New Mexico · Deer · any legal big-game sporting arm
New Mexico deer hunt DER-1-177
Unit 12. Bag limit fork-antlered deer (FAD). 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 85 licences on hunt code DER-1-177 in 2026 and issued 85 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 29 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 3 drew it, 10.34%; 197 resident applicants ranked it first and 45 drew it, 22.84%; 7 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 6 drew it, 85.71%.
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 | 197 | 45 | 22.84% | 296 | 72 | 84.71% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 29 | 3 | 10.34% | 34 | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 6 | 85.71% | 6 | 8 | 9.41% |
| 2025 | Resident | 142 | 40 | 28.17% | 340 | 72 | 84.71% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 29 | 5 | 17.24% | 28 | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 4 | 40.00% | 17 | 8 | 9.41% |
| 2024 | Resident | 151 | 40 | 26.49% | 290 | 72 | 84.71% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 28 | 5 | 17.86% | 30 | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 18 | 8 | 44.44% | 7 | 8 | 9.41% |
| 2023 | Resident | 148 | 42 | 28.38% | 294 | 72 | 84.71% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 27 | 4 | 14.81% | 46 | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 8 | 88.89% | 4 | 8 | 9.41% |
| 2022 | Resident | 82 | 23 | 28.05% | 243 | 42 | 84% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 5 | 1 | 20.00% | 18 | 3 | 6% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 8 | 5 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 95 | 21 | 22.11% | 265 | 42 | 84% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 12 | 3 | 6% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 5 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 57 | 17 | 29.82% | 239 | 43 | 86% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 3 | 6% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 5 | 4 | 8% |
| 2019 | Resident | 73 | 24 | 32.88% | 198 | 47 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 5 | 3 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
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 | 85 | 85 | 233 | 569 |
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | 181 | 566 |
| 2024 | 85 | 85 | 197 | 524 |
| 2023 | 85 | 85 | 184 | 528 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 88 | 357 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 97 | 386 |
| 2020 | 50 | 50 | 62 | 317 |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | 74 | 278 |
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