New Mexico Deer DER-3-109
Fork-antlered deer, muzzleloader in GMU 2A, muzzleloader only. 67% public land, mostly BLM.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No nonresident draw results are on file for this hunt. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
Your odds · 2026 draw
5 first-choice applicants for 5 tags
5 first-choice applicants for 5 tags in 2026, so every first-choice applicant drew. The 100% reflects low demand that year, and a code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Points: none, same chance every year
- Resident Tags
- 5
- Applicants
- 5
- Success
- 21%
First-choice residents. Success: Reg · muzzleloader · 50 licenses hunters, 2025.
Odds by Year
Undersubscribed every year on file: 1–5 first-choice applicants for 1–5 tags, 2023–2026.
What It Costs · 2026 Resident Fees
Closes Mar 17 · 148 daysThe $7 resident draw application fee (per species, nonrefundable; included in the printed draw price) is not refunded. The $25 resident Game-Hunting License (must be purchased, nonrefundable, before applying) is not refunded. The $4 habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), mandatory age 18+ is not refunded. Drawing adds the $10 habitat Stamp (required to hunt on BLM and Forest Service land). The $53 resident Deer License, any fee tier (printed $60 incl. $7 application fee) 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
- Resident draw application fee (per species, nonrefundable; included in the printed draw price) · paid at application $7 NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw…
- Resident Game-Hunting License (must be purchased, nonrefundable, before applying) · paid at application $25 NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees
- Habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), mandatory age 18+ · paid at application $4 NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees
- Habitat Stamp (required to hunt on BLM and Forest Service land) · paid if drawn $10 NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees
- Resident Deer License, any fee tier (printed $60 incl. $7 application fee) · paid at application, refundable $53 NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw…
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 100% | — | 5 |
Fewer applicants than tags. A dash means New Mexico Department of Game and Fish did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, DER-3-109 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader · 50 licenses | 41 | 9 | 21% |
| Reg · rifle · 24 licenses | 21 | 9 | 41% |
| Reg · archery · 6 licenses | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| Reg · archery · 15 licenses | 15 | 6 | 43% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 4 licenses | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 275 licenses | 236 | 106 | 45% |
| Youth · rifle · 125 licenses | 110 | 55 | 50% |
| Reg · rifle · 350 licenses | 313 | 178 | 57% |
| Reg · rifle · 400 licenses | 367 | 268 | 73% |
| Youth · rifle · 25 licenses | 25 | 24 | 96% |
| Reg · archery · 130 licenses | 97 | 9 | 9% |
| Youth · archery | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · archery · 180 licenses | 166 | 73 | 44% |
| All of GMU 2A | 1,411 | 740 | 52% |
Adding up New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's published lines for GMU 2A gives 1,411 hunters and 740 deer taken in 2025, and 52% of them took a deer (sum of published weapon rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. 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 residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Published Odds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 42% | NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 50% | NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 43% | NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report |
Other Licenses Valid in GMU 2A
- DER-1-100 Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Oct. 24-28Youth only Oct 24–28 · 21 tags · 63 applied 22%
- DER-1-101 Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Oct 31 – Nov 4 · 126 tags · 428 applied 18%
- DER-1-102 Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deerPrivate land only — you need landowner access 16 tags · 14 applied 100%
- DER-1-103 Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Nov. 21-29Youth only Nov 21–29 · 13 tags · 74 applied 5%
- DER-2-104 Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 Sep 1–24 · 37 tags · 45 applied 40%
- DER-2-105 Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deerPrivate land only — you need landowner access 4 tags · 4 applied 100% (small sample)
- DER-2-106 Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 Jan 1–15 · 68 tags · 116 applied 25%
- DER-2-107 Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deerPrivate land only — you need landowner access 14 tags · 8 applied 100%
- DER-3-108 Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 Sep 27 – Oct 3 · 46 tags · 49 applied 41%
Odds for a first-choice resident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 14
- NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete… earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- New Mexico Commission of Public Records - State Records Center and Archives 2023 19.31.3 NMAC draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2022-2023 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2021-2022 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0 boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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 (fewer applicants than tags). 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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