Unit 25 Florida mountains, once-in-a-lifetime: ibex, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
IBX-1-101
Unit
25
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 5 of 4,259 residents drew (0.1%).

In 2026, 0 of 1,525 nonresidents drew (0%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 62%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–4,25951,5250
2025–4,257131,8141
2024–4,326131,9101
2023–4,415131,7951

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
202515962%
202415638%
202315643%

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.

  • 20265 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): 775 first-choice applicants, 0 drawn.
  • 202515 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): 1528 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202415 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): 1562 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202315 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): 1624 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

Sources

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