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

Hunt code
DER-1-117
Unit
2B
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 16 of 816 residents drew (2%).

In 2026, 1 of 300 nonresidents drew (0.3%).

Harvest success in 2024 was 95%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–816163001
2025–869213292
2024–875203261
2023–897203471

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
2024252395%
2023252496%

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.

  • 202620 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): 290 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202525 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): 291 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202425 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): 299 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202325 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): 235 first-choice applicants, 0 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.