SDBugler
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I’m posting this in both the AZ and NM forums to since it applies to both.
I’m looking for some suggestions for lockers & taxidermists in the Alpine, Eagar/Springerville, Reserve, Socorro area.
One of my sons and I have elk hunts that are pretty close together. I have an AZ archery elk tag in unit 27 September 15-28 and then a week later my son has a NM rifle tag just across the border in unit 16B October 7-11.
Because the drive from SD is a pretty long haul for us, we plan to spend the week between hunts doing some scouting for his hunt (even though I have hunted 16B twice in the past).
Normally we butcher and process our game ourselves but since we will potentially be spending two additional weeks before heading home, I will probably need to have my elk processed at a locker if I’m lucky enough to harvest. Then pick it up after his hunt before we head home. I would also need to get the cape to a taxidermist to care for it.
Do any of you local AZ and NM residents have any suggestions for good lockers and/or taxidermists?
You can post here or PM me if you are more comfortable.
Our other option would be to drop off a small chest freezer at my sisters-in-law’s in Colorado Springs and process my elk there between hunts and return to NM. I have done this before several years ago when I had back-to-back ibex/mountain goat/elk tags.
Thanks!
I’m looking for some suggestions for lockers & taxidermists in the Alpine, Eagar/Springerville, Reserve, Socorro area.
One of my sons and I have elk hunts that are pretty close together. I have an AZ archery elk tag in unit 27 September 15-28 and then a week later my son has a NM rifle tag just across the border in unit 16B October 7-11.
Because the drive from SD is a pretty long haul for us, we plan to spend the week between hunts doing some scouting for his hunt (even though I have hunted 16B twice in the past).
Normally we butcher and process our game ourselves but since we will potentially be spending two additional weeks before heading home, I will probably need to have my elk processed at a locker if I’m lucky enough to harvest. Then pick it up after his hunt before we head home. I would also need to get the cape to a taxidermist to care for it.
Do any of you local AZ and NM residents have any suggestions for good lockers and/or taxidermists?
You can post here or PM me if you are more comfortable.
Our other option would be to drop off a small chest freezer at my sisters-in-law’s in Colorado Springs and process my elk there between hunts and return to NM. I have done this before several years ago when I had back-to-back ibex/mountain goat/elk tags.
Thanks!
