New Mexico · Barbary Sheep · bow only
New Mexico barbary sheep hunt BBY-2-100
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 75 licences on hunt code BBY-2-100 in 2026 and issued 75 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 24 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 4 drew it, 16.67%; 46 resident applicants ranked it first and 31 drew it, 67.39%; 6 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 4 drew it, 66.67%.
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 | 46 | 31 | 67.39% | 104 | 63 | 84% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 24 | 4 | 16.67% | 76 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 4 | 66.67% | 10 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2025 | Resident | 46 | 33 | 71.74% | 90 | 63 | 84% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 35 | 3 | 8.57% | 77 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 10 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2024 | Resident | 56 | 30 | 53.57% | 90 | 63 | 84% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 28 | 4 | 14.29% | 67 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 5 | 2 | 40.00% | 15 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2023 | Resident | 51 | 27 | 52.94% | 107 | 63 | 84% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 38 | 3 | 7.89% | 58 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 5 | 55.56% | 2 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2022 | Resident | 54 | 31 | 57.41% | 110 | 63 | 84% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 38 | 2 | 5.26% | 44 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 7 | 7 | 9.33% |
| 2021 | Resident | 44 | 27 | 61.36% | 109 | 68 | 90.67% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 26 | 3 | 11.54% | 26 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 2 | 2 | 2.67% |
| 2020 | Resident | 28 | 26 | 92.86% | 73 | 67 | 89.33% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 17 | 3 | 17.65% | 22 | 5 | 6.67% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 3 | 3 | 4% |
| 2019 | Resident | 23 | 23 | 100.00% | 68 | 63 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 12 | 4 | 33.33% | 21 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 6 | 100.00% | 0 | 6 | — |
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 | 76 | 266 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 83 | 260 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 89 | 261 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 98 | 265 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 94 | 255 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 208 |
| 2020 | 75 | 75 | 47 | 145 |
| 2019 | 75 | 75 | 41 | 130 |
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