Recent content by WaylandCanyon

Nice work. I live in Alamogordo and can vouch for that wind and dust!

We have had some sort of rain every day for the past three here in Alamogordo, and it is raining lightly again this morning. The Lincoln N.F. lifted fire restrictions yesterday.

Big Daddy, did your son score? I notice the OTC section in Unit 34 is between West Side Road (USFS Road 90) and, basically, Alamogordo. I haven't seen any yet in that ribbon of tortured, vertical canyonland, but I would sure want help getting one out of the cactus and Spanish daggers in there.

Foldem, congratulations on a fine bull. And good for you for doing that serious range work before your hunt so that you could make the shot you had to make. I'll bet 90 percent of hunters would have blown off the prep work.

What do you think of them as table fare? I hear some people rave about the meat and others just make salami.

Does anyone know if staff from NMDGF monitor this forum? It seems to be the policy of a number of departments of fish and game to discourage staff from posting or responding on hunting forums, but I have seen it occasionally and it sure is nice to get the sense that someone at the local DGF is...

LAST EDITED ON Feb-23-18 AT 11:02AM (MST)[p]Here I am in Oregon reading this and knowing my Subaru is parked in the credit card lot at ABQ Sunport. Sure hope they patrol that like they say they do. Curious which La Quinta is the one that gets hit so often.

Thought I would kick this back out one more time. If anyone can point me in a general direction within a couple of hours of Alamogordo where an old, dogless hunter might step on a few, I'd be a friend for life.

New to New Mexico, so I can't be much help. But you just know that if you leave your shotgun home you will surely be wading in quail. :-)

Reuben, I don't think that's unreasonable at all. Not a thing wrong with trying to keep New Mexico game populations "as they were" in the face of an invader. Think feral swine.

LAST EDITED ON Dec-19-17 AT 03:10PM (MST)[p]I am not sure whitetails are more "aggressive" than mule deer. I have always heard they are more adaptable to different habitat, and that they are much more tolerant of human activity. They can live out their lives on a few acres of home ground, and...

What changes in land use, ecosystems and/or deer management practices are driving this "takeover"?

Oh man, venison in the freezer. Envious!

The words "muy grande" certainly apply here! What did that bruiser weigh field dressed?

A dark and bitter cloud, this holiday season. Really sorry for you and your family. Hope for an early arrest in the case -- and answers for you.