Texas Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
In the 2024 draw Texas offered 1 bighorn sheep hunt to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn by a lottery weighted by bonus points. At 0 points an applicant had at least an even chance in 0 hunts open to every hunter.
Applications open now: close Nov 1, 2026, opened Jul 1
Kept if you miss. Bighorn Sheep license $315 only if drawn
2024 draw
How the Texas Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Bonus points (cubed).
Every applicant gets points³ + 1 entries in a random draw, so more points mean more chances, but never a guarantee.
Before You Apply
Not Once In A Lifetime Here
Texas puts no lifetime limit on bighorn sheep tags.
No lifetime limit on desert bighorn appears in TPWD's drawn-hunt rules or in Subchapter E of the Parks and Wildlife Code (sections 61.204 to 61.206), and a loyalty point simply resets when you are drawn in the category.
Source: statutes.capitol.texas.gov
- Limit
- No lifetime limit
- Nonresident Share
- There is no residency restriction and no nonresident cap: Texans, other US residents and nonresidents apply on the same terms in one pool.
- Tag Fee
- Due only if drawn
- You pay the tag only if you draw.
- Your Points
- Earned on a miss
- Missing the draw earns you a point for next year.
Every Hunt at 0 Points
1 hunt code drawn in 2024 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies
| Hunt | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BXX-BH Guided · Unit BH · Bighorn sheep · Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package · Bighorn Sheep Area | Bighorn sheep · Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package · Bighorn Sheep AreaGuided | BH | 0% (small sample) | — | 1 / — | — |
Showing all 1 · sorted by unit
Every hunt by unitWhat These Columns Mean
- Odds at your points —
- the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2024 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Pts needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2024 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the unit who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole unit's figure, not the hunt's.
All 1 Unit
Each unit has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications.