Bobcats, Foxes and Lions

Sierra · Feb 16, 2015

Do you guys see/kill many bobcats, foxes or lions in SE NM? Considering getting the appropriate licenses to hunt them during an upcoming Aoudad hunt, but the high cost only makes sense if i have a decent chance at seeing one.

Thanks!

mozey · Feb 16, 2015

It probably depends on the unit, but I haven't ever seen any of those three while hunting barbarys over the last nine years, but that may have more to do with how and where I'm hunting barbarys.

Sierra · Feb 16, 2015

Thanks Mozey. I should clarify that we would devote a couple of days strictly toward predator hunting, so it doesn't have to be in Aoudad country. Not sure how much that improves my chances, if at all.

mozey · Feb 16, 2015

I think that would improve it a bunch. I've heard many hunters complain that too many lions are devastating the deer herd in 30.

jamaro · Feb 17, 2015

If you don't get a tag you will see a ton.... I have been running a trap line in the Gila and it seems there are a ton of foxes this year...

maxxbob1 · Feb 17, 2015

I saw two kit foxes down in Unit 30 a couple weeks ago. I hadn't seen a kit in years, then I saw two in two days. They are pretty easy to call in if they are around. They like the grassy areas from what I've seen.

NMPaul · Feb 18, 2015

I call in just as many foxes as coyotes. Bobcats are around, but, you wont likely see one. Mountain lions are a long shot for sure.

Sierra · Feb 19, 2015

Thanks for the input guys. Sounds like I should buy the furbearer license and pass on the lion tag. As I read the regs, non-residents need to buy a furbearer license in order to "hunt" bobcats and foxes.

Hopefully, the upcoming cold weather will help my sheep hunt.

NMPaul · Feb 19, 2015

Ray, you have it right. Not sure what the NR lion tag is, but, you could always look at it as a donation to NMGF. It almost always is anyways. Foxes are very active at first light. Most foxes I call in are on the first set. Rabbit in distress is normally the ticket.