● Ranked from real New Mexico data · 2025-26
Highest harvest-success Deer units in New Mexico
Where New Mexico deer hunters actually fill tags, ranked by the agency's own harvest statistics.
#1Unit 34: youth onlyBest NR odds 43%67.1% public100% success→#2statewideBest NR odds 0%100% success→#3Unit 41Best NR odds 67%20.3% public89% success→#4Unit 23: except the Burro mountains hunt area, youth onlyBest NR odds 36%63.1% public83% success→#5Unit 24: including Fort Bayard management area, youth onlyBest NR odds 100%62% public82% success→#6Unit 10: youth onlyBest NR odds 67%35% public75% success→#7Unit 23: Burro mountains hunt area only, youth onlyBest NR odds 6%63.1% public75% success→#8Unit 23: except the Burro mountains hunt areaBest NR odds 100%63.1% public70% success→#9Unit 45: youth onlyBest NR odds 5%74.1% public70% success→#10Unit 17: youth onlyBest NR odds 20%73.1% public67% success→#11Unit 15Best NR odds 20%77.5% public67% success→#12Unit 5B: youth onlyBest NR odds 0%57.9% public67% success→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by the best per-unit harvest success rate in the state agency's harvest reports, tie-broken by how drawable the tag is.
Data year: 2025-26. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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