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No Sir, but it is New Mexico. They claim too many tags were wasted by people that could not pay for them after they were drawn.
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Unsuccessful with a big red background for elk this year. 
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
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well, 5 out of 5 are unsuccessful again this year...
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I'm 1 for 3 this year splatter. I feel for ya though. Sucks not being able to hunt in your resident state.
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
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Finally...I drew a unit 36 rifle tag.
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It is confirmed i drew a unit 51 mature bull rifle tag. I'm still in denial. I didnt think I would ever draw a tag again. 
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Unsuccessful again this year for me......
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I was born and still live here in Colorado. I hunt as many seasons as I can here. But to be honest, I dearly love to hunt in New Mexico. We were UNSUCCESSFUL in both deer and elk again this year. I understand you residents feeling frustrated. Colorado is geared towards the non residents simply because they charge the outrageous fees to hunt here. A lot of the areas here are wishful thinking areas where you stand a 1 chance out of 20 to even see anything. I have to admit, I would prefer to see a point type system in New Mexico as well, at least I could put a flag in the middle of it and hold out for hope (I kind of borrowed that from Robin Williams bit on Golf, hilarious if you've ever seen it). Unit 51 Mature bull, I am so jealous, I wish you the best of luck.
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Just got my notice this AM, from NM- I drew!!!!!
Area is 34, archery- season is Sept. 13-22.
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Unit 16B it is. My first successful NM elk draw in 8 years. I'm happy even though they rape non residents on the license fee.
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Nothing for me this year.
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8 years running now with no deer tag, drew 16e cow elk 3 years ago, tried again this year as my 3rd choice, nadda.
had the wife and i in for 3 different oryx hunts, which means 8 chance to draw, 13 years now and NO oryx.
whatta ya gotta do to get drawn ?
oh, i did call a friend that gave me a cow tag last year, and he said call him back in a few weeks to see if he had to give any to his workers, if they didn't draw anything. so i may stand a chance to get a cow tag in lindrith,nm. unit 5a iirc.
took all of 15 minutes last year to fill the tag with my 280ai and barnes 140 ttsx's.
it's not really a hunt, but i guess if they weren't standing in the field i woulda had to go look for one.
Last edited by splattermatic; 06/11/09.
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Unit 16B it is. My first successful NM elk draw in 8 years. I'm happy even though they rape non residents on the license fee. $547 for NR mature bull. If you don't draw, you don't pay. Other states, Iowa for example, charge you a $250 fee to buy the license BEFORE you can even apply for deer. $547 for an elk or $560 for a deer. All in all, I don't think that NM fee's are unreasonable. It's just the draw system that sucks
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My card was charge on an antelope tag 3 or 4 weeks ago, BUT failed to draw today. Bizarre. I thought NM only charges if you draw to avoid the hassle of having to refund.
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conrad, i believe that is only the case for elk. deer are charged up front.
one of the res. can correct me if i'm wrong.
"It has been my experience that those who shoot most often, most often shoot well." T. Roosevelt
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Thank you I'm pretty excted.Its the first year that my dad put in with me and we drew. We only put in for units and hunts that if we drew we new if we put the time in we would could atleast know we were among elk. I'll be looking for pointers before long. I have only been to the lakes (Can Jilon). I will camp there quite a bit this summer and start scouting. I was born and still live here in Colorado. I hunt as many seasons as I can here. But to be honest, I dearly love to hunt in New Mexico. We were UNSUCCESSFUL in both deer and elk again this year. I understand you residents feeling frustrated. Colorado is geared towards the non residents simply because they charge the outrageous fees to hunt here. A lot of the areas here are wishful thinking areas where you stand a 1 chance out of 20 to even see anything. I have to admit, I would prefer to see a point type system in New Mexico as well, at least I could put a flag in the middle of it and hold out for hope (I kind of borrowed that from Robin Williams bit on Golf, hilarious if you've ever seen it). Unit 51 Mature bull, I am so jealous, I wish you the best of luck.
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M376X6
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Two seasons ago I was lucky to draw a deer license, a buck, near Tres Piedras, Beautiful country. I walked past unbelievable numbers of elk. 6 point bulls would walk 40 yards from me and just stand there and look at me. I agree, $547 to hunt bull elk in an area as wonderful as this is, is definitely not too much money.
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We drew tags in Unit 45 this year. Looking forward to it. Best of luck to all.
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