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

Hunt code
ELK-1-294
Unit
16D
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 45 of 1,118 residents drew (4%).

In 2026, 3 of 425 nonresidents drew (0.7%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 61%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,118454253
2025–1,075404153
2024–1,190376273
2023–1,220397111

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
2025553261%
2024552954%
2023552850%

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.

  • 202655 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): 477 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 202555 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): 629 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 202455 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): 890 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 202355 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): 967 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 16D

Units listed next to it

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