Recent content by JRABQ

Go up high near the snow line where there's some fresh greenery. Or find some dandelions.

Well considering I screwed up and set my alarm an hour late, the morning ended up OK.

Wind forecast for Monday is terrible dang it. I have enough trouble hearing them in calm conditions, being almost deaf.

Really nice buck, congrats!

Dang, that's too bad, I enjoyed his photos.

Also recommend a 2ft leader of 20-30 lb mono or fluorocarbon. Some might suggest a wire leader but I've gotten by without them. They aren't that different from bass fishing, until you catch one; watch out for the teeth and bring band-aids ?

Any jerk bait or swim bait can work, but I've had better luck in June/July (at Bluewater). I've caught them on top water also, but I think it's way too early for that. I've also caught some on crankbaits like bomber model A's and Rapala shad raps, stop and pause occasionally. And the "go to"...

I've hunted there a good bit over the years and never saw any rattlesnakes. That is until I had an archery tag in 2020 and this guy crawled into my blind! Luckily it was just a small prairie rattler and not very aggressive.

On a serious note you could also try sitting water or fence crossings, especially on day 1. Hopefully they will reorder the hunts in the future so rifle is after muzzleloader.

Did you hit up the dispensaries in Antonito? ? And now you don't even need to cross state lines.

I didn't draw anything requiring luck, got my 3rd choice elk tag in a tough unit that I know fairly well so that's better than nothing. My nephew drew Stallion Range oryx, so good for him.

Moved here in '83, started hunting in '84, mostly deer OTC mzl. Think I had about 15 years OTC before deer went to a draw For NM drawings Deer - 11 tags, mostly mzl, a few bow or rifle Elk-24 tags, mostly mzl but more lately bow. . A few cow tags but mostly bull or ES Oryx-8 tags (1 OIL, 2...

She feeds the squirrels, very important!

Should have copyrighted it. ?

That message has been there for several days. I originally took it as good news when I saw it because of "mid-April".