Nebraska Bighorn Sheep — Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season)
Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season)
The 2026 draw put up 1 resident tag here.
Your chance of drawing here
Every bighorn sheep license type on offer in Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season), with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
— Cut level
| Hunt | Your odds | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHS-LOTTERY ↗ Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season) | — Cut level | — | 1 / — | Dec 1–22, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 resident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $34 | $34 | $59 |
Application window: opens Apr 20, closes Aug 7, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission does not publish a mapped boundary for Bighorn Sheep Lottery (regular season), so there is no map to draw.
What the agency says about the area
The hunt is defined as a list of whole counties in NGPC's own regulation, not as a mapped unit, so it has no polygon by design.
Source: Nebraska Big Game Guide 2026 (unit names, public-land statements)