New Mexico Deer · GMU 41
New Mexico GMU 41 spans 1,174,495 acres, centered 40 miles north-east of Tucumcari. 24% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (23%). In 2025, 246 people hunted deer here and took 128, a 52% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-353, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 19 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
16 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
100% State
1,174,495 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 41
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-353 Standard | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 | 11% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-353 Outfitter | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-354 Standard | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 0% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-354 Outfitter | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 | 11% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-355 Standard · youth | Unit 41: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 | not open | |
| DER-1-355 Outfitter · youth | Unit 41: youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 | not open | |
| DER-1-356 Standard · youth | Unit 41: youth only — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Dec. 5-9 | not open | |
| DER-1-356 Outfitter · youth | Unit 41: youth only — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Dec. 5-9 | not open | |
| DER-1-357 Standard | Unit 41 — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Dec. 12-16 | not open | |
| DER-1-357 Outfitter | Unit 41 — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Dec. 12-16 | not open | |
| DER-2-358 Standard | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | not open | |
| DER-2-358 Outfitter | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-359 Standard | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | not open | |
| DER-2-359 Outfitter | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Jan. 1-15, ‘27 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-360 Standard | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-360 Outfitter | Unit 41 — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 | 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 | 246 | 128 | 52% |
| 2024 | 234 | 110 | 42% |
| 2023 | 242 | 104 | 43% |
| 2022 | 256 | 102 | 38% |
| 2021 | 258 | 124 | 48% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader · 25 licenses | 22 | 7 | 32% |
| Reg · rifle · 34 licenses | 34 | 29 | 84% |
| Reg · rifle · 50 licenses | 46 | 42 | 92% |
| Youth · 16 licenses | 16 | 13 | 80% |
| Youth · 1 license | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 8 licenses | 6 | 4 | 67% |
| Reg · archery · 16 licenses | 11 | 5 | 40% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 1 license | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 40 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 36 | 11 | 29% |
| Reg · rifle · 40 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 35 | 12 | 34% |
| Reg · rifle · 10 licenses | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · archery · 15 licenses | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 15 licenses | 13 | 1 | 8% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 9 (7%) from 36 hunters, 25%, rifle 111 (89%) from 183 hunters, 61%, archery 5 (4%) from 24 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. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023-2024 Deer Harvest Report.
The Ground
| State trust land | 275,920 ac | 23% |
| State land | 97 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 898,478 ac | 76% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 41: Beginning at the junction of I-40 and NM 469 at San Jon and running north along NM 469 to its junction with US 54 south of Logan, then north along US 54 to its intersection with NM 39 north of Logan, then northwest along NM 39 to its junction with NM 102 east of Mosquero, then east, north and east along NM 102 to its intersection with NM 402 north of Amistad, then north along NM 402 to...
▸ 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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