Unit 52: restricted muzzleloader only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader

Hunt code
DER-3-397
Unit
52
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 19 of 105 residents drew (18%).

In 2026, 2 of 12 nonresidents drew (17%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 35%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–10519122
2025–9515121
2024–761772
2023–941891

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
202525835%
2024251045%
202325526%

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.

  • 2023, 202625 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.
  • 2024–202525 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.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 52

Units listed next to it

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