nimrod_gn
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Just found out I drew a rifle tag for Unit 18 New Mexico pronghorn for August 2019. Anybody hunted this area and can provide tips on where to find animals on public land in this unit?
Just found out I drew a rifle tag for Unit 18 New Mexico pronghorn for August 2019. Anybody hunted this area and can provide tips on where to find animals on public land in this unit?
Are you going to be able to stalk a long distance?Just found out I drew a rifle tag for Unit 18 New Mexico pronghorn for August 2019. Anybody hunted this area and can provide tips on where to find animals on public land in this unit?
I had good luck with the first buck in the Southeast corner, close to hey 55 and hwy 54 intersection. Travel northwest from there and park spot and stalk. Took a nice 17 inch with my longbow after a 4 hour stalk.I'm a Utah resident. I hunted oryx on the White Sands middle range 12 years ago as the only other time to hunt NM. Yes I can stalk as needed and shoot long if needed too. Wondering what part of unit to focus on and any other tips. Thx
Yes, most people don't realize that they lay up there during the heat of the day, but the big smart ones do. Deer, oryx do as well. Make sure to wear tough boots, that lava will really tear up a cheap pair! I would always carry rope and a grappling hook just in case I fell into a lava bubble. They can be covered with only an inch or two and falling through is a risk. Never done it myself but have found plenty of animal skeletons in them that fell through and couldn't get out.Great information. Thank you! I'm looking at satellite view of the area and can see the lava field. So do they hang out in the big lava field or are there pockets of non-lava mixed in the larger field that the animals hang in that I can't see from satellite images?