New Mexico · Pronghorn · muzzleloader, crossbow or bow only
New Mexico pronghorn hunt ANT-3-235
Units 50, 52. 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 40 licences on hunt code ANT-3-235 in 2026 and issued 40 — the hunt filled. Among the three pools the state draws separately, 70 nonresident applicants ranked it first and 2 drew it, 2.86%; 565 resident applicants ranked it first and 19 drew it, 3.36%; 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 | 565 | 19 | 3.36% | 1,074 | 34 | 85% |
| 2026 | Nonresident | 70 | 2 | 2.86% | 140 | 2 | 5% |
| 2026 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 4 | 10% |
| 2025 | Resident | 584 | 13 | 2.23% | 957 | 34 | 85% |
| 2025 | Nonresident | 66 | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 2 | 5% |
| 2025 | Guided (outfitter) | 14 | 1 | 7.14% | 38 | 4 | 10% |
| 2024 | Resident | 633 | 22 | 3.48% | 973 | 34 | 85% |
| 2024 | Nonresident | 71 | 1 | 1.41% | 93 | 2 | 5% |
| 2024 | Guided (outfitter) | 10 | 2 | 20.00% | 15 | 4 | 10% |
| 2023 | Resident | 766 | 25 | 3.26% | 1,016 | 34 | 85% |
| 2023 | Nonresident | 61 | 2 | 3.28% | 119 | 2 | 5% |
| 2023 | Guided (outfitter) | 7 | 1 | 14.29% | 24 | 4 | 10% |
| 2022 | Resident | 265 | 13 | 4.91% | 1,629 | 34 | 85% |
| 2022 | Nonresident | 29 | 0 | 0.00% | 142 | 2 | 5% |
| 2022 | Guided (outfitter) | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 4 | 10% |
| 2021 | Resident | 253 | 11 | 4.35% | 1,734 | 34 | 85% |
| 2021 | Nonresident | 14 | 0 | 0.00% | 123 | 2 | 5% |
| 2021 | Guided (outfitter) | 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 4 | 10% |
| 2020 | Resident | 253 | 9 | 3.56% | 1,445 | 34 | 85% |
| 2020 | Nonresident | 28 | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 2 | 5% |
| 2020 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 22 | 4 | 10% |
| 2019 | Resident | 250 | 12 | 4.80% | 1,567 | 34 | — |
| 2019 | Nonresident | 13 | 0 | 0.00% | 109 | 2 | — |
| 2019 | Guided (outfitter) | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | 33 | 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 | 642 | 1,892 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 664 | 1,770 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 714 | 1,795 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 834 | 1,993 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 298 | 2,116 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 272 | 2,150 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | 283 | 1,845 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | 265 | 1,974 |
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