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New Mexico Elk
Unit 53: excluding Cerro portion ·
ELK-1-388
MATURE BULL ELK · RIFLE · FIRST · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
20.8%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
11.0%
(2025)
Applications
327
for 68 tags
Season
Oct 17 – Oct 21
Avg 4.1 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2024
9%
4.2
—
2018
0%
4.2
—
2017
0%
3.6
—
2016
50%
2.6
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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