NM Draw Apps Open 22

[Valley1320]

Looks like the NM draw is open for apps now.

 

[TLowell02]

I'll wait until March to submit my big game applications but submitted turkey and bear five minutes after they opened today.

 

[Bluffgruff]

When does the sandhill app open?

 

[TLowell02]

When does the sandhill app open?

I believe that opens late summer but I could certainly be wrong. I know pheasant is much later too.

 

[TheGreek]

Who else is in for valle caldera turkey? Maybe this will be me lucky year.

 

[Kaitum]

Who else is in for valle caldera turkey? Maybe this will be me lucky year.

I'm going to toss my name in the hat.

 

[Valley1320]

I believe this is the year for my bighorn tag

 

[NMGuy]

Gotta narrow down my deer and elk a little further before I send in my money. After the reports I heard from the local deer unit last season, I'm considering a move.

 

[Valley1320]

Gotta narrow down my deer and elk a little further before I send in my money. After the reports I heard from the local deer unit last season, I'm considering a move.

Idk what unit your talking about. But alot of the eastern units guys were throwing a fit this year it seemed like. I think alot of its due to way more cover, feed and water. Cuz my January bowhunt with the numbers I saw and as many good bucks I saw proved them all wrong. And I only hunted a total of like 5 days.. jus throwing that in the mix of thoughts

 

[jabber]

My boycott of the NM draw will continue for another year.

 

[mrcowboy]

I submitted deer last night.

 

[HighDesertSage]

Sweet, time to give NMGF my annual loan...

 

[hank4elk]

Oh boy,like waiting for xmas. I never know if I've been bad or good.

 

[Nick87]

Gila tag for me please.

 

[cahunter805]

Any tag for me please!

 

[hank4elk]

Gila tag for me please.

I only get a ticket to ride,thru it.

 

[prhunter]

Any tag for me please!

X2 on the above. I've struck out in NM 2 years in a row

 

[ImBillT]

X2 on the above. I've struck out in NM 2 years in a row

For a 10% draw odds hunt, applicants will AVERAGE one hunt per ten years, BUT there is a 35% chance of applying ten consecutive years and NOT drawing even one time. Put another way, 35% of applicants who apply for a 10% odds hunt, ten years in a row, will not have drawn.

Yes there are easier to draw hunts than 10% in NM, but they’re getting fewer and fewer, and those hunts aren’t any better than they were when they had leftover tags every year.

I don’t know what you’re applying for, but NM has become a state where you should expect not to draw anything for quite a few years in a row. The highest draw odds rifle elk tag was 27% draw odds in 2020(going into 2021 which is the newest data goHunt has calculated). The odds of applying for that three times and not drawing any time are 39%. That is based on not knowing if you’re going to draw on any of those years. Since we already know that didn’t draw in years one or two, your odds of not drawing that this year are 73%. You could always try the Dec archery tag that used to be OTC.

 

[David658]

For a 10% draw odds hunt, applicants will AVERAGE one hunt per ten years, BUT there is a 35% chance of applying ten consecutive years and NOT drawing even one time. Put another way, 35% of applicants who apply for a 10% odds hunt, ten years in a row, will not have drawn.

Yes there are easier to draw hunts than 10% in NM, but they’re getting fewer and fewer, and those hunts aren’t any better than they were when they had leftover tags every year.

I don’t know what you’re applying for, but NM has become a state where you should expect not to draw anything for quite a few years in a row. The highest draw odds rifle elk tag was 27% draw odds in 2020(going into 2021 which is the newest data goHunt has calculated). The odds of applying for that three times and not drawing any time are 39%. That is based on not knowing if you’re going to draw on any of those years. Since we already know that didn’t draw in years one or two, your odds of not drawing that this year are 73%. You could always try the Dec archery tag that used to be OTC.

RESIDENTS usually go years between draws. Too many tags to big landowners who turn around and sell them to outfitters. Now, technically, those landowner tags go to "residents", but the bulk of those tags go NR via the outfitter.

 

[brownbear932008]

X2 on the above. I've struck out in NM 2 years in a row

May want to use to that in NM. I've drawn 2 tags in all the years I've applied and they were back to back and I normally apply for everything but ibex.