GMU 28 McGregor range: oryx, either sex, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ORX-1-225
Unit
28
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 21 of 1,117 residents drew (2%).

In 2026, 2 of 199 nonresidents drew (1%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 58%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–1,117211992
2025–1,207212062
2024–1,124211662
2023–1,046211541

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
2025251158%
2024251975%
20232525100%

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.

  • 202625 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): 125 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202525 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): 140 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202425 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): 94 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202325 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): 101 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.

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Other hunts in unit 28

Units listed next to it

In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.