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    2024 Southwest trip (NM)

    Congrats on a good hunt! David NM
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    Airport drinking

    That observation was made when the water was turned into wine...
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    2024 New Mexico Draw Results

    Elk, deer, pronghorn, oryx, barbary, javalina, and that's it. David NM
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    Help! I can't get my lab to stop digging!

    When you clean the yard, put the dog poop where they are digging. Usually works...but they may just go find somewhere else... David NM
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    Ethics of removing tree stands from public land

    Where I grew up, you could earn a buttfull of birdshot for messing with someone's gear, legal or not. Fewer witnesses here in NM, I'm leaving it be. Have not seen any tree stands here, but I'd leave em alone. David NM
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    Offseason Tinkering

    If the bench wasn't messy we'd all think photoshop or AI. David NM
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    Idaho 2024- start %itching now

    We hope to hunt in NM in '25, and be living in ID by fall in '25. That will put me in the NR draw, going to have to learn a lot about what it's gonna take to hunt, and where the places are that I want to hunt. Fingers will be crossed. At my age, I may be looking at an outfitted hunt back here...
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    Google Reviews

    Here in NM, the only way I have found to have any success with stuff like this is to get a word of mouth confirmation. Of course, a lot of folks here don't even have a website. David NM
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    2024 Take Back Your Elk Report

    Not disingenuous. If a landowner gets $5K for a tag, what of that money goes to support the herd? Somewhere between zero and something, but definitely below $5K. Don't for a minute think that $5K is a high price, they can go for much more. Again, NMDGF sees none of that, just the license and...
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    2024 Take Back Your Elk Report

    The interesting part of all this is that you're missing where the money goes. Instead of a limited number of tags being sold by the state to NRs at a price commensurate with what other western states charge, we see thousands spent for tags that go to landowners pockets. How does that benefit...
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    Take Back Your Elk

    Lying? That is a very big word. My guess is your willingness to toss a word like that on this forum is inversely proportional to your willingness to do it in person. Internet warrior. Lying. I know whether or not I am doing so. But idiot, that problem is one that you will never realize...
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    2024 Take Back Your Elk Report

    The amount of greasy money flowing through NM politics cannot be outdone. We sit on one of the fattest bank accounts of all of the states, yet 25% of our population lives in poverty. Politicians get a "walking money" handout, to simply give away to patrons. The difference between the "swells"...
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    Good News, Bad News

    I was blessed to have a dr appointment the very morning my shingles started to erupt. Hit me with anit-virals right then - may be one of the few in the universe that had a mild case. Karma. Came down with Giardiaisis the day after a vastectomy. Once the squirts were under control (18#...
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    Take Back Your Elk

    Gonna jump in here, and raise the BS flag. What abqbw says is correct. You will find that outfitters will often not outfit "regular" NM residents because of the fear their hidey holes will be exposed. Right there you limit how many of those pay to play tags can even be accessed by residents...
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    Take Back Your Elk

    Like most issues we encounter that are on a scale this grand, there is no simple solution. There are guys like Hank that manage their property for elk, and who are not in the game for the money that can be had. But there are far more that are not like that - look again at that 55% figure for...
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