Unit 13: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader

Hunt code
ELK-3-260
Unit
13
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 35 of 103 residents drew (34%).

In 2026, 1 of 26 nonresidents drew (4%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 22%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–10335261
2025–7321254
2024–7835352
2023–8926251

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
20251262622%
20241272422%
20231262219%

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.

  • 2026126 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, 5 drawn.
  • 2025126 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, 7 drawn.
  • 2024126 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): 22 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 2023126 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): 17 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

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Units listed next to it

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