nmwapiti
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Bittersweet moment to punch this tag with almost 3 months left to hunt and the rut just starting to kick in but I probably wasn?t going to have much more opportunity to get out there. Life gets in the way sometimes.
So I glassed this ram up yesterday from about a mile away and saw he was pretty wide. I passed him up and kept going north to an area a friend said he had seen a few rams earlier in the week.
Spent the afternoon looking for the rams my friend had seen to no avail so I started heading back south.
As I was approaching the area I had seen this ram earlier in the day, I was looking to the area I had seen him. Nothing. Then I saw movement to my right, there he was up on the hill with two other rams- they had gone into the pi?ons to bed for the afternoon and were just getting up. I got a real good close up of him and decided he was a shooter, I loved his width and that he flared out.
They spooked up and over the hill so I went around the hill about a 1/4 mile and cut them off as they were headed down to the gorge.
40 yard shot.
He went about 100 yards and piled up. Getting it done with a bow made it that much more special. So blessed to have drawn this tag, New Mexico truly is one of the best states for hunting opportunity.
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So I glassed this ram up yesterday from about a mile away and saw he was pretty wide. I passed him up and kept going north to an area a friend said he had seen a few rams earlier in the week.
Spent the afternoon looking for the rams my friend had seen to no avail so I started heading back south.
As I was approaching the area I had seen this ram earlier in the day, I was looking to the area I had seen him. Nothing. Then I saw movement to my right, there he was up on the hill with two other rams- they had gone into the pi?ons to bed for the afternoon and were just getting up. I got a real good close up of him and decided he was a shooter, I loved his width and that he flared out.
They spooked up and over the hill so I went around the hill about a 1/4 mile and cut them off as they were headed down to the gorge.
40 yard shot.
He went about 100 yards and piled up. Getting it done with a bow made it that much more special. So blessed to have drawn this tag, New Mexico truly is one of the best states for hunting opportunity.
http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2018/36484e2ba420373044570a9d776ad77a5647a.jpeg
