New Mexico Elk — GMU 14
New Mexico GMU 14 covers 1,060,050 acres and lies 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 — 60% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1 tag here for 5 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in GMU 14, 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-
— Not open to nonresidents
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20% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELK-1-392 ↗ Unit 14 — either sex — Any Legal — Oct. 1-5 | Not open to nonresidents | — | — | 0 / 1 | Standard | Oct 1–5, 2026 |
| ELK-1-392 ↗ Unit 14 — either sex — Any Legal — Oct. 1-5 | 20% Long shot | 0% | — | 1 / 5 | Outfitter | Oct 1–5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard license | $867 | $107 | $877 |
| Outfitter license | $867 | $107 | $877 |
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
- 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 · 0%
- State land 2,141 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 10 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 706,262 ac · 67%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 20 | 60% |
| 2024 | 40 | 20 | 56% |
| 2023 | 37 | 11 | 25% |
| 2022 | 34 | 9 | 17% |
| 2021 | 37 | 21 | 43% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 10 · 100% · 47 hunters, 21% success
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.
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 Elk Harvest Report
Harvest: 2024-2025 Elk Harvest Report