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| We traveled to Raton this year to hunt mulies, and saw some dandy pronghorn bucks around Clayton.
That should be a great area!!...sakofan... |
| Posts: 1379 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: 11 March 2003 |
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| Sako,
How was the deer hunting?
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Sako,
How was the deer hunting?
Drum
Drummond, we got skunked!! Never saw a shooter the whole 5 days. The biggest deer we saw was a small 4 point. About a million does, and some spikes.
We hunted at Brilliant Canyon Ranch just outside Raton. Joe is a wonderful guide and host. Never had that much fun without killing something in my life. Some big deer have been taken and seen on that ranch. The day we arrived, Joe saw 3 bucks standing together before he picked us up in town. One being about a 150 he said. He has seen some 200 plus mulies from time to time. Saw a picture of a 176 class buck killed on the "Wall of Fame". I guess me and my partner made the "Wall Of Shame". LOL..Oh well, thats why they call it hunting, and not gutting and skinning.
We opted to hunt the 12 Nov. to 16 Nov. season to try to catch the rut. But, I think we missed it.
Tremendous elk population. The elk herds are just plain crazy out there. Excellant place to score a 300 plus bull...sakofan.. |
| Posts: 1379 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: 11 March 2003 |
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| Man, you guys are getting me excited!
I already have an antelope hunt booked with another outfitter very close to Raton for this fall. I have been told by a number of people that this area of New Mexico supports a great herd of quality antelope. I can hardly wait.
If somebody wants a good antelope hunt, this area is supposed to be the place to go. I have seen some TV footage of hunting at the NRA's Whittington Center and they collected some great antelope.
New Mexico is a state that I had not considered hunting all that much till I started hunting elk down there a few years back. There is some great hunting to be had in New Mexico.
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| Posts: 1220 | Location: Hanford, CA, USA | Registered: 12 November 2000 |
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| You can buy landowner permits in NM without entering the draw. The outfitters usually set up a deal with the landowner(s) to buy some or all of the landowner tags and then there is a small fee (small for residents anyway) to put the tag in the hunters name. |
| Posts: 226 | Location: New Mexico | Registered: 10 October 2003 |
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| Also the game warden will usually "find" you sometime on the first day of the hunt (if you don't already have one by noon ). They are very good about moving you if the 'lopes are scarce that week on your assigned ranch. |
| Posts: 226 | Location: New Mexico | Registered: 10 October 2003 |
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| I enjoy hunting with Perry. We are going to do a javelina hunt the last week of May together. I have several people interested in the hunt, nobody has booked for sure. The Brillant Canyon is a beautiful ranch. I lion hunt all of the ranchs for lions just north of that Brillant Canyon Ranch on the Colorado side. That area is not much for deer, but great for elk. If you are still looking for big mulies look on eastern plains of Colorado or western Kansas. There are plenty of 180 to 200 inch bucks still left. West of Raton and Trinidad is better for elk and not large deer. |
| Posts: 22 | Location: Model, Colorado | Registered: 01 July 2003 |
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