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New Mexico barbary sheep hunt BBY-1-114
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-1-114 in 2026 and issued 200 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 195 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 8 drew it, 4.10%; 252 resident applicants ranked it first and 35 drew it, 13.89%; 26 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 4 drew it, 15.38%.
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 | 252 | 35 | 13.89% | 1,788 | 168 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 195 | 8 | 4.10% | 920 | 12 | 6% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 26 | 4 | 15.38% | 230 | 20 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 269 | 48 | 17.84% | 1,695 | 168 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 179 | 4 | 2.23% | 889 | 12 | 6% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 33 | 9 | 27.27% | 256 | 20 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 258 | 70 | 27.13% | 1,588 | 168 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 381 | 12 | 3.15% | 779 | 12 | 6% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 25 | 2 | 8.00% | 243 | 20 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 207 | 39 | 18.84% | 1,553 | 168 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 129 | 2 | 1.55% | 748 | 12 | 6% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 25 | 1 | 4.00% | 233 | 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 | 473 | 3,411 |
| 2025 | 200 | 200 | 481 | 3,321 |
| 2024 | 200 | 200 | 664 | 3,274 |
| 2023 | 200 | 200 | 361 | 2,895 |
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