Bighorn and Dall sheep draws by state: hunts and applications
Utah had the most first-choice wild sheep applications of the 9 state draws on file: 44,057 in its 2025 draw (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources), ahead of Alaska (42,537, 2025) and Montana (41,128, 2026).
Data updated October 2026. From each state agency's latest draw report on file, fetched October 2026.
This table lists every state FilledTag has wild sheep draw results for, counting bighorn sheep everywhere and Dall sheep in Alaska; New Mexico's Barbary sheep are not counted. Applications are counted on first choice, the way each agency prints them; a hunter who applies in two pools, or for two hunts, is counted twice. For Nevada and Washington, the report on file lists the hunts but not applicants per hunt.
Which states hold a wild sheep draw, and how many applied?
| State | Draw year | Points | Hunts in the draw | First-choice applications | Drew on first choice | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2025 | Bonus points | 34 | 44,057 | 141 (0%) | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (2 reports) |
| Alaska | 2025 | No points | 44 | 42,537 | not printed for every pool | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
| Montana | 2026 | Squared bonus points | 40 | 41,128 | 838 (2%) | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |
| Arizona | 2025 | Bonus points | 67 | 31,917 | not printed for every pool | Arizona Game and Fish Department |
| New Mexico | 2026 | No points | 4 | 16,739 | 44 (0%) | New Mexico Department of Wildlife |
| California | 2026 | Preference points | 15 | 12,411 | not printed for every pool | California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| Idaho | 2026 | No points | 30 | 4,400 | 98 (2%) | Idaho Department of Fish and Game (2 reports) |
| Nevada | 2025 | Squared bonus points | 86 | not printed | not printed | Nevada Department of Wildlife |
| Washington | 2025 | Bonus points | 12 | not printed | not printed | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Questions about wild sheep draws
Which state had the most wild sheep draw applications?
Utah, with 44,057 first-choice applications across 34 wild sheep hunts in its 2025 draw, as Utah Division of Wildlife Resources reported it.
Where did the largest share of first-choice wild sheep applications draw?
Among states that print who drew for every pool, Idaho: 98 of 4,400 first-choice applications drew in 2026 (2%). The smallest share was New Mexico's, 44 of 16,739 in 2026 (0%). These are past results, not the chance of drawing next year.
Which states draw wild sheep tags with no points?
Alaska, New Mexico and Idaho: no applicant gains an edge from earlier years in those draws, by the agency's own rules. Utah, Montana, Arizona, California, Nevada and Washington give an edge to applicants who have built points.
Do nonresidents apply for wild sheep in large numbers?
In Utah's 2025 draw, 25,109 of the 44,057 first-choice wild sheep applications were from nonresidents (57%), the largest nonresident share among the states that split applications by residency.
Read each state's draw in full
Each state name in the table opens that state's own page on FilledTag, with the draw by hunt, the points it took where the agency prints them, and the units on the map. The draw rules by state page explains how each state uses points. To see where your own points could draw, use the tag draw planner.
Every number is the agency's, copied from its published report; FilledTag adds nothing to it. The share that drew is a past result for that year.