huntin' lunatic
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Looking at going on a guided hunt on public land. Does going with a guide guarantee you draw a rag or does it just improve your chances? thanks
2017 guided New Mexico elk hunt
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utah400elk
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You have better chance of drawing if you put in with a guide (still very low odds for NR in a good unit). You can also buy a landowner tag for the entire unit and I would be willing to bet the guide will have access to those tags. Buying a landowner tag will more than likely add a few thousand dollars to the cost of your hunt depending on the unit.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Laelkhunter
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Landowner tags go for around $5000, and drawing for one of the Management areas is difficult for non-residents. Good luck! I did get drawn in 1997 for the Sargent area in Chama, but that was only once is 27 years.
LO tags can be found for a lot less,just not in Chama or the Gila in NM.
Going into the pool with an outfitter will improve a NR odds. But I dislike the program...outfitter welfare IMHO.
Look online for the list of ranches and call about tags,before they are all bought by outfitters 1st.....and hunt without one.
Going into the pool with an outfitter will improve a NR odds. But I dislike the program...outfitter welfare IMHO.
Look online for the list of ranches and call about tags,before they are all bought by outfitters 1st.....and hunt without one.
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