New Mexico · Pronghorn · bow only
New Mexico pronghorn hunt ANT-2-125
Unit 17. 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-2-125 in 2026 and issued 20 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 34 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 2.94%; 139 resident applicants ranked it first and 11 drew it, 7.91%; 10 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 | 139 | 11 | 7.91% | 250 | 17 | 85% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 34 | 1 | 2.94% | 61 | 1 | 5% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 2 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 150 | 11 | 7.33% | 297 | 17 | 85% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 35 | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 1 | 5% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 1 | 10.00% | 42 | 2 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 157 | 10 | 6.37% | 292 | 17 | 85% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 27 | 0 | 0.00% | 81 | 1 | 5% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | 27 | 2 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 161 | 9 | 5.59% | 302 | 17 | 85% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 38 | 1 | 2.63% | 66 | 1 | 5% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 8 | 1 | 12.50% | 20 | 2 | 10% |
| 2022 | Resident | 193 | 11 | 5.70% | 266 | 17 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 44 | 1 | 2.27% | 78 | 1 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 2 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 187 | 15 | 8.02% | 306 | 17 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 51 | 0 | 0.00% | 105 | 1 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 16 | 2 | 12.50% | 14 | 2 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 144 | 14 | 9.72% | 223 | 17 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 23 | 1 | 4.35% | 89 | 1 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 1 | 14.29% | 15 | 2 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 138 | 12 | 8.70% | 227 | 17 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 25 | 1 | 4.00% | 56 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 21 | 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 | 183 | 531 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 195 | 620 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 192 | 592 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 207 | 595 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 244 | 608 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 254 | 679 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | 174 | 501 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | 167 | 471 |
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