Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow

Hunt code
DER-2-420
Unit
57
Weapon
Archery
Season
bow
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 13 of 113 residents drew (12%).

In 2026, 1 of 7 nonresidents drew (14%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 29%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1131371
2025–1021481
2024–1051581
2023–1381691

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
202518529%
202420842%

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.

  • 2024, 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, 0 drawn.
  • 2023, 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): 1 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 57

Units listed next to it

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