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Your .270 has more than enough power to kill at 600 yards if you hit the right spot. I would suggest upgrading your optics, or, spending the cash on ten or twelve boxes of ammo and go out and practice in some real hunting scenarios. Sounds like you know your gun, time to master it.

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I have to admit that i got a little sucked into this thread/topic, but after some thought i realize that this thread serves no purpose. The only place to have this discussion is at SGC meetings, or during legislative sessions. What is taking place in this thread only amounts to screaming into...

Well, sometimes the stars align. Or maybe they trucked in a farm bull and blasted him, made big waves with state record talk and then put the ranch up for sale. Or maybe its all coincidence. Big bull either way, but just like spider bull, i question legitimacy of wild kill without prior year...

Just look at page 47 of the current rule book. Look at how private land hunting is handled for units 2a-c, 4, and 5a. The solution is already in effect, and this should be the model for all species. You have to draw a tag, then its up to each hunter to negotiate trespass fees. But this will...

Oh yes. I know what you are getting at. But i still say private land owners and their immediate family members that get elk authorizations should be banned from the public draw for elk in ANY unit. If they like pay to play they can do exactly that with the proceeds of their sold authorizations...

I think there are lots of other options, not sure if its better or worse or if any kind of change is possible to make to the overall program without having the cattlegrowers association blowing it all up. But, it would be nice to put it into rule that any landowner who recieves eplus, or other...

Extremists on the far left, and extremists on the far right, are way too radicalized, and frankly, both are the problem. Both have too loud of a voice right now. The catch 22 is we are at a point where anything from one side triggers the other side. And it is an endless negative feedback loop...

This is a bad situation. And just shows that the agenda is to slowly chip away at the second ammendment. What good can come from this? Im pretty worried that we could end up seeing protests throughout nm that could be easily manipulated to turn violent by further antagonism from the ultra libs...

This wont change unless jennings law is reformed. 17-2-7.2 NMSA Currently, the state can either provide opportunity for private land hunting that pads the pockets of the landowner, or they can let the landowner indiscriminately, and legally, kill all game animals on their property and let them...

Some interesting points have come up. I particularly liked the one where a coues jumped the string at 25 yards and needed an extra shot at 113 yards. I think that is an example of how hunter proficiency enhanced harvest ethics. A wounded animal should be put down as quickly as possible in my...

LAST EDITED ON May-01-19 AT 07:56PM (MST)[p]>Focusing on the strategy of shooting >animals long range is not >bowhunting. How many stories >have you heard, seen online >or read where guys hit >ibex and don't recover them? > > >I'm not going to dictate what >your effective range is, but...

I think it would be pretty easy to go with the above suggestions of adding a comments box to the harvest report, but to be completely honest, just having a blank field for people to fill in however they see fit is probably not going to yield the desired results. I think it would be easier to...

>This is not rocket science. This > >We get sidetracked, hardly anybody commented >during the regulation cycle the >past year for deer hunting. > Nothing changed significantly..... Ditto that. Kind of funny how everyone gets riled up after the fact. Rule was open, myself and many others...

I would recommend just talking with co-workers to determine if anyone hunts, talk to friends and see if people are interested in trying it out, just bring it up in casual conversation and see where it goes. It might be easier to start with small game if you are going alone, try going after...

While scouting in June can be beneficial to learn an area, in general it is not uncommon to find that elk occupy different areas seasonally. Whether that be summer, rut, winter or spring, the herds move based on many, MANY factors. Prescribed burns are typical in the fall. Once the weather...

Welcome to the biggest fight in the West....

In my opinion, the fundamental issue that is not being addressed is that we are presently living in a society with a growing percentage of that population believing that it is OK to kill someone. You can take away the guns, but if you do not get to the root of the problem, people are still...

Yup. Probably going to see more and more of this the next few years, state-wide. The bootheel has similar access issues, which are only going to get worse. Locals say that the county is running out of money to maintain the roads, so they are going to close them...I speculate that there could be...

Best advice for anyone who is hunting in New Mexico: Get a good set of optics, hike up high at dark:30 am, glass, glass, glass. If you don't find what you are looking for, move to a new area, stopping to glass every good vantage you get. Rinse and repeat until you find what you are after...

LAST EDITED ON Aug-26-17 AT 07:55AM (MST)[p]Sorry bro, but there is absolutely ZERO evidence that bison ever roamed in the Gila.....EVER. Bison roamed east of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, but at present with all the allotment boundaries that we have, and the checkerboard state trust, blm and...

>I'm not saying that your encounter >didn't happen, congratulations on your >success . > >I'm sure the excitement of the >situation made it feel like >you were at full draw >for much longer than you >were . I doubt you >timed it , 4 minutes >is an eternity regardless of >practicing...

LAST EDITED ON May-06-17 AT 08:32AM (MST)[p]haha. OK. Call B.S. But facts are facts. I was at full draw for over 4 minutes, while a bull was staring me down in the dark timber. His body was covered by a lot of brush and trees, I could only see his left eye and ear. Before he even got to that...

Good point about the stabilizer. When I first got into archery, I used a practice stabilizer that was 12" and very heavy. Then for hunting I used the sims 4" limb saver stabilizer. Practicing with the heavier setup also helped me train for hunting scenarios where you are carrying your bow all...

When you say that you are not any more stable, do you feel like you are not stable when fully rested, say, when you take your first shot of the day? Stability will come as a product of strength and experience. The more you practice, in theory, the more stable you should become. All archers lose...

I agree with the above post. 25 grains is not going to be the difference between a successful or unsuccessful bow kill. Keep your shooting distance reasonable and ethical on live animals and avoid hitting shoulder at all costs.

Yeah I have used binos as a range finder before. It works well at close distances, but it is no where near as fast or as accurate as modern rangefinders which you can pull up, hit a button, you know the exact distance, pull back the string and let it fly. Now, to illustrate with binos, you pull...

I wouldn't recommend using anything other than a straight vane with the whisker biscuit (I am sure others have different opinions). There would certainly be a significantly increased amount of drag as the vanes pass through with something like the "quick spin", potentially affecting arrow speed...

I will chime in on this one. 1. As already mentioned, Google Earth is an awesome tool. Utilizing the available GMU layers from the NMDGF, or other sources mentioned above can be a great way to identify areas that you want to scout out when you get there in person. A feature that hasn't been...

LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-16 AT 05:50PM (MST)[p]my experiences have been similar to what is described above. It can vary greatly year to year, with no real way of knowing when the peak will be until it has already passed. I am curious about unit 34 though. What is the muzzleloader season like there...