I got my first deer tag in five years last year, course I was holding out for Kaibab rut hunt... worth the wait?
I got a muzzleloader elk rut hunt this year: first in five years.. but then I only put in for bull or buck hunts, and always in premium areas...
To hunt every year for any Arizona resident, it takes a willingness to go out of state, or to shoot cows and does only, and then you never accumulate prefernce points.\
good luck