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Gorilla super glue is what I use for skulls where the smaller bone segments separate (I use it for loose teeth too). It works well, and you can’t see it if you do it right. Very nice euro!

Filled my elk tag on 9/5. I really enjoyed having my daughter along too. Very blessed to be able to live and hunt in NM!

Awesome! Thanks! Good luck to you and your son as well!

Cool! Thanks for the input! I agree that we should have an earlier archery season as well. Good luck in the draw!

Howdy! I was curious if any of you have hunted the Sandia's (Unit 8) for turkey in the last few years, and how you felt the quality of the hunt was? My daughter drew one of the turkey tags in the Sandia's, and I'm looking forward to hunting them a little close to home. Just curious about...

Congrats on the great ram! As to eating it, I've eaten four Barbary that ranged from a young ewe to a 14-year-old ram, and it's all been fine if you take care of it (like most game meat is). I only do ground because the meat is fairly tough and doesn't make good steaks or roasts in my opinion...

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Geno, do you happen to have any pics of your work by any chance? The reason I ask is that I'm likely going to need a replacement taxidermist in the next 6 months or so, and I'd like to take a gander at your work if possible. Also, just out of curiosity, what's your approximate turnaround time...

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+1 on the Black Gold Ascent 5-pin. If you're going to shoot longer distances, having a slider sight makes a huge difference. I was shooting a fairly fast bow (330 fps) and bottoming out my pins in the sight housing at about 80 yards, so being able to move the whole housing down allowed me to be...

I use the Ripcord Ace, and I really like it, but the QAD is a great rest too. Whatever you get, make sure you can let down without the rest falling. I had an original Ripcord rest at one point, and it would fall when I let down and my arrow would hit the shelf and create noise. If you're letting...

Couple thoughts on boots and caliber: Boots - for expensive boots, I've used Kenetrek Mountain Extremes and Lowa Tibets, and after several years of getting blisters on both of my heels, I sold them, and bought some Keen hikers. For whatever reason, the super-stiff boots wear down my heels...

+1 on the book above. I also have several books from the North American Hunting club that are beneficial, especially for the new hunter. They're a little old, but much of the info is still valid. I also really like the Western Hunter magazine and their TV show that's also available on DVD...

PM sent. IMO you should be able to hold out for something decent.

Thanks again to all who posted. I appreciate the feedback. I have seen some very impressive oryx horn repairs, so I'll definitely keep that in mind.

Thanks for the help. Hoping for a big one.

My brother drew an OIL oryx tag on Rhodes this year, and I was going to see if I could start a thread of oryx photos with the length measurements for field-judging purposes. Since it is an OIL tag, we would like to be a little picky if possible. I like to get a feel for size beforehand so I can...

Barnes 250 gr. TMZ or TEZ is what I use. They've performed very well on everything I've shot with them (elk and deer). I limit myself to 250 yards, but if I was going to shoot farther, I'd give the Parker bullets a long look as their B.C. is really exceptional and will help with wind-drift...

This comes from the Caldera Rules and Regulations section: "All hunters using firearms while hunting on the preserve are required to wear a minimum of 244 square inches of blaze orange with the exception of hunters using a shotgun during the turkey hunt." (The wording of this is pretty much...

Good to know, Travis. Thanks. It's nice to know NM has turkeys with that much beard and spur length. If I'm going to drop close to the equivalent price of an elk mount on a turkey, I'd like it to be a nice one. Sorry, that post made it seem like my bird this year was my first turkey ever. It...

Since we're winding down NM's turkey season, I was curious what the largest Merriam's (in terms of beard and spurs) has been for some of you who have hunted them longer than I have? I hope to get a full-strut mount done eventually on a nice NM Merriam's, and I was curious what a large one looks...

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Himtn, I got a 1.5" group at 100 yards with it, but I was seated with about a 20 mph wind in my face, so I think I could get it around an inch from a bench or prone. For an 18" barrel on a gun I won't have anyone shoot past about 300 yards, I was sufficiently happy with that group, even though I...

I just bought my wife a Ruger American Compact in 7mm-08. The ballistics are better than the .243, and I see no difference in the recoil. The scoped rifle weighs less than 7 lbs., and the length-of-pull is more appropriate for a smaller shooter. I like it so much, I'm probably going to use it...

Where'd you find that price? I've got a small pile of sheds taking up space in my garage that I'd like to turn into some cash.Thanks.

I've called elk in with a little bit of everything (including the Hoochie Mamma, which actually gets the credit for my largest bull so far), but I'd say my preference is primarily the open reed variation. I have most of the Primos elk calls (which have worked quite well over the years), and I...

In the areas I look for antlers/hunt turkeys, I often see deer and elk with both antlers still on in mid April to early May. However, it wouldn't shock me if they dropped earlier this year due to some of the cold and large amounts of snow we had in December.

Pic didn't load. Would love to see it though. 179" is really something for a first deer. I think my first deer scored about 35" gross. :) Congrats!

Congrats to the young hunter! Javelina are great fun to hunt. IMO, $450 is very reasonable for an open-mouthed javelina. I paid $400 for a closed-mouth (I regret not doing an open-mouth now) javelina about five years ago, and if you found someone who will do a good job on an open-mouth for...

Guess I'm a little spoiled. The longest mine has taken was 7 months (oryx) and the shortest was 5 weeks (pronghorn). He keeps threatening to retire, and I dread the day that happens. Every other taxidermist I contacted had a 12-month turn-around time.

Yup. Dropped off of my list for my turkey application.

Just to clarify the clarification, the NPS replied again to my original inquiry stating that orange WILL be required during the Caldera turkey hunts. They informed me originally that the proclamation was incorrect, but it turns out that it is correct on this requirement.

Just as a clarification if anyone was interested, I heard back from the NPS this morning, and they said the blaze orange requirement was only for the elk hunts. Blaze orange is not required for turkey hunts in the Caldera. Thanks.

Yup. Elk and turkey in the Caldera are now part of the regular draw. Not sure if it's good or bad, but it is what it is.

I just noticed that the Valles Caldera turkey hunt requires the hunter to wear 244 sq. inches of blaze orange because it's considered a firearms hunt. Has anyone ever hunted turkeys while wearing orange, and how did that go? With their eyesight such as it is, it seems like it would be an...

+1 on the Leupold VX3 with the CDS dial. Leupold makes an excellent scope, and their CDS dials are very nice as well. I really like the fact that you don't have to remove the turret cap to adjust them as well. One other option I'd consider is the Vortex Crossfire or Diamondback. I recently put a...

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. Very cool ram. Looks like he has an ear tag?

From my recollection, it's generally out online at the end of the last business day in December. I think there's a little variation, but I believe that's been the case the last few years. We can usually start putting in the first Wednesday in January, so it behooves them to put it up a little...

LAST EDITED ON Dec-11-15 AT 06:43AM (MST)[p]Left main beam is intact; it just looks to have a little bit of palmation on the end. There are a couple more photos on the NM forum. He is a beast, and it's a bummer he went out that way.