New Mexico Deer · GMU 22
New Mexico GMU 22 covers 251,154 acres and lies 36 miles south of Reserve. 77% of it is public land, mostly national forest (65%) and state trust land (12%). In 2025, 1,318 people hunted deer here and took 283, a 21% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-229, put up 4 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 19 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
12 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
85% Forest Service
251,154 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in GMU 22
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-228 Standard | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 25% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-228 Outfitter | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 38% | |
| DER-1-229 Standard | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 11% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-229 Outfitter | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 100% | |
| DER-1-230 Standard · youth | Unit 22: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-230 Outfitter · youth | Unit 22: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth — Nov. 21-29 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-231 Standard | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% | |
| DER-2-231 Outfitter | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | not open | |
| DER-2-232 Standard | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-232 Outfitter | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-233 Standard | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 100% | |
| DER-3-233 Outfitter | Unit 22 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | not open |
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 (summed) | 1,318 | 283 | 21% |
| 2024 (summed) | 3,320 | 965 | 29% |
| 2023 (summed) | 3,118 | 882 | 28% |
| 2022 (summed) | 3,070 | 874 | 28% |
| 2021 (summed) | 3,253 | 761 | 23% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader | 50 | 13 | 26% |
| Reg · rifle · 3 licenses | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 8 licenses | 8 | 4 | 50% |
| Youth | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · archery · 5 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 450 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 376 | 73 | 19% |
| Reg · rifle · 450 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 383 | 62 | 16% |
| Reg · rifle · 100 licenses | 84 | 22 | 26% |
| Reg · rifle · 55 licenses | 47 | 12 | 27% |
| Reg · rifle · 75 licenses | 66 | 33 | 50% |
| Reg · rifle · 2 licenses | 0 | — | — |
| Reg · archery · 205 licenses | 154 | 30 | 20% |
| Reg · archery · 50 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 42 | 17 | 41% |
| Reg · archery · 100 licenses | 63 | 9 | 15% |
| Reg · archery · 50 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 36 | 5 | 14% |
| Reg · archery · 5 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 0 | — | — |
2025 split: muzzleloader 13 (5%) from 50 hunters, 26%, rifle 209 (74%) from 968 hunters, 22%, archery 61 (22%) from 300 hunters, 20%
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes no whole-GMU line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report.
The Ground
| National Forest | 163,792 ac | 65% |
| State trust land | 28,901 ac | 12% |
| BLM | 1,083 ac | <1% |
| State land | 105 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 57,271 ac | 23% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 22: Beginning at the intersection of the Gila River and US 180 south of Cliff running north along US 180 to its junction with Bursum Road (NM 159/FR 28), then east along Bursum Road to its junction with FT 182 at Sandy point, then south along FT 182 to its junction with FT 224 at the West Fork Saddle, then south on FT 224 down the west fork of Mogollon Creek to its junction with the main...
▸ 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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