Just for the record. I have tried mixing up my units. I do not waste a draw opp. on Valle Vidal. And I am not interested in spending $1000.00+ on an Elk, so I don't go out of state. I have only one consistant unit as my first opition all three years and have mixed it up with other less...
As a resident that has not drawn cow elk in the last 3 years, I'm glad that NM is giving residents more tags. Hope I get one. Now with that said, I remember when NM tried a semi point system and it didn't work. If you entered the draw so many years (3 I think) and didn't draw you were up next...
Thanks to all for the reply's. I didn't think the info that guy at Bass Pro sounded right. I shoot the round balls in the field just to target practice with. I shoot a sabotted 44 cal. hollow point and am extremely happy so far. Only one no kill in ten years. :D
I don't shoot my sabots...
I was recently talking to a guy at a Bass Pro shop in Las Vegas. He said I didn't need to use a patch when shooting a ball, just lube the ball, pack it down and shoot. I use an inline 50 cal.
Anyone do this? It was the first I had heard of not using a patch with a round ball.
Barbary Sheep.
I drew last year but could not hunt.:mad: I was told that in the southern portion of the Guadalupe mtns, west of Carlsbad, NM are some canyons. They like the canyons. Had I been able to go I would have more info. I was also told that they will run back and forth over the...
Ethically speaking, shoot it. Don’t let the wounded animal go off to die and not be recovered. If the original shooter(s) claim it then great, if not then you have acted with a measure of responsibility. Albeit it’s not what you wanted but what you needed/had to do.
I drew unit 15 black powder. :D It's my first time in that area :confused: so if anyone has any advice to save me from |oo I sure would appreciate it. Congrats to all who scored...
Congrats to you both Moosie.
I've got 4 boys myself, the oldest is 28 and my baby is graduating high school next week. Enjoy them, the time flies by dude. I can't believe my last one is graduating next week.
I do the same as DELW. All my loads are the same. Haven't changed them in at least 10 years. I reload my .06 with one load, my 30-30 with one load and my 50 cal. black power with one load. Usually take them out a couple of times in the summer to practice. Then in late August the rifle type...
One year while deer hunting (day before black powder season) in unit 21 I saw 2 dogs chasing and nipping a year old calf. We were in the middle of some BLM land and about 1 mile from some ranch land. I had my .38 and chased of the dogs off but the point I wanted to make is the dogs were the...