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New Mexico Deer DER-2-152

Fork-antlered deer, archery in GMU 5B, archery only, Sep 1–24, 2026. 98% public land, mostly National Forest. Quality.

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

2026 draw

Not open to nonresidents in 2026

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish issued no nonresident tags for this hunt in 2026 and took no nonresident applications for it.

Odds by Year, 2023–2026

odds (tags ÷ applicants)
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023
2024
2025
2026

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 0% to 0% across 2023–2026.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Mar 17 · 149 days
Cost to Apply
$492
If You Miss
$107
If You Draw
$502

The $13 nonresident draw application fee (per species, nonrefundable; included in the printed draw price) is not refunded. The $90 nonresident Game-Hunting License (must be purchased, nonrefundable, before applying for any big-game draw) is not refunded. The $4 habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), mandatory age 18+, added automatically with the Game-Hunting License is not refunded. Drawing adds the $10 habitat Stamp (required to hunt on BLM and Forest Service land; buy by May 15 to be printed on the licence/tag). The $385 nonresident Standard Deer License (printed $398 incl. $13 application fee). Quality / high-demand hunt codes are $623 printed is refunded if you miss.

Opens
—
Closes
Mar 17, 2027
Results
about Apr 21

Next application window: Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes 2027.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
5B
36%hunter success 2025 · 568 hunters, 207 deer
GMU 5B in full →

Details

Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw

No nonresident draw was held in 2026.

How It Hunted, 2025

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
All of GMU 5B 568 207 36%

Adding up New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's published lines for GMU 5B gives 568 hunters and 207 deer taken in 2025, and 36% of them took a deer (sum of published weapon rows). Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Published Odds Source
2026 0 4 — 0.00% NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report
2025 0 1 — 0.00% NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2024 0 4 — 0.00% NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2023 0 3 — 0.00% NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report

Other Licenses Valid in GMU 5B

  • DER-1-150 Unit 5B — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 Nov 7–11 · 1 tag · 274 applied 0% (small sample)
  • DER-1-151 Unit 5B: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29Youth only Nov 21–29 · 0 tags · not open to nonresidents in 2026 —
  • DER-3-153 Unit 5B — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 Sep 27 – Oct 3 · 0 tags · not open to nonresidents in 2026 —

Odds for a first-choice nonresident, standard class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Sources 14
  1. NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report draw results, seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. New Mexico Commission of Public Records - State Records Center and Archives 2023 19.31.3 NMAC draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NMDGF 2022-2023 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. NMDGF 2021-2022 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0 boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023 land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's published results (first-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.

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Prior-draw odds from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's results, not a forecast · All New Mexico deer hunts