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

Hunt code
ELK-1-295
Unit
16D
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 15 of 189 residents drew (8%).

In 2026, 1 of 87 nonresidents drew (1%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 67%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–18915871
2025–174251043
2024–216241751
2023–202221402

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
2025503067%
2024501635%
2023501736%

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.

  • 202650 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): 59 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202550 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): 122 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 202450 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): 180 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
  • 202350 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): 225 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 16D

Units listed next to it

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