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Will I be receiving one if you draw?
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Got my archery elk license for Unit 34!!!
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Unit 15 muzzy bull tag!! First new mexico elk tag finally!!!!!
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Pulled a deer tag. Email arrived a few minutes ago.
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Do I need a tag for the meat rack?
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Not saying anything till I think they are done. I got a good feeling.... I think they sent my BH e-mail to the wrong address cause I haven't received it yet. Did get this.. Must be something wrong with their system, who ever heard of a resident drawing an Antelope tag!  Congratulations!
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Took 20+ years...
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Got my archery elk license for Unit 34!!! Congrats..Which hunt?
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20+ years?Wow! Congrats on the tag!
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Unit 15 muzzy bull tag!! First new mexico elk tag finally!!!!!
Any help or tips appreciated You need to buy a lottery ticket. Which hunt?
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[quote=805]Unit 15 muzzy bull tag!! First new mexico elk tag finally!!!!!
Any help or tips appreciated You need to buy a lottery ticket. Which hunt? First season muzzy!
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Congrats.. That's one of the best tags in NM.
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Nothing from NMGF in my e-mail. 
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Nothing for me again this year....
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Well, in my infinite damn wisdom since i'm in a different damn country I thought I'd apply for a tag. But not just some regular tags, but a tag that if drawn would be worth the time to travel.
"Go ahead Jon, just apply for some of those hail mary tags.
Well, of course now i need to plan a trip cause I drew the first rifle hunt in 16D.
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Some excellent tags so far.
Got an elk tag also playing the odds game. Dam sure not a good hunt, but any elk hunt is a good time.
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Barbary tag here. Wife drew a 29 antelope tag, she's lucky.
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My luck is holding firm: 0 for 3.
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Got my archery elk license for Unit 34!!! Congrats..Which hunt? SLM, second hunt Sept 13 -22.
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Not saying anything till I think they are done. I got a good feeling.... I think they sent my BH e-mail to the wrong address cause I haven't received it yet. Did get this.. Congrats, SLM, Nada for me and the daughter. Maybe next year! 
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Thanks...Hope your luck comes back in NM.
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2C rifle deer tag. Still can't believe it.
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2C rifle deer tag. Still can't believe it.
That's a good one!
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As posted elsewhere we drew 16 A archery Elk. Made my day except for the ER visit. Had a serious allergic response to something , not sure what.
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Got an e-mail from Valles Caldera saying I was unsuccessful in their draw.
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Yep,still have a chance for a cow elk tag,will find out later today. Think I got a goose egg on that one too.
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Not sure who you have to blow to draw a NR elk tag in NM?
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Not sure who you have to blow to draw a NR elk tag in NM?
9 years and no tag is silly. How about 13 years as a resident, and I have never pulled a bull tag. Ah, the joys of living in a third-world state...
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17 years for me.
No emails by now surely means nothing drawn.
Hey Chip,
My phone ate your number. Call me this weekend.
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How do you guys go so long without drawing, at least as residents.
Do you guys study the application statistics to try to make it work for you? One of the things i've found for people that don't understand the draw is that they try to apply for 3 different awesome hunts with incredibly low draw odds. With the way NM's drawing works, this isn't logical.
There's no sense in putting down-
#1-Valle Videl 1st rifle Bull
#2-16D 1st Rifle Bull
#3-15 3rd Archery ES
This kind of application is kind of a waste of 2 spots in my opinion. Instead make your first choice a awesome hunt with low draw odds, make the second choice a decent unit with ok success rates and make your third choice for something like a Dec cow tag or a 5B bull tag.
This kind of application mindset has made me successful in drawing a elk tag, even some of them were 'not good' units, almost every year. I'd rather be hunting for elk in a crappy unit like 5B or chasing cow elk around unit 9 or 15 than sitting at home.
BTW- I'm just trying to add some insight here. Not trying to insult anyones intelligence.
