Texas Bighorn Sheep BXX-BH
Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package - Bighorn Sheep Area in Bighorn Sheep Area, Jan 31 – Jun 30, 2026.
Where Exactly This Hunt Is Valid
The hunt runs on Black Gap, Elephant Mountain or Sierra Diablo WMA, and Texas Parks and Wildlife settles which one — and the dates — after the November surveys that set how many permits there are.
As printed in Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's hunt description; the written boundary governs.
Your odds at 0 points · 2024 draw
about 1 in 10,989
Years to draw on points: —
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- —
- Success
- —
First-choice nonresidents.
Points Needed to Draw
No cut was published in enough years to chart one.
Bonus points (cubed) — no cut to track: each point adds entries to the draw rather than a place in line.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Nov 1 · 13 daysThe $10 Drawn hunt application fee, per adult per application - Private Lands and Guided Hunt Package categories is not refunded. Drawing adds the $315 Non-resident General Hunting License (Item 105) - required to hunt deer, mule deer, pronghorn or bighorn sheep; the Upland Game Bird Endorsement for turkey may not be used with the cheaper 5-day license. Drawing adds the $0 Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package - no permit fee (guided package hunts have no Special Permit fee).
- Opens
- Jul 1, 2026
- Closes
- Nov 1, 2026
- Results
- about Nov 4
Next application window (BXX · Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package): Open Jul 1 – Nov 1, 2026.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Drawn hunt application fee, per adult per application - Private Lands and Guided Hunt Package categories · paid at application $10 TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunts
- Non-resident General Hunting License (Item 105) - required to hunt deer, mule deer, pronghorn or bighorn sheep; the Upland Game Bird Endorsement for turkey may not be used with the cheaper 5-day license · paid if drawn $315 TPWD 2026 Outdoor Annual
- Guided Bighorn Sheep Hunt Package - no permit fee (guided package hunts have no Special Permit fee) · paid if drawn $0 TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunt FAQs
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes no mapped boundary for Bighorn Sheep Area.
Bighorn Sheep Area in full →Details
Odds by Point Level · 2024 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 ← you | <1% (small sample) pool average: a floor with points | — | — |
Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries (points³ + 1), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. As a lower choice, BXX-BH drew no one in 2024, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: TPWD 2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 5 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | — | — | TPWD 2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog |
| 2023 | 1 | — | — | — | TPWD 2024-2025 Drawn Hunt Catalog |
| 2022 | 1 | — | — | — | TPWD 2023-2024 BXX category details |
| 2021 | 1 | — | — | — | TPWD 2022-2023 Drawn Hunt Catalog |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | TPWD 2021-2022 Drawn Hunt Catalog |
▸ Sources 9
- TPWD 2025-2026 Drawn Hunt Catalog draw results, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2024-2025 Drawn Hunt Catalog earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2023-2024 BXX category details earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2022-2023 Drawn Hunt Catalog earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2021-2022 Drawn Hunt Catalog earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunts draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunts fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Outdoor Annual fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TPWD 2026 Drawn Hunt FAQs fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2024 draw, the latest on file, computed from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department's published results (unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.
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