Unit 6A: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader

Hunt code
ELK-3-215
Unit
6A
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 63 of 537 residents drew (12%).

In 2026, 3 of 130 nonresidents drew (2%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 39%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–537631303
2025–526651105
2024–473671116
2023–488691401

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
20251053739%
20241043839%
20231044343%

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.

  • 2026104 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): 77 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 2025104 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): 79 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.
  • 2024104 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): 69 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.
  • 2023104 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): 65 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.

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Units listed next to it

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