New Mexico Deer · GMU 33
New Mexico GMU 33 spans 1,453,922 acres, centered 30 miles east of Roswell. 62% of it is public land, mostly BLM (38%) and state trust land (23%). In 2025, 1,885 people hunted deer here and took 418, a 22% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-312, put up 9 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 137 nonresident first-choice applicants, 6 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
62% BLM
1,453,922 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
- 22%
- Season
- Nov 7–11
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 79
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 22%
- Season
- Nov 21–25
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 36
- If Drawn
- $502
Every License in GMU 33
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-312 Standard | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 4% | |
| DER-1-312 Outfitter | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 11% | |
| DER-1-313 Standard | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-25 | 5% | |
| DER-1-313 Outfitter | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-25 | 8% | |
| DER-2-314 Standard | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 22% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-314 Outfitter | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 56% | |
| DER-2-315 Standard | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 4% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-315 Outfitter | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 9% | |
| DER-3-316 Standard | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: restricted muzzleloader only — fork-antlered deer… | 11% | |
| DER-3-316 Outfitter | Unit 33, including Prairie Chicken WMAs: restricted muzzleloader only — fork-antlered deer… | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-317 Standard · youth | Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only — either sex — Muzzle - Huey — Nov. 21-29 | not open | |
| DER-3-317 Outfitter · youth | Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only — either sex — Muzzle - Huey — Nov. 21-29 | not open | |
| DER-3-318 Standard · youth | Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only — antlerless — Muzzle - Huey — Dec. 26-Jan.1, ‘27 | not open | |
| DER-3-318 Outfitter · youth | Unit 33: Huey WMA only, youth only — antlerless — Muzzle - Huey — Dec. 26-Jan.1, ‘27 | 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) | 1,885 | 418 | 22% |
| 2024 (summed) | 1,866 | 365 | 20% |
| 2023 (summed) | 1,877 | 344 | 18% |
| 2022 (summed) | 2,027 | 392 | 19% |
| 2021 (summed) | 2,325 | 362 | 16% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · rifle · 31 licenses | 31 | 15 | 48% |
| Reg · rifle · 48 licenses | 45 | 17 | 37% |
| Reg · archery · 4 licenses | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Reg · archery · 22 licenses | 22 | 9 | 41% |
| Mip | 39 | 18 | 46% |
| Youth | 40 | 17 | 43% |
| Reg · rifle · 650 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 533 | 111 | 21% |
| Reg · rifle · 650 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 539 | 99 | 18% |
| Reg · archery · 449 licenses | 334 | 52 | 16% |
| Reg · archery · 350 licenses | 298 | 79 | 26% |
2025 split: rifle 277 (66%) from 1,227 hunters, 23%, archery 141 (34%) from 658 hunters, 21%
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 | 558,025 ac | 38% |
| State trust land | 338,144 ac | 23% |
| State land | 5,076 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 2,688 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 304 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 549,683 ac | 38% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 33: Beginning at the intersection of US 82 and US 285 at Artesia and running north along US 285 to its junction with NM 2, then north on NM 2 to its intersection with NM 249 at Hagerman, then east along NM 249 to its intersection with the Pecos River, then north along the Pecos River to its intersection with US 70, then northeast along US 70 to its intersection with NM 114 at Elida, then...
▸ 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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