New Mexico Elk ELK-1-347 — GMU 34, High demand

Unit 34 youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth — Oct. 10-14

GMU 34 within New Mexico

What you may take: Unit 34 youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth — Oct. 10-14
Weapon: Rifle
Where: GMU 34; 73% public of 1,085,460 acres
Season (2026): Oct 10–14, 2026
Tags (2026): 4; for 385 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 6%
Hunter success here (2025): 51%; of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 4 tags, 385 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Big Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 648.

Points	Your chance	Applicants	Drawn
0	<1%	—	—

First-choice tags drawn ÷ first-choice applicants, as published. A dash means New Mexico Department of Game and Fish did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply

$867

Out of pocket if unsuccessful

$107

Total if drawn

$877

Refunded if unsuccessful

$760

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $14,502.03 (enough points to draw) to $14,502.03 (lowest published odds).

Nonresident draw application fee (per species, nonrefundable; included in the printed draw price) · paid at application $13 source

Nonresident Game-Hunting License (must be purchased, nonrefundable, before applying for any big-game draw) · paid at application $90 source

Habitat Management and Access Validation (HMAV), mandatory age 18+, added automatically with the Game-Hunting License · paid at application $4 source

Habitat Stamp (required to hunt on BLM and Forest Service land; buy by May 15 to be printed on the licence/tag) · paid if drawn $10 source

Nonresident Standard Elk License, mature bull or either sex (printed draw price $773 incl. $13 application fee); charged at application, refunded if unsuccessful. Quality / high-demand hunt codes are $998 printed · paid at application, refundable $760 source

Next application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected) · results ~April 22. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 10–14, 2026 p. sheet1 row 648

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in GMU 34, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish counted 3,176 hunters and 1,725 elk taken in 2025 — 51% of them killed something. Full GMU 34 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025-2026 Elk Harvest Report 2024-2025 Elk Harvest Report

As a lower choice

2nd choice

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

3rd choice

Drawn at this choice ÷ applicants listing it at this choice, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year	Tags	Applicants	Applicants per tag	Points needed	Published odds	Source
2026	4	385	96.3	—	<1%	2026 Big Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 648
2025	4	387	96.8	—	<1%	2025-26 Big-Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 650
2024	5	370	74.0	—	<1%	2024-25 Big-Game Drawing Odds... · sheet1 row 659
2023	5	363	72.6	—	<1%	2023 Big-Game Complete Drawing... · sheet1 row 658

Other licenses valid in GMU 34

ELK-1-348 — Unit 34 youth only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Oct. 10-14 Rifle ELK-1-349 — Unit 34 mobility impaired — either sex — Any Legal - Mobility — Oct. 10-14 Rifle High demand — Unit 34 — either sex — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 Rifle ELK-1-352 — Unit 34 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 28-Dec. 2 Rifle ELK-1-353 — Unit 34 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Dec. 5-9 Rifle ELK-1-354 — Unit 34 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Dec. 12-16 Rifle ELK-1-356 — Unit 34 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Jan. 23-27, ‘27 Rifle ELK-1-357 — Unit 34 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Feb. 6-10, ‘27 Rifle High demand — Unit 34 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 Archery High demand — Unit 34 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 Archery ELK-2-355 — Unit 34 — antler-point-restricted bull (6+ points) or antlerless — Bow — Dec. 19-23 Archery High demand — Unit 34 — either sex — Muzzle — Oct. 17-21 Muzzleloader

Legal cartridges for elk in New Mexico

From the New Mexico hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington

.223 Remington from $0.42/rd

.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd

.25-06 Remington

6.5 Creedmoor

6.5 Grendel

.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd

7mm-08 Remington

7mm Remington Magnum

.30-06 Springfield

.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd

.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd

.30-30 Winchester

.308 Winchester

.338 Winchester Magnum

.350 Legend from $1.07/rd

.35 Whelen

.360 Buckhammer

.400 Legend

.444 Marlin

.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd

.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd

.50 Beowulf

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.