Dwayne,
The NM Gov. has halted all "Kill" tags issued to landowners for nuissance wildlife. This just keeps landowners from killing a bunch of elk out in their alfalfa, etc. We do still have depredation permits, however. The good thing about the depredation tags is that they are mostly for tags and sportsmen get to hunt the elk and take them home. It beats having the elk killed and left to rot. As well, many landowners are seeing the monetary value elk and other wildlife can have.
Josh