Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Hunt code
- DER-1-266
- Unit
- 25
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Season
- any legal weapon
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 25 of 35 residents drew (71%).
In 2026, 4 of 5 nonresidents drew (80%).
Harvest success in 2025 was 7%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 35 | 25 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | – | 37 | 22 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | – | 55 | 26 | 13 | 4 |
| 2023 | – | 65 | 31 | 7 | 4 |
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 | 100 | 6 | 7% |
| 2024 | 100 | 13 | 17% |
| 2023 | 100 | 23 | 28% |
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.
- 2023–2026100 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.
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 25
- 25 Florida mountains, once-in-a-lifetime: ibex, either sex, any legal weapon(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains, youth only: ibex, either sex, any legal weapon(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, bow(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, bow(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, muzzleloader(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains, once-in-a-lifetime: ibex, either sex, any legal weapon(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains, once-in-a-youth: ibex, either sex, any legal weapon(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, bow(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, bow(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains: ibex, either sex, muzzleloader(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- Unit 25 Florida mountains: ibex, female or immature, any legal weapon(ibex)
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 25: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 23 except the Burro mountains hunt area: deer, fork-antlered mule deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 23 except the Burro mountains hunt area: deer, fork-antlered mule deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 24, including Fort Bayard. Youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 24 excluding Fort Bayard: deer, fork-antlered mule deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 26: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 26: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 27: deer, fork-antlered mule deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 27: deer, fork-antlered mule deer, any legal weapon