New Mexico Wildlife

Hunting Information
 

Last Updated: 5/15/2012

New Big Game Rules for 2012-2013

• Click here to view changes for the new license year

Licenses and Permits

• Access the Online License System to obtain your Customer Identification Number, apply for draw hunts, purchase over-the-counter licenses, print all free permits, check draw results and more.
• Online License System Instruction Manual
• Over-the-Counter License Vendor List
• License Vendor Map
• For applications to purchase licenses by mail or obtain special permits, click here.
• How to obtain your Customer Information Number (CIN) instructional video

Application and Drawing Information

• The Application Process
• How the Draw Works
• Drawing Tips- Increase Your Odds
• Application FAQs
• Deer Hunting in New Mexico
• Getting Your Customer Information Number (video)
• How to Apply for Draw Hunts Online (video)
• Online License System Instruction Manual

Maps

• Big Game Unit Maps [PDF]
• Big Game Unit Maps (high resolution) [PDF]
• Game Management Unit Shapefile [ZIP] *
• Core Occupied Elk Range Maps
• Wildlife Management Areas
• Wildlife Management Area Shapefile [ZIP] *

* Must have ArcView or similar GIS software to view.

Harvest Information

• Report Your Harvest
• 2010-11 Deer Harvest Report
• 2009-10 Deer Harvest Report
• 2011-12 Elk Harvest Report
• 2010-11 Elk Harvest Report
• 2007-08 Pronghorn Antelope Hunter Harvest Report
• Roswell Area Antelope and Mule Deer Management
• Donation Certificate

Bear and Cougar Information

• Cougar Harvest Information
• Cougar Rules and Information
• Bear Harvest Information
• Bear Rules and Information
• Mandatory cougar ID course numbers are issued upon successful completion of the cougar ID course (link below).
• Cougar education booklet
• Cougar ID course

Guide & Outfitter Information

• Guide & Outfitter Page

Unique Trophy Hunting Opportunities

• Premier Hunts for Bighorn Sheep, Deer, Elk and new "Grand Slam" authorizations

Hunting on State Trust Lands

• State Land Office access rules and maps
• Unit 48 (White Peak) access map and letter to hunters

Publications [more]

Drawing Odds Reports

• 2011-2012 Drawing Odds Report [PDF]
• 2011-2012 Complete Report [XLS]
• 2011-2012 Big Game & Trapper Rules & Information (for cross-referencing odds reports information)
• Using the Drawing Odds Reports

Private Land Hunting

>> Elk Private Lands Use System (E-PLUS)

• 2011-12 E-PLUS Landowner List
• 2011-12 E-PLUS SCR List
• 2011-12 Outside the COER Landowner List
• Private Land Elk Allocation Rule 19.30.5
• E-PLUS Landowner Information
• E-PLUS Hunter Info
• Assignment of Authorized Ranch Contact Form
  

>> Antelope Private Lands Use System (A-PLUS)

• 2012 Participating Landowner List will be posted in early June
• 2012-13 A-PLUS Schedule
• Assignment of Authorized Ranch Contact Form
• 19.30.12 Pronghorn License Allocations System Rule
• 19.31.15 Pronghorn Antelope Rule
• 19.31.3 Hunting and Fishing License Application Rule
• A-PLUS License History

>> Open Gate Program

• Open Gate Program Overview

>> Unitized Ranches in Southeastern NM

• Unitized Ranch Information

Furbearer Harvest Information

• 2010-2011 Harvest Report
• 2009-2010 Harvest Report
• 2008-2009 Trapping Report
• 2007-2008 Trapping Report
• AFWA Best Management Practices for Furbearer Trapping and Voluntary Online Trapper Education and Exam
• Bobcat Pelt Tagging Form

Population Management

• 2011-2012 Public Population Management Hunts

Big Game Records

• Boone & Crockett State Records
• Safari Club International State Records
• Boone & Crockett World Records
• Scoring your trophy