With the pics that showed up the last few days while I was in New Mexico, I am almost half-scared to post a picture of an antelope.
Hell, there's Muley's grizz/'bou pics, Greenhorn's monster moose, and Buzz's smoker bull. The Hunttalk gang seems to be taking no prisoners this year.
Anyhow, here is a New Mexico buck I shot yesterday. Not the best of pics. Nicest buck we saw in two days of scouting and one day of hunting, but nothing to get too excited about. A little over 15", but not the mass I was expecting.
New Mexico has a weird system. You apply, and if successful, you get assigned a ranch. No hunting public ground, etc., like in other states.
If you get a good ranch, lucky you. Or, you may get a ranch that was pretty marginal, like ours was. Not sure how tags get allocated and how hunters get assigned, but it is definitely a unique system. And, the season is only two days long.
We did have a great time, which is what it is all about. Will add pics of my son's buck as soon as I can find the memory card he pulled from his camera.
Happy Hunting!
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Found my son's memory card. The second biggest buck located in three days. Not what you would expect in NM, but still hunting and still a lot of fun.
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Hell, there's Muley's grizz/'bou pics, Greenhorn's monster moose, and Buzz's smoker bull. The Hunttalk gang seems to be taking no prisoners this year.
Anyhow, here is a New Mexico buck I shot yesterday. Not the best of pics. Nicest buck we saw in two days of scouting and one day of hunting, but nothing to get too excited about. A little over 15", but not the mass I was expecting.
New Mexico has a weird system. You apply, and if successful, you get assigned a ranch. No hunting public ground, etc., like in other states.
If you get a good ranch, lucky you. Or, you may get a ranch that was pretty marginal, like ours was. Not sure how tags get allocated and how hunters get assigned, but it is definitely a unique system. And, the season is only two days long.
We did have a great time, which is what it is all about. Will add pics of my son's buck as soon as I can find the memory card he pulled from his camera.
Happy Hunting!
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Found my son's memory card. The second biggest buck located in three days. Not what you would expect in NM, but still hunting and still a lot of fun.
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