No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

New Mexico Deer Draw Odds

In the 2026 draw New Mexico offered 337 deer hunts to nonresidents, drawn at random with no points. 70 of them, open to every hunter, gave at least an even chance.

Applications Close

151 days

Mar 17

Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected)

Cost to Apply

$492

$107 kept if you miss, the rest refunded. Deer license $10 only if drawn

Best Bets

Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.

DER-3-299

GMU 30 · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 30 · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Oct. 24-28

100%

Success: 28%
Public: 83%
Season: Oct 24–28

DER-1-255

GMU 24 · Buck · Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area · fork-antlered mule deer · Any Legal · Nov. 14-18

100%

Success: 30%
Public: 73%
Season: Nov 14–18

DER-2-239

GMU 23 · Buck archery · Unit 23: except the Burro mountains hunt area · fork-antlered mule deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24

100%

Success: 28%
Public: 75%
Season: Sep 1–24

DER-2-302

GMU 31 · Buck archery · Unit 31, including Prairie Chicken WMAs · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24

100%

Success: 31%
Public: 57%
Season: Sep 1–24

DER-3-311

GMU 32 · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Oct. 24-28

100%

Success: 31%
Public: 46%
Season: Oct 24–28

DER-3-233

GMU 22 · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 22 · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Oct. 31-Nov.4

100%

Success: 22%
Public: 77%
Season: Oct 31–Nov 4

Every Hunt

337 hunt codes drawn in 2026 · 94 at 50% or better · first choice · nonresident standard

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

Include private-land & ranch hunts

	Hunt		Season
DER-1-100 Youth · GMU 2A · Buck · Unit 2A: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Oct. 24-28	Buck · Unit 2A: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Oct. 24-28Youth	2A	Oct 24–28	100% (small sample)	2 / 2	52%
DER-1-101 GMU 2A · Buck · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 31-Nov.4	Buck · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 31-Nov.4	2A	Oct 31–Nov 4	6%	9 / 54	52%
DER-1-102 Private land · GMU 2A · Buck rifle · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck rifle · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2A	—	100% (small sample)	4 / 0	52%
DER-1-103 Youth · GMU 2A · Buck · Unit 2A: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Nov. 21-29	Buck · Unit 2A: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Nov. 21-29Youth	2A	Nov 21–29	0% (small sample)	1 / 14	52%
DER-2-104 GMU 2A · Buck archery · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24	Buck archery · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24	2A	Sep 1–24	29% (small sample)	2 / 7	52%
DER-2-105 Private land · GMU 2A · Buck archery · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck archery · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2A	—	100% (small sample)	3 / 3	52%
DER-2-106 GMU 2A · Buck archery · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Jan. 1-15, ‘27	Buck archery · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Jan. 1-15, ‘27	2A	Jan 1–15	0% (small sample)	4 / 28	52%
DER-2-107 Private land · GMU 2A · Buck archery · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck archery · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2A	—	17% (small sample)	1 / 6	52%
DER-3-108 GMU 2A · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Sept. 27-Oct.3	Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2A · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Sept. 27-Oct.3	2A	Sep 27–Oct 3	100% (small sample)	3 / 2	52%
DER-3-109 Private land · GMU 2A · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2A: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2A	—	—	0 / 0	52%
DER-1-110 GMU 2B · Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 24-28	Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 24-28	2B	Oct 24–28	8%	17 / 134	50%
DER-1-111 Youth · GMU 2B · Buck · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Oct. 24-28	Buck · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Oct. 24-28Youth	2B	Oct 24–28	21%	8 / 24	50%
DER-1-112 Private land · GMU 2B · Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2B	—	100% (small sample)	4 / 0	50%
DER-1-113 GMU 2B · Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 31-Nov.4	Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Oct. 31-Nov.4	2B	Oct 31–Nov 4	4%	16 / 171	50%
DER-1-114 Private land · GMU 2B · Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2B	—	100%	7 / 4	50%
DER-1-115 GMU 2B · Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Nov. 7-11	Buck · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Nov. 7-11	2B	Nov 7–11	1%	19 / 636	50%
DER-1-116 Private land · GMU 2B · Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck rifle · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2B	—	100%	11 / 8	50%
DER-1-117 Youth · GMU 2B · Buck · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Nov. 21-29	Buck · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Any Legal · Youth Only · Nov. 21-29Youth	2B	Nov 21–29	<1% (small sample)	1 / 300	50%
DER-2-118 GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24	Buck archery · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Sept. 1-24	2B	Sep 1–24	18%	7 / 17	50%
DER-2-119 Youth · GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Youth Only · Sept. 1-24	Buck archery · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Youth Only · Sept. 1-24Youth	2B	Sep 1–24	100% (small sample)	1 / 0	50%
DER-2-120 Private land · GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck archery · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2B	—	—	0 / 0	50%
DER-2-121 GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Jan. 1-15, ‘27	Buck archery · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Jan. 1-15, ‘27	2B	Jan 1–15	2%	10 / 417	50%
DER-2-122 Youth · GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Youth Only · Jan. 1-15, ‘27	Buck archery · Unit 2B: youth only · fork-antlered deer · Bow · Youth Only · Jan. 1-15, ‘27Youth	2B	Jan 1–15	11% (small sample)	3 / 18	50%
DER-2-123 Private land · GMU 2B · Buck archery · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deer	Buck archery · Unit 2B: private land only · fork-antlered deerPrivate land	2B	—	100%	6 / 3	50%
DER-3-124 GMU 2B · Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Sept. 27-Oct.3	Buck muzzleloader · Unit 2B · fork-antlered deer · Muzzle · Sept. 27-Oct.3	2B	Sep 27–Oct 3	27%	11 / 22	50%

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What These Columns Mean

Odds: the share of first-choice applicants who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
Tags / apps: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
Success: the share of hunters in the GMU who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole GMU's figure, not the hunt's.
Private land, RFW, ranch, youth: tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.

All 60 GMUs

Each GMU has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.

2A 52% success · 67% public 2B 50% success · 88% public 2C 38% success · 92% public 4 44% success · 15% public 5A 44% success · 17% public 5B 36% success · 98% public 6A 50% public 6C 66% public 7 33% success · 36% public 8 37% success · 19% public 9 24% success · 27% public 10 24% success · 35% public 12 25% success · 41% public 13 20% success · 48% public 14 57% success · 22% public 15 35% success · 82% public 16 33% success · 93% public 17 36% success · 78% public 18 22% success · 72% public 19 29% success · 98% public 20 19% success · 74% public 21 20% success · 74% public 22 21% success · 77% public 23 28% success · 74% public 24 30% success · 73% public 25 17% success · 79% public 26 21% success · 79% public 27 14% success · 69% public 28 27% success · 100% public 29 19% success · 89% public 30 29% success · 83% public 31 31% success · 57% public 32 31% success · 46% public 33 22% success · 62% public 34 21% success · 73% public 36 31% success · 61% public 37 20% success · 55% public 38 15% success · 44% public 39 30% success · 36% public 40 49% success · 14% public 41 52% success · 24% public 42 38% success · 10% public 43 39% success · 35% public 45 56% success · 78% public 47 42% success · 27% public 48 49% success · 31% public 49 44% success · 81% public 50 33% success · 71% public 51A 36% success · 92% public 51B 30% success · 70% public 52 43% success · 95% public 53 41% success · 52% public 54 61% success · 11% public 55 36% success · 11% public 55A 13% public 56 37% success · 28% public 57 45% success · 19% public 58 43% success · 24% public 59 32% success · 32% public STATEWIDE

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Every percentage here is the chance any applicant had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.

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