Bitter Lake NWR
Chaves County, NM
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🐦🕊️🐇🐗
14.3K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
New Mexico Wildlife Refuge Hunting
New Mexico has 11 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 6 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Sevilleta NWR (228K ac), San Andres NWR (57.3K ac) and Bosque del Apache NWR (47.6K ac).
11refuges & stations
29hunt units
355Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in New Mexico
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New Mexico by the numbers
- Open63,946 ac 16%
- Special regulations290,771 ac 75%
- Closed33,438 ac 9%
All refuges & stations in New Mexico
Bosque del Apache NWR
Socorro County, NM
!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
47.6K huntable acres
Grulla NWR
Roosevelt County, NM
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Las Vegas NWR
San Miguel County, NM
✓2 open!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🕊️
7.3K huntable acres
Maxwell NWR
Colfax County, NM
✕1 closed
🎣
Mora NFH
Mora County, NM
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Rio Mora NWR and Conservation Area
Mora County, NM
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
San Andres NWR
Doña Ana County, NM
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦌🐗
57.3K huntable acres
Sevilleta NWR
Socorro County, NM
!4 special
🦆🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
228K huntable acres
Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center
Chaves County, NM
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦆🐦🕊️
449 huntable acres
Valle de Oro NWR
Bernalillo County, NM
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Bernalillo County 1 refuge
- Chaves County 2 refuges
- Colfax County 1 refuge
- Doña Ana County 1 refuge
- Mora County 2 refuges
- Roosevelt County 1 refuge
- San Miguel County 1 refuge
- Socorro County 2 refuges
Hunting in New Mexico: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow New Mexico seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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