Unit 36: elk, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-361
Unit
36
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 85 of 1,637 residents drew (5%).

In 2026, 2 of 442 nonresidents drew (0.4%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 64%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,637854422
2025–1,5841004188
2024–1,646874292
2023–1,685924568

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
20251408164%
20241407960%
20231409171%

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.

  • 2026140 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): 218 first-choice applicants, 4 drawn.
  • 2025140 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): 245 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 2024140 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): 205 first-choice applicants, 10 drawn.
  • 2023140 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): 233 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 36

Units listed next to it

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