GMUs 29, 30: barbary sheep, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
BBY-1-110
Unit
29, 30
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 38 of 908 residents drew (4%).

In 2026, 4 of 429 nonresidents drew (0.9%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 59%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–908384294
2025–827394033
2024–811454075
2023–725423223

Harvest

NMDGF counts licenses sold as hunters, and the harvest is NMDGF's estimate from hunter reports, public land only. The success rate is NMDGF's own printed figure, not harvest divided by licenses sold.

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025753759%
2024752333%
2023772138%

Reading these numbers

New Mexico has no points: every application has the same chance every year. Each hunt's licenses are split by law, at least 84% to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter and 10% to applicants (resident or not) who contracted with an outfitter. Counts here are first-choice applicants and first-choice draws.

  • 202675 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 209 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.
  • 202575 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 211 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 202475 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 248 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.
  • 202375 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 153 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 29, 30

Units listed next to it

In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.