New Mexico Game Management Unit 56 (GMU 56: Beginning at the junction of US 56 and I-25 at Springer and running nort)

Game Management Units (all big game) · New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (now NM Department of Wildlife)

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Simplified for the web from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (now NM Department of Wildlife)'s public layer (source and terms). Units change with each season's regulations, and the legal boundary description in the regulations is what counts.

Legal shooting light this week

New Mexico's general big-game hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, worked out for the middle of the unit (36.593, -103.894) on local time. Times can be a minute or two off at the unit's edges.

Legal shooting light, sunrise and sunset for the next seven days
Day	Shooting light starts (MST)	Ends	Sunrise	Sunset
Sun, Nov 1	5:48 AM	5:28 PM	6:17 AM	4:58 PM
Mon, Nov 2	5:49 AM	5:27 PM	6:18 AM	4:57 PM
Tue, Nov 3	5:50 AM	5:26 PM	6:19 AM	4:56 PM
Wed, Nov 4	5:51 AM	5:25 PM	6:20 AM	4:55 PM
Thu, Nov 5	5:52 AM	5:24 PM	6:21 AM	4:54 PM
Fri, Nov 6	5:53 AM	5:23 PM	6:22 AM	4:53 PM
Sat, Nov 7	5:54 AM	5:22 PM	6:23 AM	4:52 PM

Turkey, waterfowl, some public lands and opening days have their own hours. Always check the New Mexico regulations for your species (where this rule comes from).

Maps that cover this unit

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Malpie Mountain, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

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New Mexico Game Management Unit 56 (GMU 56: Beginning at the junction of US 56 and I-25 at Springer and running nort)

Unit boundary

Legal shooting light this week

Maps that cover this unit

Malpie Mountain, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Cow Mountain, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Capulin, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Little Grande, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Palo Blanco Mountain, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Kiowa, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Gladstone NW, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Sofia, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Grenville SW, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Weatherly Lake, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Lawrence Arroyo, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Tripod Mountain, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Folsom, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Des Moines, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Robinson Peak, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Pine Buttes, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Mesa Larga, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Cross L Ranch SW, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Point of Rocks Mesa, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Grenville, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Gladstone, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Romero Spring, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Blind Gap, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)

Farley, NM — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2023)