Unit 12: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-248
Unit
12
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 29 of 382 residents drew (8%).

In 2026, 1 of 133 nonresidents drew (0.8%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 58%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–382291331
2025–384251171
2024–334291182
2023–390261221

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
2025351958%
2024351650%
2023351855%

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.

  • 202635 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): 152 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 202535 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): 117 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202435 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): 159 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 202335 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): 153 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 12

Units listed next to it

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