I just booked a hotel in Logan a day early, so I will be able to spend a full day scouting before season starts. May stay a few extra days and fish UTE reservoir while I am there.
Thank you for the info, everything I am reading about the unit sounds pretty good and it has a decent success rate so hopefully I can get that first goat!
I just drew a New Mexico Unit 41 pronghorn tag and will be using OnX Maps to stay on public, but looking for a recommendation on which quadrant of the unit to focus on: NW or SW? First time antelope hunter, so pretty clueless. Thanks for any help you can provide!
I loved it and will put in for the same mule deer tag next year. I can't believe the number of antelope around there, it looked like some prime private land antelope hunting. Congrats on the successful harvest!
I was thinking an exotic from a nearby ranch, but not very familiar with sheep or the area. There are barbary sheep in unit 32, but I was not lucky enough to see any.
PS Special thanks to everyone that helped point me in the right direction. For future reference I would recommend the SW part of 32. It wasn't as crowded as expected and deer sign was everywhere.
Just to update everyone on my NM 32 hunt: Hunted 3 days pretty hard both North and Southwest of Roswell and saw lots of sign, but only 3 does. Still enjoyed the scenery, hiking, and taking a half day to go see Carlsbad Caverns. I did find a bighorn ram skull that was an interesting find.
Thank you sir, that is just the motivation I needed before I head out tomorrow for NM. I plan on covering a lot of ground on foot and hopefully bumping one up to get a shot. Thanks again for the advice and good luck to you on your hunt as well!
I really appreciate the advice on the three sections. I am going to grab some BLM maps online and add NM to my OnX maps. I will definitely PM you as it gets a little closer to the hunt and I try to narrow down my search area.
Your blog was the first thing I found when I started researching this unit, very well done btw. It at-least gave me hope that there are deer in the unit. I plan on staying for the duration of the hunt and exploring quite a bit, so I will be sure and update you with what I find.
Unfortunately that is what I have read in some older posts after drawing the tag. Guess I should have done a little more research before applying :)
I will check out the Salt Creek area for sure, I usually try to stick to walk in only areas if possible.
Thanks for the help!