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New Mexico Deer — GMU 55

New Mexico GMU 55 covers 1,247,215 acres and lies 30 miles west of Raton. 11% of it is public land, mostly national forest (8%) and state land (2%). In 2025, 10 people hunted deer here and took 4 — 40% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):40% Public land:11% Size:1,247,215 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in GMU 55, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

14 licenses on offer in the 2026 draw

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-1-401 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-401 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-402 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-402 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-404 Unit 55: ES Barker WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - ES — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-404 Unit 55: ES Barker WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - ES — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-405 Unit 55: ES Barker WMA only, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - ES — Nov. 21-29 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-405 Unit 55: ES Barker WMA only, youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - ES — Nov. 21-29 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-406 Unit 55: Urraca WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Urraca — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-406 Unit 55: Urraca WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Urraca — Oct. 24-28 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-407 Unit 55: Urraca WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Urraca — Oct. 31-Nov.4 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-1-407 Unit 55: Urraca WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal - Urraca — Oct. 31-Nov.4 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-2-403 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • DER-2-403 Units 54/55: Colin Neblett WMA only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
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.
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
Standard license $492 $107 $502
Outfitter license $492 $107 $502

Application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Angel Fire Las Vegas Clayton Santa Rosa Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
GMU 55 within New Mexico
47 48 49 50 51A 52 53 54 55A 56 57 Angel Fire Questa Raton Española
GMU 55 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • National Forest 99,706 ac · 8%
  • State land 29,794 ac · 2%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 3,589 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 1,771 ac · 0%
  • Tribal 74 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 1,112,279 ac · 89%

Source: BLM_Surface_Management_2023 (BLM New Mexico State Office Surface Management Agency layer)

Nearby areas

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
2025 10 4 40%
2024 140 75 29%
2023 26 5 18%
2022 132 63 44%
2021 154 89 51%

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 7 · 27% · 20 hunters, 35% success
  • Rifle 18 · 69% · 42 hunters, 43% success
  • Muzzleloader 1 · 4% · 11 hunters, 9% success

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

How we compute draw odds · All New Mexico deer hunts