[nikman]

in reply to: New Mexico Mulies #18183

Thanks for the advise and support.

I did follow the tracks and found that they all lead to some private property. Go figure. Knowing that, maybe next year I’ll stay of their path and try to ambush them. We’ll see.

I’ll have to take a photo of my bow this weekend. If anyone could narrow it down to the year it would be great. I know that Ben Pearson started manufacturing them in 1968 and my Father-in-law said that he remembers using it before he graduated in 1972.

I’ll post it here this weekend,

Nik

[nikman]

in reply to: New Mexico Mulies #14497

Well everyone, I was able to get into 3 bucks all of them forkies. The 1st one I put a stalk on and got to within 40 yards, but I had lost him for a while. When I did see him, he was about 40 yards up the hill. Too bad I was looking for him across the hill and he spotted me first.

Right after that I spotted 2 more with a group of does about a half a mile away. I rushed to get in front of them. I kept an eye on them as they crested a hill. We hurried to locate them as it was getting close to noon and I knew that they would be bedding down soon. We came over the crest and they were gone!!! We glassed and glassed, but there was nothing!! So we started wandering around in hopes to spot them again. But it seemed like they just vanished. My buddy decided to try to call in some coyotes since we saw tracks everywhere. I was taking a leak as he started his call. Then he yelled “grab your bow! they are right there.” I stopped the stream and grabbed my bow and bolted trying to head them off. I got into position to see them head right up a huge cliff face. I’ve never seen deer head up anything so nasty looking!!!

The next morning we headed back to the same area in hopes to see the deer in the same area. We spotted 2 does that were very skittish. Then we started seeing all the other hunters EVERYWHERE. We must have seen about 20 hunters throughout the day. Half of them cruising around on 4-wheelers. It looked like everyone decided to roll in on Saturday. Long story short, or last least a little shorter. The deer seemed to have vanished from the area we were hunting.

I headed back the following weekend and so did everyone else. All the signs I found looked like the were a week old. The trip wasn’t a waste though. We had a great time and I was able to get 3 rabbits. Not to bad for using my wife’s grandfather’s bow from the last 60’s. Nothing like that old Ben Pearson 2 piece recurve.

Hopefully next year,

Nik

[nikman]

in reply to: New Mexico Mulies #58417

Thanks for your advice. I leave tomorrow morning. I’ll keep you posted about how the hunt goes.

Hopefully I’ll get my first big game animal with a bow. If not it’ll still be fun.

Happy New Year.

Nik

[nikman]

in reply to: Self guided public land feral hog hunting #43861

You might want to check out Dos Plumas Ranch. I have heard a lot of good things about them and Allen will answer any questions you might have. Plus, the rates are very reasonable.

[nikman]

in reply to: Self guided public land feral hog hunting #43241

I went down by Carlsbad a couple of months ago looking for some hogs. I found a couple of signs, but never spotted a hog. A local down there said that he and some friends hunt them down by Loving, NM. I live here in Albuquerque also, so if you need more info, just let me know.
Nik

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