Unit research · New Mexico GMU 46

GMU 46 — New Mexico

2% public across 807,732 ac. Road access is easy — only 7% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Watch the checkerboard: 751 ac of public land has no public route in.

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6,220–11,040 ft

elevation range

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

751 ac

landlocked public

1.47

road miles per mi²

505 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) ↗

NMDGF — Draw Hunt License Fees (2026-2027) ↗How the New Mexico draw works →

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

■ SPR 1%■ FWS 1%■ USFS 0%□ Private 98%

Unit area807,732 ac

Public land15,907 ac (2%)

Landlocked public751 ac (4.7%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,858 mi

Maintained trails505 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road1,127 ac (7% of public)

Road density1.47 mi/mi²

Managed bySPR 8k ac · FWS 4k ac · USFS 2k ac

Elevation6,220–11,040 ft

Median elevation7,240 ft

Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

6,220 ft11,040 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 32%

S 24%

W 24%

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

176,238 ac of this gmu has burned — 22% of the unit. 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

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

Measured at LAS VEGAS MUNICIPAL ARPT, 29 km from the unit’s center. 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)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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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