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New Mexico Elk
Unit 5A public land only ·
ELK-1-145
ANTLERLESS · RIFLE · FOURTH · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
13.5%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
14.0%
(2025)
Applications
74
for 10 tags
Season
Oct 31 – Nov 04
Avg 3.5 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
14%
3.5
1
2024
0%
3.5
—
2023
25%
2.8
—
2022
71%
3.0
—
2021
62%
2.8
—
2020
33%
3.9
—
2019
23%
3.6
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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