Unit 2C is the southern and western slice of GMU 2, and the boundary tells you everything about the country: it runs from US 550 and the San Juan River at Bloomfield, east along the river to Largo Canyon, then snakes south and east down the central wash of Largo into Cereza Canyon and on to the Jicarilla Apache Reservation line. So you're in the broken canyon-and-mesa world straddling San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, mostly sage flats, low hills and pinyon-juniper between 5,500 and roughly 7,300 feet, with sandstone cliffs and the odd natural arch thrown in. The far northeastern corner is the exception—it climbs into ponderosa and there's a small bite of forest up against the reservation. This is a low-density unit for deer, elk and antelope; nobody's going to call it a destination, and the honest pitch is that it migrates well, pulling mature animals down out of the Jicarilla and southern Colorado when the weather pushes them. The big number in 2C's favor is land status—it's close to 90% public, BLM and state, which is rare for this corner of the state and the main reason it's worth a look despite the thin densities. Access is wall-to-wall oil and gas. The same gravel and dirt roads that string together the pump jacks are what you'll drive to your glassing knob, which means good road density but heavy truck traffic and a lot of dust—run a flag and don't trust a blind rise. When it rains or the first snow comes through, the two-tracks down in Largo and Cereza go slick and the washes can run, so keep an eye on the sky and dont let yourself get boxed into a drainage. Cell coverage follows US 550 and fades hard once your in the canyon country, so paper or downloaded maps and a GPS aren't optional out here. Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield are your supply towns to the west; Dulce sits over on the reservation to the east but that's tribal ground. And that eastern boundary is the thing to respect—the Jicarilla line is well marked, your New Mexico tag stops at it, and you do not chase a wounded animal across without tribal permission. What makes 2C different from flashier units is simple math: lots of public dirt, modest animal numbers, and almost nobody fighting you for it.