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New Mexico Elk
Unit 53: excluding Cerro portion ·
ELK-1-390
ANTLERLESS · RIFLE · FIRST · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
40.7%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
16.0%
(2025)
Applications
231
for 94 tags
Season
Nov 14 – Nov 18
Avg 4.0 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
Year
Success
Days hunted
Animals taken
2025
16%
4.0
13
2024
19%
3.9
—
2018
15%
3.4
—
2017
9%
3.1
—
2016
36%
3.0
—
I-25
I-40
I-10
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Roswell
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