bst1004 Report post Posted March 15, 2015 Hello guys Me and my buddy are new to hunting and will be applying for draws this year. I was wondering if anyone could point me to some good units to apply for where we might have some better sucuess. We live in portales which is in unit 31. We will drive but would like to be either eastern or central nm.. Thanks for the help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Sparky Report post Posted March 15, 2015 What are you applying for and which weapon choice? You know unit 34-36 is very popular and hard to draw for elk. Any unit that has decent elk populations is very hard to draw. There are units that don't have much draw pressure, so good chance to draw but very few elk in remote herds so you have to know where the elk are for success. I put in for these units so I can go elk hunting but success rates are low. Living where I do I can go any direction within four hours drive to be elk hunting. You may want to look north for elk as there are some good units with a good chance to draw. Antelope you are in the right part of the state anywhere from far NE all the way down to Roswell. Barbary sheep or aoudad you can't beat the SE part of the state. As for deer I usually put in for unit 13 ML to guarantee a tag but this year I am putting in for Unit 23, non-Burro Mountains, to hunt Coues whitetails with my bow. There are good units in the central part of the state and over east to hunt deer but I usually stay west of I-25 for deer. So hopefully with 3 days you can look at the complete draw report to see your chances to draw the area you want to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bst1004 Report post Posted March 15, 2015 Sorry a little more info. Were going for deer and with rifles. We're really looking for decent deer hunting areas with a good chance for draw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bst1004 Report post Posted March 15, 2015 Sorry a little more info. Were going for deer and with rifles. We're really looking for decent deer hunting areas with a good chance for draw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Sparky Report post Posted March 16, 2015 Deer with rifles is going to suck eggs to draw. The only place I can give you advice on to draw is unit 24 over by Silver City. I know completely other end of the state from you and don't know if you want to go that far. If you draw it I will PM you where I use to hunt and give you some tips where I found and killed deer but make sure you put in for mule deer. That unit is split into mule deer/whitetail choice and all the years I hunted it I saw four whitetails and they were does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bst1004 Report post Posted April 29, 2015 Red sparky I had luck with drawing unit 24. If you could still help that would be great! Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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