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New Mexico Elk
Unit 16E youth only ·
ELK-1-300
EITHER SEX · RIFLE · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
4.1%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
48.0%
(2025)
Applications
517
for 21 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 3.3 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2024
55%
3.8
—
2022
63%
—
—
2021
41%
—
—
2020
60%
3.5
—
2019
67%
3.4
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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