Unit 4: Sargent WMA only: elk, either sex, bow
- Hunt code
- ELK-2-163
- Unit
- 4
- Weapon
- Archery
- Season
- bow
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 5 of 59 residents drew (8%).
No nonresidents applied in 2026.
Harvest success in 2025 was 44%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | – | 78 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | – | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | – | 68 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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.
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 44% |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 56% |
| 2023 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
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.
- 202610 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): 4 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
- 2023, 202510 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): 0 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.
- 202410 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): 2 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.
Sources
- 20252025-2026 elk harvest report(harvest)
- 20242024-2025 elk harvest report(harvest)
- 20232023-2024 elk harvest report(harvest)
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Other hunts in unit 4
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs, youth only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama WMAs: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs, youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs, youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 4 Humphries/Rio Chama/Sargent WMAs: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 4 Rio Chama WMA only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA, youth only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 Sargent WMA: elk, mature bull or antlerless, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 4 private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 4 private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 4 private land only: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader(deer)
- Unit 4: Humphries/ Rio Chama WMAs only, youth only: elk, antlerless, any legal weapon
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.