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New Mexico barbary sheep hunt BBY-1-111
GMUs 29, 30. 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 75 licences on hunt code BBY-1-111 in 2026 and issued 75 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 457 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 1.09%; 403 resident applicants ranked it first and 30 drew it, 7.44%; 128 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 3.91%.
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 | 403 | 30 | 7.44% | 1,356 | 63 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 457 | 5 | 1.09% | 516 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 128 | 5 | 3.91% | 322 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2025 | Resident | 428 | 33 | 7.71% | 1,426 | 63 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 491 | 5 | 1.02% | 492 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 63 | 2 | 3.17% | 302 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2024 | Resident | 326 | 30 | 9.20% | 1,366 | 63 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 207 | 2 | 0.97% | 447 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 78 | 1 | 1.28% | 289 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2023 | Resident | 354 | 35 | 9.89% | 1,180 | 63 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 193 | 5 | 2.59% | 382 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 84 | 2 | 2.38% | 193 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2022 | Resident | 52 | 12 | 23.08% | 16 | 17 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 34 | 1 | 2.94% | 18 | 1 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 2 | 25.00% | 0 | 2 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 62 | 12 | 19.35% | 16 | 17 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 41 | 1 | 2.44% | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 0 | 2 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 44 | 15 | 34.09% | 6 | 17 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 34 | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 1 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | 0 | 2 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 36 | 9 | 25.00% | 8 | 9 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 32 | 9 | 28.13% | 7 | 10 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 1 | — |
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 | 75 | 75 | 988 | 3,182 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 982 | 3,202 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 611 | 2,713 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 631 | 2,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 94 | 128 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 110 | 146 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | 82 | 98 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | 69 | 84 |
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