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New Mexico Deer
Unit 5A: public land only ·
DER-3-148
FORK-ANTLERED DEER · MUZZ · FIRST MUZZLELOADER · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
16.1%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
83.0%
(2025)
Applications
56
for 9 tags
Season
Sep 27 – Oct 03
Avg 2.2 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
83%
2.2
5
2024
30%
3.0
—
2023
44%
2.7
—
2017
41%
3.2
—
2016
46%
3.5
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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