New Mexico Elk · GMU 10
New Mexico GMU 10 spans 1,434,977 acres, centered 19 miles south-east of Gallup. 35% of it is public land, mostly national forest (23%) and state trust land (6%). A further 45% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 790 people hunted elk here and took 231, a 31% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, ELK-2-158, put up 8 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 65 nonresident first-choice applicants, 6 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
12 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
29% Forest Service
1,434,977 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in GMU 10
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ELK-1-160 Standard | Unit 10 — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 | 4% (small sample) | |
| ELK-1-160 Outfitter | Unit 10 — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 | 4% | |
| ELK-1-161 Standard · youth | Unit 10 youth only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 14-18 | not open | |
| ELK-1-161 Outfitter · youth | Unit 10 youth only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 14-18 | not open | |
| ELK-1-162 Standard | Unit 10 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Dec. 5-9 | not open | |
| ELK-1-162 Outfitter | Unit 10 — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Dec. 5-9 | not open | |
| ELK-2-157 Standard | Unit 10 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 | 12% | |
| ELK-2-157 Outfitter | Unit 10 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 | 33% | |
| ELK-2-158 Standard | Unit 10 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 | 9% | |
| ELK-2-158 Outfitter | Unit 10 — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 | 14% | |
| ELK-3-159 Standard | Unit 10 — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 | 6% (small sample) | |
| ELK-3-159 Outfitter | Unit 10 — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 | 11% |
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 $877 ($867 to apply) · Outfitter $877 ($867 to apply). Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 790 | 231 | 31% |
| 2024 | 780 | 220 | 26% |
| 2023 | 761 | 212 | 26% |
| 2022 | 774 | 175 | 19% |
| 2021 | 802 | 190 | 21% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth | 109 | 32 | 30% |
| Reg | 89 | 18 | 20% |
| Youth enc. | 33 | 15 | 50% |
| Sargent wma · archery (hunt 2 of 2) | 9 | 4 | 44% |
| Sargent wma · archery (hunt 1 of 2) | 10 | 6 | 67% |
| Hum / rio wma | 8 | 4 | 43% |
| Hum /rio wma | 7 | 4 | 43% |
| Sargent wma · rifle (hunt 1 of 5) | 10 | 6 | 67% |
| Sargent wma · rifle (hunt 5 of 5) | 7 | 7 | 71% |
| Sargent wma · rifle (hunt 2 of 5) | 10 | 6 | 75% |
| Sargent wma · rifle (hunt 3 of 5) | 9 | 6 | 75% |
| Sargent wma · rifle (hunt 4 of 5) | 9 | 4 | 57% |
2025 split: rifle 94 (84%) from 276 hunters, 34%, archery 18 (16%) from 34 hunters, 53%
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Elk Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Elk Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023 Elk Hunter Harvest Report.
The Ground
| Tribal | 651,179 ac | 45% |
| National Forest | 328,536 ac | 23% |
| State trust land | 89,090 ac | 6% |
| BLM | 62,404 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 15,264 ac | 1% |
| State land | 3,065 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 276 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 285,160 ac | 20% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 10: Beginning at the junction of the north boundary of the Zuni Indian Reservation with the NM/AZ state line and running north along the state line to the south boundary of the Navajo Indian Reservation, then east along the south boundary of the Navajo Reservation and north along its east boundary to its intersection with the Standing Rock-Crownpoint road, then southeast along the Standing...
▸ 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 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2024-2025 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2023 Elk Hunter Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2022 Elk Hunter Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2021 Elk Hunter 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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