New Mexico · Pronghorn · muzzleloader, crossbow or bow only
New Mexico pronghorn hunt ANT-3-232
Units 50, 52: youth only. 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 40 licences on hunt code ANT-3-232 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 18 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 5.56%; 101 resident applicants ranked it first and 19 drew it, 18.81%; 6 guided (outfitter) applicants ranked it first and 1 drew it, 16.67%.
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 | 101 | 19 | 18.81% | 105 | 34 | 85% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 18 | 1 | 5.56% | 16 | 2 | 5% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 1 | 16.67% | 6 | 4 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 90 | 22 | 24.44% | 121 | 34 | 85% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 17 | 2 | 11.76% | 18 | 2 | 5% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 3 | 30.00% | 8 | 4 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 93 | 22 | 23.66% | 83 | 34 | 85% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 23 | 2 | 8.70% | 16 | 2 | 5% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | 8 | 4 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 109 | 23 | 21.10% | 84 | 34 | 85% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 16 | 2 | 12.50% | 23 | 2 | 5% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 4 | 10% |
| 2022 | Resident | 184 | 27 | 14.67% | 113 | 34 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 37 | 1 | 2.70% | 21 | 2 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 3 | 30.00% | 17 | 4 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 231 | 26 | 11.26% | 108 | 34 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 28 | 2 | 7.14% | 14 | 2 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 9 | 1 | 11.11% | 22 | 4 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 158 | 23 | 14.56% | 99 | 34 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 23 | 2 | 8.70% | 8 | 2 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 1 | 14.29% | 20 | 4 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 186 | 28 | 15.05% | 98 | 34 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 21 | 2 | 9.52% | 15 | 2 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 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 | 40 | 40 | 125 | 252 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 117 | 264 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 122 | 229 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 128 | 247 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 231 | 382 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 268 | 412 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | 188 | 315 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | 214 | 350 |
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