New Mexico Deer · GMU 37
New Mexico GMU 37 spans 1,054,256 acres, centered 18 miles north-east of Capitan. 55% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (24%) and national forest (20%). In 2025, 1,080 people hunted deer here and took 217, a 20% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-333, put up 22 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 56 nonresident first-choice applicants, 16 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
43% State
1,054,256 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
- 20%
- Season
- Nov 7–11
- Tags / Apps
- 22 / 56
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 20%
- Season
- Nov 7–11
- Tags / Apps
- 27 / 18
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 20%
- Season
- Nov 21–25
- Tags / Apps
- 21 / 28
- If Drawn
- $502
- Success
- 20%
- Season
- Nov 21–25
- Tags / Apps
- 14 / 11
- If Drawn
- $502
Every License in GMU 37
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-333 Standard | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 29% | |
| DER-1-333 Outfitter | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 | 100% | |
| DER-1-334 Standard | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-25 | 32% | |
| DER-1-334 Outfitter | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-25 | 100% | |
| DER-2-335 Standard | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 38% | |
| DER-2-335 Outfitter | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-336 Standard | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 33% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-336 Outfitter | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% | |
| DER-3-337 Standard | Unit 37 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Oct. 24-28 | 50% | |
| DER-3-337 Outfitter | Unit 37 — 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 | 1,080 | 217 | 20% |
| 2024 | 1,055 | 280 | 26% |
| 2023 | 1,090 | 267 | 24% |
| 2022 | 1,115 | 310 | 27% |
| 2021 | 1,148 | 274 | 24% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · rifle · 74 licenses | 71 | 29 | 40% |
| Reg · rifle · 71 licenses | 66 | 21 | 32% |
| Reg · archery · 7 licenses | 6 | 1 | 25% |
| Reg · archery · 34 licenses | 31 | 13 | 42% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 8 licenses | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 160 licenses | 132 | 3 | 3% |
| Reg · rifle · 155 licenses | 135 | 22 | 16% |
| Reg · archery · 65 licenses | 57 | 7 | 12% |
| Reg · archery · 40 licenses | 36 | 16 | 46% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 104 licenses | 79 | 7 | 9% |
2025 split: rifle 75 (63%) from 404 hunters, 19%, archery 37 (31%) from 130 hunters, 28%, muzzleloader 7 (6%) from 87 hunters, 8%
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 | 247,947 ac | 24% |
| National Forest | 210,941 ac | 20% |
| BLM | 121,170 ac | 11% |
| State land | 545 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 473,652 ac | 45% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 37: Beginning at the intersection of US 380 and US 54 at Carrizozo and running north along US 54 to its junction with NM 462 west of Ancho, then east along NM 462 to its intersection with the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, then north along the railroad tracks to Hasparos canyon, then east down Hasparos canyon to the east boundary of Lincoln county, then south along the east boundary of...
▸ 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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