Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Coronavirus Pandemic: Will you apply in draws or hunt out of state this year?

Stay out of New Mexico, and dont travel around in the state.
Stay home.
Don't waste your money on the draw.
You oil field hands will need all the money you have to survive the doom and gloom.
Because of the climate here, the virus will run rampant, and many will die, so don't come here, and those resident, put in for close to home.

Do not put in for draws in New Mexico, you will get the virus, and die, if you come here.

You have been warned.

Yep, good idea. This virus is gonna kill everyone. Don't plan on hunting.

I don’t go out of state, but planning on a banner year here of hunting.

It's the same here in Colorado. Virus everywhere, no elk left anywhere. I hear Kentucky is good.

Today I will be booking my flights for a northern BC hunt this fall.

Going to stop by and visit Canadian lefty?😈😈😈

Many of you are not taking this seriously. This is of huge concern and one of the points that the General Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) made in his last address.

If you are young, your parents are at risk, if you are very young, your grandparents are at risk, if you are over 50 or worse, over 60+, you are at significant risk of complications or severe virus, even death.

We are in one of the community spread outbreak clusters. There was a proclamation of local emergency. Effective immediately, city facilities will be closed to the public, with the exception of senior services and childcare centers, which will close at the end of business, Friday, March 13. Schools will close next. Almost all companies are closed and people work from home now, if they can. Some have lost their jobs.

The health officer said that our county "does not currently have testing available independently of the state and CDC. The amount of testing that is available through the state and CDC is severely limited." In other words, they can't even test fast enough to identify the people and slow the spread.

This situation is going to spread city to city and county to county;hence the Pandemic designation by the WHO.

Nothing like spreading blind panic. Take safety precautions, but no one knows how bad this will end up being. Remember the Y2K, Zika, West Nile, MERs, etc. Let’s try to slow our roll here.

Lately I have to check daily. But rest assured the sky has not fallen today either.

I CANNOT understand the fear. I mean heck we all die at some point too. WTF. Its not a big deal. We have NO clue what day we are to die, so even without this thing you may not live another day anyway.

Winner winner

I'm taking a wait and see approach.

I’m taking the, draw every tag I can, hunt as much as I can approach, again. 🤣🤣

I sure don't want to die curled up on the couch. Damn highways are more dangerous than this virus. Besides, I'm almost 78 years old so it's too late for me to die young.

That's potentially irresponsible if you don't follow guidelines that might endanger others who might not want to die at their age. While we don't want people to panic, we cannot disregard that COVID-19 has reached "PANDEMIC" stage as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

As important, the CDC has asked that " Older adults" or "People who have serious chronic medical conditions like: Heart disease, Diabetes, Lung disease" etc. Avoid cruise travel and non-essential air travel. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, USA.Gov.

As I had mentioned, if you are considering flying from out of state, you might need to reconsider. You also might have to consider what LOCAL travel restrictions might be in place where you are potentially going.

For me, there is still too much uncertainty and so I will follow current CDC guidelines until I hear otherwise.

Hell yes!!! If you live your life in fear you’re already half dead anyway.

Apply. The woods, away from people, might be the safest place to be. If you've already died by the time your hunt comes around, your preference points won't do you much good.

Tom

I think CL is playing us and trying to get better draw odds in NM and WY this year.

I doubt if anyone really believes any of this.

Staying in TX but the virus has nothing to do with it. I just have an issue of having to buy a "qualifying" license just to apply for a preference point in my native state of CO. I have no use for the small game license and see it as a way to just get an addition $80 bucks out of me. I was a CO resident for more than 50 years but doubt I ever hunt it again.

We have THE VIRUS now in NM !
Stay away.
Do not apply for anything here.

You have been warned !

The Coronavirus won't have any effect on my decision. I expect it to be a memory by this Fall and even if it is still a thing I'd much rather be out in the woods than around large crowds of people. In fact I'm planning a camping trip next week.