New Mexico · Oryx · any legal big-game sporting arm
New Mexico oryx hunt ORX-1-119
GMU 19 WSMR: Rhodes Canyon. Bag limit BHO. 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 15 licences on hunt code ORX-1-119 in 2026 and issued 15 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 31 nonresident applicants ranked it first and none of them drew it; 214 resident applicants ranked it first and 5 drew it, 2.34%; 7 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and none of them drew it.
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 | 214 | 5 | 2.34% | 851 | 13 | 86.66% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 31 | 0 | 0.00% | 110 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2025 | Resident | 215 | 9 | 4.19% | 787 | 13 | 86.66% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 14 | 0 | 0.00% | 77 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2024 | Resident | 201 | 13 | 6.47% | 826 | 13 | 86.67% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 24 | 1 | 4.17% | 95 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 1 | 6.66% |
| 2023 | Resident | 172 | 9 | 5.23% | 753 | 13 | 86.67% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 20 | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 1 | 6.67% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 1 | 6.66% |
| 2022 | Resident | 1,313 | 34 | 2.59% | 56 | 34 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 169 | 2 | 1.18% | 32 | 2 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 128 | 4 | 3.13% | 28 | 4 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 1,400 | 34 | 2.43% | 78 | 34 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 143 | 2 | 1.40% | 38 | 2 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 175 | 4 | 2.29% | 11 | 4 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 1,118 | 34 | 3.04% | 55 | 34 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 112 | 2 | 1.79% | 16 | 2 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 141 | 4 | 2.84% | 14 | 4 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 1,102 | 34 | 3.09% | 50 | 34 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 106 | 2 | 1.89% | 19 | 2 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 124 | 4 | 3.23% | 10 | 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 | 15 | 15 | 252 | 1,241 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 235 | 1,133 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 230 | 1,171 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 200 | 1,060 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 1,610 | 1,726 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 1,718 | 1,845 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | 1,371 | 1,456 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | 1,332 | 1,411 |
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