Unit 16A: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-276
Unit
16A
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 44 of 418 residents drew (11%).

In 2026, 3 of 232 nonresidents drew (1%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 44%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–418442323
2025–419412891
2024–547402605
2023–424212735

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
20251004344%
20241003033%
20231003841%

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.

  • 2026100 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): 212 first-choice applicants, 9 drawn.
  • 2025100 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): 230 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 2024100 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): 220 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
  • 2023100 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): 214 first-choice applicants, 8 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 16A

Units listed next to it

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