New Mexico Elk · GMU 14
New Mexico GMU 14 spans 1,060,050 acres, centered 15 miles east of Peralta. 22% of it is public land, mostly national forest (14%) and state trust land (4%). A further 12% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 33 people hunted elk here and took 20, a 60% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, ELK-1-392 (outfitter class), put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 5 nonresident first-choice applicants, 1 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
2 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
42% Forest Service
1,060,050 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 14
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ELK-1-392 Standard | Unit 14 — either sex — Any Legal — Oct. 1-5 | not open | |
| ELK-1-392 Outfitter | Unit 14 — either sex — Any Legal — Oct. 1-5 | 20% (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 $877 ($867 to apply) · Outfitter $877 ($867 to apply). Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 20 | 60% |
| 2024 | 40 | 20 | 56% |
| 2023 | 37 | 11 | 25% |
| 2022 | 34 | 9 | 17% |
| 2021 | 37 | 21 | 43% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg (hunt 1 of 2) | 25 | 5 | 23% |
| Reg (hunt 2 of 2) | 22 | 5 | 20% |
2025 split: archery 10 (100%) from 47 hunters, 21%
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
| National Forest | 149,814 ac | 14% |
| Tribal | 125,225 ac | 12% |
| State trust land | 43,273 ac | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 30,918 ac | 3% |
| BLM | 2,403 ac | <1% |
| State land | 2,141 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 10 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 706,262 ac | 67% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 14: Beginning at the junction of US 60 and I-25 at Bernardo and running north along I-25 to its intersection with I-40 at Albuquerque, then east along I-40 to its intersection with NM 41 at Moriarty, then south along NM 41 to its junction with US 60 at Willard, then west along US 60 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 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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