New Mexico Antelope (Pronghorn) ANT-1-132

Mature buck pronghorn in GMU 18, any legal weapon, Aug 29–31, 2026. 72% public land, mostly BLM.

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

Your odds · 2026 draw

<1% (small sample) Same for everyone

about 1 in 219, every year you apply

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 1 tag went to 219 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

NR Tags
1
Applicants
219
Success
59%

First-choice nonresidents, standard draw; nonresidents capped at 6%. Success: all hunters in GMU 18, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2023–2026

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 0.5%
2023
313:1
2024
334:1
2025
219:1
2026
219:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from <1% to <1% across 2023–2026. Applicants per tag: 313:1 in 2023, 219:1 in 2026.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Mar 17 · 150 days
Cost to Apply
$517
If You Miss
$107
If You Draw
$527

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 $410 nonresident Pronghorn License (printed $423 incl. $13 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
Rio Communities Capitan Ruidoso Peralta 18
59%hunter success 2025 · 95 hunters, 56 pronghorn
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Details

Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone <1% (small sample) — 1

First-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published. A dash means New Mexico Department of Game and Fish did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, ANT-1-132 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

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
All of GMU 18 95 56 59%

Across every license type in GMU 18, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish counted 95 hunters and 56 pronghorn taken in 2025, and 59% of them took a pronghorn. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Pronghorn Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Pronghorn 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 1 219 219 <1% NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report
2025 1 219 219 <1% NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2024 1 334 334 <1% NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2023 1 313 313 <1% NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report

Other Licenses Valid in GMU 18

  • ANT-1-133 Unit 18 — mature buck — Any Legal — Sept. 26-28 Sep 26–28 · 1 tag · 72 applied 0% (small sample)
  • ANT-2-131 Unit 18 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 Aug 15–23 · 2 tags · 16 applied 0% (small sample)

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

▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for New Mexico pronghorn
▸ Sources 13
  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 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. NMDGF 2024-2025 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NMDGF 2023-2024 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NMDGF 2022-2023 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0 boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. 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. How we compute these.

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