New Mexico Deer · GMU 14

New Mexico GMU 14 spans 1,060,050 acres, centered 15 miles east of Peralta. 22% of it is public land, mostly national forest (14%) and state trust land (4%). A further 12% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 328 people hunted deer here and took 186, a 57% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-186, put up 3 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 35 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

Tags, 2026
25

8 licenses · NR capped at 6%

Applicants
169

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
57%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
22%

42% Forest Service

Size
1,656 mi²

1,060,050 acres

Rio Communities Estancia Albuquerque Moriarty 14
57%hunter success 2025 · 328 hunters, 186 deer

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in GMU 14

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
DER-1-186 Standard 6% (small sample)
Outfitter 0%
DER-2-187 Standard 6% (small sample)
Outfitter 14% (small sample)
DER-2-188 Standard 10% (small sample)
Outfitter 0% (small sample)
DER-3-189 Standard 20% (small sample)
Outfitter 33%

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 328 186 57%
2024 300 147 50%
2023 317 164 52%
2022 298 162 55%
2021 275 154 56%
2025 by LicenseHuntersDeerSuccess
Reg · rifle 100 49 49%
Reg · archery · 18 licenses 14 8 58%
Reg · archery · 52 licenses 48 23 48%
Reg · muzzleloader · 13 licenses 12 5 40%
Reg · archery · 75 licenses 61 11 18%
Reg · archery · 25 licenses 21 7 35%
Reg · muzzleloader · 165 licenses 132 43 32%
Youth 90 16 18%

2025 split: rifle 49 (30%) from 100 hunters, 49%, archery 49 (30%) from 144 hunters, 34%, muzzleloader 64 (40%) from 234 hunters, 27%

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

National Forest 149,814 ac 14%
Tribal 125,225 ac 12%
State trust land 43,273 ac 4%
Department of Defense 30,918 ac 3%
BLM 2,403 ac <1%
State land 2,141 ac <1%
National Wildlife Refuge 10 ac <1%
Private or other non-public land 706,262 ac 67%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.

What the Agency Says About the Area

GMU 14: Beginning at the junction of US 60 and I-25 at Bernardo and running north along I-25 to its intersection with I-40 at Albuquerque, then east along I-40 to its intersection with NM 41 at Moriarty, then south along NM 41 to its junction with US 60 at Willard, then west along US 60 to its junction with I-25.

Source: NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0.

▸ Sources 10
  1. NMDGF 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds Complete Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. NMDGF 2026-2027 Draw Hunt License Fees / Draw… fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. NMDGF 2026-2027 Over-the-Counter License Fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. NMDGF 2022-2023 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. NMDGF 2021-2022 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0 boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. 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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