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I am not even putting in for Valle Vidal, Gila, or Sargeants. I am studying odds that give me best chance, especially for antelope, deer, etc.. I put in for 2b for deer, but my #1 choice was best odds by a mile.
Oh well, I still have the Colorado draw in a week.
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I won't be sitting home!
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No luck here.
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Just nabbed a late season cow tag... Gotta at least fill the freezer!
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I am not even putting in for Valle Vidal, Gila, or Sargeants. I am studying odds that give me best chance, especially for antelope, deer, etc.. I put in for 2b for deer, but my #1 choice was best odds by a mile.
Oh well, I still have the Colorado draw in a week. You CAN do that stuff with deer too, but i never put down the crappy tags for those guys. There are almost always some left over tags that you can pick up if you get desperate. I won't waste the fuel to go on a wild goose chase somewhere for some of the less successful deer units.
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How do you guys go so long without drawing, at least as residents.
Do you guys study the application statistics to try to make it work for you? One of the things i've found for people that don't understand the draw is that they try to apply for 3 different awesome hunts with incredibly low draw odds. With the way NM's drawing works, this isn't logical.
There's no sense in putting down-
#1-Valle Videl 1st rifle Bull
#2-16D 1st Rifle Bull
#3-15 3rd Archery ES
This kind of application is kind of a waste of 2 spots in my opinion. Instead make your first choice a awesome hunt with low draw odds, make the second choice a decent unit with ok success rates and make your third choice for something like a Dec cow tag or a 5B bull tag.
This kind of application mindset has made me successful in drawing a elk tag, even some of them were 'not good' units, almost every year. I'd rather be hunting for elk in a crappy unit like 5B or chasing cow elk around unit 9 or 15 than sitting at home.
BTW- I'm just trying to add some insight here. Not trying to insult anyones intelligence. I used to think like you are saying, but when you get your third or 4th choice in a worthless area with no animals, it's a complete waste of time. Rather just hunt coyotes...
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I drew unit 33 archery mule deer and a Barbary tag. No elk
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Goose egg for me too,no cow elk tag again.
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Archery Ibex for me! My wife got 36 rifle Elk and 17 Sept. Archery Deer!
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Archery Ibex for me! My wife got 36 rifle Elk and 17 Sept. Archery Deer! Congrats.
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Congrats to you SLM for your Antelope tag. Congrats to all who drew tags. 
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How do you guys go so long without drawing, at least as residents.
Do you guys study the application statistics to try to make it work for you? One of the things i've found for people that don't understand the draw is that they try to apply for 3 different awesome hunts with incredibly low draw odds. With the way NM's drawing works, this isn't logical.
There's no sense in putting down-
#1-Valle Videl 1st rifle Bull
#2-16D 1st Rifle Bull
#3-15 3rd Archery ES
This kind of application is kind of a waste of 2 spots in my opinion. Instead make your first choice a awesome hunt with low draw odds, make the second choice a decent unit with ok success rates and make your third choice for something like a Dec cow tag or a 5B bull tag.
This kind of application mindset has made me successful in drawing a elk tag, even some of them were 'not good' units, almost every year. I'd rather be hunting for elk in a crappy unit like 5B or chasing cow elk around unit 9 or 15 than sitting at home.
BTW- I'm just trying to add some insight here. Not trying to insult anyones intelligence. I probably shouldn't let this out, but I've taken three 300+ 6x6 bulls out of 5b, two more in the 270-280 range, and several raghorns. So don't bother applying for this crappy unit.  Also, I've been told that your 3rd choice is weighted exactly the same in the system as your first choice. In other words, the odds of drawing a decent hunt with your third choice are just as good as with your first or second. Maybe that's true, maybe it isn't. Personally, I've gotten to the point where I'd rather stay home as opposed to hunting in a non-productive area in this state (and there's a number of those), particularly for deer. You'd be inclined to take any old elk tag, but the deer hunting in NM has deteriorated over the last 20 years to the point where it's not worth the effort and expense unless you can draw something decent.
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