Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Hunt code
- DER-2-129
- Unit
- 2C
- Weapon
- Archery
- Season
- bow
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 35 of 358 residents drew (10%).
In 2026, 1 of 506 nonresidents drew (0.2%).
Harvest success in 2025 was 31%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 358 | 35 | 506 | 1 |
| 2025 | – | 401 | 31 | 585 | 3 |
| 2024 | – | 403 | 35 | 505 | 2 |
| 2023 | – | 446 | 29 | 447 | 2 |
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 | 50 | 15 | 31% |
| 2024 | 50 | 13 | 27% |
| 2023 | 51 | 11 | 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.
- 202650 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): 264 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
- 202550 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): 252 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
- 202450 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): 183 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
- 202350 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): 180 first-choice applicants, 1 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 2C
- Unit 2C only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 2C private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 2C private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2C private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 2C: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 2C: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon(elk)
- Unit 2C: private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 2C: private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2C: private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 2A: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2A: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2B: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 2B youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 4 private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 5A public land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 5A private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow