Gaiters for New Mexico Elk in September?

[rootacres]

I am headed to New Mexico in September on an archery Elk hunt. Am I going to want gaiters on this terrain? If so, which ones do you all recommend?

 

[FlyGuy]

Leather chaps! HaHa.

I've never hunted NM actually, but I've hunted west Texas a bunch and the cactus can be brutal. Outfitters always use leather gaitors over there to keep from shredding their pants. I've worn my Sitka ones and the needles just blast right through them.

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[Laelkhunter]

I am headed to New Mexico in September on an archery Elk hunt. Am I going to want gaiters on this terrain? If so, which ones do you all recommend?

Northern New Mexico or Southern ? I used to live in Albuquerque, and FlyGuy has the right idea with leather (or other tough thorn proof material). I hunt in Chama (Northern NM), and the terrain and vegetation is a little more friendly. Mostly scrub oak and cedar.
I usually don't wear gaiters hunting near Chama unless there is snow on the ground. If I were hunting down around Albuquerque, I would consider some gaiters to protect legs and pants from thorns.

 

[efnm]

I use some thicker OR gaiters to keep out the rocks, dirt, burrs, and dry grasses. If you are wading through cactus then I think your doing something wrong!

 

[bigeasygator]

Where in NM? The terrain in that state is so varied from north to south. That said, I've spent probably about 40 days in the field hunting elk in NM. I've worn gaiters maybe one or two days and that's it.

 

[rootacres]

Northern New Mexico or Southern ? I used to live in Albuquerque, and FlyGuy has the right idea with leather (or other tough thorn proof material). I hunt in Chama (Northern NM), and the terrain and vegetation is a little more friendly. Mostly scrub oak and cedar.
I usually don't wear gaiters hunting near Chama unless there is snow on the ground. If I were hunting down around Albuquerque, I would consider some gaiters to protect legs and pants from thorns.

We are going to be in southern NM, near Roswell.

 

[cuerro viejo]

We are going to be in southern NM, near Roswell.

Maybe snake gaiters like turtle skins. Could soak them out with Grangers Direct DWR spray and make them pretty water resistant

 

[boom]

i havent been to Roswell in a long time.

i have spent a lot of time in Cloudcroft and Ruidoso. neither of those places would compel me to buy/bring Gaiters. Southern NM is super dry these days.

 

[Cstill]

So what did you decide to do, and how did it work out?