New Mexico · Deer · bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-2-373
Unit 45. 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 165 licences on hunt code DER-2-373 in 2026 and issued 165 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 34 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 14.71%; 372 resident applicants ranked it first and 105 drew it, 28.23%; 3 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 3 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 | 372 | 105 | 28.23% | 485 | 145 | 87.88% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 34 | 5 | 14.71% | 69 | 10 | 6.06% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 24 | 10 | 6.06% |
| 2025 | Resident | 352 | 89 | 25.28% | 502 | 143 | 86.67% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 54 | 5 | 9.26% | 58 | 10 | 6.06% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 9 | 100.00% | 7 | 12 | 7.27% |
| 2024 | Resident | 328 | 110 | 33.54% | 420 | 151 | 91.52% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 40 | 5 | 12.50% | 42 | 10 | 6.06% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 5 | 4 | 2.42% |
| 2023 | Resident | 327 | 91 | 27.83% | 419 | 148 | 89.7% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 31 | 6 | 19.35% | 66 | 10 | 6.06% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 6 | 100.00% | 3 | 7 | 4.24% |
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 | 165 | 165 | 409 | 987 |
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | 415 | 982 |
| 2024 | 165 | 165 | 371 | 838 |
| 2023 | 165 | 165 | 364 | 852 |
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