Units 29, 30: elk, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-400
Unit
29, 30
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 15 of 661 residents drew (2%).

In 2026, 0 of 82 nonresidents drew (0%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 50%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–66115820
2025–67316840
2024–68616740
2023–58215701

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
2025201050%
2024201056%
2023201894%

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.

  • 202620 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): 297 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202520 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): 179 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202420 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): 236 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202320 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): 162 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 29, 30

Units listed next to it

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