New Mexico · Pronghorn · bow only
New Mexico pronghorn hunt ANT-2-119
Unit 16. Bag limit mature bull (MB). 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 20 licences on hunt code ANT-2-119 in 2026 and issued 20 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 63 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 1.59%; 167 resident applicants ranked it first and 10 drew it, 5.99%; 47 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 2.13%.
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 | 167 | 10 | 5.99% | 236 | 17 | 85% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 63 | 1 | 1.59% | 68 | 1 | 5% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 47 | 1 | 2.13% | 47 | 2 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 141 | 14 | 9.93% | 247 | 17 | 85% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 89 | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 1 | 5% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 23 | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 2 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 191 | 16 | 8.38% | 216 | 17 | 85% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 69 | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 1 | 5% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 19 | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 2 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 188 | 13 | 6.91% | 253 | 17 | 85% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 67 | 1 | 1.49% | 75 | 1 | 5% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 15 | 1 | 6.67% | 28 | 2 | 10% |
| 2022 | Resident | 166 | 12 | 7.23% | 273 | 17 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 63 | 1 | 1.59% | 58 | 1 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 18 | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 2 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 139 | 7 | 5.04% | 265 | 17 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 47 | 0 | 0.00% | 75 | 1 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 13 | 1 | 7.69% | 26 | 2 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 136 | 13 | 9.56% | 196 | 17 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 46 | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 1 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 13 | 1 | 7.69% | 17 | 2 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 149 | 16 | 10.74% | 240 | 17 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 48 | 1 | 2.08% | 53 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 12 | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 2 | — |
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 | 20 | 20 | 277 | 628 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 253 | 596 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 279 | 612 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 270 | 626 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 247 | 597 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 199 | 565 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | 195 | 473 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | 209 | 530 |
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