Unit 23: Burro mountains hunt area only: deer, fork-antlered whitetail, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DER-3-252
Unit
23
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 25 of 32 residents drew (78%).

In 2026, 1 of 6 nonresidents drew (17%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 9%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–322561
2025–261931
2024–312510
2023–181810

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
20254039%
202440824%

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.

  • 2025–202640 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.
  • 2023–202440 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 23

Units listed next to it

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