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Arizona pronghorn hunt 2009

5B. 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 25 hunt permit-tags on hunt 2009 in 2026, of which at most 2 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 11,018 applications named it, and 25 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 33.

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 midwinter0459379838000.00%
2026 midwinter1473378851000.00%
2026 midwinter2456358814000.00%
2026 midwinter3436277713200.28%
2026 midwinter4270181451000.00%
2026 midwinter5260150410100.24%
2026 midwinter6356212568200.35%
2026 midwinter7336208544000.00%
2026 midwinter8311176487300.62%
2026 midwinter9332186518200.39%
2026 midwinter10329158487200.41%
2026 midwinter11281147428000.00%
2026 midwinter12224136360000.00%
2026 midwinter13221113334100.30%
2026 midwinter14217120337000.00%
2026 midwinter1520995304000.00%
2026 midwinter1621190301000.00%
2026 midwinter1716977246000.00%
2026 midwinter1812579204100.49%
2026 midwinter1914982231000.00%
2026 midwinter2015852210000.00%
2026 midwinter2113267199000.00%
2026 midwinter2211246158201.27%
2026 midwinter239858156000.00%
2026 midwinter2411451165100.61%
2026 midwinter259258150100.67%
2026 midwinter2610156157201.27%
2026 midwinter278441125000.00%
2026 midwinter28592685000.00%
2026 midwinter29542983000.00%
2026 midwinter30421052000.00%
2026 midwinter31261339000.00%
2026 midwinter32120124433.33%
2026 midwinter3310111100.00%
2025 midwinter0562430992100.10%
2025 midwinter1548376924000.00%
2025 midwinter2536283819000.00%
2025 midwinter3435231666000.00%
2025 midwinter4407209616100.16%
2025 midwinter5272146418000.00%
2025 midwinter6314148462000.00%
2025 midwinter7330180510000.00%
2025 midwinter8357186543200.37%
2025 midwinter9345151496000.00%
2025 midwinter10264125389000.00%
2025 midwinter11259152411000.00%
2025 midwinter1223299331100.30%
2025 midwinter13238110348100.29%
2025 midwinter14251104355100.28%
2025 midwinter1521987306100.33%
2025 midwinter1616573238100.42%
2025 midwinter1716451215100.47%
2025 midwinter1817859237100.42%
2025 midwinter1915654210100.48%
2025 midwinter2015476230000.00%
2025 midwinter2112740167100.60%
2025 midwinter2212151172100.58%
2025 midwinter2313948187100.53%
2025 midwinter249745142000.00%
2025 midwinter2511358171000.00%
2025 midwinter2610237139000.00%
2025 midwinter27702595101.05%
2025 midwinter287525100000.00%
2025 midwinter29481765000.00%
2025 midwinter30281442102.38%
2025 midwinter31125173317.65%
2025 midwinter3310111100.00%

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, 20265BBuck pronghorn25225
2025 midwinterSep 5 - Sep 14, 20255BBuck pronghorn21221

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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