New Mexico · Deer · bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-2-314
Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs. 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 60 licences on hunt code DER-2-314 in 2026 and issued 60 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 9 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 2 drew it, 22.22%; 29 resident applicants ranked it first and 15 drew it, 51.72%; 9 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 55.56%.
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 | 29 | 15 | 51.72% | 81 | 51 | 85% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 9 | 2 | 22.22% | 16 | 3 | 5% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 5 | 55.56% | 5 | 6 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 33 | 28 | 84.85% | 85 | 51 | 85% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 12 | 2 | 16.67% | 20 | 3 | 5% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 5 | 83.33% | 2 | 6 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 32 | 24 | 75.00% | 74 | 53 | 88.33% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 7 | 1 | 14.29% | 14 | 3 | 5% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 2 | 4 | 6.67% |
| 2023 | Resident | 31 | 28 | 90.32% | 59 | 56 | 93.33% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | 15 | 3 | 5% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 1.67% |
| 2022 | Resident | 344 | 185 | 53.78% | 647 | 317 | 90.57% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 74 | 13 | 17.57% | 114 | 21 | 6% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 7 | 100.00% | 11 | 12 | 3.43% |
| 2021 | Resident | 304 | 167 | 54.93% | 639 | 314 | 89.71% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 70 | 17 | 24.29% | 76 | 21 | 6% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 11 | 11 | 100.00% | 7 | 15 | 4.29% |
| 2020 | Resident | 248 | 178 | 71.77% | 528 | 325 | 92.86% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 49 | 17 | 34.69% | 58 | 21 | 6% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 3 | 4 | 1.14% |
| 2019 | Resident | 265 | 186 | 70.19% | 554 | 327 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 43 | 15 | 34.88% | 80 | 21 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 0 | 2 | — |
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 | 60 | 60 | 47 | 149 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 | 51 | 158 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 41 | 131 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 37 | 114 |
| 2022 | 350 | 350 | 425 | 1,197 |
| 2021 | 350 | 350 | 385 | 1,107 |
| 2020 | 350 | 350 | 299 | 888 |
| 2019 | 350 | 350 | 310 | 944 |
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