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New Mexico Elk
Unit 16D mobility impaired only ·
ELK-1-293
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · SECOND · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
5.3%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
65.0%
(2025)
Applications
399
for 21 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 2.8 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2024
73%
3.0
—
2022
33%
3.1
—
2021
20%
2.9
—
2020
33%
3.4
—
2019
27%
3.5
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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