OK, kind of a reboot here. This may be off the wall, but it has been suggested that NM residents can buy Land Owner tags just like NRs can. Ok...
What if LO elk tags were allocated on a R/NR basis? A maximum percentage of those tags being able to go to NRs - say, 10 or 15 percent, the...
Does anyone here use external frame packs? A few years ago, I found a CampTrails on Ebay that has a nice suspension system, a significant upgrade from my CampTrails from my high school days in 1974 (which hauled out my most recent elk). I have always liked the multitude of pockets and...
I have a rock-chucker, and have reloaded very little. The passing of my father-in-law has me swimming in reloading components, and in the pile of stuff coming my way is an RCBS turret press. Is the turret press a replacement for the rock chucker, or a compliment to it? Please educate this...
For the second time, I have received an email saying I have a new private conversation, and when I follow the link there is no message. Somehow the private message got lost.
Anybody else experience this, or am I "that guy"? Am I doing something wrong - that is always a possibility....
David
NM
I have a new-to-me 38-55 Winchester Low-Wall repro (Uberti). I am wondering a few things about it, and am curious if any of you have played much with this cartridge.
What has been your experience with long-range shooting with this round - targets, not animals?
Has anyone here loaded with a...
My boss is a hunter. Big ol' Minnesota guy, mid-50's, tremendous condition. He seems to always draw at least two tags, if not more, and usually tough draws here in NM. He takes friends hunting, his wife hunts, as do his kids. Dragged me out of my chair to my Ibex hunt in early '22, and he was...
Mom was out and about, dad and uncle playing some card game.
I was watching Randy in Idaho, chasing elk.
My baby granddaughter, age 8, with non-hunting non-gun parents, joined me in watching Randy chasing elk and shooting grouse.
Lil' Marla asked grampa if she could go hunting with Grampa and...
Shoulder is shot, surgery due on 11/8. But I have these nice Remington 1100s, in 12 ga.
Anybody here know anything of grouse hunting in NM? I would really like to get out and hunt before October is over and my shoulder gets cut on. Figuring that the soft-shooting 1100 will be tolerable...
Had a good ML tag, New Mexico 2B. Not stellar, but a good tag. First decent deer tag since we move here in 2015.
I shoulda never helped my friend move. Blown biceps tendon, none of the medical pros I have talked to have said it was anything but a bad idea to take my arm shooting.
Turning...
Got a call to help a friend move on Memorial Day. Just a few items, says he. He's 72, says I, how bad can it be if it is the two of us.
The elliptical trainer is a really good one. Really heavy. I caught it when it fell off the dolly. Popped the biceps tendon - like, "pop!" it said.
Have...
Watching again tonite. In our household, all stops when BoB is on.
An uncle survived Europe as a forward observer. Another lost on Iwo Jima some 15 years before I was born.
Today, 79 years ago, was a special day. Remind your children.
David
NM
Got invited to help a friend move. Figured that since he is 72, how hard can it be.
His wife has a really high quality elliptical trainer. They weigh about 600#. Now, I'm telling this story...
We rassled it out of the basement room, up two sets of steps (flagstone, not regular nor nuttin')...
My wife has determined that I have only so many more years to pack out game. She really likes the idea of a burro or donkey for that purpose. Does anyone have experience with using them to pack, and to keeping them as animals on the farm?
David
NM
We hope to move to ID in about 18 mos. Thinking about a burro/donkey for livestock proteciton. Any experience for using them to pack out game?
David
NM
Won't type out the whole saga of incompetent doctors, rapid fire prescription changes, and rapid eyesight deterioration. Just saying that I am rejoicing that my cataract surgery is scheduled for June 6.
That muzzle loader my dear Bride bought me for my birthday (a Santa Fe Hawken) will...
Whiffed on all the other tags, but got 2B Muzzleloader deer. Unfamiliar with the country, except for the fishing I have done on the tailwaters on the San Juan. Now I have a new location to learn - my wife was all fired up to go scouting tomorrow. TOMORROW - I like that idea, but for having...
My wife is spending night #2 at the No Sleep Suites, more commonly known as the hospital, with what has turned out to be a bout of pancreatitis. Out of the blue...
Anybody here had experience with this? They say we will have to change diet, anybody dealt with that? This is a new one on me...
Anybody here hunted unit 25 in NM for deer? Got in a hurry, and ended up putting in for that unit rather than the one I intended. But deer tags in NM are rather rare, at least for me, so I'm happy to finally have my first deer tag in seven years here. Any insights appreciated - and, I already...
Last weekend, I went on an Ibex hunt in the Floridas in New Mexico. I, and my tent, can handle cold weather (a good sleeping bag does that for you), but the tent did not like the wind. Pretty much a summer tent, it's one of those up-in-a-minute tents that is great for camping in non-windy...