TradBowHunter

Yes 30 yards, do you lack the skills to get closer or do you reek of bud light and gas fumes from your ATV? There is this thing, maybe you have heard of it, its called the wind. No matter what fps your bow shoots the wind has a tendency to push lightweight items, such as the aforementioned carbon straws, off course resulting in a miss at best or a bad hit. Besides that 50 yards or more out and you lose most if not all of the penetration of a lightweight arrow with a light broad head. This is not my opinion but proven fact. Though I don't think that my age has anything to do with it, I am 33 and have been bow hunting for about five years and shooting a recurve for about eight.

And somehow calling me names proves that your better that me? Who needs to grow up?

I apologize if my comment seemed to be knocking all Arizonians, that was not my intention. and i suppose that unsuspecting was the wrong word. If you can't close the gap to less than 700 yards maybe you should look into another past time, might i suggest golf? And shooting at anything, other that a target, at over 30 yards with a bow be it a recurve, longbow or one of those compound arrow firing contraptions with those carbon straws most people are so fond of, in my humble opinion, is just plain wrong. Again i apologize if i offended anyone who holds true to this great sport.

This year in New Mexico the NMDGF had a Dec. rifle hunt for coues deer for the first time. My Uncle, daughter and i unfortunately had to share our beloved hunting ground with four different groups from Arizona, all of whom drove their atvs off the designated road, which is illegal in New Mexico, and left bud and bud light lime cans littered about the area, which as far as I know, is illegal everywhere. And unfortunately my fourteen year old daughter had to bear witness to this desecration of the land we so enjoyed and love. Besides disrespecting the land by leaving their trash lying around these "hunters" spot deer at 800 to 1,000 yards and then "sneak in" to 500 to 700 yards and shoot at unsuspecting game. If this is how you all do it in Arizona you should all be ashamed of your self's, having a spotting scope and an ATV does not make up for a lack of woodsman ship, not to mention basic morals and respect for the land and the game we pursue. People like you are the reason i stopped hunting with a rifle. You give us all a bad reputation. If this is how you act when you are a guest in another state I would hate to see how your home state/forests are treated. Its no wonder why anti-hunting groups despise us all and lump us into one group. I am a traditional bow hunter and take pride in being able to get close to game undetected, I may not "tag out" every year but I love every minute i spend in the woods. Thankfully in New Mexico we ample wilderness areas with no motorized travel allowed which is where I will hunting from now on. I wish you the worst of luck and hope you never draw a tag in New Mexico again.

I have hunted North of Harden Cienega and the Brushy Mountain area in spring/fall for turkey and in January for coues. I have seen some really good deer while hunting the south rim of the Frisco during bow season. I have also heard from the guy who blades the road in the Brushy Mountain/Harden area that he has seen quite a few, including a few big bucks just past the Tilly Hall area, on the south side of some houses. There are roads in and around both areas but you can get away from them fairly easy, Tilly Hall Peak and Brushy Mountain have none. I don't know or have not heard of much about North of the Frisco, though it always looked promising from where i was camped. Hope this helps and good hunting!

Whatever you do stay away from the brushy mountain area, south of 79, you will see more rv's and atv's than elk. Try north of the frisco, good luck!