Surefire

i got drawn for a rifle hunt in GMU 27 starting Nov 15th. Ben Brown from this site has been helping me with lots of good info about this unit but I wondered if anyone else on here might share their knowledge and experience about hunting Coues there. Just so you know, I'm 70 yrs old and usually do only MI hunts but have always wanted to bag a Coues. I have a friend who will accompany me on this hunt. I normally use an ATV to get into my hunting areas. I can walk but I can't hike long distances or handle real steep terrain. I'm not able to backpack into remote areas. I have practiced long distance shooting and bagged my first bull elk at 452 yds in the Gila and shot an antelope at 448. I'm retired military and feel confident out to 600 yds with my 7mm Remington Mag. I think I can shoot farther than that but haven't really tried it. I have a Swarovski spotting scope and also Zeiss range finding binos. I'm hoping to find somewhere I can access with an ATV and a short walk for glassing. Are there any nearby hotels where I can stay and use as a base to transport my ATV into hunting country? Are there Coues on the north end of this unit so we could stay in Lordsburg. I may have some more questions but that's it for now.

I have a Rem 700 Sendero in 7mm Rem mag that I'm seriously thinking of selling and use my Savage 6.5 CM from now on. It's a great long distance rifle and the Hornady 143 gr ELD-X is just the bullet to do the job.

Well I got drawn again for the mid-Nov rifle hunt in 2017. Anyone know about hunting around Cloverdale? Is it mostly private land?

Okay, just to be clear: GMU 27 in New Mexico is in the bootheel region of New Mexico that is bordered by Mexico on the south and Arizona on the west.

Yes, since I posted in NM forum I assumed everyone would know I meant NM GMU 27. Yes, I had heard there were some access issues in that unit.

Anybody hunting them here in New Mexico? I hunted them many years ago around 1981 after I came back from an assignment in Spain where I had hunted the European rock pigeons that migrated through the mountain passes in the Fall. Great fun pass shooting those high flyers. When I went out in 1981, I found several flocks of band tails high up in some pines somewhere north of Silver City that were flying back and forth. I located near some high pines and managed to bag one! Have been out a few times here in NM over the last 10 years after elk hunting in October but have not seen a single bandtail. Maybe I'll try again this year. Had a great 5 days shooting doves so that's got my interest peaked again. Wish I could find someone who would like to try it here in NM.

Anybody know the contact info or name of the guy Payson who does the EL stud mount? I'm going to be passing through there on the way to Phoenix and if I can get the info I will call and see if he can fix my EL Ranges up with this stud mount.