Unit 34 youth only: elk, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-347
Unit
34
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 63 of 1,355 residents drew (5%).

In 2026, 3 of 385 nonresidents drew (0.8%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 76%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,355633853
2025–1,312573874
2024–1,357603703
2023–1,319603635

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
2025755776%
2024755574%
2023766691%

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.

  • 202675 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): 362 first-choice applicants, 8 drawn.
  • 202575 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): 376 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.
  • 202475 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): 368 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.
  • 202375 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): 316 first-choice applicants, 7 drawn.

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Units listed next to it

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