Anyone Draw New Mexico Elk 2014?

[dscubame]

Not me. 

[cjensen]

Not me either but ill probably buy a landowner tag again this year. 

[alwinearcher]

Not me! And I was sure this was the year!
Cjensen, where do you get our landowner tags from?

[Bean Counter]

Not me, Thank Goodness! Now I can focus on just my trophy hunt in Arizona   

[et1702]

Not me either.

ET

[cjensen]

Not me! And I was sure this was the year!
Cjensen, where do you get our landowner tags from?

New Mexico Game and Fish provides a list of ranches that get issued tags along with their phone number and address.    In each unit there are several ranchers that get a certain number of tags every year, and another list of smaller land owners that get put in a pool and they draw a tag every few years.    Last year in my unit I bought one from a rancher for $2,000 and was able to get two other guys from the "small landowner list" to sell me a tag for $2,500 each (for my dad, my brother, and myself).   

As soon as the list of land owners come out you have to make calls like a crazy person because in the good units the tags are mostly gone the first day.   You cant low ball either because there are guys with money offering the moon.    I sent the rancher who gets tags every year a Christmas present hoping he'll sell me his tag(s) again this year.  Sucks cause you have to buy the tag from the rancher and then still pay the $800+ to the state for the tag.   

[nwhunter]

My brother kept his lucky streak alive and got a muzzleloader bull hunt on the Valles Caldera. Its an awesome place and we cant believe we get to hunt it again.

[TheHunt]

nope

[dscubame]

My brother kept his lucky streak alive and got a muzzleloader bull hunt on the Valles Caldera. Its an awesome place and we cant believe we get to hunt it again.

Very Nice!!

[brianb231]

Not me! And I was sure this was the year!
Cjensen, where do you get our landowner tags from?

New Mexico Game and Fish provides a list of ranches that get issued tags along with their phone number and address.    In each unit there are several ranchers that get a certain number of tags every year, and another list of smaller land owners that get put in a pool and they draw a tag every few years.    Last year in my unit I bought one from a rancher for $2,000 and was able to get two other guys from the "small landowner list" to sell me a tag for $2,500 each (for my dad, my brother, and myself).   

As soon as the list of land owners come out you have to make calls like a crazy person because in the good units the tags are mostly gone the first day.   You cant low ball either because there are guys with money offering the moon.    I sent the rancher who gets tags every year a Christmas present hoping he'll sell me his tag(s) again this year.  Sucks cause you have to buy the tag from the rancher and then still pay the $800+ to the state for the tag.

Me and My hunting partner applied again this year to no avail. But he is wanting to look into a land owner tag as well. How did you guys fare with those tags. Did you have opportunities or harvest a Bull?

THanks

Brian

[cjensen]

Not me! And I was sure this was the year!
Cjensen, where do you get our landowner tags from?

New Mexico Game and Fish provides a list of ranches that get issued tags along with their phone number and address.    In each unit there are several ranchers that get a certain number of tags every year, and another list of smaller land owners that get put in a pool and they draw a tag every few years.    Last year in my unit I bought one from a rancher for $2,000 and was able to get two other guys from the "small landowner list" to sell me a tag for $2,500 each (for my dad, my brother, and myself).   

As soon as the list of land owners come out you have to make calls like a crazy person because in the good units the tags are mostly gone the first day.   You cant low ball either because there are guys with money offering the moon.    I sent the rancher who gets tags every year a Christmas present hoping he'll sell me his tag(s) again this year.  Sucks cause you have to buy the tag from the rancher and then still pay the $800+ to the state for the tag.

Me and My hunting partner applied again this year to no avail. But he is wanting to look into a land owner tag as well. How did you guys fare with those tags. Did you have opportunities or harvest a Bull?

THanks

Brian

The tag is the same as the tag you would draw in the state drawing...we all got Unit Wide tags. We hunted on NF land.   I missed two monsters in back to back days and then shot a smaller 6 point.   My brother missed one and my dad shot a bigger 6 point.  It was the worst year in recent memory with the torrential downpours, thunderstorms,  and full moon.  Still plenty of action but it was slow for everybody.  We all clearly need to work on our shooting!  Im great shooting at a target but not at elk.