Unit 16B/22: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-281
Unit
16B
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 21 of 417 residents drew (5%).

In 2026, 1 of 219 nonresidents drew (0.5%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 43%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–417212191
2025–448182362
2024–459192662
2023–427202741

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
202525843%
2024251150%
2023251145%

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.

  • 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): 82 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 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): 74 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202425 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): 115 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.
  • 202325 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): 177 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 16B

Units listed next to it

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