Unit 51B: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Hunt code
- DER-1-391
- Unit
- 51B
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Season
- any legal weapon
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 14 of 162 residents drew (9%).
In 2026, 1 of 7 nonresidents drew (14%).
Harvest success in 2025 was 39%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 162 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | – | 159 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | – | 153 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| 2023 | – | 178 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
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 | 20 | 7 | 39% |
| 2024 | 20 | 5 | 33% |
| 2023 | 20 | 4 | 24% |
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, 202620 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): 1 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
- 202520 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.
- 202420 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): 2 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
Sources
- 20252025-2026 deer harvest report(harvest)
- 20242024-2025 deer harvest report(harvest)
- 20232023-2024 deer harvest report(harvest)
See a number that doesn't match the report? Tell us.
Other hunts in unit 51B
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 50: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 50: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 51A: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 51A: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 52: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 52: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 53: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 53: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)