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

Hunt code
ELK-3-236
Unit
6C
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 53 of 215 residents drew (25%).

In 2026, 6 of 49 nonresidents drew (12%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 23%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–21553496
2025–23457557
2024–23871655
2023–21151623

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
20251553423%
20241553827%
20231554935%

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.

  • 2026155 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): 35 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 2025155 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): 33 first-choice applicants, 10 drawn.
  • 2024155 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): 27 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 2023155 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): 13 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

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