New Mexico · Deer · bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-2-162
Unit 8: youth only. 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 65 licences on hunt code DER-2-162 in 2026 and issued 65 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 1 nonresident applicant ranked it first and 1 drew it, 100.00%; 124 resident applicants ranked it first and 45 drew it, 36.29%; 8 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 62.50%.
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 | 124 | 45 | 36.29% | 70 | 58 | 89.23% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 1 | 1.54% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 5 | 62.50% | 3 | 6 | 9.23% |
| 2025 | Resident | 145 | 49 | 33.79% | 40 | 55 | 84.62% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 3 | 4 | 6.15% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 2 | 6 | 9.23% |
| 2024 | Resident | 124 | 46 | 37.10% | 72 | 60 | 92.31% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 1 | 1.54% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 1 | 4 | 6.15% |
| 2023 | Resident | 157 | 41 | 26.11% | 94 | 57 | 87.69% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 1 | 2 | 3.08% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 3 | 6 | 9.23% |
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 | 65 | 65 | 133 | 206 |
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | 151 | 196 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 128 | 201 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 163 | 261 |
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