Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Hunt code
- DER-2-302
- Unit
- 31
- Weapon
- Archery
- Season
- bow
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 49 of 49 residents drew (100%).
In 2026, 11 of 19 nonresidents drew (58%).
Harvest success in 2024 was 17%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 49 | 49 | 19 | 11 |
| 2025 | – | 57 | 57 | 33 | 16 |
| 2024 | – | 51 | 51 | 33 | 16 |
| 2023 | – | 50 | 49 | 17 | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 175 | 24 | 17% |
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.
- 2026175 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.
- 2025175 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.
- 2023–2024175 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): 3 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 31 (FAD).
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 31
- Unit 31 north of US 380: mobility impaired only: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 north of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 north of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 north of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 north of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, bow(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 north of US 380: youth only: pronghorn, either sex, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: mobility impaired only: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, bow(pronghorn)
- Unit 31 south of US 380: youth only: pronghorn, either sex, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 29: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 29: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 30: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 30: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 32: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 32: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow