Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon

Hunt code
DER-1-301
Unit
31
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 158 of 428 residents drew (37%).

In 2026, 14 of 70 nonresidents drew (20%).

Harvest success in 2024 was 39%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–4281587014
2025–5411689918
2024–4671629510
2023–6131938914

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
202443315239%

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.

  • 2026435 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): 45 first-choice applicants, 25 drawn.
  • 2025435 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): 46 first-choice applicants, 26 drawn.
  • 2024435 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): 32 first-choice applicants, 24 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 31 (FAD).
  • 2023435 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, 28 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 31 (FAD).

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Units listed next to it

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