Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: restricted muzzleloader only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- DER-3-316
- Unit
- 33
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Season
- muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 53 of 64 residents drew (83%).
In 2026, 1 of 9 nonresidents drew (11%).
Harvest success in 2024 was 14%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 64 | 53 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | – | 91 | 63 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | – | 75 | 66 | 16 | 5 |
| 2023 | – | 80 | 62 | 14 | 7 |
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 | 140 | 16 | 14% |
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.
- 2026140 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.
- 2025140 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): 2 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
- 2023–2024140 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. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 33: restricted muzzleloader only (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 33
- Unit 33 restricted muzzleloader only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 33, Huey WMA only, youth only: deer, antlerless, muzzleloader
- Unit 33, Huey WMA only, youth only: deer, either sex, muzzleloader
- Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only: deer, antlerless, muzzleloader
- Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only: deer, either sex, muzzleloader
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow
- Unit 33: mobility impaired only: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 33: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 33: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 33: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
- Unit 33: pronghorn, mature buck/bull, bow(pronghorn)
- Unit 33: youth only: pronghorn, either sex, any legal weapon(pronghorn)
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Unit 31: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 32: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 34: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 34: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 36 excluding Fort Stanton: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader
- Unit 36 including Fort Stanton, youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader