New Mexico Archery Elk: Unit 6B - Beauty & Passion

[tlowell02]

Same for me as well.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Need to still write them all up, saved some space for all of it so it wouldn't be broken, sorry guys!

 

[BeaverHunter]

?

 

[KHNC]

well hell, looks like you waited an excessively long time to follow up from 2018

 

[Papa_Goose]

Cmon OP, let’s hear it

 

[Edogg_32]

Bringing this back from the dead. Where is OP?

 

[cuttdog]

Bringing this back from the dead. Where is OP?

This made me laugh getting to the end of the thread. True definition of a cliffhanger here.

 

[treydfoster]

Huh...

 

[StopMakingSense]

Ha, wow, this was old. I drew this tag twice, if you have questions send me a PM, I've seen some monsters taken out of here and chased a few as well.

I went back the second time with Pete at 505 Outfitters, great guy and I would recommend him to anyone.

Early Archery 2018



Early Archery 2019 - Last hour of the last day after 14 days, missed a few giants with the bow.

 

[treydfoster]

Man you really left us hanging there. So you did get one on that trip despite your leg? Awesome.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Ha yeah sorry guys, my life has been a roller coaster since I broke my leg. I'm in a much better spot now but I ruptured my spleen (almost died) and lost my job two months before the hunt. This was already on top of rupturing my femur in January!

I broke my leg AGAIN in 2019, then overcame addiction from all of the meds I was prescribed in 2020, and finally went sober in 2021. If you're ever suffering, please shoot me a PM! We can all get through this!

I did get one that trip despite my leg being messed up and losing half my blood from the spleen rupture. I limped for 6 miles packing that elk out through a burned deadfall-choked hell hole.

2018 and 2019 bull as they lay

 

[KHNC]

So you drew the ONE NR Tag for this unit 2 years in a row? How is that even possible ? I guess after all the leg breaking you went thru, you paid your dues. lol

 

[Scoot]

That's absolutely crazy that you drew it in back to back years. You sure you're not just going in there and hunting without a tag??? Haha- JK

Congrats on kicking the substance use problems. That's way more noteworthy than a couple elk! But... the elk are nice too. Many congrats!

 

[butcherboy]

I had the second archery hunt in 2023. I lost my bull due to a bad shot. Going through a case of target panic. It was a tough hunt! A lot of it has burned now and all the dead standing trees have fallen to make it a match stick nightmare! Still a lot of good ground to hunt though. The bulls were herded up and bed down in the deadfall and stay in that stuff cruising the ridge tops. I had to ambush them by getting ahead of them since they refused to come in to any calls. I tried every trick in the book that usually work. It was a really fun hunt but I enjoyed my Valle Vidal hunt in 2013 more.

 

[jgilber5]

Just thought I'd throw this out here. If OP happens to draw the tag again or any lucky tagholders find this post, I live right outside the Caldera and am happy to call/haul animals in 2024. I am NOT an outfitter and will not/can not accept anything for it, I just love every part of hunting elk more than anything in the world.