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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-142
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · THIRD · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
14.1%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
11.0%
(2025)
Applications
64
for 9 tags
Season
Oct 24 – Oct 28
Avg 3.8 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
11%
3.8
1
2024
33%
3.8
—
2023
29%
2.6
—
2018
70%
3.1
—
2017
100%
2.1
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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