Newbie to the state

Wanderer1961 · Jan 28, 2023

Moved to Mesquite last fall. Have been hunting in Alaska and Washington all my life. now looking to figure out this state. Wife now also has the bug and has taken some nice animals in WA and Arizona. i have the regs and have been reviewing them looking to get familiar a bit (way easier than WA). i'll be driving up hwy 93 on trips this spring/summer just to see the country. i'm hoping to get any advise you can give to a newbie here.
first question - do you have a preferred meat processor on the east side ?

thanks for any insight you can provide....

Soj51hopeful · Jan 28, 2023

Take up bow hunting if you don’t already. Nevadas draw system is awesome and stinks at the same time.

BroadHead · Jan 29, 2023

You will see lots of beautiful country off the 93. Grab some BLM maps or subscribe to On-X and start plotting potential hunting areas. Get on NDOW's web site and look through their resources: https://www.ndow.org/get-outside/hunting/plan-your-hunt/ and https://www.ndow.org/blog/top-10-big-game-resources/ (their interactive map with hunt stats is here: https://www.hunt.wildlifenv.com/?utm_source=ndoworg).

As far a big game processing, take a short drive south to Vegas and try John Mulls Meats. They are open 24 hours for drop-off during deer season. I've used them before and they did a good job. Deer hot links....yum yum.

doz · Jan 29, 2023

Id keep your "residence" in WA or wherever you came from. Nevada sucks balls with the cut tags, lack of water, overrun horses, and the draw odds due to influx of people the last 20 years.

Cant even draw a damn cow tag in this state.