NEW MEXICO Archery Antelope Hunt

NEW MEXICO Unit 13, Archery Antelope - An so it begins... Tomorrow I am heading off to New Mexico to chase speed goats with a bow. It is a self-guided hunt and I have been really looking forward to it. You can follow along as I update this blog from the field with a play-by-play of my self-guided hunt. I will be hunting antelope in unit 13, New Mexico. Unit 13 is located to the south and southeast of Datil, NM. It is an archery only unit in the public draw and I have hunted it before. I had a tag in the unit back in 2006 and my buddy Chris had the tag in 2008. Both hunts were successful and I am hoping that this hunt is just as much fun. I have two good buddies coming out to go with me, Jason Jones and Greg Lewis. We are going to try some decoying on this trip because Greg has had a lot of success with it. We have antelope decoys, cow decoys, blinds, and a variety of other tools in our arsenal that we might try on this hunt. It should be a blast!!!! Tomorrow (Friday) I am going to head out early to take a look around the unit and find out where we are going to focus our efforts. It is a HUGE unit and encompasses most of the 16's units (big game units) in New Mexico. There is a lot of public land with a bunch of private mixed throughout. I am going to run my mapping software in my truck to make sure we know where we are in the unit. I am going to meet Greg and Jason in Datil tomorrow evening. Hopefully, I will have some reports of some big bucks we are going to chase on Saturday. Keep checking back to follow along....

Backyard Buck

Check out this backyard buck. Rumored to be a Colorado Springs, CO sighting. How would you like to see this buck peering in through your window while you are getting ready to go to work? C'mon hunting season!!!!

2009/2010 Super Raffle Elk

Pictures are floating around of this great AZ Super Raffle Elk. The winner of the 2009/2010 Super Raffle Elk Tag was Michael Schnable of Edgewater, MD. What a great bull Michael! Congrats and thank you for participating in the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle. The AZBGSR is a great program that dumps a ton of money back into habitat programs for AZ big game. A special thanks to the AZ Game & Fish Department for offering these great tags.

Finally Arrowed One!

It was a beautiful weekend in the White Mountains of Arizona this weekend. Gorgeous weather and the Tom's were in a frenzy! I finally arrowed one. I have been trying for years, but I always pull out the shotgun on the last couple of days to get the job done. This ol' Tom came in on a string.... 30 yard shot.

Monster Kansas Whitetail on the Hoof!

This MONSTER Kansas whitetail was harvested last fall, but one lucky videographer captured this footage a couple of weeks before he was taken. Gotta love those double droppers!

It's Spring Javelina Time in Arizona

Kenny's new man bag! Kenny Johnson harvested a nice javelina on a self-guided spring hunt in Arizona. Congrats Kenny!

Jed Larson's 2009 Elk Footage

2009 AZ ELK from Jed Larson on Vimeo.

I just finished up my Arizona elk application, but of course, I had to watch Jed Larson's 2009 Elk Footage to get me pumped up. If Jed's video doesn't get you excited to apply for elk this year, I don't know what will. Thanks Jed for the awesome footage!!!