Unit 16: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon

Hunt code
DER-1-194
Unit
16
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 207 of 1,575 residents drew (13%).

In 2026, 16 of 199 nonresidents drew (8%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 41%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,57520719916
2025–1,42621721016
2024–1,26118516515
2023–1,25121019217

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
202530010341%
20243007932%

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.

  • 2026300 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): 65 first-choice applicants, 20 drawn.
  • 2025300 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): 34 first-choice applicants, 15 drawn.
  • 2024300 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): 25 first-choice applicants, 17 drawn.
  • 2023300 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): 36 first-choice applicants, 14 drawn.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 16

Units listed next to it

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