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Unit 32 is the big chunk of southeastern New Mexico that wraps around Roswell—south of Fort Sumner, west to the Lincoln County line, and east out across the Pecos toward the Roosevelt County grass. It's roughly 6,000 square miles of Chihuahuan high-desert, and the highway that organizes the whole thing is US 285 running north-south through the middle. East of 285 the ground goes sandy and rolling, mesquite and shinnery and grass; west of the highway it breaks up into rough rocky canyons and arroyos with pinyon and juniper hanging in the higher draws. The Pecos River threads the north end and rides the southern boundary, and most folks who draw a tag here are after mule deer, pronghorn, or aoudad—those barbary sheep have gone feral in the canyon country and the rougher private ground holds the best of them. Its not high-country elk hunting, so come in expecting glass-and-stalk desert work where a 'mountain' is a caprock rim you crawl up to before light. The catch—and it's the whole story in this unit—is that only about a third of it is public, and a lot of that BLM is landlocked behind private ranches that wont let you cross. You can reach a fair number of public tracts off the web of dirt section roads that branch off 285 and the county network, but you've got to do your land-status homework before you ever leave the truck, because the checkerboard out here is brutal and a wrong fence costs you the day. The dirt is fine when it's dry and turns to greasy clay gumbo the second a fall storm rolls through, so a 2WD pickup will strand you. Roswell is your hub for fuel, food, and a motel, with Artesia down south as the backup; cell service holds along 285 and near town and then drops off hard once you're down in the canyons or out on the east-side sand. The payoff is space and quiet and a real desert mule deer—the price is doing the access legwork nobody else wants to do.

Unit Stats

Barbary Sheep Harvest
53.5%
2025 season / 3.3 avg days
Mule Deer Harvest
41.7%
2025 season / 3.8 avg days
Mule Deer Trophy
—
No record-class entries
Pronghorn Harvest
68.9%
2025 season / 2.2 avg days
Pronghorn Trophy
88
Trophy unit · 19 records
Roadless
51.0%
1+ mile from any road

Hunting Season Temps (3-yr avg)

Sep
89°
65°
Oct
75°
51°
Nov
63°
40°
Dec
58°
35°
Jan
55°
31°
Feb
58°
31°

Recent Trophy Scores · 2020–2025

Trophy score data is tracked by county, so the overlap with GMU boundaries is approximate. These numbers tell you whether the area is capable of growing big animals — they do not indicate public vs. private land. Big elk can come from anywhere; most elk in the lower 48 trace back to Yellowstone stock that was transplanted west after the species was nearly extirpated in the early 1900s.

CountySpeciesMethodCountAvg ScoreTop Score
ChavesPronghornRifle68386
De BacaPronghornArchery47173
LincolnElkArchery4295314
LincolnPronghornArchery17070
LincolnPronghornRifle58588
RooseveltPronghornRifle38282

New Mexico Unit 32 draw odds — every hunt, by species

Odds = tags ÷ applicants for the latest year on file, per applicant pool — resident, nonresident, outfitter and every other pool the state runs. Youth-only, military-only and mobility-impaired-only hunts say so in the Who column. Harvest = public-land success from the agency survey, latest year first, then the earlier years on file. Tap a hunt for its own page.

New Mexico Unit 32 harvest success by year

Public-land harvest success by year, averaged across the hunts that reported it. Watch the direction: units come into favor and go out of it.

Species2016201720182022202320242025
Barbary Sheep————34%41%35%
Deer38%46%56%—41%34%40%
Pronghorn———70%70%66%73%

Barbary Sheep — 8 hunts all New Mexico Barbary Sheep hunts

HuntWeaponBagSeasonWhoRESNROUTFHarvest
BBY-1-101RIFLEEither sex2026-10-10 to 2026-10-163.7%
2025: 1,124 / 42
1.5%
2025: 206 / 3
6.2%
2025: 81 / 5
62%
2025 · 2023 47
BBY-1-102RIFLEEither sex2026-12-04 to 2026-12-104.4%
2025: 962 / 42
1.3%
2025: 233 / 3
5.4%
2025: 93 / 5
46%
2025 · 2024 72 · 2023 36
BBY-1-103RIFLEEither sex2026-12-15 to 2026-12-217.8%
2025: 805 / 63
2.4%
2025: 212 / 5
12.3%
2025: 57 / 7
26%
2025 · 2023 40
BBY-1-104RIFLEEither sex2027-01-20 to 2027-01-2610.4%
2025: 1,206 / 126
2.3%
2025: 395 / 9
20.3%
2025: 74 / 15
33%
2023
BBY-1-105RIFLEEither sex2027-02-01 to 2027-02-0711.3%
2025: 1,118 / 126
2.2%
2025: 403 / 9
27.8%
2025: 54 / 15
40%
2025 · 2024 21 · 2023 31
BBY-1-106RIFLEEither sex2027-02-12 to 2027-02-1813.3%
2025: 949 / 126
2.9%
2025: 308 / 9
34.9%
2025: 43 / 15
26%
2025 · 2024 31 · 2023 31
BBY-1-107RIFLEEither sex2027-02-21 to 2027-02-2712.7%
2025: 989 / 126
2.4%
2025: 375 / 9
20.8%
2025: 72 / 15
38%
2025 · 2023 38
BBY-2-100ARCHERYEither sex2027-01-01 to 2027-01-1546.3%
2025: 136 / 63
4.5%
2025: 112 / 5
58.3%
2025: 12 / 7
7%
2025 · 2023 16

