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    Elk calf project

    Haven't posted any of the wildlife projects lately, there have been quite a few this year... deer CWD testing/tonsil biopsy, desert sheep capture and relocation, adult elk and antelope capture and gps collar, even darted an injured pregnant Mexican Gray wolf from the helicopter (please keep wolf...
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Second trip of the year packing salt to bighorn sheep for the game dept. Put 600 pounds out yesterday on a 23 mile day-ride. Will put out around 2500 pounds at various sites in several wilderness areas.
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    elk capture

    https://youtu.be/qqRA85xUi5U darting elk for the game dept last week for several research projects. We caught 30 some animals, gps collars, ultrasound for pregnancy and rump fat measurement, placed transmitters in the birth canal of the pregnant cows so we can tag the calves at birth for...
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    NM off-range Oryx

    I promised Smaltz I would post some pictures of my sons off-range Oryx he harvested this weekend. We had to hustle to get the meat taken care of, it was 93 degrees! We hunted a friends ranch where the Oryx have really moved in the last couple of years. Earlier in the day we passed on 3 cows...
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    catch and release hunting

    Here is a nice bull and some bucks we darted for a pueblo here in NM. Fitted with a GPS collar, gave a reversal drug and they were up and running in a few minutes. I am a much better "hunter" from a helicopter.[/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG]
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    NM Summer Bighorn

    We saw 16 rams on the first sheep-salting pack trip for the Game Dept , lots of moisture this year so they all look fat and healthy! "Laverne" and "Shirley" loaded with salt blocks...200 pounds each. We used 9 animals to pack and ride on this trip A motley crew on a ridge above the lake...
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    NM ram

    here is a ram we found yesterday while packing salt to the bighorn herd in the Pecos. Skeleton was intact, still a bit of smell and some beetles so he didn't die that long ago. Packed him out and turned him over to NM game and Fish. What do you think he scores? I am going to post it on a few...
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    hilleberg akto fs

    Ultimate 4 season bomb-proof shelter. Got as a gift, used once, I am a horse packer not a back packer and dont need this nice of a solo tent. 350.00 (firm) tyd
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    Story of wife's Valle Vidal Bull

    Here is the story of the bull I posted pictures of a few days ago. Sound familiar to any married hunters? There seems to be 2 versions of this hunt, mine and my bride's: The part we agree on is that opening morning we rode about 3 miles to our hunt area (we didn't even start riding until it...
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    wife's Valle Vidal bull

    I know some of you have seen these pictures already. This is my wife's first animal of any kind. Made a nice shot with a .50 caliber encore at 40 yards.
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    son's muzzleloader antelope

    My 11 year-old made a nice shot with his encore. I initially thought he missed the buck as I saw dirt fly in front of the animal when Matt shot. I started berating the kid for not sqeezing the trigger, not picking a spot, etc (as only a father can) when the buck fell over dead after running 70...
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