New Mexico deer hunting: every hunt area, the draw and harvest

NMDOW's 2026-27 booklet lists 336 deer hunt codes, 316 of them drawn with 29,461 licenses, in 65 of the state's 70 game management units (NMDOW 2026-27 Hunting Rules and Information, pages 54 to 68). In the 2026 draw, 77,150 applicants chose a deer hunt as their first choice. In 2025-26, NMDGF reports 36,101 licenses sold, 31,530 hunters reporting, a 30% success rate, 9,298 bucks and 137 does taken statewide.

Data updated October 2026. Hunts: NMDOW's 2026-27 Hunting Rules and Information. Draw: NMDOW's 2026 drawing report. Harvest: NMDGF reports to 2025-26.

Where can you hunt deer in New Mexico?

Each hunt area is the unit or units NMDOW's hunt codes are valid in. 59 areas have a page of their own, with every hunt code, the 2026 draw and NMDGF's harvest by season.

Hunts: NMDOW 2026-27 Hunting Rules and Information. Draw: NMDOW 2026 big game drawing report. Harvest: NMDOW deer harvest reports, printed area totals; where NMDGF's total counts private-land licenses too, its license count is higher than the draw licenses.

Hunt codes not in an area above: DER-1-401 (Units 54 and 55A), DER-1-402 (Units 54 and 55A), DER-1-700 (Premium Statewide Deer Hunt (see page 43)), DER-2-403 (Units 54 and 55A).

Questions hunters ask

How many deer licenses does New Mexico have?

NMDOW's 2026-27 booklet lists 29,461 draw licenses across 316 drawn deer hunt codes, plus 20 codes that are not drawn.

What is the deer success rate in New Mexico?

NMDGF's 2025-26 harvest report gives a statewide 30% success rate: 31,530 hunters reported and 9,435 deer were taken.

When is the New Mexico deer draw deadline?

For 2026-27 it was March 18, 2026, before 5 p.m. MDT (NMDOW 2026-27 Hunting Rules and Information, page 10). NMDOW has not published the 2027 date.

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