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New Mexico Elk
Unit 23: south of NM 78 ·
ELK-1-338
ANTLERLESS · RIFLE · SECOND · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
20.4%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
6.0%
(2025)
Applications
98
for 20 tags
Season
Dec 19 – Dec 27
Avg 4.6 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
6%
4.6
1
2024
20%
4.1
—
2023
44%
4.2
—
2022
40%
3.5
—
2020
31%
3.8
—
2019
9%
3.6
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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