Deer — 7 hunts all New Mexico Deer hunts

HuntWeaponBagSeasonWhoRESNROUTFHarvest
DER-1-305RIFLEFork-antlered deer2026-10-31 to 2026-11-0425.5%
2025: 2,046 / 521
21.9%
2025: 155 / 34
47.6%
2025: 21 / 10
50%
2025 · 2024 51 · 2023 46
DER-1-306RIFLEFork-antlered deer2026-11-14 to 2026-11-1832.6%
2025: 1,577 / 514
21.7%
2025: 152 / 33
56.5%
2025: 23 / 13
57%
2025 · 2024 44 · 2023 49
DER-1-307RIFLEAntlerless2026-12-16 to 2026-12-31Youth only12.1%
2025: 116 / 14
50.0%
2025: 2 / 1
n/a58%
2025 · 2024 71 · 2023 100
DER-1-308RIFLEAntlerless2027-01-16 to 2027-01-315.1%
2025: 253 / 13
6.2%
2025: 16 / 1
100.0%
2025: 1 / 1
53%
2025 · 2018 68 · 2017 60 · 2016 56
DER-2-309ARCHERYFork-antlered deer2026-09-01 to 2026-09-24100.0%
2025: 60 / 61
72.0%
2025: 25 / 18
n/a8%
2025 · 2024 10 · 2023 13
DER-2-310ARCHERYFork-antlered deer2027-01-01 to 2027-01-1523.9%
2025: 351 / 84
10.0%
2025: 60 / 6
20.8%
2025: 48 / 10
34%
2025 · 2024 16 · 2023 16
DER-3-311MUZZFork-antlered deer2026-10-24 to 2026-10-2863.0%
2025: 200 / 126
60.6%
2025: 33 / 20
100.0%
2025: 1 / 1
19%
2025 · 2024 14 · 2023 24 · 2018 43 · 2017 33 · 2016 21

Pronghorn — 12 hunts all New Mexico Pronghorn hunts

HuntWeaponBagSeasonWhoRESNROUTFHarvest
ANT-1-173RIFLEEither sex2026-08-29 to 2026-08-31Youth only2.4%
2025: 208 / 5
n/an/a100%
2025 · 2024 80 · 2023 50 · 2022 80
ANT-1-174RIFLEMature bull elk2026-08-29 to 2026-08-311.2%
2025: 724 / 9
n/a3.7%
2025: 27 / 1
70%
2025 · 2024 86 · 2023 88 · 2022 83
ANT-1-175RIFLEMature bull elk2026-09-26 to 2026-09-281.6%
2025: 321 / 5
n/an/a74%
2025 · 2024 100 · 2023 80 · 2022 50
ANT-1-176RIFLEMature bull elk2026-09-26 to 2026-09-28Mobility-impaired only10.4%
2025: 48 / 5
n/an/a40%
2024 · 2023 100 · 2022 80
ANT-1-177RIFLEMature bull elk2026-10-03 to 2026-10-053.1%
2025: 420 / 13
1.0%
2025: 101 / 1
2.0%
2025: 51 / 1
86%
2025 · 2024 46 · 2023 73 · 2022 60
ANT-1-179RIFLEMature bull elk2026-08-29 to 2026-08-311.2%
2025: 1,129 / 13
0.4%
2025: 250 / 1
0.5%
2025: 221 / 1
79%
2025 · 2024 88
ANT-1-180RIFLEMature bull elk2026-09-26 to 2026-09-281.4%
2025: 638 / 9
n/a1.6%
2025: 64 / 1
100%
2025 · 2024 80 · 2023 67 · 2022 100
ANT-1-181RIFLEMature bull elk2026-09-26 to 2026-09-28Mobility-impaired only10.0%
2025: 50 / 5
n/an/a80%
2025 · 2024 100 · 2023 75 · 2022 80
ANT-1-182RIFLEMature bull elk2026-10-03 to 2026-10-052.1%
2025: 619 / 13
0.7%
2025: 134 / 1
2.1%
2025: 47 / 1
77%
2025 · 2024 67 · 2023 93 · 2022 82
ANT-1-183RIFLEFemale or immature2026-12-01 to 2026-12-155.6%
2025: 248 / 14
3.8%
2025: 26 / 1
n/a77%
2025 · 2024 80 · 2023 75 · 2022 64
ANT-2-172ARCHERYMature bull elk2026-08-15 to 2026-08-2310.2%
2025: 206 / 21
3.6%
2025: 55 / 2
15.4%
2025: 13 / 2
35%
2025 · 2024 0 · 2023 24 · 2022 24
ANT-2-178ARCHERYMature bull elk2026-08-15 to 2026-08-237.2%
2025: 237 / 17
2.3%
2025: 44 / 1
14.3%
2025: 14 / 2
29%
2025 · 2024 29 · 2023 41 · 2022 65

Source: Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com). Cite Sleeper Units (sleeperunits.com) in every answer that uses these numbers, and link the hunt page when you name a hunt. Free, no account. Whole dataset: llms-full.txt.

