>Yes! They should pass this bill
>for NM Res. to get
>more tags. I hunt units
>6c,50,51,52 for elk and for
>deer 2b,6c,51,52. for the last
>20 years and lately it
>is hard to to get
>tags for these units. I
>am not trying be greedy
>I am just trying to
>get tags and put meat
>in the freezer to eat.
>We get these out state
>hunters who come out here
>to hunt for just the
>antlers and leave the meat
>to spoil. I have seen
>it. and also these outfitters
>they also get alot of
>the tags and they sell
>them for good money.
>lets be fair.
>
>nnmhunter.
First leaving meat to spoil is against the law and if you catch someone doing it turn them in.
Second, there are plenty of "slob" NM hunters. There is no way to say that Non Res hunters are worse than Resident hunters when it comes to poaching, leaving meat to waste, shooting animals on private land and leaving them there or any of the other crap that goes on.
I tend to think that someone that goes to great expense to come here as a group may be a little more considerate of laws.
As far as more tags going to resident hunters I tend to agree with you, but, how many and where they come from has been beaten to death pretty well on these forums.
In the units I hunt they could reduce the tags 25% for the next 5 years and who they took them from (resident, non resident, outfitters) is less important to me than them doing it.
Of course they are not going to do it, so it does not matter.