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New Mexico barbary sheep hunt BBY-1-112
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 200 licences on hunt code BBY-1-112 in 2026 and issued 200 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 636 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 6 drew it, 0.94%; 1,010 resident applicants ranked it first and 97 drew it, 9.60%; 124 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 8 drew it, 6.45%.
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 | 1,010 | 97 | 9.60% | 1,771 | 168 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 636 | 6 | 0.94% | 717 | 12 | 6% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 124 | 8 | 6.45% | 346 | 20 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 909 | 109 | 11.99% | 1,713 | 168 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 586 | 7 | 1.19% | 676 | 12 | 6% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 138 | 3 | 2.17% | 340 | 20 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 914 | 107 | 11.71% | 1,645 | 168 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 532 | 10 | 1.88% | 597 | 12 | 6% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 141 | 3 | 2.13% | 358 | 20 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 966 | 108 | 11.18% | 1,688 | 168 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 516 | 8 | 1.55% | 613 | 12 | 6% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 127 | 12 | 9.45% | 296 | 20 | 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 | 200 | 200 | 1,770 | 4,604 |
| 2025 | 200 | 200 | 1,633 | 4,362 |
| 2024 | 200 | 200 | 1,587 | 4,187 |
| 2023 | 200 | 200 | 1,609 | 4,206 |
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