RE: Wanting to hunt Elk
It has been so hard to draw Mature Bull tags in Utah, We started to put in for Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico hunts. A few years ago we drew a New Mexico hunt. We have been very successful at harvesting big bulls in Utah, so we thought the New Mexico hunt would be a piece of cake. The hunting in new Mexico was nothing like we do in Utah. As we struggled to find elk, we talked to anybody that would talk to use. We learned a lot in 5 days of hunting.
The area we were in, the guides can put you in a stand over a water hole and the elk come to you. If you shoot one the guides will drive a truck in and pick up your elk. For us we didn't control any of the stands, we would hike into a nice area only to find a stand and have guides claiming it was their stand. Even though it was public land. The elk in the area come into the water holes, so hunters watch the water holes. This would be a whole lot easier than hiking up and down 9000 foot high steep ridges.
Look into some of the guides in the Luna - Pie Town area.