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You ever hunt deer over there?

^I don't think anyone is surprised by Louisiana and Tennessee and Missouri (New Orleans, Memphis, and St. Louis). I guess Alaska and Arkansas are interesting. I'm not sure why those are so bad but I've never been to either one.

Yeah. I don't really want to leave but I may do so in a year or two. Work could get me into the SLC area of Utah, Hunstville Alabama or the space coast of FL pretty easily I think. Always El Paso too or around San Antonio. I'm not sure. We'll see. I hope NM gets better but I'm not very optimistic.

I saw elk all over the place right off the roads in that unit last June but when I went back in November they had vanished completely. This might be a stupid question but is that due entirely to hunting pressure? Maybe the sept. archery season? I assume they would move lower as the weather cools...

I'm a newer hunter and I try to be helpful in general and I'll give out little things I've seen in areas I don't plan on hunting. Other things I definitely wouldn't post here or say openly. Probably over pm or something or not at all.

I saw a nice buck and about 5 does from the truck in that unit in Feb last year. They were in a canyon off the road not far below that big air traffic control building in the Uvas mountains. With that said, I don't think you will have an easy time as the above poster suggested. I spent a decent...

Unit 24 Muley rifle for me.

I grew up in NM and I don't really want to leave but I've been sick of the way this state is being run and I'm about fed up. I care about my community. If it comes to the point that I truly don't think the majority of people around me care then I will move to a place where people do care. That...

I saw a few in 27 during archery but none in 25/19. I know they're out there too but they seem to be much harder to find. On a side note I know there's a large group (maybe multiple groups) that hang out around La Cueva and the visitor center. I don't think it would be easy to pull one out of...

I thought it looked like that but I would be very surprised if there were elk in the area that I took that picture. This was in a desert part of the bootheel region of NM, probably 15 or so miles from the AZ border. That would be fascinating if an elk wandered through there somehow though.

Is this desert bighorn sheep poop?

That is cool to hear. I wonder how their numbers are doing overall in this state? I've seen them here around Cruces but not really in good (or legal) areas to hunt. I've seen them in the Gila too but I've only hunted them in the draw units. Of those units I've tried quite a few areas but only in...

How close are you getting? I stalked two different javelinas yesterday and blew it both times right when I was getting into range. My bow is only set for 40 yards at the longest. I was basically crawling at that point but I think I still made too much noise. It was flat sandy/gravel type stuff...

Same here

I've only been hunting for two seasons now but I put in for deer, elk, javelina, oryx again. I've drawn the past two years for deer and javelina and I'd be happy with those two again but I'd like to get in for elk more than anything. I put in strictly cow tags this time since it's for NM...

I've only been out about four days this month and I've seen exactly one. I put a stalk on him and got into a great position and then shot over him and blew it because I'm trash with a bow (maybe with a rifle too). Oh well. I hope I get another chance but if not it's all fair. I guess I'd rather...

I've only hunted them once and it was in the draw units but I've seen quite a few just driving around the greater Gila area. They might be hard to find when you actually want to find them. Where I've seen them they tend to stick close to arroyos or brushy canyons and corridors like that that...

I feel like that should be my next step as well. If I had thought ahead I would have bought one with the threads for that already but I'm sure I'll find a decent gunsmith around.

Tikka T3X superlite in 300win mag. It's an excellent gun but the recoil is kinda tough, at least while prone. I find that I have to shoot it very often to mentally overcome that flinching response. Just sucks how expensive the bullets are. I also shot a javelina with a standard Anderson AR-15...

Thank you. I attached a pic now. I don't think he's much compared to a lot of the pics I've seen here but I would've been happy with less. Way better than what I saw last year in unit 25.

I tagged out in 16 this year. It was my 2nd ever mule deer hunt so I'm still a noob but I'm super happy. I made some mistakes and learned a few things the hard way but I still managed to get him. It's probably the best way it could have happened. Edit- I would've gotten better pics but it took...