Valles Caldera Success Rates

[Chow_Hound]

LAST EDITED ON Jan-25-10 AT 12:33PM (MST)[p]I was trying to find harvest success rates by hunt type and couldn't find it on their website. Does anyone know if these are published anywhere.

Thanks

 

[505]

http://wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/hunting/harvest/documents/2008-09elklharvestreport.pdf

Give that a try. It will be under unit 6B

 

[NMPaul]

If you win a tag there you will kill an elk if you do not have to high of standards. 100% opportunity.

 

[northwesthunter]

I agree with 100% opportunity to kill a nice bull but in the toilet odds of winning the raffle draw if you are a nonres but soembody has to win. Don't even worry about the succes rates just figure out how much you want to spend on tickets! nwhunter

 

[CABugle]

Northwesthunter's reply is dead on! If you do not get a chance at a mature bull you are hunting with your eyes closed. As far as the odds go the best units in the state have the same or better odds and a better chance at a monster bull IMO!

CABugle

 

[WapitiBob]

I'm feeling lucky so I'm buying tickets.

 

[nmelkman]

How does it work exactly, do the people who buy more chances have better odds or does a person who buys one chance have just as good of odds

 

[NMPaul]

It is like a lottery. The more you buy, the better chance you have.
It is also like a lottery that the odds are bad.





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[nmelkman]

So if i buy five chances and there are ten people that buy six chances those ten people get the tags??

 

[NMPaul]

No, basically, all the tickets are put in a hat and winners are drawn. You can win with one ticket, but, your odds are better the more you buy.








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Margaret Thatcher: "The trouble with Socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people's money."


"When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both." - James Dale Davidson, National Taxpayers Union


"A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own." - Unknown

 

[northwesthunter]

And if you are a nonres most of the bull hunts only have one tag for self guided and one for a guided nonres so it really is a crap shoot. The first year I heard of the VC I bought one ticket on a whim and got drawn for a bow hunt. Since then I have spent a few hundred every year and zippo. Somebody has to win but probably won't be me again.nwhunter