● Ranked from real New Mexico data · 2025-26
Highest harvest-success Elk units in New Mexico
Where New Mexico elk hunters actually fill tags, ranked by the agency's own harvest statistics.
#1Unit 16D mobility impaired onlyBest NR odds 5%84.9% public92% success→#2Unit 16ABest NR odds 3%84.9% public92% success→#3Unit 16DBest NR odds 3%84.9% public92% success→#4Unit 6BBest NR odds 1%47.9% public92% success→#5Unit 52 mobility impaired onlyBest NR odds 100%92% public91% success→#6Unit 52Best NR odds 25%92% public91% success→#7Unit 15Best NR odds 21%77.5% public90% success→#8Unit 5BBest NR odds 26%57.9% public89% success→#9Unit 21ABest NR odds 17%68.1% public89% success→#10Unit 16CBest NR odds 12%84.9% public89% success→#11Unit 16C youth onlyBest NR odds 4%84.9% public89% success→#12Unit 23Best NR odds 50%63.1% public88% success→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by the best per-unit harvest success rate in the state agency's harvest reports, tie-broken by how drawable the tag is.
Data year: 2025-26. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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