I live in Silver City, NM and Monday's local paper there is a short article about some cases of poaching that the G&F is lookin into. It states that since September there have been 11 reports of trophy class bulls being poached in Unit 15 alone. It also goes on to say 2 bulls were killed and presumably the meat was used, in the rest of the reports either the heads were removed or the antlers were cut of at the skull. In neighboring Unit 13 there is an open case on a bull that was shot and just left on the side of a road.
I don't know about you but this makes me sick. I have been lucky enough to have hunted Unit 15 for the past three years so far without harvesting an animal but I have seen some very BIG bulls. I take time every year and dedicate who knows how many hours into hunting this area, all for what?...so some jerk can go in there and literally waste an animal as beutiful as a bull elk!
I don't know about you but this makes me sick. I have been lucky enough to have hunted Unit 15 for the past three years so far without harvesting an animal but I have seen some very BIG bulls. I take time every year and dedicate who knows how many hours into hunting this area, all for what?...so some jerk can go in there and literally waste an animal as beutiful as a bull elk!