New Mexico Deer · GMU 32
New Mexico GMU 32 spans 3,887,762 acres, centered 26 miles north of Roswell. 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, a 31% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-305, put up 34 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 55 nonresident first-choice applicants, 18 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
14 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
56% State
3,887,762 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
- 31%
- Season
- Oct 31 – Nov 4
- Tags / Apps
- 16 / 5
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 31%
- Season
- Nov 14–18
- Tags / Apps
- 24 / 3
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 31%
- Season
- Sep 1–24
- Tags / Apps
- 14 / 2
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 31%
- Season
- Jan 1–15
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 2
- If Drawn
- $502
Every License in GMU 32
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-305 Standard | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 33% | |
| DER-1-305 Outfitter | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 100% | |
| DER-1-306 Standard | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 35% | |
| DER-1-306 Outfitter | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 | 100% | |
| DER-1-307 Standard · youth | Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal… | not open | |
| DER-1-307 Outfitter · youth | Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal… | not open | |
| DER-1-308 Standard | Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 | 11% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-308 Outfitter | Unit 32: Roswell and Ft. Sumner hunt areas only — antlerless — Any Legal — Jan. 16-31, ‘27 | not open | |
| DER-2-309 Standard | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% | |
| DER-2-309 Outfitter | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% | |
| DER-2-310 Standard | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 19% | |
| DER-2-310 Outfitter | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% | |
| DER-3-311 Standard | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 | 100% | |
| DER-3-311 Outfitter | Unit 32, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 | 100% |
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 | 1,671 | 513 | 31% |
| 2024 | 1,634 | 479 | 28% |
| 2023 | 1,624 | 541 | 33% |
| 2022 | 1,780 | 496 | 27% |
| 2021 | 1,817 | 389 | 21% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · rifle · 84 licenses | 78 | 39 | 50% |
| Reg · rifle · 101 licenses | 99 | 56 | 56% |
| Reg · rifle · 14 licenses | 12 | 7 | 60% |
| Reg · rifle · 68 licenses | 56 | 29 | 53% |
| Reg · archery · 1 license | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Reg · archery · 50 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 49 | 22 | 45% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 4 licenses | 4 | 1 | 33% |
| Reg · rifle · 150 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 139 | 48 | 34% |
| Reg · rifle · 150 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 139 | 41 | 30% |
| Reg · archery · 60 licenses | 51 | 6 | 13% |
| Reg · archery · 50 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 45 | 14 | 30% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 140 licenses | 124 | 19 | 15% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 5 licenses | 5 | 1 | 20% |
2025 split: rifle 220 (77%) from 523 hunters, 42%, archery 43 (15%) from 146 hunters, 29%, muzzleloader 21 (7%) from 133 hunters, 16%
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
| 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 | <1% |
| Other public | 1,051 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 2,095,077 ac | 54% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
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...
▸ 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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