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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-141
ANTLERLESS · RIFLE · SECOND · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
18.9%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
33.0%
(2025)
Applications
53
for 10 tags
Season
Oct 17 – Oct 21
Avg 2.4 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
33%
2.4
2
2024
0%
4.0
—
2022
71%
3.0
—
2021
67%
2.2
—
2018
67%
2.1
—
2017
100%
1.8
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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