SLEEPER UNITS
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New Mexico Deer
Unit 9, including Water Canyon WMA: youth only ·
DER-1-166
FORK-ANTLERED DEER · RIFLE · THIRD · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
7.5%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
40.0%
(2025)
Applications
120
for 9 tags
Season
Nov 21 – Nov 29
Avg 4.2 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2023
75%
4.3
—
2022
14%
3.4
—
2021
30%
3.5
—
2020
24%
3.4
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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