Unit 30: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon

Hunt code
DER-1-294
Unit
30
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 514 of 1,296 residents drew (40%).

In 2026, 38 of 189 nonresidents drew (20%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 20%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,29651418938
2025–1,49456720136
2024–1,67457122641
2023–1,64855822137

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
202572012520%
202472114223%
202372119230%

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.

  • 2026720 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): 12 first-choice applicants, 11 drawn.
  • 2025720 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): 11 first-choice applicants, 11 drawn.
  • 2024720 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.
  • 2023720 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): 12 first-choice applicants, 12 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 30

Units listed next to it

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