Neither of my daughters (14 and 17) were successful in the NM draw this year. My 17 YO was pretty bummed as this is her last year as a youth hunter. Fortunately, today they opened the youth encouragement hunts, with youths who were unsuccessful in the draw getting the first shot. I was able to nab both of them Cow Elk Tags in unit 15 just after Thanksgiving. They have both hunted cows in this area before and they're both 2 for 2. My oldest daughter is ecstatic that she gets to hunt 1 more time as a youth. I'm absolutely thrilled to get to take them hunting again! I'll be chasing a Bull Elk in the same area a month earlier so I hope it's an active year!
Anyway, just wanted to share my excitement about another hunt with the kiddos!
