New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. 2009
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New Mexico BigBig GameGame andand TrapperTrapper RulesRules && InformationInformation DeerDeer ElkElk PronghornPronghorn AntelopeAntelope IbexIbex OryxOryx JavelinaJavelina BighornBighorn SheepSheep BarbaryBarbary SheepSheep BearBear CougarCougar TurkeyTurkey FurbearersFurbearers 2010 2011 License Year Visit Our Web Site: www.wildlife.state.nm.us Table of Contents 3 Information Customer ID Number Anyone applying for a public land draw license or permit, or purchasing a license via a private landowner authorization 4 Draw Hunts and Hunter Ed. or a Valles Caldera access authorization must first obtain a Customer ID Number in person at any Department office 5 Definitions and Terms or online at www.wildlife.state.nm.us/. This number shall be obtained only from the Department and MUST be included on each application. Any application without a valid Customer ID 7 License Info. number will be rejected. 9 General Rules What’s New in 2010-2011 This booklet contains information valid from April 1, 2010, 14 Unique Hunting Opportunities through March 31, 2011. All dates refer to 2010 unless otherwise noted. 15 Hunting Information New Application Deadlines Feb. 3 is the deadline to apply for oryx draw licenses, bear WMA permits, population management hunts, and turkey 16 Outfitted Hunts draw permits. Online applications must be made BEFORE 5 p.m. MST. Changes to applications will be allowed until the 17 Big Game Unit Map deadline. April 7 is the deadline to apply for public deer, elk, pronghorn 18 Population Management Hunts antelope, ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina, and bighorn sheep draw licenses. Online applications must be made BEFORE 5 p.m. MDT. Changes to applications will be allowed until the 20 Deer deadline. New Application Fee 30 Elk The new nonrefundable application fee for residents is $10 and $27 for nonresidents. 41 Pronghorn Antelope Full Fee Up Front Anyone applying for any public draw deer, elk, pronghorn 45 Bighorn Sheep antelope, bighorn sheep, oryx, ibex, javelina or Barbary sheep license, MUST pay the full license and application fee when 46 Ibex applying. No Application Restriction-Year Holdout 47 Turkey Hunters who successfully drew a Quality (Q) or High-Demand (HD) deer or elk license or any pronghorn license last year, are allowed to apply for a Quality (Q) or High-Demand (HD) hunt 48 Javelina for deer or elk, or any pronghorn license next year. Deer Permits/Licenses 48 Barbary Sheep There is no longer a Deer Permit. Hunters must only draw a Public Land Deer License or purchase a Private Land-Only 49 Oryx Deer License. New Unit 6A/6C Boundary 52 Bear The northern boundary between the two units has moved westward to the Coyote/Cuba Ranger District Boundary in the 54 Cougar San Pedro Parks Wilderness. See page 17. Furbearer Hunter and Trapper Reporting 56 Furbearers Furbearer hunters and trappers MUST report their hunting and trapping results by April 7. Additionally, ALL furbearer hunters and trappers, both resident and nonresident, MUST purchase 58 Application Form 2010 their trapper license from a Department office, online at www. wildlife.state.nm.us or via Form 3. Trapper licenses will NOT be available from other license vendors. Those who do not report, 60 Operation Game Thief cannot purchase a trapper license for the following season. 61 Gaining Access Into Nature New License For Resident Disabled Veterans Resident Disabled Veterans are now able to purchase a combination Fishing and Small Game license for $10.00. 62 Form 3, Licenses By Mail These licenses are available only at Department offices. Photo Credits: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Colorado Division of Wildlife and Valles Caldera National Preserve. 2 Information Important Phone Numbers General Information (505) 476-8000 Important Dates For Hunters To obtain publications and forms (800) 862-9310 Hunter Education (505) 222-4731 Feb. 3 Deadline to apply for oryx draw Special Hunts License Sales (505) 476-8087 licenses, bear WMA permits, population- Special Hunts Fax (505) 476-8180 Wildlife Management (505) 476-8038 management hunts, and turkey draw permits. Depredation Coordinator (505) 476-8047 15 Deadline for ALL deer and elk hunters Depredation Hotline (888) 727-4883 Bear Harvest Hotline (877) 950-5466 to report their hunting results. Cougar Harvest Hotline (877) 950-5466 Law Enforcement (505) 476-8066 Mar. 10 Results of oryx draw licenses, bear Operation Game Thief (to report poaching) (800) 432-GAME (4263) Fisheries Management (505) 476-8055 WMA permits, population-management hunts, and Conservation Services (505) 476-8101 turkey draw permits available on the Department’s TDD (number for hearing impaired) (505) 476-8143 Mandatory Hunter/Trapper Reporting (888) 248-6866 Web site at www.wildlife.state.nm.us or in person at any Department office. Web Addresses and Offices 25 Information available by phone for NM Department of Game and Fish: oryx draw licenses, population-management, bear www.wildlife.state.nm.us WMA, and turkey draw permits. Mandatory Hunter/Trapper Reporting: www.newmexico-hunt.com April 7 Deadline to apply for public land deer Main Office draw licenses, Units 2A, 2B, 2C, 4 and 5A private P.O. Box 25112, Santa Fe, NM 87504 or land-only deer licenses, elk, pronghorn antelope, 1 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, NM 87507 ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina and bighorn sheep Area Offices draw licenses. Northwest Office 3841 Midway Pl. