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New Mexico Deer
Unit 17: youth only ·
DER-1-203
FORK-ANTLERED DEER · RIFLE · THIRD · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
11.0%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
61.0%
(2025)
Applications
616
for 68 tags
Season
Nov 21 – Nov 29
Avg 3.6 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2022
32%
3.3
—
2021
23%
3.7
—
2020
33%
3.5
—
2019
28%
3.4
—
2018
41%
4.2
—
2016
48%
3.3
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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