New Mexico Deer · GMU 29
New Mexico GMU 29 covers 756,268 acres and lies 55 miles south-east of Alamogordo and 68 miles east of Anthony. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (70%) and state trust land (19%). In 2025, 1,786 people hunted deer here and took 340, a 19% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-290, put up 14 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 20 nonresident first-choice applicants, 7 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
10 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
79% BLM
756,268 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
- 19%
- Season
- Nov 14–18
- Tags / Apps
- 14 / 20
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 19%
- Season
- Sep 1–24
- Tags / Apps
- 23 / 2
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 19%
- Season
- Oct 24–28
- Tags / Apps
- 11 / 1
- If Drawn
- $502
Every License in GMU 29
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-289 Standard | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 10% | |
| DER-1-289 Outfitter | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | not open | |
| DER-1-290 Standard | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 35% | |
| DER-1-290 Outfitter | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-291 Standard | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% | |
| DER-2-291 Outfitter | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | not open | |
| DER-2-292 Standard | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 40% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-292 Outfitter | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-293 Standard | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 | 100% | |
| DER-3-293 Outfitter | Unit 29 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 | 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) | 1,786 | 340 | 19% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,770 | 462 | 26% |
| 2023 (summed) | 2,048 | 568 | 28% |
| 2022 (summed) | 2,204 | 551 | 25% |
| 2021 (summed) | 2,219 | 360 | 16% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader | 39 | 4 | 11% |
| Reg · rifle · 2 licenses | 0 | — | — |
| Reg · rifle · 7 licenses | 7 | 1 | 20% |
| Reg · archery · 2 licenses | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 720 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 624 | 125 | 20% |
| Reg · rifle · 720 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 631 | 123 | 20% |
| Youth | 226 | 59 | 26% |
| Reg · archery · 200 licenses | 162 | 8 | 5% |
| Reg · archery · 100 licenses | 95 | 20 | 21% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 4 (1%) from 39 hunters, 10%, rifle 308 (91%) from 1,488 hunters, 21%, archery 28 (8%) from 259 hunters, 11%
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
| BLM | 528,504 ac | 70% |
| State trust land | 141,975 ac | 19% |
| State land | 194 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 0 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 85,594 ac | 11% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 29: Beginning at the junction of the NM/TX state line and the east boundary of the Fort Bliss Military Reservation and running northeast along the military reservation boundary to its intersection with NM 506/CR E038 leading to Pinon, then east, north and east along NM 506/CR E038 to its intersection with NM 24 at Pinon, then east on NM 24 approximately three miles to its intersection with...
▸ 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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