New Mexico · Elk · bow only
New Mexico elk hunt ELK-2-130
Unit 2. Bag limit either sex (ES). 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 120 licences on hunt code ELK-2-130 in 2026 and issued 120 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 54 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 3 drew it, 5.56%; 284 resident applicants ranked it first and 65 drew it, 22.89%; 28 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 2 drew it, 7.14%.
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 | 284 | 65 | 22.89% | 502 | 101 | 84.17% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 54 | 3 | 5.56% | 148 | 7 | 5.83% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 28 | 2 | 7.14% | 150 | 12 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 333 | 84 | 25.23% | 541 | 101 | 84.17% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 75 | 2 | 2.67% | 197 | 7 | 5.83% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 35 | 4 | 11.43% | 165 | 12 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 295 | 65 | 22.03% | 522 | 101 | 84.17% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 70 | 5 | 7.14% | 188 | 7 | 5.83% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 16 | 3 | 18.75% | 142 | 12 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 300 | 83 | 27.67% | 521 | 101 | 84.17% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 59 | 7 | 11.86% | 179 | 7 | 5.83% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 4 | 44.44% | 111 | 12 | 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 | 120 | 120 | 366 | 1,166 |
| 2025 | 120 | 120 | 443 | 1,346 |
| 2024 | 120 | 120 | 381 | 1,233 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | 368 | 1,179 |
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