New Mexico Deer · GMU 10
New Mexico GMU 10 spans 1,434,977 acres, centered 19 miles south-east of Gallup. 35% of it is public land, mostly national forest (23%) and state trust land (6%). A further 45% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 521 people hunted deer here and took 125, a 24% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-2-175, put up 6 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 19 nonresident first-choice applicants, 5 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
14 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
29% Forest Service
1,434,977 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 10
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-170 Standard · hunters | Unit 10: mobility impaired only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Mobility — Oct. 24-28 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-170 Outfitter · hunters | Unit 10: mobility impaired only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Mobility — Oct. 24-28 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-171 Standard | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 | 27% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-171 Outfitter | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 | 100% | |
| DER-1-172 Standard | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 10% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-172 Outfitter | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | not open | |
| DER-1-173 Standard | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 25% | |
| DER-1-173 Outfitter | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-174 Standard · youth | Unit 10: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-174 Outfitter · youth | Unit 10: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-175 Standard | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 26% | |
| DER-2-175 Outfitter | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% | |
| DER-3-176 Standard | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 63% | |
| DER-3-176 Outfitter | Unit 10 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 100% |
First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance.
Draw results: NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $502 ($492 to apply) · Outfitter $502 ($492 to apply). Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 521 | 125 | 24% |
| 2024 | 510 | 106 | 21% |
| 2023 | 510 | 117 | 23% |
| 2022 | 490 | 119 | 24% |
| 2021 | 503 | 123 | 24% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mip | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 31 licenses | 26 | 5 | 19% |
| Reg · rifle · 22 licenses | 22 | 9 | 39% |
| Reg · rifle · 29 licenses | 25 | 8 | 30% |
| Youth | 14 | 11 | 75% |
| Reg · archery · 14 licenses | 13 | 2 | 15% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 3 licenses | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 85 licenses | 74 | 17 | 23% |
| Reg · archery · 20 licenses | 18 | 4 | 24% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 40 licenses | 31 | 9 | 29% |
2025 split: rifle 51 (77%) from 162 hunters, 31%, archery 6 (9%) from 31 hunters, 19%, muzzleloader 9 (14%) from 34 hunters, 26%
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report.
The Ground
| Tribal | 651,179 ac | 45% |
| National Forest | 328,536 ac | 23% |
| State trust land | 89,090 ac | 6% |
| BLM | 62,404 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 15,264 ac | 1% |
| State land | 3,065 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 276 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 285,160 ac | 20% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 10: Beginning at the junction of the north boundary of the Zuni Indian Reservation with the NM/AZ state line and running north along the state line to the south boundary of the Navajo Indian Reservation, then east along the south boundary of the Navajo Reservation and north along its east boundary to its intersection with the Standing Rock-Crownpoint road, then southeast along the Standing...
▸ Sources 10
- NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2022-2023 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2021-2022 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0 boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023 land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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