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, 17 people hunted deer here and took 5 — 29% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 3 tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every deer license type on offer in GMU 57, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
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-1-415 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 2 tags · 8 applicants · Standard13% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-415 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 2 tags · 7 applicants · Outfitter29% Long shot
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DER-1-416 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 2 tags · 2 applicants · Standard100% Likely draw 14% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-416 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-1-417 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-1-417 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 1 tags · 3 applicants · Outfitter33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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DER-1-418 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Nov. 25-29 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard— Not open to nonresidents
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DER-1-418 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Nov. 25-29 1 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-419 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 3 tags · 2 applicants · Standard100% Likely draw 100% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-419 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 1 tags · 1 applicants · Outfitter100% Undersubscribed
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DER-2-420 Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 1 tags · 7 applicants · Standard14% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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DER-2-420 Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 2 tags · 1 applicants · Outfitter100% Likely draw 33% as 2nd choice
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DER-3-421 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 1 tags · 3 applicants · Standard33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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DER-3-421 Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 1 tags · 2 applicants · Outfitter50% Real chance
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
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| DER-1-415 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 Rifle | 13% Long shot | 0% | — | 2 / 8 | Standard | Oct 24–28, 2026 |
| DER-1-415 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 Rifle | 29% Long shot | — | — | 2 / 7 | Outfitter | Oct 24–28, 2026 |
| DER-1-416 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Rifle | 100% Likely draw | 14% | — | 2 / 2 | Standard | Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2026 |
| DER-1-416 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Oct. 31-Nov.4 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Outfitter | Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2026 |
| DER-1-417 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Nov 21–29, 2026 |
| DER-1-417 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park): youth only — fork-antlered deer — Any Legal — Nov. 21-29 Rifle | 33% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 3 | Outfitter | Nov 21–29, 2026 |
| DER-1-418 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Nov. 25-29 Rifle | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 0 | Standard | Nov 25–29, 2026 |
| DER-1-418 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — either-sex white-tailed deer — Any Legal — Nov. 25-29 Rifle | 100% No first-choice applicants | 100% | — | 1 / 0 | Outfitter | Nov 25–29, 2026 |
| DER-2-419 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 Archery | 100% Likely draw | 100% | — | 3 / 2 | Standard | Sep 1–24, 2026 |
| DER-2-419 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Sept. 1-24 Archery | 100% Undersubscribed | — | — | 1 / 1 undersubscribed | Outfitter | Sep 1–24, 2026 |
| DER-2-420 ↗ Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 Archery | 14% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 7 | Standard | Nov 1–30, 2026 |
| DER-2-420 ↗ Unit 57: Sugarite canyon state park only — fork-antlered deer — Bow — Nov. 1-30 Archery | 100% Likely draw | 33% | — | 2 / 1 | Outfitter | Nov 1–30, 2026 |
| DER-3-421 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 Muzzleloader | 33% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 3 | Standard | Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2026 |
| DER-3-421 ↗ Unit 57 (excluding Sugarite Canyon State Park) — fork-antlered deer — Muzzle — Sept. 27-Oct.3 Muzzleloader | 50% Real chance | — | — | 1 / 2 | Outfitter | Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2026 |
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.
- As 2nd choice —
- New Mexico lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- 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 |
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| Standard license | $492 | $107 | $502 |
| Outfitter license | $492 | $107 | $502 |
Application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- State trust land 52,773 ac · 19%
- BLM 89 ac · 0%
- State land 40 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 6 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 221,367 ac · 81%
Source: BLM_Surface_Management_2023 (BLM New Mexico State Office Surface Management Agency layer)
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 |
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| 2025 | 17 | 5 | 29% |
| 2024 | 216 | 102 | 44% |
| 2023 | 227 | 101 | 45% |
| 2022 | 215 | 105 | 46% |
| 2021 | 257 | 127 | 49% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Muzzleloader 5 · 5% · 12 hunters, 42% success
- Rifle 89 · 86% · 183 hunters, 49% success
- Archery 9 · 9% · 33 hunters, 27% success
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.
Source: NM Game Management Units (NMDGF_Game_Management_Units_I_E__v2_WFL1), layer 0
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