Hunting in New Mexico
70 game management units
Official agency resources
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
- Buy a license ↗
https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/licenses-and-permits/
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/applications-and-draw-information/
- GMU map ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/maps/
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/harvest-reporting-information/
- Hunter education ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/education/hunter-education/
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in New Mexico, go straight to the issuing agency.
New Mexico Department of Game and FishLoading game management unit boundaries…
Game species in New Mexico
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Wild Turkey
Upland Birds
Waterfowl
Small Game
Game management units
70 units
- Unit 1
- Unit 10
- Unit 11
- Unit 12
- Unit 13
- Unit 14
- Unit 15
- Unit 16A
- Unit 16B
- Unit 16C
- Unit 16D
- Unit 16E
- Unit 17
- Unit 18
- Unit 19
- Unit 20
- Unit 21A
- Unit 21B
- Unit 22
- Unit 23
- Unit 24
- Unit 25
- Unit 26
- Unit 27
- Unit 28
- Unit 29
- Unit 2A
- Unit 2B
- Unit 2C
- Unit 3
- Unit 30
- Unit 31
- Unit 32
- Unit 33
- Unit 34
- Unit 35
- Unit 36
- Unit 37
- Unit 38
- Unit 39
- Unit 4
- Unit 40
- Unit 41
- Unit 42
- Unit 43
- Unit 45
- Unit 46
- Unit 47
- Unit 48
- Unit 49
- Unit 50
- Unit 51A
- Unit 51B
- Unit 52
- Unit 53
- Unit 54
- Unit 55A
- Unit 55B
- Unit 56
- Unit 57
- Unit 58
- Unit 59
- Unit 5A
- Unit 5B
- Unit 6A
- Unit 6B
- Unit 6C
- Unit 7
- Unit 8
- Unit 9
Huntable public lands in New Mexico
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.
Gila National Forest
National Forest
3,321,459 acres
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Carson National Forest
National Forest
1,500,000 acres
Chain of Craters Backcountry Byway
National Recreation Area
Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands
National Forest
1,633,783 acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area
National Recreation Area
Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area
National Recreation Area
Lincoln National Forest
National Forest
1,103,897 acres
Lincoln National Forest
National Recreation Area
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Santa Fe National Forest
National Forest
1,558,452 acres