New Mexico Unit 36:deer draw odds & harvest
14 hunt codes for deer. 2026: 25 to 300 tags, 8 to 954 applicants per hunt.
New Mexico · Unit 36
- Unit 4: Deer
- Unit 7: Deer
- Unit 8: Deer
- Unit 9: Deer
- Unit 10: Deer
- Unit 12: Deer
- Unit 13: Deer
- Unit 14: Deer
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- Unit 29: Deer
- Unit 30: Deer
- Unit 31: Deer
- Unit 32: Deer
- Unit 33: Deer
- Unit 34: Deer
- Unit 37: Deer
- Unit 38: Deer
- Unit 39: Deer
- Unit 40: Deer
- Unit 41: Deer
- Unit 42: Deer
- Unit 43: Deer
- Unit 45: Deer
- Unit 47: Deer
- Unit 48: Deer
- Unit 49: Deer
- Unit 50: Deer
- Unit 52: Deer
- Unit 53: Deer
- Unit 54: Deer
- Unit 56: Deer
- Unit 57: Deer
- Unit 58: Deer
- Unit 59: Deer
- Unit 2C: Deer
- Unit 5A: Deer
- Unit 5B: Deer
- Unit 6A: Deer
- Unit 6C: Deer
- Unit 55A: Deer
- Unit 2A: Deer
- Unit 2B: Deer
- Unit 51A: Deer
- Unit 51B: Deer
Unit 36Neighbor units
At a glance
Deer hunt codes
14
Any legal · bow · muzzle
Tags · 2026
1,115
across 7 hunts
Applicants · 2026
1,706
1.5 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
9–69%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
Best draw odds
- Elk42% drew
- Deer100% drew
- Pronghorn24% drew
- Barbary sheep67% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
- Elk28–77%
- Deer9–69%
- Pronghorn20–100%
- Barbary sheep0–53%
Hardest draw in Unit 362022 draw
DER-1-31821 drew, 137 applied.
110th hardest of 532 New Mexico deer draws in 2022.
Hunt codes
Deer huntsin Unit 36
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2022 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-316 | Unit 36 excluding Fort Stanton | 207 of 852 drew | 31–43% | |
| DER-1-317 | Unit 36 excluding Fort Stanton | 120 of 282 drew | 24–34% | |
| DER-1-318 | Unit 36 including Fort Stanton, youth only | 18 of 125 drew | 48–57% | |
| DER-1-326 | any legal · Nov 7–Nov 11Unit 36 | 214 of 829 drew | 300 | 35% |
| DER-1-327 | any legal · Nov 14–Nov 18Unit 36 | 104 of 298 drew | 300 | 31–38% |
| DER-1-328 | any legal - youth only · Nov 21–Nov 29Unit 36: youth only | 17 of 93 drew | 25 | 11–69% |
| DER-2-319 | Unit 36 including Fort Stanton | 118 of 201 drew | 25–31% | |
| DER-2-320 | Unit 36 including Fort Stanton | 69 of 218 drew | 36–44% | |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 36.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2024
% successDER-1-32811–69%
26%
15%
11%
46%
69%
20202021202220232024
DER-2-3308–38%
8%
8%
9%
38%
36%
20202021202220232024
DER-3-3328–24%
18%
8%
12%
24%
17%
20202021202220232024
DER-1-31631–51%
51%
43%
31%
32%
2019202020212022
DER-1-31724–37%
37%
34%
24%
28%
2019202020212022
DER-1-31848–57%
56%
57%
48%
55%
2019202020212022
DER-2-31917–31%
17%
31%
25%
31%
2019202020212022
DER-2-32036–47%
47%
44%
36%
37%
2019202020212022
DER-3-32123–50%
50%
23%
40%
35%
2019202020212022
DER-3-32226–52%
52%
30%
33%
26%
2019202020212022
DER-1-32635%
35%
35%
20232024
DER-1-32731–37%
37%
31%
20232024
DER-2-32921–29%
29%
21%
20232024
DER-3-33125–31%
31%
25%
20232024
45%+28–45%Under 28%
Before you apply
- Tag fee
- “Private-Land Only Deer License – Junior/Senior $28 Not Issued”
- Points
- “New Mexico does not grant preference to previously unsuccessful applicants.”
- Application fee
- “All draw license fees include a nonrefundable application fee (residents: $7; non-residents: $13).”
Rules for 2026.
Season dates · 2026
- DER-1-326Any LegalNov 7–Nov 11
- DER-1-327Any LegalNov 14–Nov 18
- DER-1-328Any Legal - Youth OnlyNov 21–Nov 29
- DER-2-329BowSep 1–Sep 24
- DER-2-330BowJan 1–Jan 15
- DER-3-331MuzzleOct 24–Oct 28
- DER-3-332Muzzle - Youth OnlyOct 24–Oct 28
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
Map & access
Unit 36and the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
- Unit 4: Deer
- Unit 7: Deer
- Unit 8: Deer
- Unit 9: Deer
- Unit 10: Deer
- Unit 12: Deer
- Unit 13: Deer
- Unit 14: Deer
- Unit 15: Deer
- Unit 17: Deer
- Unit 18: Deer
- Unit 19: Deer
- Unit 20: Deer
- Unit 22: Deer
- Unit 23: Deer
- Unit 24: Deer
- Unit 25: Deer
- Unit 26: Deer
- Unit 27: Deer
- Unit 28: Deer
- Unit 29: Deer
- Unit 30: Deer
- Unit 31: Deer
- Unit 32: Deer
- Unit 33: Deer
- Unit 34: Deer
- Unit 37: Deer
- Unit 38: Deer
- Unit 39: Deer
- Unit 40: Deer
- Unit 41: Deer
- Unit 42: Deer
- Unit 43: Deer
- Unit 45: Deer
- Unit 47: Deer
- Unit 48: Deer
- Unit 49: Deer
- Unit 50: Deer
- Unit 52: Deer
- Unit 53: Deer
- Unit 54: Deer
- Unit 56: Deer
- Unit 57: Deer
- Unit 58: Deer
- Unit 59: Deer
- Unit 2C: Deer
- Unit 5A: Deer
- Unit 5B: Deer
- Unit 6A: Deer
- Unit 6C: Deer
- Unit 55A: Deer
- Unit 2A: Deer
- Unit 2B: Deer
- Unit 51A: Deer
- Unit 51B: Deer
Public land & access
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Members
Unit 36 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each deer hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 36 · DER-1-316
207 of 852 drew
Success31–43%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: NMDGF