Unit research / New Mexico

New Mexico GMUs — hunting units map

New Mexico calls its hunting units GMUs — Game Management Units. All 70 GMUs we cover, ranked by public acres. Every number is computed from primary government data by the open pipeline — nothing is estimated and nothing is bought.

GMUs covered

Typical unit is

53% public

Mostly public (90%+)

5 GMUs

Most public land

GMU 31 — 2,549,502 ac

With landlocked public

65 of 70

Draw odds for barbary-sheep, Bighorn sheep, Deer, Elk, ibex, Javelina, oryx and Pronghorn, plus how the New Mexico draw works.

GMU	Public	Public acres	Landlocked	Remote	Elevation
GMU 31	48%	2,549,502 ac	67,573 ac	42%	2.8–4.6k ft
GMU 25	75%	1,509,097 ac	4,289 ac	17%	3.7–7.3k ft
GMU 30	75%	1,418,536 ac	5,531 ac	11%	3.1–7.4k ft
GMU 32	33%	1,293,515 ac	46,710 ac	8%	3.3–6.4k ft
GMU 23	63%	1,180,743 ac	20,770 ac	16%	3.7–8.9k ft
GMU 13	40%	1,149,206 ac	18,039 ac	13%	4.6–9.4k ft
GMU 20	64%	1,043,992 ac	1,613 ac	11%	4.0–7.6k ft
GMU 18	66%	1,029,221 ac	7,476 ac	11%	4.5–7.5k ft
GMU 21B	63%	1,020,864 ac	27,778 ac	10%	3.9–8.3k ft
GMU 33	58%	837,361 ac	19,452 ac	42%	3.3–4.7k ft
GMU 7	38%	826,473 ac	23,413 ac	7%	5.2–8.1k ft
GMU 15	77%	810,171 ac	10,684 ac	6%	5.8–10.1k ft
GMU 17	74%	775,650 ac	3,936 ac	17%	4.6–10.7k ft
GMU 26	53%	774,940 ac	22,082 ac	22%	4.1–8.5k ft
GMU 34	67%	723,883 ac	6,909 ac	6%	4.0–9.7k ft
GMU 45	74%	722,200 ac	1,366 ac	33%	5.6–13.1k ft
GMU 12	39%	643,876 ac	23,357 ac	11%	6.0–8.4k ft
GMU 29	84%	633,460 ac	1,571 ac	19%	3.6–7.2k ft
GMU 28	89%	615,290 ac	1,234 ac	20%	4.0–7.4k ft
GMU 38	29%	603,531 ac	55,778 ac	20%	4.4–8.6k ft
GMU 16B	100%	599,996 ac	—	79%	4.8–10.7k ft
GMU 24	62%	599,427 ac	14,463 ac	21%	4.3–10.0k ft
GMU 9	24%	512,549 ac	24,999 ac	16%	4.9–11.3k ft
GMU 10	35%	499,630 ac	7,355 ac	3%	6.1–9.2k ft
GMU 2C	89%	462,025 ac	171 ac	0%	5.4–7.5k ft
GMU 27	67%	446,961 ac	7,882 ac	17%	3.9–6.9k ft
GMU 51A	86%	439,694 ac	22 ac	2%	5.9–10.9k ft
GMU 6C	53%	415,003 ac	737 ac	11%	5.2–11.5k ft
GMU 37	39%	407,743 ac	27,143 ac	18%	4.3–10.2k ft
GMU 6A	48%	405,100 ac	549 ac	9%	5.0–10.6k ft
GMU 16A	97%	399,942 ac	15 ac	8%	4.9–9.9k ft
GMU 50	67%	397,329 ac	1,955 ac	4%	5.6–9.5k ft
GMU 16E	62%	378,018 ac	3,926 ac	16%	6.8–9.5k ft
GMU 2B	79%	378,001 ac	676 ac	5%	5.5–7.7k ft
GMU 36	53%	338,370 ac	9,553 ac	17%	4.3–11.5k ft
GMU 2A	65%	325,829 ac	765 ac	1%	5.0–7.2k ft
GMU 43	25%	309,438 ac	10,267 ac	8%	4.5–8.2k ft
GMU 39	18%	301,056 ac	36,196 ac	21%	4.0–7.5k ft
GMU 59	25%	297,089 ac	10,448 ac	3%	4.4–6.4k ft
GMU 21A	98%	293,308 ac	50 ac	38%	5.6–10.1k ft
GMU 16D	88%	266,028 ac	580 ac	10%	5.7–9.7k ft
GMU 16C	83%	255,352 ac	121 ac	12%	6.2–9.2k ft
GMU 40	10%	250,498 ac	31,017 ac	10%	3.8–5.6k ft
GMU 52	92%	247,489 ac	1,557 ac	8%	8.0–11.1k ft
GMU 56	22%	245,620 ac	6,519 ac	2%	4.9–8.8k ft
GMU 42	9%	244,699 ac	30,873 ac	9%	3.7–7.0k ft
GMU 41	20%	238,692 ac	10,544 ac	3%	3.5–5.1k ft
GMU 49	80%	217,294 ac	763 ac	5%	5.8–11.9k ft
GMU 5B	81%	214,285 ac	440 ac	4%	6.2–9.2k ft
GMU 53	47%	207,860 ac	42 ac	24%	6.1–13.1k ft
GMU 58	21%	202,514 ac	9,657 ac	2%	4.3–8.1k ft
GMU 47	24%	182,235 ac	10,313 ac	6%	4.4–7.3k ft
GMU 14	17%	181,460 ac	1,207 ac	15%	4.7–10.0k ft
GMU 22	69%	174,074 ac	3,635 ac	57%	4.5–10.8k ft
GMU 55A	13%	128,837 ac	—	16%	6.2–12.9k ft
GMU 19	5%	124,812 ac	846 ac	4%	3.9–8.8k ft
GMU 8	16%	95,627 ac	3,119 ac	22%	5.0–10.6k ft
GMU 6B	100%	88,753 ac	—	37%	7.9–11.2k ft
GMU 51B	66%	82,902 ac	222 ac	0%	6.2–8.1k ft
GMU 48	28%	67,667 ac	1,171 ac	13%	5.9–10.7k ft
GMU 4	10%	46,057 ac	721 ac	4%	6.7–11.4k ft
GMU 57	15%	40,060 ac	10,944 ac	12%	6.0–8.8k ft
GMU 5A	16%	24,011 ac	1,810 ac	0%	6.8–7.9k ft
GMU 54	9%	19,755 ac	140 ac	25%	5.8–11.7k ft
GMU 46	1%	7,217 ac	751 ac	7%	6.2–11.0k ft
GMU 1	0%	4,146 ac	674 ac	0%	4.6–9.4k ft
GMU 55B	1%	3,539 ac	31 ac	19%	5.8–7.1k ft
GMU 3	0%	223 ac	—	0%	6.4–9.0k ft
GMU 11	0%	122 ac	2 ac	0%	6.0–7.7k ft
GMU 35	0%	82 ac	—	0%	5.5–11.8k ft