Unit 2B: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DER-3-124
Unit
2B
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 60 of 115 residents drew (52%).

In 2026, 6 of 22 nonresidents drew (27%).

Harvest success in 2024 was 6%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–11560226
2025–13464247
2024–1305572
2023–15362102

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
2024176106%
20231762114%

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.

  • 2025–2026175 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): 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): 0 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 2B

Units listed next to it

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