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%).

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

Licenses

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 Ground

State trust land	205,654 ac	21%
National Forest	27,320 ac	3%
National Park Service	783 ac	<1%
State land	605 ac	<1%
BLM	280 ac	<1%
Private or other non-public land	745,325 ac	76%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.

Next Door

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: NMDGF 2026 NM Game Management Units, layer 0.

▸ Sources 2

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

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.

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We don't take applications: check New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's site and apply there.

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