New Mexico Deer · GMU 57
New Mexico GMU 57 covers 274,278 acres and lies 16 miles east of Raton and 63 miles north-west of Clayton. 19% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (19%). In 2025, 228 people hunted deer here and took 103, a 45% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, DER-1-415, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 8 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 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
100% State
274,278 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 57
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DER-1-415 Standard | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct.… | 13% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-415 Outfitter | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct.… | 29% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-416 Standard | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct.… | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-416 Outfitter | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct.… | not open | |
| DER-1-417 Standard · youth | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | not open | |
| DER-1-417 Outfitter · youth | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any… | 33% (small sample) | |
| DER-1-418 Standard | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal… | not open | |
| DER-1-418 Outfitter | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal… | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-419 Standard | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-419 Outfitter | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-420 Standard | Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 | 14% (small sample) | |
| DER-2-420 Outfitter | Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 | 100% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-421 Standard | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept.… | 33% (small sample) | |
| DER-3-421 Outfitter | Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept.… | 50% (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 228 | 103 | 45% |
| 2024 (summed) | 247 | 106 | 43% |
| 2023 | 227 | 101 | 45% |
| 2022 (summed) | 249 | 123 | 49% |
| 2021 (summed) | 284 | 160 | 56% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · muzzleloader · 15 licenses | 12 | 5 | 42% |
| Reg · rifle · 43 licenses | 39 | 18 | 45% |
| Reg · rifle · 47 licenses | 42 | 17 | 40% |
| Youth · 14 licenses | 14 | 12 | 88% |
| Reg · rifle · 3 licenses | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Reg · archery · 11 licenses | 9 | 3 | 33% |
| Reg · muzzleloader · 2 licenses | 0 | — | — |
| Reg · archery · 18 licenses | 17 | 5 | 29% |
| Reg · rifle · 40 licenses | 34 | 13 | 39% |
| Reg · rifle · 35 licenses | 27 | 11 | 40% |
| Youth · 10 licenses | 9 | 8 | 89% |
| Youth · 15 licenses | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| Reg · rifle · 15 licenses | 10 | 5 | 56% |
| Reg · archery · 10 licenses | 7 | 1 | 17% |
2025 split: muzzleloader 5 (5%) from 12 hunters, 42%, rifle 89 (86%) from 183 hunters, 49%, archery 9 (9%) from 33 hunters, 27%
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
| State trust land | 52,773 ac | 19% |
| BLM | 89 ac | <1% |
| State land | 40 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 6 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 221,367 ac | 81% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 57: Beginning at the junction of US 64 and I-25 at Raton and running north along I-25 to the NM/CO state line, then east along the state line to NM 551, then south along NM 551 to its junction with NM 456, then southwest along NM 456 to its junction with NM 325, then southwest along NM 325 to its junction with US 64, then west along US 64 to its junction with I-25.
▸ 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.
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