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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-139
ANTLERLESS · RIFLE · FIRST · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
14.3%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
--
(2025)
Applications
70
for 10 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 2.9 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2024
29%
3.9
—
2022
50%
2.5
—
2021
33%
3.8
—
2020
44%
2.4
—
2019
89%
2.8
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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