McGregor Range and the Tularosa Basin east of Las Cruces—4,000 feet on the basin floor to roughly 8,000 feet in the foothills. Flat desert basin with gypsum dunes transitioning to creosote and mesquite flats, then rocky foothills with juniper, pinon, and scattered ponderosa on the higher slopes. The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument occupies portions of the unit. It's dramatic country in a stark, Ansel Adams kind of way. Here's the catch: McGregor Range is a U.S. Army military reservation (Fort Bliss), and hunting access requires advance coordination with military authorities and is subject to closure for training activites. Check with NMDGF and Fort Bliss well before your hunt—not the day before, not the week before—well before. Non-military portions include BLM, state trust, and private land. US 54 and US 70 provide main access. Las Cruces and Alamogordo have full services. Cell service is good along highways. The combination of military restrictions and harsh desert terrain makes this unit logistically complex. Carry ample water and verify access status early. Unit 28 is almost entirely Fort Bliss / McGregor Range — a military installation. Every hunter, military or civilian, must register through iSportsman (ftbliss.isportsman.net) to get an access pass before setting foot on the range. You also need proof of passing a state-certified hunter education course; mentor-youth hunters are not eligible. Big game tags (mule deer, pronghorn, elk, javelina, Barbary sheep, oryx) are allocated through the normal NMDGF draw, but you cannot hunt without the separate Fort Bliss access permit. Critical rule: Fort Bliss is closed to all off-range oryx hunting. It is illegal to harvest an oryx on McGregor Range using a statewide off-range oryx tag. The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument borders the unit on the west side. Cell service is spotty on the range and some areas have live-fire restrictions — check range status before your hunt.