New Mexico Antelope (Pronghorn) · GMU 30
New Mexico GMU 30 spans 1,883,421 acres, centered 33 miles west of Carlsbad. 83% of it is public land, mostly BLM (47%) and state trust land (18%). In 2025, 99 people hunted pronghorn here and took 80, a 81% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, ANT-2-159, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 10 nonresident first-choice applicants.
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
57% BLM
1,883,421 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 30
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ANT-2-159 Standard | Unit 30 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 | 0% (small sample) | |
| ANT-2-159 Outfitter | Unit 30 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 | 40% (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 $527 ($517 to apply) · Outfitter $527 ($517 to apply). Closes Mar 17, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 99 | 80 | 81% |
| 2024 (summed) | 68 | 62 | 91% |
| 2023 (summed) | 95 | 72 | 76% |
| 2022 (summed) | 78 | 72 | 92% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reg · archery · 2 licenses | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Youth | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 5 licenses | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 10 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| Mip (hunt 1 of 2) | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| Reg · rifle · 15 licenses | 15 | 13 | 87% |
| Reg · rifle · 10 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| Mip (hunt 2 of 2) | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 20 licenses | 19 | 18 | 94% |
| Reg · archery · 25 licenses | 24 | 11 | 48% |
2025 split: archery 12 (15%) from 26 hunters, 46%, rifle 68 (85%) from 73 hunters, 93%
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes no whole-GMU line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Pronghorn Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Pronghorn Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023-2024 Pronghorn Harvest Report.
The Ground
| BLM | 890,767 ac | 47% |
| State trust land | 340,588 ac | 18% |
| National Forest | 283,612 ac | 15% |
| National Park Service | 46,517 ac | 2% |
| State land | 2,144 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 1,303 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 720 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 317,766 ac | 17% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 30: Beginning at the NM/TX state line near Dell City, Texas, and its intersection with NM 506/CR E038, then northeast, north, west and north along NM 506/CR E038 through Crow Flats and Cornucopia Draw to its junction with NM 24 east of Pinon, then northeast along NM 24 to its junction with US 82 north of Dunken, then east along US 82 to its intersection with US 285 at Artesia, then south...
▸ Sources 9
- 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 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2024-2025 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2023-2024 Pronghorn Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NMDGF 2022-2023 Pronghorn 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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Prior-draw odds from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All New Mexico pronghorn hunts