hunter4life

Wise food tastes pretty terrible. I always add some extra spices that I pack along, but still not as good as mountain house.

See tons of them in many areas of NM. These are some more interesting colored ones from an area with Malpais and sand.

Look at the more "hippie style" backpacking brands. They are good quality and much cheaper than the hunting brands (ie Kuiu, Sitka, Kifaru, etc.) Check out E-bay. You can get used stuff pretty cheap on there.

Once, on Kodiak. It was a difficult but good hunt. Where (in elevation) and how you will be hunting really depends on the dates you choose to go hunting.

I put one on an Omega and ended up going with the Williams FP receiver sight. I ran into the same problem with the WGRS sight that you are having. I think the FP sight is better built anyways. I did have to sand away a small area of the stock to make it fit right. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/115737/williams-fp-t-c-receiver-peep-sight-encore-g2-omega-scout-aluminum-matte

A young ram or ewe will be good. An older ram is tough as boot leather so just grind the whole thing. I have never had a single one that had bad flavor and I have eaten a bunch of different aoudad.

I saw this documentary the other day on CNN and just got finished watching the interview with the directors. I really like the interview and it actually seems like the directors "get it" and understand why hunting is a viable way to conserve animals. I don't think this came across nearly as well in the documentary as it did in the interview. I hope a few of the fence sitters see this and support hunting in the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0YBKCaPuF4&feature=player_embedded You guys/gals in Arizona will need good luck in your fight against the mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban. The more people we can get on our side the better.

Awesome. They are all really good, old Tur. I have killed the Dagestan and would love to hunt the other 2 some day.

Get it to a good taxidermist and let them do the leg work. I am sure they will be able to find one for you. There are quite a few NM oryx that are done as euros, so there are a few capes around. Major Wildlife Studio in Las Cruces probably has some. I just asked my brother (who is a taxidermist) but his last spare bull cape was just spoken for about 2 weeks ago. Good luck.

Killing a lion is a very small part of lion hunting. If killing a lion is your goal, then the 3 outfitters mentioned so far seem to get the job done regularly. If you want to learn about lion hunting then it is going to take a few years, lots of miles on your boots and many more on the backs of horses or mules.

If you are building a trophy room sheath it in 23/32 inch OSB or plywood and you can mount anything wherever you want. Without it, I always try to find a stud. I have a few smaller mounts on those 75lb drywall anchors, but I try to avoid it if possible.

There are good green chilies from a lot of spots in NM. We have good ones here in SE NM as well. The grocery stores have now got the roasters out front. I love the smell of late summer and fall here in NM. CatfishKev, you roast them to get the skins off of them. Remember to wear gloves, do not scratch your face or take a piss after peeling a bunch. You will regret it. You must wash your hands well.

The deadline is long past. NM hunt applications are due in March.

Show me a score sheet on any of these velvet gov/raffle tag bulls from an official P&Y measurer (because they measure velvet antlers, or strip it and get it to an official B&C measurer) after 60 days of drying at room temperature and I will stand corrected. Until then I will remain a skeptic. I am not arguing that it is an incredible bull. It is amazing how these animals can grow such a large set of antlers in the wild in just a few months. Hopefully the growth here in NM is good this year.

They also score much more when they are in fresh velvet which helps with the advertising for the guide companies. As you will notice they never tell you the score after they are dried or stripped. I have heard that once dried many of these bulls lose 30-45 inches.

Get the landowner list and start making calls. Many ranch tags are bought up by outfitters but some are not. Around Tatum there are lots of goats but they tend to not be very big so tags are not super expensive. Sorry, but I do not personally know anyone selling tags this year. http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/download/hunting/maps/a-plus/A_PLUS-Landowner-List.pdf

This guy lives out behind my house. He has another buddy that he usually hangs out with. If you look closely his whole face is kind of twisted. I would assume he was born this way, but who knows.

Yes they could interbreed. They are different subspecies, but all part of the same species. It all depends if you are a "lumper" or a "splitter". Lumpers would say there are only dall sheep, bighorn sheep and snow sheep. Splitters will break it down in to Dall, Stones, Rocky mountain bighorn, Desert Bighorn, California bighorn and the several varieties of snow sheep. Some will even split them further for example into Nelsoni or Mexican desert bighorns. If you look at some of the bighorns coming out of NM recently it sure looks like some Rocky mountain genetics have been mixed in. Just look at Jim Hens' state record and Chase Willis' desert bighorns out of the Ladron's. They sure look like Rocky's to me. http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/hunting/information-by-animal/big-game/bighorn-sheep/

Nice finds! Looks like a little muley to me. If these are coming from SE NM then it is definitely not a coues.

I have killed and eaten a bunch of them. Ewes and young rams have good flavor and are not too tough. Big rams have fine flavor, but are tough as boot leather. The whole thing is done as ground meat or sausage. I have never had one that had a gamey or bad flavor. Bill, if that argument holds true then why don't we call bull elk, stags, and cow elk, hinds, or vice versa. They will interbreed with red deer and produce fertile offspring. Are the goat - aoudad hybrids sterile or fertile?

I agree Bill. It is neither a goat nor a sheep. With that being said, who made the rule that they are called billies and nannies. Everybody I know that hunts them calls them by: Rams, Ewes and Lambs. I live in the middle of "sheep" country here in SE NM and you will never convince me to call them otherwise.

In NM the tag is actually a carcass tag. Doesn't go on the antlers, but many people put it there.

Find a good taxidermist, tell them what you want and they should be able to alter a form to meet your desire. The key word here is: good.

Killed this tom with a 1911 in .45 Shot was about 10-15 yards. Looked like the first one would have done the trick but put in a few quick follow-ups to make sure he didn't come out alive and get into the dogs.

You are going to lose your house. Contrary to what the t-shirts used to say, the size of the dog in the fight matters a lot. That bobcat would not last long against any bigger dog that has much prey drive.