New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI,
Issue 22 / November 18, 2025
STATE GAME COMMISSION MEETING AND
RULE MAKING NOTICE
The New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) will be hosting a meeting and rule hearing on Friday, January 9, 2026, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87544. For instructions on how to attend this meeting either in person or virtually, visit the Department’s website at
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/commission/meeting-agendas/. The purpose of this meeting is to hear and consider action as appropriate on the following: proposed changes for the possession of game animal parts found in the field (Subsection E of 19.31.10.9 NMAC) portions of the Hunting and Fishing Manner and Method of Taking Rule.
The proposal is to amend possession of game animal parts found in the field in the Hunting and Fishing Manner and Method of Taking Rule, 19.31.10 NMAC.
Proposed amendments to the possession of game animal parts found in the field portion of the Hunting and Fishing Manner and Method of Taking Rule will remove the exception for obviously shed antlers found in the field from not requiring an invoice or permit for non-residents, require a non-resident shed hunter license for a non-resident to possess more than two (2) obviously shed antlers found in the field, and establish that any more than two shed antlers collected by a non-resident without a valid license remain property of the State of New Mexico and shall be seized.
A full text of changes is available on the Department’s website at: https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/. Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed changes for the possession of game animal parts found in the field of the Hunting and Fishing Manner and Method of Taking Rule to: DGF-shedhunter@dgf.nm.gov. Individuals may also submit written comments to the physical address below. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2025. The final proposed rules will be voted on by the Commission during a hybrid virtual public meeting on January 9, 2026. Interested persons may also provide data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the hybrid virtual public rule hearing to be held January 9, 2026.
Full copies of the text of the proposed new rule, technical information related to proposed rule changes, and the agenda can be obtained from the Office of the Director, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 1 Wildlife Way,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87507, or from the Department’s website at
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/commission/meeting-agendas/. This agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the Director’s Office at (505) 476-8000, or the Department’s website at
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/ for updated information.
If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Department at (505) 476-8000 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the Department at 505-476-8000 if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.
Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the General Powers and Duties of the State Game Commission 17-1-14, et seq. NMSA 1978; Commission’s Power to establish rules and regulations 17-1- 26, et seq. NMSA 1978.