New Mexico Elk — GMU 58
New Mexico GMU 58 covers 979,970 acres and lies 26 miles north-west of Clayton and 58 miles east of Raton. 24% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (21%) and national forest (3%).
Your chance of drawing here
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has not offered an elk license in GMU 58 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes it by name — the New Mexico elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- State trust land 205,654 ac · 21%
- National Forest 27,320 ac · 3%
- National Park Service 783 ac · 0%
- State land 605 ac · 0%
- BLM 280 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 745,325 ac · 76%
Source: BLM_Surface_Management_2023 (BLM New Mexico State Office Surface Management Agency layer)
What the agency says about the area
GMU 58: Beginning at the junction of US 64 and NM 325 at Capulin and running northeast along NM 325 to its junction with NM 456, then northeast along NM 456 to its junction with NM 551, then north along NM 551 to the NM/CO state line, then east along the state line to the NM/OK state line, then south along the state line to its intersection with US 64, then west along US 64 to its junction...
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