New Mexico Deer — GMU 32
New Mexico GMU 32 covers 3,887,762 acres and lies 26 miles north of Roswell and 62 miles north of Artesia. 46% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (26%) and BLM (18%). In 2025, 1,671 people hunted deer here and took 513 — 31% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 34 tags here for 55 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 32, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
DER-1-305 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 34 tags · 55 applicants · Standard33% Long shot 10% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-305 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 16 tags · 5 applicants · Outfitter100% Likely draw 25% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-306 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 33 tags · 49 applicants · Standard35% Long shot 14% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-306 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 24 tags · 3 applicants · Outfitter100% Undersubscribed 73% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-307 Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal — Dec. 16-31 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-1-307 Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal — Dec. 16-31 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-1-308 Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 1 tags · 9 applicants · Standard11% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-308 Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-2-309 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 14 tags · 2 applicants · Standard100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-309 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 5 tags · 1 applicants · Outfitter100% Undersubscribed 67% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-310 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 6 tags · 26 applicants · Standard19% Long shot 8% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-310 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 10 tags · 2 applicants · Outfitter100% Likely draw 16% as 2nd choice
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DER-3-311 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 23 tags · 10 applicants · Standard100% Likely draw 20% as 2nd choice
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DER-3-311 Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 5 tags · 1 applicants · Outfitter100% Undersubscribed
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| DER-1-305 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Rifle | 33% Long shot | 10% | — | 34 / 55 | Standard | Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2026 |
| DER-1-305 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Rifle | 100% Likely draw | 25% | — | 16 / 5 | Outfitter | Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2026 |
| DER-1-306 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 Rifle | 35% Long shot | 14% | — | 33 / 49 | Standard | Nov 14–18, 2026 |
| DER-1-306 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 Rifle | 100% Undersubscribed | 73% | — | 24 / 3 undersubscribed | Outfitter | Nov 14–18, 2026 |
| DER-1-307 ↗ Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal — Dec. 16-31 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Dec 16–31, 2026 |
| DER-1-307 ↗ Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal — Dec. 16-31 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Outfitter | Dec 16–31, 2026 |
| DER-1-308 ↗ Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 Rifle | 11% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 9 | Standard | Jan 16–31, 2027 |
| DER-1-308 ↗ Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Outfitter | Jan 16–31, 2027 |
| DER-2-309 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 100% | — | 14 / 2 undersubscribed | Standard | Sep 1–24, 2026 |
| DER-2-309 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | 67% | — | 5 / 1 undersubscribed | Outfitter | Sep 1–24, 2026 |
| DER-2-310 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 Archery | 19% Long shot | 8% | — | 6 / 26 | Standard | Jan 1–15, 2027 |
| DER-2-310 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 Archery | 100% Likely draw | 16% | — | 10 / 2 | Outfitter | Jan 1–15, 2027 |
| DER-3-311 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 Muzzleloader | 100% Likely draw | 20% | — | 23 / 10 | Standard | Oct 24–28, 2026 |
| DER-3-311 ↗ Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 Muzzleloader | 100% Undersubscribed | — | — | 5 / 1 undersubscribed | Outfitter | Oct 24–28, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- New Mexico lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
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| Standard license | $492 | $107 | $502 |
| Outfitter license | $492 | $107 | $502 |
Application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- State trust land 993,169 ac · 26%
- BLM 707,372 ac · 18%
- Department of Defense 63,072 ac · 2%
- National Wildlife Refuge 22,783 ac · 1%
- State land 5,234 ac · 0%
- Other public 1,051 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 2,095,077 ac · 54%
Source: BLM_Surface_Management_2023 (BLM New Mexico State Office Surface Management Agency layer)
How the hunting has gone
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
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| 2025 | 1,671 | 513 | 31% |
| 2024 | 1,634 | 479 | 28% |
| 2023 | 1,624 | 541 | 33% |
| 2022 | 1,780 | 496 | 27% |
| 2021 | 1,817 | 389 | 21% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Rifle 220 · 77% · 523 hunters, 42% success
- Archery 43 · 15% · 146 hunters, 29% success
- Muzzleloader 21 · 7% · 133 hunters, 16% success
What the agency says about the area
GMU 32: Beginning at the intersection of US 380 and the east boundary of Lincoln County and running north along the east boundary of Lincoln County to the west boundary of De Baca County, then north along the west boundary of De Baca County to its intersection with US 60, then east along US 60 to its junction with NM 267 east of Melrose, then south along NM 267 to its junction with NM 330 west...
Source: NM Game Management Units (NMDGF_Game_Management_Units_I_E__v2_WFL1), layer 0
Boundary: NM Game Management Units (NMDGF_Game_Management_Units_I_E__v2_WFL1), layer 0
Harvest: 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report
Harvest: 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report
Harvest: 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report