HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - New Mexico Elk
Thread: New Mexico Elk
View Single Post
Old 11-22-2018, 03:58 PM
  #10  
BRUSE
Fork Horn
 
BRUSE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Granbury, TX
Posts: 481
Default

My buddy and I just completed an elk hunt in New Mexico and drove from SC. Where are you located? We used Evans hunting service and purchased landowner tags. We hunted near angel fire in unit 46. The ranch we hunted was step with dark timber and shot distance varied as there were a few pastures to shoot across but less than 100 yards mostly. The drive from SC was 23 hours we drove to OKC day 1 then finished the next day. Coming back we kept changing seats and drove straight thru will never do that again lol. We stayed in a house next to the ranch managers which was good since we had beds and showers. Hunting out there dark to dark is nothing like SC.

Several ranchers out there sells land owner permits. Make sure you check google maps and other ways to see land i can’t recall them off hand. Some tags were sold to hunters to hunt a 100 acres property. The problem was the strip of land was 50 yards wide and a however long fenced on both sides. So the land to hunt and get a shot was a challenge. We didn’t have that experience but others did.

Being in shape is a must our packs were full of everything. The weather changed all day. Warm. Cold, snow, rain and then warm again.
We dreamed of hunting elk and once we got them on the ground omg did the work start. It was awesome though. We got a bull and cow. We drove a little distance to a processor and get them processed for .95 a lb. we were able to fit it all in 4 large coolers for the ride home.
We are looking at going again just not sure where. I do think Wyoming will be our next place since we have preference points. Im trying to upload pics just having issues now. ill try to get them loaded. Good luck on your quest
Attached Images  
BRUSE is offline