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New Mexico Elk
Unit 24: including Ft. Bayard, youth only ·
ELK-1-343
EITHER SEX · RIFLE · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
1.8%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
40.0%
(2025)
Applications
284
for 5 tags
Season
Oct 10 – Oct 14
Avg 3.8 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
40%
3.8
2
2024
25%
3.0
—
2023
50%
2.2
—
2018
19%
4.0
—
2017
13%
3.9
—
2016
11%
4.0
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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