New Mexico · Deer · bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-2-329
Unit 36. 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 225 licences on hunt code DER-2-329 in 2026 and issued 225 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 35 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 8 drew it, 22.86%; 163 resident applicants ranked it first and 129 drew it, 79.14%; 8 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 8 drew it, 100.00%.
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 | 163 | 129 | 79.14% | 275 | 201 | 89.33% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 35 | 8 | 22.86% | 68 | 14 | 6.23% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 8 | 100.00% | 9 | 10 | 4.44% |
| 2025 | Resident | 167 | 128 | 76.65% | 266 | 202 | 89.78% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 28 | 3 | 10.71% | 70 | 14 | 6.22% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 4 | 4 | 100.00% | 9 | 9 | 4% |
| 2024 | Resident | 193 | 133 | 68.91% | 349 | 203 | 90.22% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 35 | 12 | 34.29% | 52 | 14 | 6.22% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 7 | 100.00% | 5 | 8 | 3.56% |
| 2023 | Resident | 212 | 135 | 63.68% | 297 | 202 | 89.78% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 45 | 11 | 24.44% | 50 | 14 | 6.22% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 7 | 100.00% | 8 | 9 | 4% |
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 | 225 | 225 | 206 | 558 |
| 2025 | 225 | 225 | 199 | 544 |
| 2024 | 225 | 225 | 235 | 641 |
| 2023 | 225 | 225 | 264 | 619 |
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