New Mexico Deer DER-2-231 — GMU 22

Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24

GMU 22 within New Mexico

What you may take: Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 (male)
Weapon: Archery; Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where: GMU 22; 77% public of 251,154 acres
Season (2026): Sep 1–24, 2026
Tags (2026): 5; for 4 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 6%
Hunter success here (2025): 27%; of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 5 tags, 4 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 406.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	100%	—	—

Fewer applicants than tags. A dash means New Mexico Department of Game and Fish did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply

$492

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

$107

Total if drawn

$502

Refunded if unsuccessful

$385

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $502 (enough points to draw) .

Nonresident draw application fee (per species, nonrefundable; included in the printed draw price) · paid at application $13 source

Nonresident Game-Hunting License (must be purchased, nonrefundable, before applying for any big-game draw) · paid at application $90 source

Habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), mandatory age 18+, added automatically with the Game-Hunting License · paid at application $4 source

Habitat Stamp (required to hunt on BLM and Forest Service land; buy by May 15 to be printed on the licence/tag) · paid if drawn $10 source

Nonresident Standard Deer License (printed $398 incl. $13 application fee). Quality / high-demand hunt codes are $623 printed · paid at application, refundable $385 source

Next application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected) · results ~April 22. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 1–24, 2026 p. sheet1 row 406

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 22, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish counted 237 hunters and 64 deer taken in 2025 — 27% of them killed something. Full GMU 22 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report

As a lower choice

2nd choice

33%

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

3rd choice

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year	Tags	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Published odds	Source
2026	5	4	0.8	—	26%	2026 Big Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 406
2025	9	7	0.8	—	39%	2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 408
2024	6	4	0.7	—	50%	2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 417
2023	11	4	0.4	—	65%	2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing... · sheet1 row 416

Other licenses valid in GMU 22

High demand — Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 Rifle DER-1-229 — Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 Rifle DER-1-230 — Unit 22: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29 Rifle DER-2-232 — Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 Archery DER-3-233 — Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Muzzleloader

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.