New Mexico Elk
Unit 16A · ELK-2-272
EITHER SEX · ARCHERY · FIRST · RESIDENT
Draw Odds
17.9%
(2025 draw)
Harvest Success
18.0%
(2025)
Applications
1,170
for 210 tags
Season
Sep 01 – Sep 14
Avg 8.4 days hunted
Harvest success by year
Public-land success from the agency survey, every year on file.
| Year | Success | Days hunted | Animals taken |
|---|
| 2024 | 26% | 8.1 | — |
| 2022 | 26% | 7.7 | — |
| 2021 | 15% | 8.2 | — |
| 2020 | 23% | 8.2 | — |
| 2019 | 16% | 8.0 | — |