Do any of you NM hunters have experience with the on-line only Encouragement Hunts? It's only NM residents and only youth hunters can apply the first 14 days and only if the were unsuccessful in the draw. Have any of you had success getting an Encouragement Elk Hunt youth tag for son or daughter? Any sense of the draw odds? Thanks for any insights.
Encouragement Elk Hunts: Online Purchase Only Only New Mexico residents are eligible. Only youth hunters are eligible during the first 14 days of the online sale. The resident youth hunter must have applied for at least one draw hunt for bighorn sheep, Barbary sheep, deer, elk, ibex, oryx or pronghorn but must not have drawn any hunt.
Encouragement Elk Hunts: Online Purchase Only Only New Mexico residents are eligible. Only youth hunters are eligible during the first 14 days of the online sale. The resident youth hunter must have applied for at least one draw hunt for bighorn sheep, Barbary sheep, deer, elk, ibex, oryx or pronghorn but must not have drawn any hunt.