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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-138
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · FIRST · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
6.0%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
12.0%
(2025)
Applications
151
for 9 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 4.1 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2024
43%
3.4
—
2021
89%
2.0
—
2020
40%
2.4
—
2019
60%
3.4
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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