New Mexico Deer · GMU 55A
New Mexico GMU 55A spans 1,006,928 acres, centered 31 miles west of Raton. 13% of it is public land, mostly national forest (10%) and state land (3%). In 2022, 9 people hunted deer here and took 3. Its most applied-for hunt, DER-2-408 (outfitter class), put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 3 nonresident first-choice applicants.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
2 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
not published
77% Forest Service
1,006,928 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 55A
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-2-408 Standard | Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | not open | |
| DER-2-408 Outfitter | Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 0% (small sample) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 3 | 33% |
| 2021 (summed) | 159 | 85 | 53% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg | 9 | 3 | 33% |
2022 split: archery 3 (100%)
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 some years; a year's total is the sum of published rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: NMDGF 2022-2023 Deer Harvest Report; NMDGF 2021-2022 Deer Harvest Report.
The Ground
| National Forest | 99,706 ac | 10% |
| State land | 29,794 ac | 3% |
| Tribal | 74 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 877,353 ac | 87% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 55A: That portion of GMU 55 beginning at the junction of NM 58 and US 64 at Cimarron and running west and south along US 64 to the Colfax-Taos county line at Palo Flechado pass; then north along the Colfax county line to the south boundary of the Sangre de Cristo grant; then north and west along the Sangre De Cristo grant’s south boundary to NM 522 then north along NM 522 to the...
▸ Sources 7
- 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 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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