HuntingRulebook

New Mexico · Deer · 2026-27

This is every New Mexico deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one game management unit, with your own tags marked against it.

New Mexico 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 1 – Jan 15Bow Deer1 September to 24 September, 1 January 2027 to 15 January 2027Printed in 5 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 1–24Bow Deer1 September to 24 SeptemberPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 1 – Jan 31Bow Deer1 September to 24 September, 1 January 2027 to 15 January 2027, 16 January 2027 to 31 January 2027Printed in 5 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 1 – Nov 30Bow Deer1 September to 24 September, 1 November to 30 NovemberPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 1 – Jan 15Youth Bow Deer1 September to 24 September, 1 January 2027 to 15 January 2027Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 26 – Nov 29Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer26 September to 4 October, 21 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 27 – Oct 3Muzzleloader Deer27 September to 3 OctoberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 27 – Oct 3Muzzleloader Deer27 September to 3 OctoberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Sep 27 – Oct 3Youth Muzzleloader Deer27 September to 3 OctoberPrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 3–7Muzzleloader Deer3 October to 7 OctoberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 10 – Nov 11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer10 October to 14 October, 7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 17–21Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer17 October to 21 OctoberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24–28Muzzleloader Deer24 October to 28 OctoberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24–28Muzzleloader Deer24 October to 28 OctoberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 4Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 29Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 25 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Dec 16Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 12 December to 16 DecemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24–28Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 OctoberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 18Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 14 November to 18 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 29Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 31 October to 4 November, 25 November to 29 November — with the WMA-only hunts on the same daysPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24–28Youth Muzzleloader Deer24 October to 28 OctoberPrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 29Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 21 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 24 – Nov 29Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer24 October to 28 October, 25 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 4Muzzleloader Deer31 October to 4 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 November, 7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 18Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 November, 14 November to 18 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 4Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Jan 31Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 November, 14 November to 18 November, 16 January 2027 to 31 January 2027Printed in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 25Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 November, 14 November to 18 November, 21 November to 25 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 November, 7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 4Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer31 October to 4 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7–11Muzzleloader Deer7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7–18Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 14 November to 18 November — the second run is the mobility-impaired huntPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7–25Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 21 November to 25 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7–18Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 14 November to 18 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7 – Dec 13Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 14 November to 18 November, 5 December to 13 DecemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7–11Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7 – Dec 13Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 14 November to 18 November, 21 November to 25 November, 5 December to 13 December, and 7 November to 15 November in the Burro Mountain AreaPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 7 – Dec 13Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer7 November to 11 November, 14 November to 18 November, 21 November to 25 November, 5 December to 13 DecemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 10–16Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer10 November to 16 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 14–18Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer14 November to 18 NovemberPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21–29Youth Bow Deer21 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21–29Youth Muzzleloader Deer21 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21 – Jan 1Youth Muzzleloader Deer21 November to 29 November, 26 December to 1 January 2027Printed in 4 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21–29Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer21 November to 29 NovemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21 – Dec 9Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer21 November to 29 November, 5 December to 9 DecemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Nov 21–29Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer21 November to 29 November, and the same days on ES Barker WMAPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Dec 5–9Muzzleloader Deer5 December to 9 DecemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Dec 16–31Youth Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer16 December to 31 DecemberPrinted in 8 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Dec 19–20Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer19 December to 20 December, and the same two days for the military huntPrinted in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Jan 1–15Bow Deer1 January 2027 to 15 January 2027Printed in 5 columns — check which covers your game management unit.
  • Jan 8–24Any Legal Sporting Arm Deer8 January 2027 to 10 January 2027, 22 January 2027 to 24 January 2027Printed in 27 columns — check which covers your game management unit.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 New Mexico digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the New Mexico Department of Wildlife digest.

New Mexico deer seasons, 2026-27

New Mexico’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the game management unit your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the game management unit off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the New Mexico Department of Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for New Mexico

  • Today in New Mexico — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in New Mexico — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in New Mexico — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in New Mexico — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in New Mexico — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in New Mexico — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in New Mexico — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.