Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon

Hunt code
DER-1-312
Unit
33
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 116 of 1,057 residents drew (11%).

In 2026, 6 of 137 nonresidents drew (4%).

Harvest success in 2024 was 52%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,0571161376
2025–8971221005
2024–8851171008
2023–838123657

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
20241506652%

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.

  • 2026150 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): 79 first-choice applicants, 9 drawn.
  • 2025150 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): 56 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.
  • 2024150 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): 42 first-choice applicants, 9 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 33 (FAD).
  • 2023150 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): 61 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 33 (FAD).

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Other hunts in unit 33

Units listed next to it

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