Shooting Program

The NMDGF Shooting Program offers a Responsible Hunter Program as well as opportunities for Range Development.

Youth Scholastic Clay Target Program members receive coaching at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club trap facility. Training improve proficiency with a shotgun through shooting trap, skeet, bunker trap and five-stand. The Los Alamos Young Guns also participate in 4-H archery and .22 rimfire disciplines.

Responsible Hunter Program

The Responsible Hunter Program provides an opportunity to cultivate fundamental hunting and shooting skills; expose youth to competitive shooting events; teach the fundamental outdoor skills such as orienteering, wildlife identification, hunting and environmental ethics; teach hunting skills such as tracking, game calling, care of game, and game habitat management. The program will instill leadership and team spirit through group involvement and cooperation. The goal of the program is to establish a foundation of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship in youth hunters and shooters in New Mexico.

Training Opportunities

Live Fire Training
It is the recommendation of the Hunter Education and Shooting Sports Program’s that the following criteria be established for a safe and viable live fire volunteer program and to enable volunteers, such as yourself, to become more involved with the live fire events, classes and outreach initiatives offered by the department.

This brief online training module will provide you the necessary information and updates required to allow you to teach and/or assist with New Mexico Department of Game and Fish live fire activities sponsored by either the Hunter Education or Shooting Sports Programs. Click on the pdf below to access the training!

pdf - Live Fire Instructor Training

NNM Clay Target Challenge

pdf - NNM-Clay-Target-Results-09_21_2019
pdf - NNM-Clay-Target-Results-10_06_2018
pdf - NNM-Clay-Target-Results-08_27_2016

Range Development

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish promotes and supports the development of safe, accessible target and sport-shooting facilities by taking a leadership role in partnering with ranges, industry, and communities. The Department provides statewide range development assistance through a variety of technical, educational and financial resources consistent with our goal of preserving current shooting opportunities while developing new ones, all available to present and future generations.

Shooting Ranges

Visit Shooting Ranges for currently available locations.

First-time shooter tries her hand at firing a shotgun at moving targets. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Outdoor Expo in Albuquerque provides a great opportunity to try various firearms including, shotgun, .22 Rifle, .22 Pistol, Muzzleloader (Blackpowder) and archery.

Department owned shooting ranges:
These Ranges Are Not Supervised by a Range Master

  • Location: 36.595139, -105.910767
    • From 4-way intersection in Tres Piedras, go 3.4 miles east on highway 64. There will be a closed gate on the south side of the road that you must open. (please close the gate after entering). From the gate you will continue straight on the road for exactly 2 miles. The road dead ends at the range parking lot.
  • Hours-Dusk to Dawn. Closed _______ for maintenance
  • Cost: Free
  • Offerings:
    • 200 yard range with 3 shooting benches.
    • There is currently not any target stand foundations. You will need to bring your own target. (please do not shoot at objects that leave debris, and take objects with you once you finish).
  • No facilities on site

The Department would like to offer a special thank you to Susie M. Bush for the donation of the property and funds to construct the range.

  • Location: 53 Lake Hwy, Clayton, NM, 88415
  • Hours: Dusk to Dawn. Closed _______ for maintenance
  • Cost: Free
  • Offerings:
    • 200 yard rifle range: covered shooting line with benches. Target foundations at 25, 50, 100 and 200 yards.
    • Click here for directions to construct a basic target holder. Click Here for basic target holder.
  • 50 yard smallbore range: covered shooting line with benches. Target foundations at 25 and 50 yards.
  • 50 yard pistol range: covered firing line. Uncovered firing lines at 3, 7, 15 and 25 yards.
  • Primitive areas mowed down for archery and shotgun. (No targets or throwing machines are provided, please bring what you need to shoot).
  • Two vault toilets
  • Picnic tables

Department and US Fish and Wildlife Service federally funded ranges

Managed by the City of Clovis.

For more information contact April Holmes, Range Supervisor, at (575) 308-5496 or aholmes@dev1.cityofclovis.org

  • Location: 726 CR 17, Clovis, NM 88101
  • Hours: Thursday through Sunday: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  • Cost:
    • Trap/Skeet
    • $8.00 per round (25 clays) – Adult
    • $6.00 per round (25 clays) – Youth
    • $5.00 per round (25 clays) – User agreements with Youth Organizations for scheduled events
  • Sporting Clays
    • $ .50 per clay – $25.00 for 50 or $50.00 for 100 – Adult
    • $ .40 per clay – $20.00 for 50 or $40.00 for 100 – Youth
    • $ .30 per clay – User agreements with Youth Organizations for scheduled events
  • Archery and Indoor Air Gun Range
    • $15.00 per day (6 hrs) – Adult
    • $5.00 for 1 hr or $10.00 for 3hrs – Adult
    • $5.00 per day per person – Scheduled sanctioned events
  • Offerings:
    • (4) Trap/skeet overlay fields
    • 12 station sporting clays course
    • Indoor and outdoor archery ranges
    • Indoor airgun range

Managed by volunteer members of the club. For more information contact: 505-573-5597

The Department and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Conservation Investment, provided funding to construct a 5-stand range and new warehouse

  • Location: 9617 Broadway SE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105
  • Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 4 hours per day
  • Cost: 5-stand $10 per round of 5-stand (unregistered targets) $15 per round of 5-stand (NSCA registered targets)
  • $9 per round of trap (non-members). $7 per round of trap (members)
  • Offerings:
  • 6 trap fields
  • (1) 5-stand range with 8 clay target thrower

Managed by volunteer members of the club. For more information visit http://mesillavalleyshotgunsports.com/

The Department and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Conservation Investment, provided funding to purchase 3 trap machines.

Mesilla Valley also offers 5-stand shotgun and sporting clays.

  • Location: 13500 N. Frontage Road, Las Cruces, NM 88007
  • Hours:
    • Trap and Skeet- Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 9:00AM-Noon
    • 5-Stand-First Saturday of the month 9:00AM-Noon
    • Sporting Clays-February-October, Third Saturday of the month 9:00AM-Noon
  • Cost
    • Trap and Skeet- $6 for members or $7 for non-members per round
    • 5-Stand-$7 for members, $10 for non-members per round
    • Sporting Clays-$40 for members or $50 for non-members per round

Cody Johnston
CShooting Program Coordinator
Phone# 505-412-7785
Cody.Jonston@dgf.nm.gov