AmmoSight

New Mexico Elk — GMU 55A

New Mexico GMU 55A covers 1,006,928 acres and lies 31 miles west of Raton. 13% of it is public land, mostly national forest (10%) and state land (3%). The 2026 draw put up 3 tags here for 94 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):25 Nonresident share:capped at 6% Applicants:976 Public land:13% Size:1,006,928 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in GMU 55A, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

No points in this draw — every nonresident applicant has the same chance.

44 licenses on offer · 25 tags · 976 applicants in the 2026 draw

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
  • ELK-1-433 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 10-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-433 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 10-14 1 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    100% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-437 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-437 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-438 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-438 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Any Legal — Nov. 7-11 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-439 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — antlerless — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-439 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — antlerless — Any Legal — Nov. 14-18 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-440 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — antlerless — Any Legal — Nov. 28-Dec. 2 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-440 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — antlerless — Any Legal — Nov. 28-Dec. 2 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-444 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 2 tags · 206 applicants · Standard
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-444 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 17-21 3 tags · 94 applicants · Outfitter
    3% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-445 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 1 tags · 48 applicants · Standard
    0% Long shot 1% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-445 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Any Legal — Oct. 24-28 3 tags · 18 applicants · Outfitter
    6% Long shot 2% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-446 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only, youth only — mature bull — Any Legal - Youth — Oct. 31-Nov. 4 1 tags · 82 applicants · Standard
    1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-446 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only, youth only — mature bull — Any Legal - Youth — Oct. 31-Nov. 4 2 tags · 21 applicants · Outfitter
    0% Long shot 6% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-447 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 7-11 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-447 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only, youth only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 7-11 1 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-1-448 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 14-18 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-448 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 14-18 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-449 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 21-25 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-1-449 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — antlerless — Any Legal - NM — Nov. 21-25 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-425 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-425 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-426 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-426 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-431 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-431 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-432 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-432 Unit 55A: ES Barker WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-434 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-434 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-435 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-435 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-2-441 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 1 tags · 80 applicants · Standard
    1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-2-441 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 1-14 3 tags · 48 applicants · Outfitter
    6% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-2-442 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 2 tags · 166 applicants · Standard
    0% Long shot 1% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-2-442 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — either sex — Bow — Sept. 15-24 2 tags · 66 applicants · Outfitter
    3% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-3-427 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-3-427 Unit 54/55A: Colin Neblett WMA only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-3-436 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-3-436 Unit 55A: Urraca WMA only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    — Not open to nonresidents
  • ELK-3-443 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 1 tags · 111 applicants · Standard
    <1% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • ELK-3-443 Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only — mature bull — Muzzle — Oct. 10-14 2 tags · 36 applicants · Outfitter
    6% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
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

Angel Fire Las Vegas Clayton Santa Rosa Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
GMU 55A within New Mexico
48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 Angel Fire Questa Raton
GMU 55A and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

  • National Forest 99,706 ac · 10%
  • State land 29,794 ac · 3%
  • Tribal 74 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 877,353 ac · 87%

Source: BLM_Surface_Management_2023 (BLM New Mexico State Office Surface Management Agency layer)

Nearby areas

What the agency says about the area

GMU 55A: That portion of GMU 55 beginning at the junction of NM 58 and US 64 at Cimarron and running west and south along US 64 to the Colfax-Taos county line at Palo Flechado pass; then north along the Colfax county line to the south boundary of the Sangre de Cristo grant; then north and west along the Sangre De Cristo grant’s south boundary to NM 522 then north along NM 522 to the...

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

How we compute draw odds · All New Mexico elk hunts