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New Mexico barbary sheep hunt BBY-1-106
GMUs 32, 36, 37. Bag limit either sex (ES). Of the people who ranked this hunt first, how many drew it — year by year, and separately for each of the three pools New Mexico draws. Every figure comes from a Department of Wildlife report linked at the foot of this page.
What the 2026 draw did
New Mexico offered 150 licences on hunt code BBY-1-106 in 2026 and issued 150 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 128 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 3.91%; 193 resident applicants ranked it first and 50 drew it, 25.91%; 6 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 6 drew it, 100.00%.
First-choice draw rate, by pool and year
| Year | Pool | Ranked it first | Drew on first choice | First-choice draw rate | Ranked it 2nd or 3rd | Licences to this pool | Share of the quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Resident | 193 | 50 | 25.91% | 901 | 126 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 128 | 5 | 3.91% | 385 | 9 | 6% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 6 | 100.00% | 58 | 15 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 115 | 46 | 40.00% | 834 | 126 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 41 | 3 | 7.32% | 267 | 9 | 6% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 6 | 66.67% | 34 | 15 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 146 | 42 | 28.77% | 873 | 126 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 113 | 8 | 7.08% | 343 | 9 | 6% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | 54 | 15 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 93 | 35 | 37.63% | 793 | 126 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 49 | 6 | 12.24% | 251 | 9 | 6% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | 47 | 15 | 10% |
| 2022 | Resident | 1,411 | 78 | 5.53% | 888 | 84 | 84% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 294 | 4 | 1.36% | 234 | 6 | 6% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 203 | 5 | 2.46% | 135 | 10 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 1,421 | 71 | 5.00% | 815 | 84 | 84% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 271 | 3 | 1.11% | 206 | 6 | 6% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 138 | 6 | 4.35% | 96 | 10 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 1,064 | 75 | 7.05% | 561 | 84 | 84% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 144 | 6 | 4.17% | 94 | 6 | 6% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 49 | 7 | 14.29% | 41 | 10 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 660 | 73 | 11.06% | 458 | 84 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 88 | 5 | 5.68% | 63 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 14 | 3 | 21.43% | 26 | 10 | — |
Share of the quota is the department's own R% / NR% / O% column: this pool's share of the licences offered. It is an allocation split set by state law — a minimum of 84% resident, 10% outfitted, 6% nonresident — and not a chance of drawing. It reads 100% on any hunt residents took in full. It is shown because the department publishes it and a reader will meet it elsewhere, not because it answers the question this page is about.
The first-choice draw rate, year by year
One strip per pool, because the three are drawn separately under different shares and a single averaged line would hide the only distinction most readers are here for. Each figure is a record of what that year's draw did. None of it forecasts the next one.
Rounded to whole percentages here; the table above carries them to two decimals. A dash means nobody in that pool ranked this hunt first that year.
Licences offered against licences issued
These are different numbers and the department publishes both. A hunt can fail to fill, and 35 of the 893 hunts in the 2026 report did.
| Year | Licences offered | Licences issued | Applicants who ranked it first | Applicants in total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 150 | 150 | 327 | 1,671 |
| 2025 | 150 | 150 | 165 | 1,300 |
| 2024 | 150 | 150 | 265 | 1,535 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | 146 | 1,237 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | 1,908 | 3,165 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 1,830 | 2,947 |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 | 1,257 | 1,953 |
| 2019 | 100 | 100 | 762 | 1,309 |
Applicants in total counts everyone who ranked this hunt anywhere in their three choices, across all three pools. It is a measure of demand, not of competition for a first-choice licence.
Sources for this hunt
- 2026CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2026-04-13, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2025CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2025-04-09, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2024CompleteReport.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2024-04-09, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2023-odds_corrected_CN.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2023-04-11, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2022-Complete-Report.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2022-04-12, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2021-Big-Game-Drawing-Odds-Complete-Report.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2021-04-14, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2020-Drawing-Odds-Complete-Report.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2020-08-03, fetched 2026-08-31
- 2019-Drawing-Odds-Complete-Report.xlsx — New Mexico Department of Wildlife, published 2019-06-26, fetched 2026-08-31