Unit 5A: private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Hunt code
- DER-1-145
- Unit
- 5A
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Season
- any legal weapon
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 54 of 54 residents drew (100%).
In 2026, 57 of 57 nonresidents drew (100%).
Harvest success in 2025 was 48%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 54 | 54 | 57 | 57 |
| 2025 | – | 86 | 86 | 42 | 42 |
| 2024 | – | 64 | 64 | 59 | 59 |
| 2023 | – | 73 | 73 | 61 | 61 |
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.
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | 68 | 48% |
| 2024 | 145 | 41 | 32% |
| 2023 | 159 | 72 | 53% |
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.
- 2025–2026220 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): 5 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
- 2024220 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): 4 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
- 2023220 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): 7 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.
Sources
- 20252025-2026 deer harvest report(harvest)
- 20242024-2025 deer harvest report(harvest)
- 20232023-2024 deer harvest report(harvest)
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Other hunts in unit 5A
- Unit 5A private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 5A private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 5A private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 5A public land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 5A public land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 5A public land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, either sex, bow(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, either sex, bow(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, either sex, bow(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, either sex, bow(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 5A public land only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(elk)
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 2C private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs, youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 5B: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 5B youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Units 6A and 6C: mobility impaired only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Units 6A and 6C: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon