ORIGINAL: fletch920

Just back from NM and it was a bust. I passed a spike and a cow in 10 days of hunting. It rained all but 2 days. It was the 6th day before I saw an elk while hunting. We spoke with hunters that had drawn unit 15 and hunters in 16 that had paid up to $8,000 for guided hunts and had not seen a single elk. This was 7 days into the 10 day hunt!The earlyseason needs to be hot and dry so the tanks produce activity and that just wasnt the case. The weather was just horrible and the numbers of animals in our unit 23 were Very low. We worked on one 340 class herd bull for four mornings and evenings and got within a hundred yards or so 3 different times but that was as good as it got. Other hunters got onto him and boogered him clear out of the unit. We still had fun and made the most of it. If nothing else I got 13 days of camping and hiking in the mountains.