Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-369
Unit
45
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 65 of 399 residents drew (16%).

In 2026, 3 of 81 nonresidents drew (4%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 23%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–39965813
2025–34369702
2024–33674764
2023–38682586

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
20251452923%
20241403930%
20231401916%

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): 19 first-choice applicants, 6 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): 10 first-choice applicants, 2 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): 8 first-choice applicants, 8 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): 21 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.

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