elk hunting new mexico
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: flat land- Ames Iowa
Posts: 19
elk hunting new mexico
so first time out of state applicant into area 15 in New Mexico what are my chances, I pegged onto a locals tag as hunting together, think that will help?
would love to discuss spots (your favorite ) hehehe just kidding.
the draw will be posted the end of april. if I don't get it I will be looking for someone that wants to hunt up in Colorado over the counter public. bow hunting by the way if your wondering.
would love to discuss spots (your favorite ) hehehe just kidding.
the draw will be posted the end of april. if I don't get it I will be looking for someone that wants to hunt up in Colorado over the counter public. bow hunting by the way if your wondering.
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
The way NM has dropped a DIY NR to only 6% of the tags, all I can say is good luck and be looking into your alternate plans for hunting in CO. If you do get lucky and draw 15, it is a neat unit. I hunted it back in 2003 with a ML for deer and it was a much better place for elk than mulies. If you draw the tag, take a good look at the country right south of Quemado Lake for a few miles on south of there as high as you can get up on top and look for the small water holes, especially if the weather is warm and the rut is going good when you're there.
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#3
If I understand your post correctly, you applied on a group application with a NM resident. If this is the case, they will regard the entire application as a NR, therefore not helping you but hurting him. 99% sure what I just stated is correct.
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Residents who apply with one or more nonresidents will be issued a license only if there are licenses available for both the resident and nonresident pools.
#5
You wanna kill a BULL or just "cut something with hide" to say you did?
I hunted unit 15 back in 1998, 2nd muzzleloader & I hunted with the EXCELLENT operation owned & run by Mick Chapel. http://www.nmtrophyhunts.com
Three of us went out there. 2 Drew & I didn't so I had to pay Mick to get me a landowner tag (wanna say it was about an extra $2k back then, they've appx doubled since I believe). BUT I took the biggest bull in camp that week with my 368" 6x6, last morning "answered prayer"! I got my bull in the vicinity of Freeman & Dillon Mtns.
Right or wrong (ESPECIALLY in the best areas like those we are talking about) big game hunting is big biz & the laws are written to give the locals the best chance at not only game but the most money for the professionals in that biz & area. Big Bulls are a game of odds & increased odds for increased size comes with an increased price tag. (If you think NM bulls are high, take a look at 400"+ bulls in AZ at the two greatest places they exist, White Mtn. Apache & San Carlos! )
You can spend a lot of years, sweat, boot leather & $$$ stomping around CO with OTC tags "hoping" for a 300"+ bulls. But the odds are against you! That's why I chose to bite the bullet, spend the money & even in unit 15 there's NO SUCH THING AS A SURE DEAL! But I'd take my odds there over anywhere else outside of nearby AZ.
I hunted unit 15 back in 1998, 2nd muzzleloader & I hunted with the EXCELLENT operation owned & run by Mick Chapel. http://www.nmtrophyhunts.com
Three of us went out there. 2 Drew & I didn't so I had to pay Mick to get me a landowner tag (wanna say it was about an extra $2k back then, they've appx doubled since I believe). BUT I took the biggest bull in camp that week with my 368" 6x6, last morning "answered prayer"! I got my bull in the vicinity of Freeman & Dillon Mtns.
Right or wrong (ESPECIALLY in the best areas like those we are talking about) big game hunting is big biz & the laws are written to give the locals the best chance at not only game but the most money for the professionals in that biz & area. Big Bulls are a game of odds & increased odds for increased size comes with an increased price tag. (If you think NM bulls are high, take a look at 400"+ bulls in AZ at the two greatest places they exist, White Mtn. Apache & San Carlos! )
You can spend a lot of years, sweat, boot leather & $$$ stomping around CO with OTC tags "hoping" for a 300"+ bulls. But the odds are against you! That's why I chose to bite the bullet, spend the money & even in unit 15 there's NO SUCH THING AS A SURE DEAL! But I'd take my odds there over anywhere else outside of nearby AZ.
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