Unit 36: elk, either sex, muzzleloader

Hunt code
ELK-3-360
Unit
36
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
muzzleloader
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 87 of 425 residents drew (20%).

In 2026, 6 of 188 nonresidents drew (3%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 54%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–425871886
2025–445771983
2024–471842083
2023–449881652

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
20251397454%
20241416851%
20231407052%

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.

  • 2026140 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): 111 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
  • 2025140 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): 97 first-choice applicants, 10 drawn.
  • 2024140 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): 171 first-choice applicants, 6 drawn.
  • 2023140 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): 153 first-choice applicants, 9 drawn.

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