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New Mexico Antelope (Pronghorn) ANT-1-237

Either-sex pronghorn in GMU 56, any legal weapon, Aug 29–31, 2026. 28% public land, mostly State trust land.

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

Your odds · 2026 draw

6% (small sample) Same for everyone

about 1 in 18, every year you apply

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 2 tags went to 36 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

NR Tags
2
Applicants
36
Success
58%

First-choice nonresidents, standard draw; nonresidents capped at 6%. Success: all hunters in GMU 56, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2023–2026

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
7.9% 6.2% 4.1% 5.6%
2023
13:1
2024
16:1
2025
25:1
2026
18:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 4% to 8% across 2023–2026. Applicants per tag: 13:1 in 2023, 18:1 in 2026.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Closes Mar 17 · 149 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
Raton Clayton 56
58%hunter success 2025 · 432 hunters, 252 pronghorn
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Details

Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone 6% (small sample) — 2

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-1-237 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 56 432 252 58%

Across every license type in GMU 56, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish counted 432 hunters and 252 pronghorn taken in 2025, and 58% 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 2 36 18 2% NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report
2025 2 49 24.5 2% NMDGF 2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2024 3 48 16 3% NMDGF 2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds Complete…
2023 3 38 12.7 3% NMDGF 2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing Odds Report

Other Licenses Valid in GMU 56

  • ANT-1-238 Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Aug. 29-31 Aug 29–31 · 0 tags · not open to nonresidents in 2026 —
  • ANT-1-239 Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Sept. 26-28 Sep 26–28 · 2 tags · 91 applied 2% (small sample)
  • ANT-1-240 Unit 56: mobility impaired only — mature buck — Any Legal - Mobility — Sept. 26-28Hunters with a disability permit only Sep 26–28 · 0 tags · not open to nonresidents in 2026 —
  • ANT-1-241 Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Oct. 3-5 Oct 3–5 · 2 tags · 46 applied 2% (small sample)
  • ANT-1-242 Unit 56: youth only — female or immature pronghorn — Any Legal - Youth Only — Oct. 12-14Youth only Oct 12–14 · 2 tags · 1 applied 100% (small sample)
  • ANT-2-236 Unit 56 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 Aug 15–23 · 2 tags · 9 applied 11% (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.

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