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%+)

6 GMUs

Most public land

GMU 31 — 2,568,585 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%	2,568,585 ac	67,751 ac	42%	2.8–4.6k ft
GMU 20	93%	1,517,686 ac	1,613 ac	12%	4.0–7.6k ft
GMU 25	75%	1,509,736 ac	4,289 ac	17%	3.7–7.3k ft
GMU 30	78%	1,465,490 ac	5,531 ac	12%	3.1–7.4k ft
GMU 32	33%	1,296,068 ac	46,710 ac	8%	3.3–6.4k ft
GMU 13	44%	1,259,209 ac	18,039 ac	17%	4.6–9.4k ft
GMU 23	63%	1,181,262 ac	20,770 ac	16%	3.7–8.9k ft
GMU 21B	72%	1,176,947 ac	27,778 ac	9%	3.9–8.3k ft
GMU 18	66%	1,029,815 ac	7,476 ac	11%	4.5–7.5k ft
GMU 7	39%	859,687 ac	23,413 ac	8%	5.2–8.1k ft
GMU 33	58%	838,800 ac	19,452 ac	42%	3.3–4.7k ft
GMU 17	79%	836,171 ac	3,936 ac	18%	4.6–10.7k ft
GMU 15	77%	810,171 ac	10,684 ac	6%	5.8–10.1k ft
GMU 26	53%	775,368 ac	22,082 ac	22%	4.1–8.5k ft
GMU 45	75%	731,209 ac	1,367 ac	32%	5.6–13.1k ft
GMU 34	67%	724,976 ac	6,909 ac	6%	4.0–9.7k ft
GMU 12	39%	645,509 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 55A	61%	615,444 ac	—	16%	6.2–12.9k ft
GMU 28	89%	615,290 ac	1,234 ac	20%	4.0–7.4k ft
GMU 38	29%	603,550 ac	55,778 ac	20%	4.4–8.6k ft
GMU 24	62%	603,044 ac	14,463 ac	21%	4.3–10.0k ft
GMU 16B	100%	600,511 ac	—	79%	4.8–10.7k ft
GMU 9	25%	542,617 ac	25,044 ac	15%	4.9–11.3k ft
GMU 10	35%	501,946 ac	7,466 ac	3%	6.1–9.2k ft
GMU 6C	61%	477,095 ac	862 ac	14%	5.2–11.5k ft
GMU 2C	89%	462,025 ac	171 ac	0%	5.4–7.5k ft
GMU 27	67%	447,056 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 37	39%	407,743 ac	27,143 ac	18%	4.3–10.2k ft
GMU 6A	48%	405,437 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%	397,341 ac	1,955 ac	4%	5.6–9.5k ft
GMU 2B	82%	391,408 ac	745 ac	5%	5.5–7.7k ft
GMU 16E	62%	378,018 ac	3,926 ac	16%	6.8–9.5k ft
GMU 36	53%	338,682 ac	9,553 ac	17%	4.3–11.5k ft
GMU 2A	65%	329,329 ac	770 ac	1%	5.0–7.2k ft
GMU 43	26%	311,699 ac	10,309 ac	8%	4.5–8.2k ft
GMU 39	18%	301,990 ac	36,225 ac	21%	4.0–7.5k ft
GMU 59	25%	297,751 ac	10,448 ac	3%	4.4–6.4k ft
GMU 21A	98%	293,407 ac	50 ac	38%	5.6–10.1k ft
GMU 19	10%	274,113 ac	846 ac	35%	3.9–8.8k 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	11%	254,524 ac	31,017 ac	10%	3.8–5.6k ft
GMU 42	9%	248,177 ac	30,966 ac	9%	3.7–7.0k ft
GMU 56	22%	248,134 ac	6,519 ac	2%	4.9–8.8k ft
GMU 52	92%	247,489 ac	1,557 ac	8%	8.0–11.1k 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%	207,903 ac	42 ac	24%	6.1–13.1k ft
GMU 58	21%	203,643 ac	9,657 ac	2%	4.3–8.1k ft
GMU 14	18%	190,874 ac	1,210 ac	14%	4.7–10.0k ft
GMU 47	24%	183,006 ac	10,313 ac	6%	4.4–7.3k ft
GMU 22	69%	174,526 ac	3,635 ac	57%	4.5–10.8k ft
GMU 8	18%	106,541 ac	3,119 ac	20%	5.0–10.6k ft
GMU 6B	100%	88,781 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 55B	25%	60,029 ac	31 ac	5%	5.8–7.1k ft
GMU 4	12%	53,144 ac	739 ac	4%	6.7–11.4k ft
GMU 57	16%	44,293 ac	10,944 ac	11%	6.0–8.8k ft
GMU 5A	16%	24,011 ac	1,810 ac	0%	6.8–7.9k ft
GMU 54	10%	23,099 ac	140 ac	22%	5.8–11.7k ft
GMU 46	2%	15,907 ac	751 ac	7%	6.2–11.0k ft
GMU 1	0%	4,161 ac	674 ac	0%	4.6–9.4k ft
GMU 3	0%	248 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