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shag:
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boneaddict:
Hey Creepingdeath, I found your pics tonight, now I just need to scan them, upload them and send them to you.

WAcoueshunter:
Bone - I had the 16A tag last year. I think you've got the right approach going 3 days early. The tail end of the middle hunt will be going on, so you can see where the locals and guides (the majority of the tag holders) concentrate and set up your camp elsewhere. The bugling should be going full swing by then too. Depending on the weather, they may not bugle on any given day - but over three days, I would think they'd go nuts at least one day and give away their location. Seemed that most people were concentrated closer to town, and there were very few people spread throughout the unit. We had some good info going in and were able to find a place that basically hadn't been touched by other hunters (at least we didn't see any, and the elk didn't seem spooked). That being said, there's only 150 tags total for 16D over the three hunts, so there really isn't that much pressure at any given time. Also, your tag is at the peak of the rut, so the bulls really aren't concerned about camoflauged archers sneaking around. With the limited pressure, I don't see the need to pack in. This isn't an OTC Colorado hunt. Personally, I'd rather stay mobile until I found the bugles, then put my energy into the stalk. We ultimately found a honey hole a couple miles from a road, and just day packed back in there each day. Also, it was really hot a couple of days down there...I wouldn't want to be too far away from shade and/or a cooler.

boneaddict:
Thankyou so much for the info Wacoueshunter. I figure any 300 inch bull within Trad bow range and they are toast. I have always wanted to bag a bull in the 300 inch range. I know there will be much bigger ones running around. I might change that goal if I see something big before the season starts. Thanks again, Doug

WAcoueshunter:
No worries Bone, hope it's helpful even though we drew different units. Well done on the tag - I am SOOOOO jealous. Wish I could go back. If I was made of $$, I'd drop the cash for a landowner tag in a heartbeat. My archery bull experience is limited, but that hunt blew away any deer or elk hunt I've been on. No out of state bull tags for me this year, but I'm tagging along on a Unit 8 AZ bull hunt this fall. So now I can compare one of AZ's best with one of NM's best. Even without the tag, can't wait to get out with the buglers again. There's nothing like it.

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