New Mexico (NM)
New Mexico is known for high-quality elk draws and unit research.
Agency links, deadlines, unit maps, and species opportunities are tied to official sources below.
Huntable species in NM
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Unit Map / Units
Official GIS polygon layers render here when available. Click a unit polygon to ask Jeremiah for practical hunting background; seeded unit cards appear only when no GIS layer has been imported yet.
New Mexico Game Management Units
Official GIS sourcePrimary statewide management or hunt-unit boundaries.
Cream/white gaps are places not covered by this active district layer, such as reservations, national parks, lakes/water, or other excluded/non-district areas. Colors separate hunting-district number series for readability; always verify exact rules, species, and season dates against the official source.
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Ibex opportunities
First-pass official-source research package for nonresident applications, draw/OTC paths, odds, harvest stats, and map linkage. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
New Mexico nonresidents apply through NMDGF online sales, by phone, or through NMDOW offices where allowed. The draw is random and uses no preference or bonus points. Most big-game draw species are due March 18, 2026 before 5 p.m. MDT; bear and turkey draw permits are due February 11, 2026 before 5 p.m. MT. Official draw information describes quota pools of 84% resident, 10% outfitter pool, and 6% nonresident without outfitter. Applicants pay required licenses/stamps/validations and the full draw license amount up front; unsuccessful applicants receive refunds of the refundable license portion.
Hunt codes: Exact current hunt codes are in the 2026-2027 New Mexico Hunting Rules and Information booklet.
Units: New Mexico GMUs listed by hunt code; some opportunities are private-land, military, or special-area restricted.
Deadlines: Application deadline: March 18, 2026 before 5 p.m. MDT
Fees: Nonresident ibex draw license: $1,623 including application fee
Open map layer- • Create or use an NMDGF/NMDOW online sales account with a customer identification number (CIN) at https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us or apply by phone at 1-888-248-6866.
- • Purchase the required Game-Hunting License or Game-Hunting & Fishing License before applying for or buying big-game or turkey licenses; 2026-2027 nonresident Game-Hunting License is listed at $90 and junior nonresident Game-Hunting License at $15.
- • Purchase the Habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), listed at $4, for hunting/fishing/trapping.
- • Purchase a Habitat Stamp, listed at $10 for nonresidents, when hunting on U.S. Forest Service or BLM lands unless exempt.
- • Pay draw license fees up front; nonresident draw license fees include a nonrefundable $13 application fee, and unsuccessful applicants receive refunds of the refundable license portion.
- • Submit mandatory harvest reports for prior deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey licenses by the posted deadline, or by the late-report deadline, to avoid rejection of all draw applications.
- • Secure written private-land permission where required; private-land-only licenses are not public-land access permits.
- • For WSMR/Ft. Bliss or other military hunts, complete required security/background and access-fee steps after drawing.
No. New Mexico's draw is random and uses no preference or bonus points, so a first-time nonresident has the same random structure as a returning applicant within the same quota pool.
Official draw information describes 84% resident, 10% outfitter pool, and 6% nonresident-without-outfitter pools. A nonresident applying with a registered outfitter competes in the outfitter pool rather than the 6% pool.
Bear and turkey draw permits are due February 11, 2026 before 5 p.m. MT. Most big-game draw applications are due March 18, 2026 before 5 p.m. MDT. Big-game results are scheduled for April 22, 2026.
Yes. Draw license fees are charged at application and include the nonresident $13 application fee. Unsuccessful applicants receive refunds of the refundable license portion, but application and prerequisite costs may be nonrefundable.
Mandatory harvest reporting. Prior deer, elk, pronghorn, turkey, Barbary sheep, ibex, javelina, oryx and certain other license holders must report by the listed deadlines or risk rejection of draw applications.
Sometimes. EPLUS authorizations can be bought/bartered/traded privately and allow purchase of private-land elk licenses, but hunters may not hold both a private-land elk license and a draw elk license in the same license year.
Agency portals
Official agency, license/application, regulations, draw odds, and harvest stats.
NMDGF migrated public site to wildlife.dgf.nm.gov; online sales/draw still uses onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us. Draw odds page points to official report downloads.
Deadlines
Application, draw, reporting, and point purchase reminders.
No deadlines seeded yet.
Unit boundary source
Official map/GIS source for the future clickable unit-level map.
Format: ArcGIS REST
Conversion: Query layer 0 units and layer 1 subunits as GeoJSON; preserve unit labels.
License/source notes: Official NMDGF ArcGIS hosted feature service.
Open boundary sourceSpecies available
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Applications
State/province-specific plans, submitted applications, draw status, and spend.
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