New Mexico Antelope (Pronghorn) — GMU 9

New Mexico GMU 9 covers 2,129,765 acres and lies 31 miles west of Rio Rancho. 27% of it is public land, mostly BLM (11%) and national forest (9%). A further 29% is tribal land rather than public land.

Applicants:10 Public land:27% Size:2,129,765 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in GMU 9, 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.

6 licenses on offer · 10 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
  • ANT-1-101 Units 2, 7, 9, 10: youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth Only — Aug. 29-31 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    Not open to nonresidents
  • ANT-1-101 Units 2, 7, 9, 10: youth only — either sex — Any Legal - Youth Only — Aug. 29-31 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    Not open to nonresidents
  • ANT-1-102 Units 2, 7, 9, 10 — mature bull — Any Legal — Aug. 29-31 0 tags · 10 applicants · Standard
    Not open to nonresidents 0% as 2nd choice
  • ANT-1-102 Units 2, 7, 9, 10 — mature bull — Any Legal — Aug. 29-31 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    Not open to nonresidents
  • ANT-2-100 Units 2, 7, 9, 10 — mature bull — Bow — Aug. 15-23 0 tags · 0 applicants · Standard
    Not open to nonresidents
  • ANT-2-100 Units 2, 7, 9, 10 — mature bull — Bow — Aug. 15-23 0 tags · 0 applicants · Outfitter
    Not open to nonresidents
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 $517 $107 $527
Outfitter license $517 $107 $527

Application window: closes Mar 18, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Grants Rio Communities Santa Fe Socorro Bloomfield
GMU 9 within New Mexico
10 12 13 7 8 Grants Rio Rancho Albuquerque Los Lunas Rio Communities
GMU 9 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

  • Tribal 612,891 ac · 29%
  • BLM 233,825 ac · 11%
  • National Forest 185,428 ac · 9%
  • State trust land 85,523 ac · 4%
  • State land 71,577 ac · 3%
  • National Park Service 7,100 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 933,419 ac · 44%

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

What the agency says about the area

GMU 9: Beginning at Prewitt at the junction of I-40 and CR 19 (the road to Hospah) and running north along the CR 19 to its intersection with Inditos draw, then south and east down Inditos draw to its junction with Voght draw, then east down Voght draw to its junction with arroyo Chico, then east down arroyo Chico to its intersection with the BLM road 1103 (the San Luis road, leading from...

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 pronghorn hunts