Recent content by Muleman

Swaro always a good buy. Maven is an excellent choice for the $

You are part right. From a politician point of view E+ creates money into NM economy, Nm residents, creates an income to be taxed on, and it’s at no cost to the government. It’s a total win for the government and is why I don't think it will ever go away. It’s too much a cash cow now. This...

Well not to burst your bubble but 16C ain’t what it once was. Probably has decreased the most of the 16 units. Be prepared for a hard hunt. Hope for rains that will pull some elk back in that area.

Guaranteed there is property under 10 acres qualifying. Remember the list that gets posted on line are just those that received tags that year, it’s not all that qualified. I agree little SCR are an issue but like a stated before some can provide benefits if they are irrigated bottom lands...

Our deer don’t migrate except in very north part of state. Rut can be from mid Nov until mid January depending on where in the state you are. Big changes from north to south. For deer private is private. Yes motorized vehicle legal on forest roads and blm but not off road in majority of...

It’s easy to say 5/10/20 acres shouldn’t qualify but when you have 15 acres of irrigated bottom land the elk hammers it in the spring. Hunters don’t see it cuz they aren’t around all year. When you have 30-50 head of elk on a pasture for a month it’s providing an big benefit to elk or they...

There is no way you can adjust E+ to make it equitable to all LO. It’s not perfect but no system Is going to be. most units there is more ranch sign ups that LO tags available. Most of it is acre driven meaning more land more opportunity for tags. You can slice pie a hundred different way...

Just spent a week riding around the wilderness. Never seen the country look so good at this time of year. Bulls are going to grow antlers to their full potential. Congrats to those that have a tag

It has definitely fallin off. Not near as many elk in the wilderness as 10 years ago, from wolves and mainly drought. The wilderness can be finicky as elk will move a lot based on conditions. Still a great hunt and should be great antler growth this year

7PRC if you're not a reloader. it's a perfect all-around cartridge for all species, not big recoil but you will want a muzzle break for wife and kids though. 257 WB is a barrel burner, likely can shoot out a barrel in 600-1000 rds. But its a fun gun and if you don't care about the cost of...

I say no gov tags. Not that I’m against them but they just give hunting in general a black eye. Not much sport for n them when you have an army of guides and dam sure ain’t hunting for the meat. I think game department should just have special draw hunts for each states residents only for the...

Do you know why the Adobe went UW? There's not enough elk on the ranch to consistently hunt the # of tags they had been hunting. The tags were worth more to outfitter and ranch to go UW. Shows how low the elk #'s are in 16C compared to 10 years ago.

It absolutely does. Selling state owned wildlife to the highest private bidder is exactly why the north American model was evented, to keep it from becoming "all the Kings deer" like it is in Europe. NAM is really just a buzz phrase as none of the wildlife agencies really follow it, they just...

He doesn’t look 11. Who aged him? Judg g just by looks if he were a nm bull I would call him 5 ish but no way to tell BT body size. Just like some people are bigger bodied than others regardless of age so are elk

It’s not, 50% of applications come in the that 4 days or so. Everyone puts off spending money until they absolutely have to. More residents than non residents