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NO WILDERNESS IN 16E! 16B is the wilderness area. 16 E is mostly state and BLM land. I was hunting near Pelona just last year and it was wilderness. Better do your homework.
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We drew first archery unit 15.So looking forward to Sept this year.
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That's a great hunt. Enjoy...
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good on ya, muygrande! my in laws live in ruidoso so if you need a connection, just pm me.
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No luck on the elk draw for me, but I did draw 2B Mule Deer! Looks like it will be private land elk in 34 again for me!
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Unit 52 Archery here, first hunt sept 1-15
will be my first time Elk hunting.
any tips/advice welcome
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I drew the early bow tag(public land) in unit 17, Sep 1-10. I've hunted unit 15 before, but not 17. It's a big area, and I was wondering if someone had any suggestions on where to start the scouting process?
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No Elk draw here. (Again)
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Well, I'm assuming you aren't going to get out there before the season starts, so you'll have to a lot of remote scouting. First check out the land ownership maps: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/hunting/unitmaps/2006/high_res/index.htmThen call get yourself the 1:100K BLM maps for the area. Once you've found a couple of decent areas to focus on, get the 7.5 minute Quads. It will help to first understand the major terrain features people are talking about when you start asking for help from a biologist or guys online. If you don't know anything about the area, you won't be able to ask follow up questios or clarification.
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Thanks for the help/suggestions. No, it's too far to do any advance on-site scouting, so the remote scouting will have to do. Thanks again.
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