New Mexico Deer · GMU 24
New Mexico GMU 24 covers 967,570 acres and lies 8 miles east of Bayard. 73% of it is public land, mostly national forest (31%) and state trust land (27%). In 2025, 1,655 people hunted deer here and took 500, a 30% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-254, put up 24 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 68 nonresident first-choice applicants, 15 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
24 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
42% Forest Service
967,570 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.
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 7–11
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 11
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 14–18
- Tags / Apps
- 24 / 15
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 14–18
- Tags / Apps
- 12 / 10
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 30%
- Season
- Nov 21–25
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 9
- If Drawn
- $502
Every License in GMU 24
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-253 Standard · youth | Unit 24: including Fort Bayard management area, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-253 Outfitter · youth | Unit 24: including Fort Bayard management area, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | 100% | |
| DER-1-254 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Any Legal… | 22% | |
| DER-1-254 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Any Legal… | 100% | |
| DER-1-255 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Any Legal… | 100% | |
| DER-1-255 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Any Legal… | 100% | |
| DER-1-256 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Any… | 12% | |
| DER-1-256 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Any… | 100% | |
| DER-1-257 Standard · youth | Unit 24: including Fort Bayard management area, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-257 Outfitter · youth | Unit 24: including Fort Bayard management area, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | 100% | |
| DER-1-258 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Any… | 3% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-258 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Any… | 4% | |
| DER-2-259 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Bow — Sept.… | 40% | |
| DER-2-259 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Bow — Sept.… | not open | |
| DER-2-260 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Bow — Jan.… | 9% | |
| DER-2-260 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Bow — Jan.… | 100% | |
| DER-2-261 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Bow… | 100% | |
| DER-2-261 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Bow… | not open | |
| DER-2-262 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Bow… | 29% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-262 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Bow… | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-263 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Muzzle — Oct.… | 100% | |
| DER-3-263 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered mule deer — Muzzle — Oct.… | not open | |
| DER-3-264 Standard | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Muzzle… | 100% | |
| DER-3-264 Outfitter | Unit 24: excluding Fort Bayard management area — fork-antlered white-tailed deer — Muzzle… | 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 | 1,655 | 500 | 30% |
| 2024 | 1,631 | 503 | 31% |
| 2023 | 1,578 | 488 | 31% |
| 2022 | 1,489 | 447 | 29% |
| 2021 | 1,528 | 421 | 28% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader | 61 | 10 | 16% |
| Reg · rifle · 6 licenses | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 49 licenses | 44 | 18 | 41% |
| Reg · rifle · 34 licenses | 33 | 22 | 67% |
| Reg · rifle · 3 licenses | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 13 licenses | 13 | 9 | 73% |
| Reg · rifle · 2 licenses | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · archery · 4 licenses | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Reg · archery · 69 licenses | 61 | 40 | 65% |
| Reg · archery · 5 licenses | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 100 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 90 | 14 | 16% |
| Reg · rifle · 100 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 83 | 6 | 7% |
| Reg · archery · 45 licenses | 21 | 2 | 11% |
| Reg · archery · 30 licenses | 27 | 3 | 11% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 10 (7%) from 61 hunters, 16%, rifle 75 (55%) from 274 hunters, 27%, archery 52 (38%) from 116 hunters, 45%
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 | 299,938 ac | 31% |
| State trust land | 259,955 ac | 27% |
| BLM | 137,005 ac | 14% |
| State land | 8,210 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 1,599 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 260,862 ac | 27% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 24: Beginning at the junction of NM 26 and US 180 north of Deming and running northwest along US 180 to its intersection with the Gila River south of Cliff, then northeast along the Gila River to its junction with Sapillo Creek, then east along Sapillo Creek to NM 35, then east and south on NM 35 to its junction with FR 152, then northeast along FR 152 to its junction with the Grant-Sierra...
▸ 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.
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