Unit 6B: elk, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-225
Unit
6B
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 12 of 1,709 residents drew (0.7%).

In 2026, 1 of 498 nonresidents drew (0.2%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 86%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,709124981
2025–1,806135631
2024–1,683124831
2023–1,504125101

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
2025151286%
2024151173%
2023151387%

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.

  • 202615 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): 280 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202515 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): 316 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202415 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): 286 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202315 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): 226 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 6B

Units listed next to it

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