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New Mexico Elk
Unit 23 youth only ·
ELK-1-333
EITHER SEX · RIFLE · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
4.9%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
60.0%
(2025)
Applications
429
for 21 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 2.9 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
60%
2.9
15
2024
50%
3.7
—
2022
13%
3.8
—
2021
11%
4.0
—
2020
41%
3.6
—
2019
10%
4.0
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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