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Unit research · New Mexico GMU 3

GMU 3 — New Mexico

0% public across 844,402 ac. Road access is easy — only 0% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.

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6,370–8,990 ft

elevation range

0%

public land

0%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

1.95

road miles per mi²

437 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Tags: check New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

No draw hunts are published for this gmu. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's regulations.

Plus: New Mexico Game-Hunting Licence$25.00 resident · $90.00 nonresident

Season dates: see New Mexico Department of Game and Fish's regulations

NMDGF — Draw Hunt License Fees (2026-2027)

Fees and draw dates from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 2026, verified 2026-08-15 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a gmu that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: NMDGF — Draw Hunt License Fees (2026-2027) · NMDGF — Big-game and draw hunts (fee collection and refunds).

Land & access

USFS 0%□ Private 100%
Unit area844,402 ac
Public land248 ac (0%)
Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,577 mi
Maintained trails437 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road0 ac (0% of public)
Road density1.95 mi/mi²
Managed byUSFS 0k ac
Elevation6,370–8,990 ft
Median elevation7,250 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

6,370 ft8,990 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%
E 26%
S 22%
W 31%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

1,022 ac of this gmu has burned — 0% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 14%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F43° high21° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL ARPT, 105 km from the unit’s center and ~1,700 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby GMUs

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