New Mexico · Deer · muzzleloader, crossbow or bow only
New Mexico deer hunt DER-3-124
Unit 2B. 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 175 licences on hunt code DER-3-124 in 2026 and issued 175 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 22 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 6 drew it, 27.27%; 115 resident applicants ranked it first and 60 drew it, 52.17%; 1 guided (outfitter) applicant ranked it first and 1 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 | 115 | 60 | 52.17% | 347 | 163 | 93.14% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 22 | 6 | 27.27% | 30 | 11 | 6.29% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 0 | 1 | 0.57% |
| 2025 | Resident | 134 | 64 | 47.76% | 296 | 160 | 91.42% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 24 | 7 | 29.17% | 49 | 11 | 6.29% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 4 | 4 | 2.29% |
| 2024 | Resident | 130 | 55 | 42.31% | 366 | 157 | 89.71% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 45 | 11 | 6.29% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 7 | 4% |
| 2023 | Resident | 153 | 62 | 40.52% | 369 | 163 | 93.14% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | 33 | 11 | 6.29% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 0.57% |
| 2021 | Resident | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | Resident | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 10% |
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 | 175 | 175 | 138 | 515 |
| 2025 | 175 | 175 | 159 | 508 |
| 2024 | 175 | 175 | 137 | 556 |
| 2023 | 175 | 175 | 163 | 569 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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
- 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