New Mexico · Elk · bow only
New Mexico elk hunt ELK-2-367
Unit 45. 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 73 licences on hunt code ELK-2-367 in 2026 and issued 73 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 96 nonresident applicants ranked it first and none of them drew it; 209 resident applicants ranked it first and 51 drew it, 24.40%; 38 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 3 drew it, 7.89%.
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 | 209 | 51 | 24.40% | 382 | 62 | 84.93% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 96 | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 4 | 5.48% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 38 | 3 | 7.89% | 73 | 7 | 9.59% |
| 2025 | Resident | 199 | 48 | 24.12% | 353 | 62 | 84.93% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 117 | 3 | 2.56% | 282 | 4 | 5.48% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 46 | 6 | 13.04% | 80 | 7 | 9.59% |
| 2024 | Resident | 173 | 47 | 27.17% | 318 | 62 | 84.93% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 97 | 3 | 3.09% | 208 | 4 | 5.48% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 29 | 1 | 3.45% | 55 | 7 | 9.59% |
| 2023 | Resident | 210 | 52 | 24.76% | 325 | 62 | 84.93% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 96 | 1 | 1.04% | 296 | 4 | 5.48% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 33 | 4 | 12.12% | 47 | 7 | 9.59% |
| 2022 | Resident | 75 | 27 | 36.00% | 153 | 34 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 21 | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 2 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 1 | 10.00% | 77 | 4 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 54 | 21 | 38.89% | 201 | 34 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 20 | 0 | 0.00% | 53 | 2 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 16 | 1 | 6.25% | 65 | 4 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 59 | 17 | 28.81% | 138 | 34 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 9 | 0 | 0.00% | 39 | 2 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | 54 | 4 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 49 | 17 | 34.69% | 123 | 34 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 11 | 2 | 18.18% | 33 | 2 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 2 | 25.00% | 30 | 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 | 73 | 73 | 343 | 1,011 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | 362 | 1,077 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | 299 | 880 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 339 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 106 | 408 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 90 | 409 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | 74 | 305 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | 68 | 254 |
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