{"id":18819,"date":"2025-05-06T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=18819"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:14:54","slug":"prepare-now-for-upcoming-2025-fall-hunt-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/05\/06\/prepare-now-for-upcoming-2025-fall-hunt-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare now for upcoming 2025 fall hunt draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 For hunters planning to apply for hunt permit-tags issued through the upcoming 2025 fall draw for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, bison, and sandhill crane, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is offering the following tips to make the process go smoothly:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open an AZGFD portal account. <\/strong>Visit<a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.azgfd.com\/Account\/Register\"> <strong>accounts.azgfd.com\/Account\/Register<\/strong><\/a> and fill in the required information. AZGFD encourages all customers to have an AZGFD portal account; that\u2019s the only place where draw results will be posted. Family account features are available with a portal account, so everyone \u2014 including youth \u2014 can view their draw results online as soon as they are available. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check your AZGFD portal account. <\/strong>Visit<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov<\/strong><\/a>, then click on \u201cAccount Login\u201d at the bottom of the homepage.<strong> <\/strong>Take this time to review personal data, including\u00a0 application history and total bonus points (bonus, loyalty, hunter education). If something seems amiss, call AZGFD at 602-942-3000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Applicants must possess a valid Arizona hunting license, or combination hunt and fish license, to apply for a hunt permit-tag.<\/strong> A license must be valid on the last day of the application period (June 3). Licenses can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/license.azgfd.gov\/home.xhtml\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>, or at any AZGFD office statewide. License dealers no longer sell paper licenses, but many offer to sell licenses through the department\u2019s online purchase system. AZGFD provides a list of dealers statewide that offer online license purchases at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/License\/\"><strong>www.azgfd.com\/license\/<\/strong><\/a>. When purchasing an Arizona hunting license, or combination hunt and fish license, online, the license number will appear at the bottom of the customer&#8217;s receipt. Don\u2019t throw it away! That license number will be required as part of the draw application process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Know your Customer ID. <\/strong>This is a must to submit an application. There are four ways to locate a Customer ID: 1) Log into your AZGFD portal account, and click on \u201cView Details\u201d under \u201cMy AZGFD Dashboard; 2) Check your hunting license, or combination hunt and fish license, if it was purchased online; 3) A Customer ID number can be retrieved by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/customerlookup.azgfd.com\/\"><strong>customerlookup.azgfd.com\/<\/strong><\/a>. If the account is located, AZGFD will send the Customer ID number to that email address; 4) Call AZGFD at 602-942-3000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Download \u201cArizona E-Tag.\u201d <\/strong>Download this mobile app from either the Apple or Google Play stores, and opt in to receive an electronic permit-tag in your AZGFD portal account (this is not an option selected through the draw). <strong>Be sure to update to the most recent version of the app, which is compatible with both Apple and android products.<\/strong> The Arizona E-Tag app provides real-time delivery of licenses and big game tags purchased or drawn after the app has been downloaded. The app also provides the ability to electronically tag a harvested animal and complete the hunter questionnaire. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\/etag\"><strong>www.azgfd.gov\/etag<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purchase a PointGuard product. <\/strong>Choosing PointGuard Plus, or the standard PointGuard, ensures that applicants can surrender their hunt permit-tag for any reason, and the accumulated bonus points that were expended to draw that hunt permit-tag will be reinstated. A portal account is no longer required to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/hunting\/hunt-draw-and-licenses\/big-game-draw\/point-guard\/\"><strong>purchase a PointGuard product<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sign up to receive a hunter questionnaire via text message<\/strong>. As part of the application process, a customer can now enter his or her phone number (ghost number format) to receive a hunter questionnaire via text message on their mobile device.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When\u2019s the draw?<\/strong> AZGFD will post an announcement on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.gov\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a> and social media channels when the 2025 fall draw opens. The deadline for the department to receive all applications is <strong>11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, June 3, 2025<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AZGFD offers tips to make the application process go smoothly for fall draw applicants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prepare now for upcoming 2025 fall hunt draw - Arizona Game &amp; Fish Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/05\/06\/prepare-now-for-upcoming-2025-fall-hunt-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prepare now for upcoming 2025 fall hunt draw - Arizona Game &amp; 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