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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-140
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · SECOND · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
9.8%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
44.0%
(2025)
Applications
92
for 9 tags
Season
Oct 17 – Oct 21
Avg 3.2 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
44%
3.2
4
2024
0%
3.6
—
2022
63%
4.0
—
2021
63%
3.0
—
2020
57%
1.7
—
2019
50%
3.6
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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