New Mexico Deer · GMU 2A
New Mexico GMU 2A covers 501,013 acres and lies 4 miles north-west of Aztec. 67% of it is public land, mostly BLM (57%) and state trust land (9%). In 2025, 1,411 people hunted deer here and took 740, a 52% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-101, put up 9 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 54 nonresident first-choice applicants, 3 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
20 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
85% BLM
501,013 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 2A
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-100 Standard · youth | Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Oct. 24-28 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-100 Outfitter · youth | Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Oct. 24-28 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-101 Standard | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 6% | |
| DER-1-101 Outfitter | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 100% | |
| DER-1-102 Standard · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-102 Outfitter · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-103 Standard · youth | Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Nov. 21-29 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-103 Outfitter · youth | Unit 2A: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Youth Only — Nov. 21-29 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-104 Standard | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 29% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-104 Outfitter | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-105 Standard · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-105 Outfitter · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | not open | |
| DER-2-106 Standard | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-106 Outfitter | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% | |
| DER-2-107 Standard · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | 17% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-107 Outfitter · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | not open | |
| DER-3-108 Standard | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-108 Outfitter | Unit 2A — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-109 Standard · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | not open | |
| DER-3-109 Outfitter · private | Unit 2A: private land only — fork-antlered deer | 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) | 1,411 | 740 | 52% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,397 | 507 | 36% |
| 2023 (summed) | 1,254 | 546 | 44% |
| 2022 (summed) | 1,552 | 700 | 45% |
| 2021 (summed) | 1,565 | 722 | 46% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader · 50 licenses | 41 | 9 | 21% |
| Reg · rifle · 24 licenses | 21 | 9 | 41% |
| Reg · archery · 6 licenses | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| Reg · archery · 15 licenses | 15 | 6 | 43% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 4 licenses | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 275 licenses | 236 | 106 | 45% |
| Youth · rifle · 125 licenses | 110 | 55 | 50% |
| Reg · rifle · 350 licenses | 313 | 178 | 57% |
| Reg · rifle · 400 licenses | 367 | 268 | 73% |
| Youth · rifle · 25 licenses | 25 | 24 | 96% |
| Reg · archery · 130 licenses | 97 | 9 | 9% |
| Youth · archery | 16 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · archery · 180 licenses | 166 | 73 | 44% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 10 (1%) from 42 hunters, 24%, rifle 640 (86%) from 1,072 hunters, 60%, archery 90 (12%) from 297 hunters, 30%
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 | 285,488 ac | 57% |
| State trust land | 42,615 ac | 9% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 4,645 ac | <1% |
| State land | 1,028 ac | <1% |
| Tribal | 295 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 265 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 166,673 ac | 33% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 2A: That portion of GMU 2 west of the Los Pinos River (Pine Arm of Navajo Reservoir) and north of the San Juan River.
▸ 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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