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

Hunt code
DER-1-115
Unit
2B
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 206 of 3,033 residents drew (7%).

In 2026, 7 of 636 nonresidents drew (1%).

Harvest success in 2024 was 48%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–3,0332066367
2025–2,72424464215
2024–2,90124354712
2023–3,04726154712

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
202440217148%
202340223963%

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.

  • 2026320 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): 184 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.
  • 2025400 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): 170 first-choice applicants, 11 drawn.
  • 2024400 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): 164 first-choice applicants, 15 drawn.
  • 2023400 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): 144 first-choice applicants, 16 drawn.

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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.