Going hunting!

Sanders · 05-04-2012, 05:25 PM

Got this in e-mail:

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New Mexico Department of Game & Fish

Dear SANDERS,

Congratulations! The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is notifying you that you were successful in drawing a 2012 - 2013 hunting license for the following hunt code(s): ELK-3-232. Information specific to your hunt code can be found in the current 2012 - 2013 New Mexico Big Game Rules and Information booklet. The booklet can be found online at the Department website http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Again, congratulations and good luck on your hunt!

That's muzzleloader cow elk hunt, for those without a New Mexico big game proclamation handy.

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New Mexico Department of Game & Fish

Dear SANDERS,

Congratulations! The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is notifying you that you were successful in drawing a 2012 - 2013 hunting license for the following hunt code(s): DER-3-237. Information specific to your hunt code can be found in the current 2012 - 2013 New Mexico Big Game Rules and Information booklet. The booklet can be found online at the Department website http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Again, congratulations and good luck on your hunt!

That's a fork antlered or better mule deer hunt with muzzleloader.

Now I have to wait until the end of October for my deer hunt, and the first week of December for the elk hunt.

JD Miller · 05-04-2012, 06:24 PM

Cool

DorGunR · 05-04-2012, 06:34 PM

Congrats............

Czubek · 05-04-2012, 09:56 PM

Congratulations and good hunting!

Brian

10 Bears · 05-04-2012, 10:04 PM

THAT will help the old freezer stay cold.

Now practice that reloading technique untill it's automatic.

That second shot may be critical!

Sanders · 08-23-2012, 05:22 PM

They had leftover tags for my mule deer muzzleloader hunt.

Wife said she'll go with me and try to get one. She wants a full freezer.

I just have to teach her how to shoot left-handed, now, since her right shoulder has had so many reconstructive surgeries. We don't want to take a chance on recoil dislodging one of the anchors.

So, I'm starting her on the old standby - the single shot .22, off a bench. We'll work up from there.

5knives · 08-23-2012, 05:43 PM

We need a smiley for "Green with Envy".

Regards,

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Czubek · 08-23-2012, 09:31 PM

That's good she wants to get out and do this! I hope she can get used to left handed shooting.

Is it unusual for them to have left over tags?

Brian

10 Bears · 08-23-2012, 10:41 PM

You can allways "say" she actually did the shooting . . .

You were just there to back her up if she wounded the critter!

Sanders · 08-23-2012, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 10 Bears

You can allways "say" she actually did the shooting . . .

You were just there to back her up if she wounded the critter!

I don't know nuthin' 'bout nuthin'.

Sanders · 08-23-2012, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Czubek

That's good she wants to get out and do this! I hope she can get used to left handed shooting.

Is it unusual for them to have left over tags?

Brian

It is unusual. But, the unit I'm hunting in hasn't had a lot of success the past couple years. Why? Because 90 percent or so of the "hunters" don't get off the roads!

All you have to do is get a few hundred yards off the road, and deer are pretty easy to find.

Now, marksmanship is something entirely different.

Czubek · 08-24-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 10 Bears

You can allways "say" she actually did the shooting . . .

You were just there to back her up if she wounded the critter!

Sounds like the youth hunt here. The kids are just along for show...

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Originally Posted by Sanders

It is unusual. But, the unit I'm hunting in hasn't had a lot of success the past couple years. Why? Because 90 percent or so of the "hunters" don't get off the roads!

All you have to do is get a few hundred yards off the road, and deer are pretty easy to find.

Now, marksmanship is something entirely different.

I agree about the 90%. Here, they don't bother getting out of their vehicle, or asking permission to hunt from your road. Usually, you "fluff up the gravel road" in front of them with a rifle shot, they go away and don't come back. I heard that works, anyhow.

Brian

Sanders · 10-19-2012, 03:20 PM

Awww darn! Just looked at a moon phase calendar and see I will be hunting during the bright cycle of the moon.

The deer and elk forage and drink at night under the moonlight, then bed down during the day.

Makes it a pain in the neck to find them.

44044 · 10-19-2012, 03:41 PM

Good luck

Czubek · 10-19-2012, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

Awww darn! Just looked at a moon phase calendar and see I will be hunting during the bright cycle of the moon.

The deer and elk forage and drink at night under the moonlight, then bed down during the day.

Makes it a pain in the neck to find them.

Borrow Erik's elk hound.

Brian

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Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,459	They had leftover tags for my mule deer muzzleloader hunt. Wife said she'll go with me and try to get one. She wants a full freezer. I just have to teach her how to shoot left-handed, now, since her right shoulder has had so many reconstructive surgeries. We don't want to take a chance on recoil dislodging one of the anchors. So, I'm starting her on the old standby - the single shot .22, off a bench. We'll work up from there.

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Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	That's good she wants to get out and do this! I hope she can get used to left handed shooting. Is it unusual for them to have left over tags? Brian

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10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	You can allways "say" she actually did the shooting . . . You were just there to back her up if she wounded the critter!

10-19-2012, 03:20 PM	#13
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,459	Awww darn! Just looked at a moon phase calendar and see I will be hunting during the bright cycle of the moon. The deer and elk forage and drink at night under the moonlight, then bed down during the day. Makes it a pain in the neck to find them.

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