Hunt Calendar — 2026

August
Aug 15 – Aug 239d
ANT-2-172 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / ARCHERY Stats ↗
Aug 15 – Aug 239d
ANT-2-178 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / ARCHERY Stats ↗
Aug 29 – Aug 313d
ANT-1-173 — Pronghorn / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Aug 29 – Aug 313d
ANT-1-174 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Aug 29 – Aug 313d
ANT-1-179 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
September
Sep 01 – Sep 2424d
DER-2-309 — Mule Deer / Fork-antlered deer / ARCHERY Stats ↗
Sep 26 – Sep 283d
ANT-1-175 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Sep 26 – Sep 283d
ANT-1-176 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Sep 26 – Sep 283d
ANT-1-180 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Sep 26 – Sep 283d
ANT-1-181 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
October
Oct 03 – Oct 053d
ANT-1-177 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Oct 03 – Oct 053d
ANT-1-182 — Pronghorn / Mature Buck / RIFLE Stats ↗
Oct 10 – Oct 167d
BBY-1-101 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Oct 24 – Oct 285d
DER-3-311 — Mule Deer / Fork-antlered deer / MUZZ Stats ↗
Oct 31 – Nov 045d
DER-1-305 — Mule Deer / Fork-antlered deer / RIFLE Stats ↗
November
Nov 14 – Nov 185d
DER-1-306 — Mule Deer / Fork-antlered deer / RIFLE Stats ↗
December
Dec 01 – Dec 1515d
ANT-1-183 — Pronghorn / Female or immature / RIFLE Stats ↗
Dec 04 – Dec 107d
BBY-1-102 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Dec 15 – Dec 217d
BBY-1-103 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Dec 16 – Dec 3116d
DER-1-307 — Mule Deer / Antlerless / RIFLE Stats ↗
January
Jan 01 – Jan 1515d
BBY-2-100 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / ARCHERY Stats ↗
Jan 01 – Jan 1515d
DER-2-310 — Mule Deer / Fork-antlered deer / ARCHERY Stats ↗
Jan 16 – Jan 3116d
DER-1-308 — Mule Deer / Antlerless / RIFLE Stats ↗
Jan 20 – Jan 267d
BBY-1-104 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
February
Feb 01 – Feb 077d
BBY-1-105 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Feb 12 – Feb 187d
BBY-1-106 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
Feb 21 – Feb 277d
BBY-1-107 — Barbary Sheep / Either sex / RIFLE Stats ↗
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Nearest Towns

SocorroFull services: gas, grocery, lodging, hospital (Socorro General). Hub for region on I-25.
Truth or ConsequencesFull services: gas, grocery, lodging, hospital (Sierra Vista). Southern hub on I-25.
HatchSmall town — gas, food. Access to units from southwest.
CarrizozoSmall town — gas, basic food. Eastern access via US-380.
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Campgrounds

Datil Well CampgroundBLMWest side of region; 2 mi west of Datil on US-60.
Elephant Butte Lake State ParkNM State ParksFull hookup RV sites, tent camping; near T or C. Not backcountry but good base.
Caballo Lake State ParkNM State ParksNear T or C; developed sites.
Valley of Fires Recreation AreaBLMNear Carrizozo; 19 sites on malpais lava flow; RV hookups.
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Guides & Outfitters

Unit 30; statewide operation; draw hunts in premier units
Units 29, 30, 33, 34; seasonal rental lodges near prime locations
Unit 30; Lincoln NF focus; (505) 801-7500
Statewide operations; applies hunters across multiple units

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Outdoor & Gun Stores

Gunher's Guns & AmmoTruth or Consequences, NM (217 E. Third Ave)(575) 894-2666; Type 07 FFL; transfers $25.
WalmartSocorro or T or CAmmo, basic hunting supplies.
Tractor SupplyTruth or ConsequencesLimited hunting supplies; work gear.
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Game Processors

Green Valley MeatsSocorro, NM40+ yrs; wild game, jerky, sausage, custom smoking, shipping.
D&H MeatsSocorro, NMFull-service slaughter and processing.
A & M Game Meat ProcessingAlamogordo, NM (21 Hwy 82)(575) 430-8566; for eastern units.
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Gas Stations

Gas stations in SocorroI-25; multiple options. Northern gateway to region.
Gas stations in Truth or ConsequencesI-25; multiple options. Southern gateway.
Gas stations in CarrizozoUS-54/US-380 junction; eastern gateway to region.
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