Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Hunt code
- ELK-1-332
- Unit
- 45
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Season
- any legal weapon
- Draw years
- 2019–2022
Not offered in the draw after 2022. The figures below are its last draws.
In 2022, 80 of 349 residents drew (23%).
In 2022, 5 of 41 nonresidents drew (12%).
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2022 | – | 349 | 80 | 41 | 5 |
| 2021 | – | 397 | 68 | 36 | 1 |
| 2020 | – | 267 | 80 | 22 | 3 |
| 2019 | – | 300 | 88 | 24 | 3 |
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.
- 2022140 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): 23 first-choice applicants, 10 drawn.
- 2021140 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): 17 first-choice applicants, 11 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 45.
- 2020140 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): 10 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn. Hunt area or bag this year: Unit 45.
- 2019140 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): 7 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
Other hunts in unit 45
- Unit 45 mobility impaired: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45 youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 45: bighorn, ewe, any legal weapon(bighorn sheep)
- Unit 45: bighorn, ewe, bow(bighorn sheep)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader(deer)
- Unit 45: elk, antlerless, muzzleloader
- Unit 45: elk, antlerless, muzzleloader (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Unit 45: mobility impaired only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Units 42, 47, 59: elk, either sex, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Units 42, 47, 59: elk, either sex, any legal weapon
- Unit 43: elk, either sex, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 48: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 48: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 49: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 49: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon