NM public land elk in unit 6c.. Any help?
08-15-2011, 05:39 AM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posts: 34
To start; scout. That area that you drew has been the site of a huge forest fire; however, a friend drew there, too and inquired about the state of things. He was told that the animals are in fine shape and vegetations is growing back well.
08-16-2011, 04:50 AM
#4
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posts: 34
The closest town is Los Alamos. The burn is fairly large but then again, so is the mountain range. It is next to the Valle Caldera area for more reference. Four days of scouting should put you in an area with animals.
08-30-2011, 07:13 AM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3
nearly the whole unit was burned and about a third of the valles caldera was also burned, nearly all of bandoleir national monument burned as well. the game and fish dept. closed 20% of the unit to hunting and sent out letters giving hunters an option for refund, if they refuse the refund they have to share the smaller hunting area. Some of the best hunting in this unit was severly burned. the northwest part of the unit is gonna be your best bet. I have heard some good reports from this area. the elk are in good shape and some vegitation is growing back, but the fire was extremely bad the biggest in NM history (over 150,000 acres). concentrate on the northwest end the fire didnt burn the area and alot of elk got pushed there from the fire. good luck. we killed a nice 6X5 there last year for the muzzleloader the elk were still very vocal. you should have a good hunt. good luck to you again
