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Arizona pronghorn hunt 2031

8. 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 4 hunt permit-tags on hunt 2031 in 2026, of which at most 1 could go to nonresidents. Across first and second choice, 458 applications named it, and 4 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 midwinter0101323000.00%
2026 midwinter1111021000.00%
2026 midwinter2102030000.00%
2026 midwinter3131427103.70%
2026 midwinter471421000.00%
2026 midwinter551722000.00%
2026 midwinter6131528000.00%
2026 midwinter791625000.00%
2026 midwinter861521000.00%
2026 midwinter9151833000.00%
2026 midwinter1015924104.17%
2026 midwinter1181523000.00%
2026 midwinter12171027000.00%
2026 midwinter13161026000.00%
2026 midwinter14101424000.00%
2026 midwinter1510313000.00%
2026 midwinter167714107.14%
2026 midwinter178715000.00%
2026 midwinter184913000.00%
2026 midwinter19437000.00%
2026 midwinter20224000.00%
2026 midwinter21033000.00%
2026 midwinter22022000.00%
2026 midwinter23224000.00%
2026 midwinter24022000.00%
2026 midwinter25022000.00%
2026 midwinter26123000.00%
2026 midwinter2901111100.00%
2025 midwinter0101727000.00%
2025 midwinter182028000.00%
2025 midwinter272229000.00%
2025 midwinter361723000.00%
2025 midwinter4121729103.45%
2025 midwinter541115000.00%
2025 midwinter611314107.14%
2025 midwinter76915000.00%
2025 midwinter8122638000.00%
2025 midwinter931518000.00%
2025 midwinter1031215000.00%
2025 midwinter118614000.00%
2025 midwinter1281321000.00%
2025 midwinter13189000.00%
2025 midwinter14549000.00%
2025 midwinter15268000.00%
2025 midwinter16279000.00%
2025 midwinter17055000.00%
2025 midwinter18044000.00%
2025 midwinter19033000.00%
2025 midwinter20112000.00%
2025 midwinter21101000.00%
2025 midwinter22022000.00%
2025 midwinter230221050.00%
2025 midwinter24123000.00%
2025 midwinter2511221100.00%

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, 20268Buck pronghorn414
2025 midwinterOct 3 - Oct 12, 20258Buck pronghorn515

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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