Shooting deer from a boat in New Mexico?

[sundevils79]

Does anyone know the rules around shooting deer from a watercraft in New Mexico? I’ve scoured the regs and can find anything that prohibits it. Only thing I found was regarding waterfowl.



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[honuswagner]

I don't know if I could hit anything if I shot from a boat!

Perhaps a boat falls under the same rules as firing from inside a vehicle?

 

[BeaverHunter]

I’ve heard of people shooting deer from a jet boat here in Idaho. Don’t know 100% if it’s legal but I haven’t read any regs saying it’s illegal. I would call your local fish and game office.

 

[chops24]

Here ya go

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Yup that's a phone call I would definitely make. New Mexico may have laws prohibiting firearms from being discharged across waterways like Colorado does. I can respect the idea from an advantage standpoint, but even if the water was as calm as glass and the boat was stopped I would have reservations about shooting from any moving platform.

 

[Jardo]

I grew up in NM and hunted a lot from a boat. My uncles would kill most of their deer on the far side of the reservoir from the boat. This was in the 80’s and 90’s so if there are rules against it, they are relatively new.

It wasn’t illegal when I was a kid.


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[Newtosavage]

Definitely make a phone call, and my guess (just a guess) is that it's fine so long as the boat is not moving.

 

[Mathews]

If it’s on Navajo lake the entire lake is state park so if you’re in water you cannot shoot from a boat


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[sundevils79]

If it’s on Navajo lake the entire lake is state park so if you’re in water you cannot shoot from a boat


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Where is this rule written? I’ve scoured the nm Hunt regs and state park website.


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[Mathews]

Another guide I know talked to a warden today who told him the deer and the shooter must be at least 100 yards from the water.. I call bs

 

[Mathews]

Where is this rule written? I’ve scoured the nm Hunt regs and state park website.


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I’m just telling you what I’ve heard from blm and g/f

 

[PowellSixO]

As far as I understand it, you follow the same guide lines as shooting ducks from a boat. Or at least in AZ, that's how it works.

 

[Mathews]

As far as I understand it, you follow the same guide lines as shooting ducks from a boat. Or at least in AZ, that's how it works.

Not if the lake is state park

 

[keepriding]

If its legal, I don't see why hunting from a unpowered boat would be unethical. I've heard of people drift hunting from canoes for moose and such. I know several guys that use boats to get them to isolated locations. Personally its seems about the same as stand hunting. The deer aren't looking for danger in the tree or from the water. But a boat even blinded would stand out a alot. But I guess it comes down to what ever floats your boat.