New Mexico · Elk Hunting Data

New Mexico Elk Unit 52

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for New Mexico Game Management Unit 52.

Unit 52 is a unit of dramatic contrast, where the dark, conifer-cloaked high country of the southern Sangre de Cristo range gives way to broken piñon-juniper mesas and grassland breaks on the east, and elk move between those worlds with the season. We map that terrain from creek bottoms near 6,200 feet to peaks above 11,500 feet, the snowmelt-fed upper Pecos and Mora drainages, the stock tanks that become an eastern lifeline, the Gambel oak mast, and the private-land boundary maze that bottlenecks access. The pack includes Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study it on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
128
Total Elk Spotted
17
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
New Mexico Elk Unit 52 boundary map
Unit 52 boundary within New Mexico · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.