Unit 2B: private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon

Hunt code
DER-1-112
Unit
2B
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2019–2026

In 2026, 2 of 2 residents drew (100%).

No nonresidents applied in 2026.

Harvest success in 2024 was 20%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–2200
2025–0000
2024–1100
2023–3300
2022–2299
2021–771313
2020–5500
2019–8833

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
20246120%
2023500%

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.

  • 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202625 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): 0 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.
  • 2020–202125 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): 0 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 2B private land only.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 2B

Units listed next to it

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