Unit 55A: Valle Vidal only: elk, mature buck/bull, any legal weapon

Hunt code
ELK-1-444
Unit
55A
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
any legal weapon
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 27 of 777 residents drew (3%).

In 2026, 2 of 206 nonresidents drew (1.0%).

Harvest success in 2025 was 47%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewAppliedDrew
2026–777272062
2025–749261762
2024–702242081
2023–749251881

Harvest

NMDGF counts licenses sold as hunters, and the harvest is NMDGF's estimate from hunter reports, public land only. The success rate is NMDGF's own printed figure, not harvest divided by licenses sold.

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2025351647%
2024351543%
2023351646%

Reading these numbers

New Mexico has no points: every application has the same chance every year. Each hunt's licenses are split by law, at least 84% to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter and 10% to applicants (resident or not) who contracted with an outfitter. Counts here are first-choice applicants and first-choice draws.

  • 202635 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 94 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.
  • 202535 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 89 first-choice applicants, 1 drawn.
  • 202435 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 128 first-choice applicants, 2 drawn.
  • 202335 licenses in all; by law at least 84% go to residents, 6% to nonresidents without an outfitter, 10% to an outfitter pool. Outfitter pool (residents or nonresidents who contracted with an outfitter; not counted with the residents or nonresidents above): 111 first-choice applicants, 3 drawn.

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Units listed next to it

In NMDGF's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.