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 7 Deadline for ALL furbearer trappers (505) 222-4700 Fax (505) 222-4720 and hunters to report their trapping and hunting Southwest Office results via www.newmexico-hunt.com. 2715 Northrise Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88011 (575) 532-2100 Fax (575) 522-8382 June 1 Elk E-PLUS landowner lists available Northeast Office on Department’s Web site. 215 York Canyon Rd., Raton, NM 87740 9 Results of drawings for public land (575) 445-2311 Fax (575) 445-5651 deer draw licenses, Units 2A, 2B, 2C, 4 and 5A Southeast Office private land-only deer licenses, elk, pronghorn 1912 W. Second St., Roswell, NM 88201 antelope, ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina and (575) 624-6135 Fax (575) 624-6136 bighorn sheep available on the Department’s Web State Game Commissioners site at: www.wildlife.state.nm.us or in person at Jim McClintic, Chair any Department office. 9017 Camino del Sol, Albuquerque, NM 87111 23 Drawing results available by phone Sandy Buffett, Vice Chair for public land deer draw licenses, Units 2A, 2B, 320 Aztec St. Suite B, Santa Fe, NM 87501 2C, 4 and 5A private land-only deer licenses, elk, Dr. Tom Arvas pronghorn antelope, ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina 7905 Spain NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 and bighorn sheep. M. H. “Dutch” Salmon P.O. Box 878, Silver City, NM 88062 July 1 Private land deer licenses available at Alfredo Montoya license vendors. P.O. Box 856, San Juan Pueblo, NM 87566 6 Pronghorn antelope A-PLUS landowner Leo V. Sims, II list available on Department’s Web site. P.O. Box 2630, Hobbs, NM 88241-2630 Kent Salazar 3 1621 Vassar Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Draw Hunts and Hunter Education Introduction Hunter Education Rules To obtain public-land licenses for deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, No one under 18 years of age may hunt with a firearm or javelina, ibex, Barbary sheep, bighorn sheep, oryx, WMA or Unit purchase a firearm hunting license without first obtaining 2 turkey, and WMA bear, hunters must first complete Form 2010 a certificate attesting that they have passed New Mexico’s or apply online. or another state’s hunter education course. It is illegal for All completed and correct applications are entered into a random anyone under 18 to apply for any type of firearm license computerized drawing that determines which applicants are before completing a hunter education course. Uncertified successfully drawn for permits or licenses. Some applicants juveniles may shoot (not hunt with) a firearm if under adult may be drawn the first year they apply. Others may apply supervision or in a supervised program. Youth hunters in unsuccessfully for years. New Mexico does not grant preference New Mexico must carry their hunter education cards on to unsuccessful applicants. It’s truly the luck of the draw. them while hunting. Applications are drawn one at a time. The computer will The New Mexico Department of Game & Fish does attempt to award the applicant’s first choice hunt, then the not recognize passing an NRA course as satisfying the second choice, then the third choice until one of the applicant’s requirement for passing an approved state hunter education choices is filled. If all of the applicant’s hunt choices are filled course. Other states may require hunters of any age to by previous applicants, the computer advances to the next have state training. Check their requirements if you plan application. to hunt out-of-state. All hunters on Fort Bliss, including If an applicant listed a fourth choice deer or elk hunt, they are McGregor Range, are required to have proof of passing a placed in a pool from which some hunts may be awarded by state hunter education course prior to hunting. random drawing of unfilled and available hunts. These hunts may not be the most desirable hunts, but still can provide the Bow hunter education is not mandatory to hunt with a successful applicant an opportunity to hunt. bow and arrow in New Mexico, but the Department highly If an applicant is awarded a fourth choice hunt, they will be recommends it. The Department’s bow hunting education charged the corresponding hunt fee. class teaches responsibilities and ethics, hunt preparation, equipment basics, tree stand safety and shot placement. Successful draw applicants will be mailed licenses. Please allow Be sure to check the local requirements if you will be bow one month after draw results are posted on the Department’s hunting out-of-state.