New Mexico Antelope (Pronghorn) · GMU 56
New Mexico GMU 56 spans 1,140,738 acres, centered 34 miles south-east of Raton. 28% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (28%). In 2025, 432 people hunted pronghorn here and took 252, a 58% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, ANT-1-239, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2026 draw for 91 nonresident first-choice applicants, 2 of whom drew.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
12 licenses · NR capped at 6%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
100% State
1,140,738 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in GMU 56
| What | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ANT-1-237 Standard · youth | Unit 56: youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth Only — Aug. 29-31 | 6% (small sample) | |
| ANT-1-237 Outfitter · youth | Unit 56: youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth Only — Aug. 29-31 | 100% (small sample) | |
| ANT-1-238 Standard | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Aug. 29-31 | not open | |
| ANT-1-238 Outfitter | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Aug. 29-31 | not open | |
| ANT-1-239 Standard | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Sept. 26-28 | 2% (small sample) | |
| ANT-1-239 Outfitter | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Sept. 26-28 | 10% (small sample) | |
| ANT-1-240 Standard · hunters | Unit 56: mobility impaired only — mature buck — Any Legal - Mobility — Sept. 26-28 | not open | |
| ANT-1-240 Outfitter · hunters | Unit 56: mobility impaired only — mature buck — Any Legal - Mobility — Sept. 26-28 | not open | |
| ANT-1-241 Standard | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Oct. 3-5 | 2% (small sample) | |
| ANT-1-241 Outfitter | Unit 56 — mature buck — Any Legal — Oct. 3-5 | 50% (small sample) | |
| ANT-2-236 Standard | Unit 56 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 | 11% (small sample) | |
| ANT-2-236 Outfitter | Unit 56 — mature buck — Bow — Aug. 15-23 | not open |
First-choice nonresident odds, 2026 draw. No points in this draw: every applicant has the same chance. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: ANT-1-242.
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 | 432 | 252 | 58% |
| 2024 | 690 | 457 | 66% |
| 2023 | 447 | 603 | 73% |
| 2022 | 440 | 564 | 73% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth · 3 licenses | 3 | 4 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 182 licenses | 175 | 115 | 65% |
| Reg · rifle · 84 licenses | 76 | 53 | 70% |
| Mip | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Reg · rifle · 36 licenses | 32 | 17 | 54% |
| Reg · archery · 1 license | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Youth · 4 licenses | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Reg · rifle · 4 licenses | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| Reg · archery · 4 licenses | 4 | 3 | 75% |
2025 split: rifle 194 (98%) from 294 hunters, 66%, archery 3 (2%)
What New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Source: NMDGF 2025-2026 Pronghorn Harvest Report; NMDGF 2024-2025 Pronghorn Harvest Report; NMDGF 2023-2024 Pronghorn Harvest Report.
The Ground
| State trust land | 318,725 ac | 28% |
| State land | 5,007 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 470 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 40 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 816,495 ac | 72% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office 2023 BLM_Surface_Management_2023.
What the Agency Says About the Area
GMU 56: Beginning at the junction of US 56 and I-25 at Springer and running north along I-25 to its junction with US 64 at Raton, then east along US 64 to its junction with US 56 at Clayton, then west along US 56 to its junction with I-25.
▸ 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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