025 midwinter12103444000.00%
2025 midwinter1383543000.00%
2025 midwinter14113445000.00%
2025 midwinter15111728000.00%
2025 midwinter16132033000.00%
2025 midwinter1772027103.70%
2025 midwinter1872431000.00%
2025 midwinter1981119000.00%
2025 midwinter2051318105.56%
2025 midwinter2146101010.00%
2025 midwinter2237101010.00%
2025 midwinter2331518000.00%
2025 midwinter24189000.00%
2025 midwinter25178000.00%
2025 midwinter26448000.00%
2025 midwinter27369000.00%
2025 midwinter28134000.00%
2025 midwinter291342250.00%

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 4 - Sep 13, 20262CBuck pronghorn515
2025 midwinterSep 5 - Sep 14, 20252CBuck pronghorn10110

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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