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New Mexico Elk
Unit 16E ·
ELK-1-302
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
8.3%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
46.0%
(2025)
Applications
543
for 45 tags
Season
Oct 24 – Oct 28
Avg 3.4 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
46%
3.4
21
2024
20%
4.2
—
2023
32%
3.0
—
2022
32%
3.7
—
2021
20%
3.7
—
2020
27%
3.6
—
2019
23%
3.7
—
2018
60%
3.4
—
2017
83%
2.2
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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