New Mexico Pronghorn - NR Unguided

[Valley1320]

Thanks for clarifying.

No problem I never realized that other msg sent before I was done typing

 

[David58]

Residents are spoiled rotten. Find a guy with antelope on his land, ask to hunt, buy tag, kill antelope. Or draw from 84% of the tags allotted for public land. Youth hunts are easy draw too.

A huge part of that 84% goes to resident landowners, who then sell them. Us non-landowning little people get a fraction of those tags.

 

[Bluffgruff]

Not so much anymore. Read your regs.

 

[3855WIN]

We went DIY, private land, landowner tags a couple of times under the old system. It was reasonable back then and we could make it out in a long days drive.

 

[TLowell02]

A huge part of that 84% goes to resident landowners, who then sell them. Us non-landowning little people get a fraction of those tags.

Where did you read that? Sounds like the talking points I have been reading from New Mexico Wildlife Federation.

 

[ImBillT]

A huge part of that 84% goes to resident landowners, who then sell them. Us non-landowning little people get a fraction of those tags.

None of that 84% includes tags that can be transferred, or private land only, or anything else like that.

 

[David58]

State Audit Finds NM Shorts Residents on Elk Licenses Compared with Other States - New Mexico Wildlife Federation - New Mexico Wildlife Federation

By BEN NEARY NMWF Conservation Director The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish distribution of elk hunting licenses benefits private landowners and out-of-state hunters at the expense of resident hunters, an audit by a state legislative committee has found. A Legislative Finance Committee...

nmwildlife.org

I was in error about the 84% of draw tags - landowners don't dip directly into those. Rather, their plethora of tags reduces the pool available for draw applicants, R and NR. But one should not expect changes - for some landowners, the dollars that those tags bring reflect a huge portion of the income for the property.

 

[RobertD]

OP I know deadline is past and yes odds are mostly terrible for NRs but... put in! Seriously it's just a random draw, find a few units with decent public land and enough tags for NRs to have a shot and go for it.

I drew rifle antelope in a North East/East Central unit in 2019. I had way too much fun on that hunt. I'll put in for rifle antelope in NM every year from now until I don't hunt anymore, because even if I only draw one more time in the next thirty years it'd be worth it. Plenty of other places to chase tags/bucks in the meantime!