Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Hunt code
- ELK-3-368
- Unit
- 45
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Season
- muzzleloader
- Draw years
- 2023–2026
In 2026, 55 of 158 residents drew (35%).
In 2026, 4 of 45 nonresidents drew (9%).
Harvest success in 2025 was 22%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Applied | Drew | ||
| 2026 | – | 158 | 55 | 45 | 4 |
| 2025 | – | 134 | 51 | 51 | 2 |
| 2024 | – | 107 | 56 | 51 | 3 |
| 2023 | – | 140 | 63 | 76 | 2 |
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 | 136 | 26 | 22% |
| 2024 | 136 | 38 | 29% |
| 2023 | 137 | 26 | 21% |
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.
- 2026136 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): 12 first-choice applicants, 5 drawn.
- 2025136 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.
- 2024136 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): 18 first-choice applicants, 10 drawn.
- 2023136 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): 26 first-choice applicants, 7 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 45
- Unit 45 mobility impaired: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45 youth only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 45: bighorn, ewe, any legal weapon(bighorn sheep)
- Unit 45: bighorn, ewe, bow(bighorn sheep)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, bow(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader(deer)
- Unit 45: deer, fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader(deer)
- Unit 45: elk, antlerless, muzzleloader
- Unit 45: elk, antlerless, muzzleloader (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow
- Unit 45: elk, either sex, bow (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 45: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Unit 45: mobility impaired only: deer, fork-antlered deer, any legal weapon(deer)
Units listed next to it
In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Units 42, 47, 59: elk, either sex, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Units 42, 47, 59: elk, either sex, any legal weapon
- Unit 43: elk, either sex, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 48: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Unit 48: elk, mature buck/bull, muzzleloader
- Unit 49: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon (2019-2022 rules)
- Unit 49: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon