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“Ultimately, hunters aren’t really necessary to manage wildlife, Kevin Bixby told Outdoor Life last year. Bixby is the executive director of Wildlife For All, a New Mexico-based group that’s pushing for state wildlife reform, with roots in animal-rights, rewilding, and deep ecology campaigns.”...

Is anyone on top of the "New Proposal" being pushed by the current Director of the BLM? A Proposed Rule by the Land Management Bureau Our Land Office Commissioner, Stephanie Garcia Richard, just testified before Congressional Sub-committee on the "health of public lands ". Are we hunters...

How can a person claim to be for hunting if they then limit the ability for a novice to borrow a firearm and try the sport? As a State we need to do better, MUCH BETTER!

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in conjunction with Ted Turner & the Turner Endangered Species Fund, proposes the translocation of one adult pair of Mexican wolves with dependent pups ~ 6 weeks old on the Ladder Ranch – Turner Reserve Property. full proposal pdf link The plan has been...

Big Game Draw 2022 Webinar Series - Access is the Key! We will meet virtually every week, sometimes multiple times a week, to discuss the draw, how to apply, options for hunter education and read the draw odds report. We will also have our big game biologists on hand to answer questions. In...

Well, MLG has made up her mind, what will it cost us? https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2019/05/28/gov-lujan-grisham-appoints-new-state-game-commission-members/

So, NM Representatives, Lujan and Grisham (who wants to be Governor), introduced HR 5087 which will outlaw a number of rifles that many of us hunt with........ This bill will also outlaw Pistols and Shotguns as well. [link:www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5087/text]

You read the subject line correctly. In Unit 52, for archery season: the FS is going to replace the bridge over the Rio San Antonio. They "hope this project will be completed in 30 days as scheduled"; that's what I was told when I spoke with the Tres Piedras office. Forest Rd 87 will be closed...

Yeah, an overemphasized subject line. However, did you ever think you would see the day when coyote hunting would be curtailed in New Mexico? If they can eliminate one aspect of hunting; or maybe one per year, how long before all hunting becomes Illegal? Think it won't happen during our time...

Used a guy for years in Co. and now he's moved to a 9-5 job; can't blame him, now he has more time to hunt. Is there a great butcher in the Abq./SF area +100mi? I'm not asking about cut and wrap, I can do that. I mean a real butcher; one that makes great jerky, smoked links, sausages etc. and...

So, for something different I put in for and drew archery Javelina tags. One for the Mrs. also(her second big game hunt). Kinda excited, everything I have read says they are fun to hunt. My biggest question is; are there a preponderance of them on public? Or are they like Barbary, ie. you might...

santa fe reporter Few explanations offered for why Director James Lane made a quick exit. Any ideas? Any repercussions?

I saw in the back of American Rifleman, there is a gun show scheduled in Abq. for dec 14th-15th. For those in the know; would it be worth going? Or is it one of those 10 tables of sham-wow and rusted $50 knife type deals? Thanks-

Anyone else see Zack, Paul and an infamous Ibex in RMEF Bugle, nov.-dec. '13, pg.132? That photo gets my attention every time I see it.

Going to go visit a relative, next weekend. Last year we went out searching for pigs, trying to get some fresh Easter pork. Didn't connect but found some rooted up areas and had a great time. Problem is, that area is now burned to the ground! I was thinking about checking out the areas just...

For years, the wife has really helped out on hunting, even packed Elk this year. I was thinking she might like doing the shooting too, even if only at targets. (I could go broke supplying her with .45ACP) Any suggestions on a bow? I've figured out she should draw 26in, but I have no idea what...

Got a notification from the Dept., anyone else read this? "SANTA FE ? Chronic wasting disease in deer and elk in southern New Mexico has prompted the Department of Game and Fish to expand areas where hunters must observe special rules pertaining to the handling and transportation of animal...

A few months back I 'upgraded' to a new bow. Love the speed!!(294ish), even with a 485gr. arrow. However, in getting to that I have lost weight and ATA. Now It just feels so much harder to hover the pin in. Out to 40 it's still all fine- as long as i follow through! (nothing new there...

So, going to the Valle this year for second archery. Seven years ago, I helped on a third rifle hunt and have done one scouting trip, so there is a penciled in plan in place. I wanted to go scouting this (Labor day) weekend, but decided against it, I just didn't want to get in the way of...

New bow needs a new rest, right? Here comes the problem, is there truly an advantage of using a drop away rest? (other than FOB use) or is it really just marketing?

My sister just called and said a potential burner has started by the ski area. Anyone else in the mix?

An aquaintance from the Forest Guild sent this to me. As I did not draw 6a as planned I send it on for those who did. [www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/jemez_mtn_rest/index.html] "The Santa Fe National Forest is hosting three educational field trips into the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape...

So I was going over the Game & Fish agenda for the up coming Farmington meeting and this one aspect really jumped out at me. AGENDA ITEM NO. 16: Proposed Amendments to the Bighorn Sheep Rule. Presented by Darrel Weybright - The Department will present proposed amendments to the Bighorn Sheep...

So, yesterday I feed the monster and instead of looking at new bows on the net, I went down and tried some. Yes, I am officially in the market for the first time in 18 years. Now before I am inundated with well meaning 'I shoot xyz, you should too'; the list is very short- because my draw...

So, once again crunching numbers trying to find the three 'best choices' for my wife to draw a cow tag. (for the record she is 0 for 2, need to fire the statistician) It is amazing to me how some Cow hunts actually have severely worse odds to draw than some MB tags. Anyway, with the rule...

So, been thinking I need a new rifle. As I predominately hunt in the state I live in (NM), I feel the need for a more versatile rifle: elk , deer, audad, some day ibex and oryx (God willing I ever draw). so, dare I ask your thoughts: caliber, brand, model, and why that one?

I came across this article in the SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, and thought it would be good to pass along. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/NM-ranchers-sue-over-changes-in-wolf-program I would not like for us in NM to end up like some other states, legislating our wildlife at the whim...

So, as I am fine tuning my arrow and broad heads for the coming season I came to the conclusion, that two were not enough. Yes, I could buy new shafts and heads; but what about the ones I all ready have?? Let me explain. There are the two, that I shot my elk with last year. The one I shot my...

Just wanted to say a big hello. I have been living in NM for the past four years, and absolutely love the opportunities for outdoor recreation in this state. A co worker turned me on to MM two years back; now I have finally decided to quit watching from the shore and jump in. You guys seem to...